Now is the time to start preparing for the upcoming deer season. “What?” you might say. “It’s only July, and its 100 degrees outside!” Well, yes, that’s right, but in a week it will be August and time to start scouting, no matter how hot it is.[…]
Applications for the two lottery gun hunts on Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge must be received at the refuge office no later than 4 p.m. Sept. 6.[…]
Hunters chasing deer within a portion of Area 6 will be going retro this season, with the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopting a declaration of emergency today (July 7) that institutes doe days in the Morganza floodway and inside the Atchafayala Basin guide levees for the first time since being abolished in 2006.[…]
When the hunting seasons end, many hunters leave the fields and woods, and never look back until next fall rolls around. For them it’s off to the lakes and rivers, baseball fields, NASCAR tracks or whatever gets them excited now.[…]
Deer meat can be one of the most delicious meats around, but due to its low fat content it can be tough if not cooked down for long amounts of time. I’ve got a trick to overcoming this, as well as taking any gamey taste out of the meat: fruit juice marinades.[…]
“Does pH really matter?” Don Schmidt asked rhetorically as he began discussing this element of food-plot planting.[…]
Serious archers know that when it comes to accuracy, perfect arrow flight is essential. Too often the time it takes to fletch your arrow can cause setbacks and even put a damper on your practice time.[…]
It was the first whitetail buck John Preaus had ever seen in the woods. Naturally, when the monster 15-point behemoth jumped over a pine top squarely in Preaus’ crosshairs and he fired, he assumed this is what all buck deer looked like.[…]
The awards ceremony for the 3rd Annual Bowie Outfitters Bag A Buck Contest was held Saturday May 7 at in Baton Rouge, and entries included state- and parish-record deer.[…]
The annual deer-management field day at the Bob R. Jones-Idlewild Research Station in Clinton is set for April 30, and will include five seminars focused on helping landowners more effectively manage their deer herds.[…]
The swamps of St. Mary Parish aren’t exactly thought of as big-buck terrain, but you’ll never be able to convince Kevin Breaux of that.[…]
The rich do indeed get richer.
If you’ve killed a trophy buck anytime in the last two years, you’re probably still floating on a cloud with a big No. 9 painted on the side.[…]
Bucks were still falling when the February issue of Louisiana Sportsman was sent to the printers, and there were some real monsters taken too late to be included in the annual Deer of the Year story.[…]
Mason Blount and Jeffrey Anderson have been declared the Nikon Deer of the Year and Trail Cam contests’ grand prize winners by LouisianaSportsman.com users, and will take home the big prizes and bragging rights.
Users chose from monthly winners in each contest to determine these grand-prize winners.
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Monthly voting in the Nikon Deer of the Year and the Trail Cam contests are finally over, and now it’s up to you to help decide which users receive the grand prizes in each of the online photo contests.[…]
The final monthly round of voting has begun in the Nikon Deer of the Year and Trail Cam contests, with users allowed to choose which photos move on to the grand-prize voting sessions.[…]