Deer Hunting
Coushatta hunter’s season gets better with 230-inch buck
Andy Anderson’s hunting season began tragically when his home caught fire Oct. 7, burning to the ground and taking all Anderson’s hunting gear with it.[…]
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Plan B produces 160-class buck for Tensas NWR lottery hunter
Frank Coyne and two of his sons have made the Tensas National Wildlife Refuge lottery rifle hunt a tradition during the past several years, but this year’s hunt didn’t start off very well and the trio didn’t even try to go to their primary area on Dec. 11.[…]
Deer Hunting
Higher-pitched deer calls may work better
One of the nation’s leading deer call manufacturers is Louisiana’s very own Haydel’s Game Calls in Bossier City. Founded by Eli Haydel some 30 years ago, Haydel’s calls are famous for their ability to “blow when wet.” […]
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Tensas NWR lottery hunt removes almost 200 deer from 80,000-acre refuge
Hunters took just less than 200 deer during the second Tensas National Wildlife Refuge lottery hunt held last weekend (Dec. 11-2), according to the refuge’s Kelly Purkey. Of those kills, 107 were bucks, and 89 were does.[…]
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Kelleher takes Giles Island monster 8-point
The hunt wasn’t going according to plan. Patrick Kelleher hit Giles Island on Dec. 6 with visions of big bucks running everywhere, but his day and a half of hunting didn’t live up to his dreams.[…]
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Big bucks taken down at the Delta; hogs moving onto islands
Well, since we last talked, a number of big bucks have been taken down at the Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area. I have seen pictures and talked with one of the game wardens, so these are not just stories.[…]
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Do you really want to kill a buck with your bow?
It’s finally cold, gun season is in full swing and the rut is just about to kick in heavy. So where does archery fit into this picture? Well, do you want to kill a buck with your bow?[…]
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Slump buster starts ball rolling for McGehee
Dusty McGehee was in a blue funk earlier this deer season. He had hunted hard around his dad’s home in Union Parish for a particular big buck he’d had his eyes on since last season.[…]
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Thrasher bags three-beamed Bienville monster
Although 40-year-old Scott Thrasher had the day off Nov. 30, with his eye on sitting on his stand as dawn broke over the Bienville Parish woods, the weatherman put a kink in his hunting plans.
“Instead of heading for my stand, I drove on down to the store located near our hunting lease and sat and chatted with the fellows there because the weather forecast called for an 80 percent chance of rain,” Thrasher explained.[…]
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JD Man, Buckdown win online photo contests
Users JD Man and Buckdown earned LouisianaSportsman.com prize packages today (Dec. 6) for winning the November installments of the Nikon Deer of the Year and Trail contests.[…]
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‘Zachary36’ takes buck of lifetime at 17
Cory Coreil really only had one thing on his mind when he went hunting the afternoon of Nov. 26 – get his 12-year-old sister Julia a shot at her first deer. When the two young hunters climbed from the box stand, however, it was to retrieve a buck wearing headgear that included 22 points and later taped out at more than 178 inches.[…]
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Deer Dynamics: Rut Hierarchy
Once bucks are in the height of pursuing does, their instincts for survival are somewhat diminished. Their eyes, ears and noses are focused on estrus does, and although they can still respond to threats, most of the time it takes them a few seconds longer to put two and two together.[…]
Deer Hunting
Mossy Oak pro’s to-do list
Patrick Kelleher has killed some dandies while traveling with Mossy Oak’s “Hunting the Country,” and he’s learned a thing or two about how to keep on bucks as they change patterns.[…]
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Bet you never thought of this tactic
Whitetail deer have resided in the woods and plains of North America long before Europeans and Africans arrived on the continent.[…]
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Tricks of the deer-hunting trade
You wouldn’t expect a serious golfer to hit the links with just any set of clubs. He has to have his clubs — the ones he uses to give him confidence in his drives, chips and putts.[…]
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Mid-Season Scouting
Tommy Milioto Jr. knew the deer was there. He had seen too many pictures of the fine buck. The problem was all the pictures were snapped at night.[…]