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October 24, 2026

LDWF proposes sweeeping changes to 2013-14 deer-hunting season

February 8, 2013 Andy Crawford

If Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries managers have their way, wholesale changes are coming to Louisiana deer-hunting seasons — one of the most striking being the re-implementation of designated either-sex days.

So-called “doe days” were ended in 2006, the LDWF said.

Changes listed in a notice of intent issued by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission yesterday (Feb. 7) also included the addition of three new hunting zones.[…]

Patience pays off with 170-inch buck

February 4, 2013 Glynn Harris

There is an old proverb that says good things happen for those who wait. In 31-year-old John Gaiennie’s case, that good thing was a 260-pound Tensas Parish buck that green scored over 170 inches.

And the Baton Rouge hunter had to wait more than an hour with the deer in his vision before finally getting a shot of the brute while hunting on the 6,000-acre Somerset Hunting Club in Tensas Parish.[…]

Some hunters scout for deer during turkey season

February 1, 2013 Chris Ginn

Curtis Simpson specifically targets big bucks when he scouts during February, so he only looks for buck signs like rubs and scrapes.[…]

Deer of the Year

February 1, 2013 Andy Crawford

The 2012-13 hunting season opened with real promise, as the past couple of years produced dozens of absolute hammer bucks.[…]

Connect the Dots — Deer scouting in February can lead to success next hunting season

February 1, 2013 Chris Ginn

My imagination would not allow me to complete connect-the-dot books.[…]

Target June for game camera monitoring of bucks

February 1, 2013 Chris Ginn

Digital game cameras have become essential gear for deer hunters. They are our eyes in the woods even when we can’t be there, and they show us scenes we could have only imagined before.[…]

Red River WMA gives up huge buck

January 25, 2013 M.A. Fisher

Hunting public land takes a bit of extra work. That’s a lesson Trent Boudreaux learned when he first started hunting Red River Wildlife Management Area as a teenager in 1998.[…]

Hunter’s wish comes true with trophy Tensas Parish buck

January 24, 2013 Glynn Harris

Kyle O’Neal of West Monroe has followed the big-buck articles in Louisiana Sportsman, texting comments to the author that always end with statements similar to “I wish I could get one big enough for you to write about.”[…]

Red River WMA gives up huge buck

January 24, 2013 M.A. Fisher

Hunting public land takes a bit of extra work. That’s a lesson Trent Boudreaux learned when he first started hunting Red River Wildlife Management Area as a teenager in 1998.[…]

Tracking heroics on my brother’s first Louisiana buck

January 23, 2013 Josh Chauvin

My younger brother has been joining me on a few public-land gun hunts over the past few seasons on Red River WMA.[…]

Aging bucks on the hoof

January 21, 2013 Bill Garbo

Two of the cornerstone tenants of modern day “quality deer management” are herd monitoring and herd management.[…]

Mississippi state-record bow buck certified

January 19, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Kevin Medlin didn’t have time to think about such things as rewriting Mississippi’s archery record book when a monster buck walked out of a thicket 50 yards from his stand on Nov. 11 in DeSoto County.[…]

Sterlington hunter takes 150-class Union Parish buck

January 18, 2013 M.A. Fisher

Some deer-kill stories come under wild circumstances — bucks that are bagged during storms, kills that precede a search that lasts more than a day or ones that conclude a decades-long drought of not even seeing a buck.[…]

Red River WMA lottery youth hunt yields 130-class deer

January 17, 2013 Chris Ginn

Pineville 6th-grader Chloe Slayter has not been in school long enough to learn about the power of three, but she knows about the three bears.[…]

Hunter scores 167 6/8 B&C buck in Avoyelles Parish

January 16, 2013 M.A. Fisher

Hunting on a small piece of land can make deer management difficult.[…]

St. Tammany 9-point could be biggest in parish, state deer records show

January 11, 2013 M.A. Fisher

To many, St. Tammany Parish is an ever-expanding collection of suburban towns that serve as a launching point to the metropolitan hubs of New Orleans and Baton Rouge.[…]