Louisiana Sportsman| April 2024
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A GOOD DAY
TODAY’S
▶ Kinny Haddox
ecently, I realized that
Louisiana Sportsman maga-
zine has apparently missed
something very important.
We may be the very last media outlet in
America — make that the world — to
pick up on it.
As the editor, I take full responsibility
and take corrective action here. It seems
that we are the only magazine, newspa-
per, Facebook page or bathroom wall
that hasn’t written something about or
shared a photo of…
Taylor Swift.
So here it is. Taylor Swift gets her word
count in Louisiana Sportsman!
I know nothing about her. I’ve never
heard a complete song she sang. I have
only caught glimpses of her on TV
watching grown men play football in
something called the NFL. And that’s
how long I watched: Not For Long.
I’m just hoping not too many teen-
age girls read this or I’ll be in trouble.
But hey, she made the magazine. I sent
her a Facebook private message and
invited her to the one-and-only original
Louisiana Sportsman Show, but appar-
ently she was booked to sing for a few
hundred thousand folks on a little island
called Singapore for the March 1-3
weekend.
You may be wondering why this is in
an outdoor magazine. But, with all due
respect and credit to ESPN’s Lee Corso,
“Not so fast!"
SHE MUST LOVE THE
OUTDOORS
I did a little research and, by golly, I
think she must be a fisherman or out-
doors person. Some of her outfits' color
schemes would make great crankbait
colors. And, I mean, today’s a good day to
look at these six popular hit songs of hers
and what I have determined to be their
secret outdoor meanings:
“Cruel Summer” - Obviously she knows
the pains of locating and catching big
bass in the heat of June, July and August!
“Blank Space” - I know that feeling. I’ve
looked in my livewell many, many times
and seen it. Blank space. By the way,
there really is a cool, albeit a few years
old, fishing parody video on this one that
you have to watch
(www.youtube.com/
watch?v=abmKbONzXqg).
“Shake it Off” - What better theme song
for a big old bass trying to get loose from
the back set of treble hooks on a crankbait,
or a leaping sailfish trying to get loose
from a Yoto fake squid trolling lure?
“You Belong With Me” - How many
deer hunters haven’t sung that as they
WE’RE KINDA SLOW, BUT WE
FINALLY CAUGHT UP WITH THE
REST OF THE WORLD
Kinny Haddox has been
writing magazine and
newspaper articles about
the outdoors in Louisiana for
47 years. He and his wife,
DiAnne, live in West Monroe.