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Cover: January 2012
Lincoln Parish deer measures 161 7/8 inches Boone & Crockett.[…]
Deer Hunting
Columns
A new year
The old Carol Burnett Show used to end with the phrase “Seems we just got started and before you know, it’s time to go.” For me it seems the deer season just opened, and now this is the last month of the season.[…]
Deer of the Year
Management hunt ends in genuine trophy
Ron Anderson and the buddy with whom he shares hunting rights on a couple of hundred acres in East Feliciana Parish weren’t happy with how the season was unfolding.[…]
Deer of the Year
Playing the wind yields East Baton Rouge Parish giant
The vast majority of deer hunters in Louisiana look for their quarry from the vantage point of elevated stands. Many also utilize trail cameras to give them an idea of what they’re hunting.[…]
Deer Hunting
Heartbreak on the Delta
I found a new stand location at the Atchafalaya Delta WMA, with little hunter pressure and tons of deer and hog sign in the area. My first hunt resulted in the hog kill mentioned in my last article.
I was looking forward to finally getting a morning hunt, since the fog was finally not going to be an issue. I set up well before daylight, and could hear a deer walking slowly around feeding about 40 or 50 yards directly in front of my location. This was about 20 minutes before good light.[…]
Deer of the Year
Third-generation Red River hunting stand yields 170-inch trophy
Berl Lawson’s dad erected a deer stand at the edge of a pasture on the family’s cattle farm 25 years ago, a stand the elder Lawson hunted until his son was older. Now that Berl has a 13-years-old son, Lewis, the youngster is claiming squatter’s rights to the stand, and with good reason.[…]
Deer of the Year
Sighting of small buck turns into St. Landry Parish monster deer
Steve “Moonie” Chelette was excited when he headed to the woods on Friday (Dec. 16). The weather had turned nasty, with temperatures dropping and a drizzling rain setting in, and he had seen a small buck the day before and was making a move to try and cut it off.
“I had a ladder stand on the other side of property where I thought he was, and I went there looking for him,” Chelette said.
What showed up that afternoon turned out to be a monster 18-pointer that has been green scored at 166 2/8 inches Boone & Crockett.[…]
Deer of the Year
‘BIG GRIFF’ closes deal on 150-inch Lafourche Parish buck
A 500-acre chunk of pasture and woodland near Raceland in Lafourche Parish served as the final resting place for an impressive 11-point buck taken down by Des Allemands’ deer hunter Stephen “Griff” Griffin.
Griffin had gotten a sneak peek at the buck he estimated to score in the 150s just 10 days prior to bagging it on Dec. 8.[…]
Apex Predator
The trick to scent-free boots
I find most hunters take good care of their clothes with scent-prevention tactics, but they give little notice to their boots. Just because they are rubber doesn’t mean your aren’t putting scent down. While you might not be leaving your scent on the earth where you step, any odor will be released in the air along the path traveled.
It’s the item you wear the most but wash the least, so I’m going to share my tricks to eliminating odor in boots.[…]
Deer of the Year
Relaxing trip to the river ends with 173-inch Livingston Parish trophy
Jeffrey Doyle just needed a break last Saturday (Dec. 10), so he headed to the most peaceful place near his Walker home – the banks of the Amite River.[…]
Deer of the Year
Father drops West Feliciana trophy buck
How seriously does Terry Perilloux take deer hunting?[…]
Deer of the Year
Lafayette hunter kills 220-inch buck in Mississippi Delta
Lafayette’s Scott Champagne almost didn’t hunt the stand on Thursday (Dec. 8). But he saw a doe jumping his fence and heading toward an old, grown-up food plot and knew Jefferson County bucks were probably starting to look at the females of the species with lust.[…]
Deer of the Year
Trophy buck killed despite hunter making all the wrong decisions
Sometimes when you’re deer hunting and you do everything just right, you still come home without a deer. Other times, karma is on your side and everything you do is wrong but you still bag a trophy.[…]
Deer of the Year
Hunter takes 154-inch Lafourche Parish giant
Carl “Squeaky” Dupre owes his friend Gary Larousse big-time.[…]
Deer of the Year
Monster Caldwell Parish buck a Thanksgiving treat
Although Pam Plummer grew up around hunters in her extended family, she seldom hunted, preferring instead to enjoy nature and the outdoors experience without a deer rifle in her hand.[…]
Deer Hunting
Winnfield man cited for deer-hunting violations after agents receive tips
A Winnfield man was cited Dec. 1 for a number of deer-hunting violations after wildlife agents received information through a tip program dedicated to catching poachers, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said today (Dec. 9).[…]