Thirty feet up a pine tree in his climber well before sunrise, Trey Brown was in what he suspected was a perfect spot to take down a nice buck on the Jackson Bienville Wildlife Management Area last Wednesday. […]
Sometimes taking down a wily old buck requires teamwork — which was definitely on display during a wild hunt that resulted in a 180-class monster biting the bullet in Richland Parish on Thanksgiving afternoon.[…]
More often than not, a breeze blowing from a hunter’s location toward where a mature buck is hanging out spells the end of a hunt — but adding Harmon’s Triple Heat Estrous Doe Lure to the mix can apparently change the rules.[…]
Before hunting pressure puts deer on high alert, the behavior of whitetails — even mature bucks — can be rather predictable.[…]
After a great Thanksgiving lunch at her grandmother’s house, Aaliyah Meshell got an unexpected invitation to go deer hunting with her mom and dad on their family land near Zwolle in Sabine Parish.[…]
Gray Allums, an 11-year-old sixth-grader at Benton Middle School, said his favorite subject is math.[…]
There’s one common trait amongst taxidermists across the country: When one tells you that he killed a good buck, you can bet the house that it’s a wall-hanger. […]
Without ever once actually setting foot on Loggy Bayou Wildlife Management Area, Jerry Bailey did some serious cyber-scouting on Google Earth that resulted in a 12-point, almost 160-inch public lands trophy buck of a lifetime. […]
The third time was the charm for Dakotah Finn and a nice public lands 12-point he’d been pursuing on Clear Creek Wildlife Management Area in Vernon Parish.[…]
Eddie Harrell’s four-year pursuit of a monstrous Mississippi whitetail nearly came to a disastrous conclusion last season, when he nicked the big buck in the leg from 350 yards only two days before the season ended.[…]
When Paul Stewart noticed a big buck flirting with the edge of his shooting lane in a pine orchard near Winnfield last weekend, he decided not wait around for the perfect shot.[…]
There is one day on the calendar every year when Homer’s Joe Heckel wants to be on his deer stand: Nov. 19, a date when he’s connected with several good bucks.[…]
Gil Dowies of Homer is fortunate that his wife’s family owns 1,000 prime acres of land in Claiborne Parish. Combined with 1,500 additional acres owned by other kin, Dowies and his hunting buddies have 2,500 acres of hunting paradise they call Sunnyside Hunting Club.[…]
William Smith and his son, Chase, headed out to their box blind Saturday afternoon in Union Parish, with the plan being that the 13-year-old would get a shot at his first deer of the season.[…]
Just about one year ago – on November 14, 2014 to be exact – Arcadia’s Thomas Bourn put the pop on a big 8-point buck that scored in the 140s, which was highlighted on LouisianaSportsman.com.[…]
Talk about a solid return on investment.
Jarrod Coker was invited to join a Rapides Parish deer lease this past weekend – and on only his second day of hunting there – shot a big 10-point the likes of which hadn’t been seen on the property in at least 50 years. […]