Top Story - January 23, 2012

Franklin Parish man cited for illegally killing trophy deer, entering big-buck contests
A Winnsboro man was cited Thursday (Jan. 19) for allegedly killing a 15-point deer with an illegal weapon and entering it into several North Louisiana big-buck contests, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported today.

LDWF agents cited Billy W. Jordan, 54, of Winnsboro for taking a deer with an illegal weapon and four felony counts of contest fraud, the agency reported.
The case began when agents received information alleging that Jordan had taken a trophy buck on Louisiana Delta property...
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Bardell Bostick killed this 180-class 17-point while hunting in Morehouse Parish on opening day of the 2011-12 deer hunting season. Bastrop hunter kills 180-class opening-day buck despite muggy weather  - Opening day (Nov. 19) in Area 4 dawned warm and muggy, and Bastrop insurance agent Bardell Bostick decided to sleep in that morning. However, his hunting buddy talked him into going to his stand that afternoon, and he’s glad he did.
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February issue of Louisiana Sportsman on its way  - The staff of Louisiana Sportsman is putting the finishing touches on the February issue, and sending it to the off-site printer today (Jan. 19). It's 260 pages thick, and it's loaded with everything you need to know to have success in the field and on the water next month. Look for it in your mailbox and on newsstands beginning early next week.
Melissa Winkler killed this huge 12-point Jan. 2 while on a doe hunt in Ouachita Parish. Husband gives wife permission to down 160-class buck  - As a first-grade teacher at Sterlington Elementary School, Melissa Winkler is accustomed to her students asking her permission for things they want or need to do. The shoe was on the other foot Jan. 2 when Winkler phoned her husband to get his approval before shooting a big buck she was looking at 90 yards away – she had shot a 9-point earlier in the season, and he wanted her to hold off on shooting another buck unless it was larger. This buck obviously was: From her vantage point, she could count 10 points. With hubby’s okay, she shot and downed a huge-racked deer that actually sported 12 points (13 if a broken point was counted).

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Belated Bucks
If you hunt North Louisiana and you think your best days for this season are behind you, you couldn’t be more wrong.
North Louisiana hunter Jayson Calhoun has learned that the deer where he hunts in Ouachita Parish go through a second phase of rutting during January when bucks search for the does that were not bred during December.In the northwest corner of Louisiana, Red River bass fishing guide Russ McVey sits in a box stand overlooking a pipeline with his daughter Madison about to run out of iPod battery. They hope a buck trying to recover from the rut wants to grab a few kernels of corn.

One hundred miles to the east, University of Louisiana-Monroe finance major Jayson Calhoun, smelling like the scent line he drug on his way in, rides a swaying tree trunk in his climber. He hopes a buck crosses the road that divides his lease from his buddy’s to look for a doe that to this point has gone unbred.

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Everything else about the way they hunt is different.

McVey puts out corn the day before he hunts with a spreader attached to his ATV, whereas Calhoun sneaks in without a smell or a sound to spread some rice bran, and he gets out just as quickly as he got...

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