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A Look at Louisiana’s Honey Brake Lodge

Explore one of the South's ultimate duck hunting destinations
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John Burrell on his way to the blind.

Photo: Rob Howard

Hunters watch the skies for birds.

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A bird in hand.

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Photo: Rob Howard

Photo: Rob Howard

Photo: Rob Howard

A group of hunters gather to compare notes.

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The dock at Honey Brake.

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Photo: Rob Howard

Photo: Rob Howard

A lanyward full of duck calls and leg bands.

Photo: Rob Howard

Photo: Rob Howard

Photo: Rob Howard

Diesel, a chocolate Labrador, takes a well-deserved break.

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Burrell takes aim at incoming birds.

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Photo: Rob Howard

Diesel eagerly awaits the next retrieve.

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Honey Break’s frontage on Larto Lake means not only quick access to ducks, but good fishing too.

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A four-sided fireplace beckons in the lodge’s Grand Room.

Photo: Rob Howard

Photo: Rob Howard

Photo: Rob Howard

Photo: Rob Howard

Photo: Rob Howard

An inside view of Honey Brake Lodge.

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Photo: Rob Howard

A fine over-and-under at the ready.

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Drew Keeth makes is way to a decoy.

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A duck strap heavy with the morning’s take.

Photo: Rob Howard

Photo: Rob Howard

Photo: Rob Howard

Photo: Rob Howard