Deer Hunting
‘Antler trapping’ illegal in Louisiana, LDWF says
A new way to collect antler sheds that’s making the rounds on social media and online hunting forums is not legal in Louisiana, according to the state’s deer study leader. […]
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2015-16 Deer of the Year
The 2015-16 deer hunting season has been one of ups and downs, with temperatures fluctuating on seemingly a daily basis. When it got hot, it stayed in the 80s for longer stretches than hunters wanted.[…]
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Antler Boost’s Bean Bale
When the weather starts to get cold in the late-season, there is nothing that deer crave more than soybeans. That’s why the natural look and scent of Bean Bale is great for attracting those mature bucks.[…]
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Parts of Area 9 in Atchafalaya Basin to reopen for deer hunters Saturday
Deer season will reopen in parts of Deer Area 9 in the Atchafalaya Basin on Saturday (Jan. 30) when the Atchafalaya River gauge at Butte La Rose falls below 18 feet, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Deer of the Year
Houma hunter downs big public lands 11-point in Concordia Parish
Ray Marcel kicked in 2016 in style: On the morning of Jan. 1 at about 7:15, he was 25 feet up in his Summit climber on Richard K. Yancey Wildlife Management Area enjoying a bite of his bacon sandwich.[…]
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Two cited for buying and selling deer meat
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited two Louisiana man for buying and selling deer meat in Allen Parish on Jan. 20.[…]
Deer Hunting
Agents arrest alleged night hunters near Lake Providence
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries arrested two people and cited a third for allegedly shooting at deer displaced by recent Mississippi River flooding near Lake Providence in East Carroll Parish on Jan. 25.[…]
Deer of the Year
Monster January: Denham Springs hunter downs two 150-plus Tensas Parish bucks
Deer hunting-wise, the month of January has been unlike any other for Garrett Smith.[…]
Deer of the Year
Gonzales teen nails big Union Parish 13-point
Grant Breaux had plenty to be thankful for this past Thanksgiving season. […]
Deer of the Year
Farmerville teen downs 13-point Union Parish buck
Lance Wilkins is a 16-year-old sophomore at Union Parish High School, where he plays defensive end for the Farmers football team. […]
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Late-season scrapes and rubs
As we transition from the holiday season into the New Year, we deer hunters find ourselves entering the fourth quarter, so to speak, of the 2015/2016 season.[…]
Deer of the Year
Wisner hunter puts the sneak on big Franklin Parish 12-point
As a general rule, sitting on a deer stand with a stiff wind blowing is not the best scenario when you want to up your odds of bagging a deer. Sometimes you definitely have to make adjustments to counter the wind.[…]
Deer of the Year
Jonesville hunter arrows 172-inch 13-point in Tensas Parish
About 4:30 in the afternoon on Jan. 12, Donovan Wiley and a big Tensas Parish 13-point started an intense 15-minute game of cat and mouse that yielded an amazing adrenaline rush — and eventually a 172-inch trophy buck of a lifetime.[…]
Deer of the Year
10-year-old busts big 10-point in Concordia Parish
When the biggest Concordia Parish buck that Craig Hawn had ever seen stepped out at 150 yards last month, he decided to use a little reverse psychology in an attempt to make the shot easier for his 10-year-old son, Morgan.[…]
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Alleged Tensas Parish poacher accused of harvesting 11 deer this season
Acting on a tip, enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited a Newellton man this weekend for harvesting 11 deer this season, including nine antlered deer from October through January.[…]
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‘CGentry’ wins December Nikon Big Buck Photo Contest
Christopher Gentry, known as “CGentry” on the LouisianaSportsman.com forum earned the December win in the Nikon Big Buck Contest with this photo of his beautiful Avoyelles Parish buck.[…]