Deer of the Year
Short walk from home produces Beauregard Parish 10-point
A big buck Keith Suire had been watching for three years in Beauregard Parish finally appeared last month — but it was so close, he almost couldn’t make a shot. […]
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Madison Parish 13-pointer makes fatal daytime appearance
Brantley Ray planned and watched the moon phase, then drilled a big Madison Parish 13-point when he got the opportunity on Nov. 10. […]
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Hot doe spells doom for big Tensas Parish 8-pointer
A hot doe led a giant Tensas Parish 8-point to its demise on Dec. 4 when Shayne Williams dropped the big 154-inch buck. […]
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Monster 217-inch buck goes down in Mississippi
Heath Hodges recently won something akin to a big buck lottery on the afternoon of Dec. 3, when he downed a giant Magnolia State monster that green-scored more than 217 inches of bone.[…]
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Two cited for allegedly spotlighting deer in Assumption Parish
Enforcement agents cited two men in Assumption Parish for allegedly spotlighting deer near Labadieville on Dec. 2, according to the LDWF.[…]
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Monroe hunter sneaks giant Davis Island 10-pointer
BIll Harvey snuck onto a oak flat on Davis Island, and wound up shooting the biggest buck he’d ever laid eyes on. […]
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Long walk results in big 11-point public land buck
A long hike into the Tensas National Wildlife Refuge produced a big public lands 11-point buck for Lake Charles’ Billy Bergeron. […]
Columns
Don’t ‘kick’ the bucket
A good 5-gallon bucket has multiple uses as hunting season cranks up this fall. […]
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Prep for success in the second half of deer season
How to make any necessary adjustments and change up your game plan to have success during the second half of Louisiana’s deer season.[…]
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Creating mock scrapes to hunt white-tail deer
Creating mock scrapes is a great way to provoke a big buck into shooting range — here’s how to get it done and put a big deer into your crosshairs.[…]
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Church Point business bottles fresh doe-in-heat urine
Anglers would be the first to tell you that fresh is best. I mean, who wants to eat freezer-burned speckled trout fillets a year after they were caught?[…]
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How to prepare a trophy buck for mounting
Putting on her taxidermy hat, Garrett said these steps are critical for maximizing full shoulder trophy deer mounts. […]
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Follow this advice to see more deer
While sitting in my ground blind last season watching 15 deer second-lining down the lane I was hunting, I was struck by deer movement — and how it’s really the only factor that matters.[…]
Columns
Crossbow scopes 101: Sight them in correctly
The process of sighting in a crossbow scope takes several steps — but it’s invaluable to a hunte when that big buck walks out.[…]
Columns
New Mississippi deer rules and regs in place
It’s finally November, and we all know what that means: For my fellow members of the deer hunting community, the last nine months have slowly and steadily built up to right now. Untold amounts of toil, sweat and treasure have been expended to get to deer season.[…]
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Tink’s Black Label
If one scent product is iconic in the deer-hunting industry, it’s Tink’s #69 Doe-in-Rut. So how do you make the best better?[…]