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Add a Great Outdoor Fire Pit to Your Backyard or Garden

Carl Pettit — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:52:21 +0000

Nothing adds character to your garden—at least in a caveman-like, primordial sense—than an outdoor fire pit. A backyard fire pit is a great spot to huddle around when the sun goes down and the temperature drops, or when you’re having a killer outdoor party and grilling up a bunch of meat and vegetables for your [...]

97.3 The Dawg Trophy Case

973 The Dawg — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:01:19 +0000

Louisiana is known as the Sportsman’s Paradise. Whether you’re sitting in your duck blind, in your boat out in the Atchafalaya Basin, geared up in your camo in the woods, you’re ready for some great hunting and fishing. When you do bag that buck, catch your limit of fish, or whatever you’re after, you know [...]

Best Outdoor Activities Around Lafayette – Our Top Five

Bruce Mikells — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:28:14 +0000

Looking for things to do outdoors this summer? Well we asked our staff here at The Dawg what they like to do outdoors around Lafayette. They had some great suggestions but there was one little problem...

Fewer Hunters, Less Money

Bruce Mikells — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:14:55 +0000

In South Louisiana it's almost as common as breathing, the desire to hunt. Fathers pass the tradition to sons and daughters who in turn pass the tradition down the line. However, disappearing land for leases and perhaps the advent of computer games and a more sedentary lifestyle are cutting into the time honored tradition of the hunt.