Deer Hunting
Shoot does for better deer management
For a couple of reasons, Roland Dugas Jr., his family and guests take does during mid-October through mid-December.[…]
Deer Hunting
Deer Hunting
Alleged deer hunting violations land father and son in Avoyelles Parish Jail
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division arrested a father and son for alleged deer hunting violations in Avoyelles Parish.[…]
Deer Hunting
Hits and misses as the rut approaches
I have been very busy working, and hunting when I’m not working. Deer and hog season down at the Atchafalaya Delta WMA has been good so far.[…]
Deer of the Year
Three-year quest worth the wait for 170-class buck
For 44-year-old Chris Gray, three hunting seasons is not too long to wait on a particular Union Parish trophy buck. Gray has videoed the buck and has numerous trail camera photos of him over the past three seasons.[…]
Columns
Tricks of the trade
Whenever I bring up the topic of mature bucks, I am referring to that segment of the buck population that is aged 5 ½ years old or older. True “mature bucks” can be as rare as proverbial “hens teeth” in most populations in the whitetail’s range.[…]
Deer of the Year
Scent bomb brings 170-inch Webster Parish buck right to stunned hunter
Sgt. Joshua Gandy, Gonzales, a full-time active-duty soldier with the Louisiana National Guard, is obviously knowledgeable about bombs used in warfare.[…]
Deer of the Year
150-inch 16-pointer falls to DeSoto Parish hunter
Tony Sattler knew a big buck with an unusual rack was in the area; his trail camera had validated it.[…]
Deer Hunting
2013 Louisiana Sportsman Big Buck Contest planning under way
Plans are already in the works for the 2013 edition of the Louisiana Sportsman Big Buck Contest, which is slated for March 15-17 at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales.[…]
Deer of the Year
Cold front pushes 170-inch Lincoln Parish buck to hunter
Thirty-nine-year-old Chris Otwell knew where he wanted to hunt this morning (Nov. 12); he just couldn’t decide where to park his body for the hunt.[…]
Deer Hunting
War of attrition — maximizing your public-land hunting
The Friday after Thanksgiving 2011 found Lyle Savant of Central locating an active scrape near an oak flat deep within the interior of Sherburne Wildlife Management Area.[…]
Deer of the Year
165-inch Claiborne Parish buck completes ‘buddy trifecta’
Dr. Bric Langford is a chiropractor with his practice in Jasper, Texas, who grew up in Haynesville hunting, fishing and playing sports with buddies Tyler Lewis and Collin Merritt. […]
Deer of the Year
Gut feeling leads to 150-inch Claiborne Parish buck
Tyler Lewis knew where he was going to be sitting come daylight on Saturday morning (Nov. 3). After an evening meal with two life-long friends, Collin Merritt and Bric Langford, Lewis voiced a desire that within 24 hours would prove to be prophetic.[…]
Deer of the Year
Leton hunter takes 190-inch 14-point
Collin Merritt, Tyler Lewis and Bric Langford grew up together around Haynesville, hunting and fishing and playing football together all their lives.[…]
Deer of the Year
Corney Bottom yields monster 8-point
Bernice’s Daniel Colvin knew the 8-point his trail camera had revealed was a brute. He just didn’t know how big it really was until he laid his hands on the rack once the buck was on the ground Monday afternoon (Oct. 29).
Tape still had to be stretched on the antlers, but several observers say the rack should top out in the 150 class — quite a score for an 8 point.
“It’s for sure the biggest buck I ever saw in Corney Bottom,” Colvin said.[…]
Deer of the Year
Barksdale AFB bowhunter takes 140-inch 14-point
To paraphrase a famous quote: “Don’t look back, something might be gaining on you.”
In Mitch Seitz’s case, the “something” was a 14-point buck that came within feet of his tree stand Saturday (Oct. 27) during a Barksdale Air Force Base hunt.[…]
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The Community Scrape
In search of vegetative foliage, five bucks — a mature 8-pointer, a 3½-year-old, two spunky spikes and a curious button buck — go single file along the forest edge, ascending a bluff.[…]