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.[…]
Sgt. Joshua Gandy, Gonzales, a full-time active-duty soldier with the Louisiana National Guard, is obviously knowledgeable about bombs used in warfare.[…]
Tony Sattler knew a big buck with an unusual rack was in the area; his trail camera had validated it.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
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. […]
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.[…]
Collin Merritt, Tyler Lewis and Bric Langford grew up together around Haynesville, hunting and fishing and playing football together all their lives.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
Acorns crunched under my boots as my buddy and I pressed farther into the heart of Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge.[…]
If your plots grew tall last year because deer were busy eating acorns in the hardwoods, you’re not alone. Deer were difficult to hunt last season because they had so much hard mast in the woods to eat that they didn’t have to venture too far away from this secluded food source.[…]
I got hooked on planting food plots several years ago, but it didn’t take too long for me to figure out that I needed something more than green patches if I hoped to create a property that provided something more than just a spot to shoot deer.[…]
It’s time for the 2012 edition of Shoot-Don’t Shoot Sportsman, so grab a pen and paper, and mark how many times you would squeeze the trigger.[…]
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.[…]