Deer of the Year
Cut Off hunter downs 13-point Mississippi brute
As the old saying goes, ‘If at first you don’t succeed, try – try – try again.’[…]
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Smith’s deer-hunting mentor
In addition to his family, Brad Smith was blessed with a mentor who taught him something about deer hunting more important than any trophy deer. […]
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Deer hunting is a family affair
Not many second-graders would be excited to move from one end of the state to the other, but it was OK with Brad Smith.[…]
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Smith’s favorite big-buck gear
A climbing stand, a bow and arrow, and a bag of buck treasures is all Brad Smith needs in his quest of one more trophy deer.[…]
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Keys to early season bachelor party
Early in the season, bucks still run pretty much together, and it’s not uncommon to see eight to 10 bucks in the same group.[…]
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Stick bows growing in popularity
The amount of dedication traditional archery requires and the patience it takes to harvest an animal might dissuade some from trying a stick bow. It’s likely the reason the number of traditional hunters is relatively small.[…]
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Organizations promote traditional archery
The Southern Traditional Archery Association is committed to the preservation of traditional archery in Mississippi.[…]
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Longbow or recurve?
For thousands of years the longbow design hasn’t changed much. It’s quite simply a single piece of wood with a string attached at both ends.[…]
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Two Rapides Parish men cited for alleged deer hunting violations
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited two Otis men for alleged deer hunting violations in Vernon Parish on Thursday, according to a news release.[…]
Deer of the Year
‘Biblical’ buck goes down with recurve bow in Bossier Parish
In the book of Genesis, Jacob wrestled with an angel of the Lord all night and came away with a permanent limp.[…]
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Champion trees and trophy bucks
Records are kept these days of just about everything. As we saw during the 2016 Summer Olympics the old adage “records are made to be broken” is still true.[…]
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Bowhunter shares story of fall to encourage safety harness use
Justin Lanclos is a serious bowhunter — so much so that he designed and owns the popular bowhunting site louisianabowhunter.com.[…]
Deer of the Year
Monster 190-class buck goes down in West Feliciana Parish
Sometimes, a plan just comes together perfectly and all the pieces fall in place to bring down a monster buck.[…]
Deer of the Year
ULM freshman arrows big Grant Parish 10-pointer
Taylor Kight got his Mathews Heli-m bow back in 2013, but in the ensuing years since, never actually connected with a deer.[…]
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Trail cam photos: Coyote and deer dine at the same corn pile
We’ve all seen pictures or videos online of animal odd couples — a kitten snuggling with an adult German Shepherd, or a bulldog roughhousing with a lion cub.[…]
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Central hunter arrows velvet 8-point near Natchez
On August 13, Kavon Ghassemi stood in his front yard in Central watching helplessly as more than a foot of muddy water crept into his house during historic flooding.[…]