For any Louisiana 14-year-old boy, taking down an 8-point, 240-pound buck is a dream come true. However, for Krotz Springs native Brandon Soileau a trophy buck is just the icing on the cake of getting the opportunity to go hunting.[…]
Pelayo was ahead of me on the trail as we trudged back to his truck. It looked like two, maybe three squirrels hanging from his belt. Then the trail made a bend, and I lost sight of him.[…]
Without a doubt, the sense of smell is the most important physical perception available to the white-tailed deer. Deer rely heavily on their noses to detect the presence of predators and locate food sources.[…]
Louisiana’s best deer hunter may just be a woman. You won’t believe the run of success Vicki Husted has had over the last two seasons, which includes this beast she shot in late October.[…]
Fair Chase is the official publication of the Boone and Crockett Club. In the magazine is a section containing all the trophies that have been officially measured and accepted for the All-Time Record Book and the 27th Big Game Awards Program, 2007-2009.[…]
Now that the entire state has opened to rifle hunting, how has Louisiana’s new deer-tagging system been working?[…]
At a recent deer-scoring event at Cabela’s in Gonzales, Joshua Babin of Prairieville brought in a buck that his grandfather killed on Thistlethwaite WMA in 1972.[…]
Troy Hibbard desired to be duck hunting the morning of Dec. 20, 1997, but he couldn’t put incredible deer sign he had found on the edge of Ouachita Wildlife Management Area out of his mind.[…]
4:05 p.m. — I down the last sip of my coffee. In no hurry, I notice my brother is getting antsy. Who wouldn’t? […]
Shane Johnson had found a magical hunting spot, and couldn’t wait to set up on it.“There was this scrape that was about 6 feet around,” Johnson said.[…]
Mandeville resident A.B. York arrowed this 171-inch beast last November in East Carroll Parish.[…]
I’d never heard the term “small ball” until I started watching the LSU Tigers baseball team in recent years.For the uninformed, small ball involves getting on base any way you can — scratch singles, bunts, walks, base stealing, getting hit by a pitch.[…]
Which WMAs hold the keys to your 2008-09 hunting success? Find out in this issue.[…]
A deer walks into range. Quietly, the hunter takes aim through his scope. At just the right moment, the safety is clicked off and the hunter gently squeezes the trigger to send an arrow through the broadside buck.[…]
Having been involved with deer management work for 30+ years, it is my opinion that hunting white-tailed deer in the South is more challenging than in any other region of the United States.[…]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will enforce deer tagging regulations during the 2008-09 hunting season and urges hunters to become familiar with the steps in the process before the season begins.[…]