Waylon Willis, 4, killed his first buck, this 175-pound 5-point, in Marksville on Nov. 22, 2022. The 2 1/2-year-old buck had a deformed mouth. Facebook: Baylea Ballard Willis/ Trent Matthew Willis
Noah Johnson killed this tom in the Kisatchie National Forest on April 2. It has a 10 1/2-inch beard and 1-inch spurs.
Matt Noel took down his best buck, this 12-point that weighed 175 pounds, this past season.
Matt Noel shot his first turkey two feet from his gun barrel.
“My first buck was during the primitive season on Peason Ridge. My first time hunting it, a buddy of mine gave me a general area and an x. So I scouted it looking on maps
Bucky Batts finished his turkey grand slam this past spring with a Rio Grand Turkey in Oklahoma.
Kayla Cornes shared this trail camera photo from Starks, La., on April 29, 2023.
James Lemoine shared this photo of a juvenile bald eagle with an opossum that was captured by a feeder cam on his family’s property near Clinton, which was bought last September. “We have an eagle’s
Eight-year-old Jay Lensing and his dad, Jim, of Lake Providence with Jay’s first turkey taken in Morehouse Parish on April 1, 2023.
Ten-year-old son Grayson Nunez had a heck of a hunt on Jan. 1 in Welsh. He even tracked a crippled snow across two cuts on foot to make the final shot and walked all the
Karis Whitehead, 8, of Jennings killed her first turkey in Rapides Parish on April 10. She was hunting with her dad, Jared, on leased land. After many close encounters with birds earlier in the season,
Hunter Duos shot his first buck in West Feliciana Parish.
Sawyer Stroud, 6, harvested his first deer, a spike, on Nov. 25, 2022. It was taken on private land in St. Mary Parish with a .223. Sawyer’s grandfather, David Mannina, was in on the moment!
Henry J. Marcello, 7, killed his first buck, this 212-pounder, on Dec. 27, 2022 in Yazoo County, Miss.
Jenny Trosclair got her first turkey on March 18, 2023 in Mississippi.
Landon and Victoria Fonda doubled up on these birds on April 4, 2023. Victoria’s turkey had a 9-inch beard and 1-inch spurs with a transmitter and a band. Landon’s gobbler had a double beard and