Deer of the Year Archives - Louisiana Sportsman

July 13, 2020

Phantom buck finally makes fatal mistake

Jerry Denman shot a trophy buck on Dec. 8 at a 33-acre tract of property in Red River Parish. It could be the buck he has hunted for the past several years. […]

Prairieville hunter kills huge Concordia Parish buck

Brian Cope

Jeremy Martinez of Prairieville hunted through gusting winds and heavy rain to kill a Concordia Parish 14-point trophy buck on Jan. 10. […]

Calhoun hunter kills trophy 10-point buck

Brian Cope

Mickey Greer of Calhoun killed his biggest ever deer on Jan. 10 in Madison Parish. He may not have killed the deer if he hadn’t misplaced his keys. […]

Lacie Russell and her 14-point Morehouse Parish buck.

Dad alerts daughter about approaching 8-point; instead she downs a 14-point

Glynn Harris

Lacie Russell, a student at the University of Louisiana Monroe, took a 14-point buck while hunting with her dad, Greg, in Morehouse Parish. […]

Chuck Pierson and his 10-point Concordia Parish buck killed Jan. 12.

Last minute hunt produces trophy buck for Pierson

Glynn Harris

Chuck Pierson was hunting property in Concordia Parish on Jan. 12 when he downed a big main frame 8-point with two kickers, giving the buck 10 points. […]

Cory Fontenot and his big Tensas Parish 10-point buck.

Public-land hunt yields huge 10-pointer for Kinder hunter

Glynn Harris

Cory Fontenot of Kinder got a huge reason to love the Buckhorn WMA in Tensas Parish when he killed a tremendous 10-point trophy buck. […]

Blake Knoll and his 166-inch Avoyelles Parish buck.

Bow hunt-only club yields big dividends for Knoll

Glynn Harris

Blake Knoll has his friend, Michael Neal, to thank for helping him scout and get in position for a huge buck on Corbett Farm Hunting Club in Avoyelles Parish. […]

Kenny Slocum and the 10-point Bienville Parish buck he killed on Sunday, Dec. 15.

Late afternoon hunt between church duties yields big buck

Glynn Harris

Kenny Slocum, a Simsboro landscape contractor, killed a big 10-point buck between mandatory church activities in Bienville Parish. […]

Single trail cam photo only thing needed for Henry to tag buck

Glynn Harris

Cole Henry, a 22-year-old postal worker from Iota, only needed one trail cam photo of a big 9-point buck to get set up for an encounter in Grant Parish. […]

Rick Guillot of Elm Grove with the 12-point, 155-inch buck he killed near Loggy Bayou in Red River Parish.

Trophy buck from Red River Parish made year-long wait worthwhile for hunter

Dan Kibler

Rick Guillot has killed and paid for mounts of 10 trophy bucks, some of them on a piece of property he hunts near Loggy Bayou in Red River Parish. […]

Randy Marks and his DeSoto Parish 12-point.

Marks’ faith leads him to wounded buck

Glynn Harris

After following a sparse blood trail, Randy Marks said a prayer and within minutes he was looking at the big buck he killed in DeSoto Parish. […]

Brandon Burke and his 13-point Avoyelles Parish buck that had a green score of 173 inches.

ATVs inadvertently push big buck by Burke

Glynn Harris

On the afternoon of Nov. 29, ATVs inadvertently aroused a big 13-point buck from its bed and Brandon Burke of Mansura was there to capitalize. […]

Craig Long and the 161-inch buck he got Dec. 8 on a handicapped hunt in Natchitoches Parish.

Handicapped hunt pays off big for Long

Glynn Harris

Craig Long took a giant buck on Dec. 8 during a handicapped hunt in Natchitoches Parish put on by the National Wild Turkey Federation Wheeling Sportsman. […]