Aaron Toups had laid claim to the stretch of woods around him by nestling in his tree stand long before the first rays of dawn vaulted over the horizon, but he saw something that would make most hunters cringe as the forests around him brightened.[…]
Hunt deer in Southeast Louisiana’s piney woods, and you hunt the most thoroughly abominable deer hunting terrain on the continent. The abominations are many and varied.First off, low deer numbers per acre.[…]
Bobby Taylor gave up hunting in the 1980s when all of the land on which he had chased deer for years was leased out. “We used to be able to hunt wherever we wanted,” the Haughton hunter said.[…]
For many outdoor enthusiasts, deer hunting is a hobby.[…]
Death is inevitable. Like a cloud, it hangs ever on the horizon. On this sea of life, all living things are like little boats being swept along by a great current, its force irresistible and its flow unimpeded.[…]
Hunters who go after deer with bow and arrow agree there is nothing like it. A gun hunter can sit comfortably in a padded swivel chair out of the weather in a covered box stand wearing jeans and sneakers, snacking on chips and soda pop, listening to a football game on his portable radio — and he has a legitimate chance of putting the crosshairs on a buck at 200 yards.[…]
A little planning now goes a long way during hunting season.[…]
If you don’t want to invest in good gear, don’t ever borrow it. Don’t even let your grubby little fingers ever touch it.[…]
This hunting season was the first in several years that featured consistently cool weather, and Louisiana’s sportsmen responded by hitting the woods with dreams of big bucks dancing in their heads.[…]
You won’t believe the quality of the deer Bayou State hunters harvested this year.[…]
Passing up a few does during the Area 7 still and early muzzleloader hunts, and later missing a respectable 6-point during the late muzzleloader season, I began second-guessing myself.[…]
Late December can be frustrating — even frightening — for a Louisiana deer hunter. I know because I’ve been there.[…]
Some people dream of hunting every day of the season, but not Kisatchie’s Charles Boles.[…]
To take an older, mature buck, you need to set up where he least expects you at a time when he least expects to see you. Leave no trail as you go into the woods or exit the woods.[…]
Sarah Hebert had been in the woods since she was about 5 years old. She had been coached on the ways of hunting by her father, and she had spent time on the range.[…]
I met the grizzled hunter at a taxidermy shop when he came in with two huge bucks. One had eight points with tall, heavy antlers. The other, a magnificent 12-pointer, didn’t have antlers quite as heavy, but it had a very wide rack and extremely long tines — much wider and longer than the 8 point’s.[…]