Thistlethwaite WMA’s 11,000 acres of palmetto-laced hardwoods, located six miles north of Washington on state Highway 10 will be entering year eight of a 10-year experiment designed to deliver quality whitetail bucks such as Ducote’s.[…]
It was Jan. 7 of this year and Alton “Tadpole” McLeod was hunting an area of Tensas National Wildlife Refuge he had not previously hunted. He found a deer trail and a suitable tree for his climbing stand overlooking the trail and got set up.
Around 4 p.m. buzzards (of all things) began to congregate at a roost tree nearby.
“They were making a lot of noise, landing, flapping wings and breaking branches,” McLeod said. “There must have been 30 or 40 of them.”
Tadpole was discouraged and did not expect any deer movement due to all the noise. He considered moving, but since it was so late in the day he decided to sit it out till dark.
Around 5 p.m. he heard something moving in the palmettos, coming from the direction of the buzzard roost. He suspected either a deer or bear.[…]
Tensas Nation Wildlife Refuge is home to a number of Louisiana black bears, and hunters should be aware that they are still protected from hunting.[…]
Refuge Manager Kelly Purkey said the chances of killing a buck on Tensas NWR is pretty good. Last season the refuge produced three bucks scoring over 200 non-typical points.[…]
Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1980 with the aim of saving and preserving “one of the largest privately owned tracts of bottomland hardwoods remaining in the Mississippi Delta.”[…]
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division arrested a father and son for alleged deer hunting violations in Avoyelles Parish.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]