Deer of the Year
Pierre Part hunter downs 150-class Assumption Parish buck
When Paul Hebert climbed into his box stand around 5:45 on the morning of Dec. 29, he really wasn’t planning on shooting a deer.[…]
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Deer of the Year
Oak Grove hunter nails 180-class buck on Bayou Macon WMA
Talk about cutting it close.
Oak Grove farmer Dusty Meyers took advantage of Bayou Macon Wildlife Management Area’s seven-day gun season and waylaid a huge buck that scored 181 ⅞ inches — exactly one day before the season ended.[…]
Deer Hunting
Parts of Area 9 deer season closed due to flooding
Parts of Area 9 closed to deer hunting last night (Jan. 10) because of the rising Atchafalaya River, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported.[…]
Deer Hunting
Mississippi River delta deer season to reopen Saturday morning
Deer hunting season in areas of northeast and central Louisiana near the Mississippi River will resume Saturday (Jan. 9) 30 minutes before sunrise, according to a news release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Deer of the Year
Natchitoches hunter drops 160-class buck — in his backyard
The old adage about real estate is, “Location, location, location.”
The same can be said about where you set up your deer stand, and Mason Troquille got the best of both worlds.[…]
Deer Hunting
LWF Commission votes to close deer seasons in affected areas if Morganza or Bonnet Carre Spillways open
A potential closure to the deer season in a large swath of the Atchafalaya Basin looms if the Morganza Spillway is opened to divert flood water from the swollen Mississippi River, according to a news release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Deer Hunting
Cottonport man cited for shooting spotted fawn on Richard K. Yancey WMA
A 60-year-old Cottonport man was cited for allegedly shooting a spotted fawn after a license and game check on Jan. 6 at Richard K. Yancey Wildlife Management Area in Concordia Parish.[…]
Deer Hunting
Louisiana hunter downs monster 184-inch typical 9-point on Giles Island
A Lake Charles hunter downed a gigantic 9-point on Giles Island the day after Christmas that is currently the pending No. 2 typical white-tail in the Mississippi Magnolia Records.[…]
Deer of the Year
Ruston hunter downs nice 12-point before Delta deer season closure
Only days before deer season came to an abrupt halt on Winter Quarters Hunting Club in Tensas Parish, Ruston’s Daniel Alexander got in a good lick before the rising waters of the Mississippi River shut the area down. […]
Deer of the Year
Video: Watch massive 184-inch Giles Island 9-point go down
All of us can probably recall Christmases from our past that we vividly remember — when Santa Claus came through with that extra-special gift we had been thinking about and hoping for.[…]
Deer Hunting
Atchafalaya Basin flooding to trigger deer season closures, LDWF says
The rising Mississippi River could claim another casualty, with deer hunting season shutting down within much of the Atchafalaya Basin as early as Friday (Jan. 8), the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced today.[…]
Apex Predator
Apex Predator makes only shot count, downs double-patched Mississippi River buck
Even though I practice and prepare to limit human error, one or two things are bound to eventually go wrong when I average several hunts each week all season long. […]
Deer Hunting
Public Rambling: One December hunt yields two bucks at Atchafalaya Delta WMA
When we left off in November, the deer action had slacked off just as quickly as it had begun. But after five blank hunts, the switch finally flipped on again in December. […]
Deer of the Year
Dry Prong hunter arrows 170-class stud on Lake Ophelia NWR
Seeing deer cross a road at a particular spot on more than one occasion on Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge was all John Michael Benoit needed to know when choosing where he wanted to set-up and hunt. […]
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Franklinton youth shot, killed by father during Mississippi deer hunt
A 16-year-old Franklinton deer hunter was reportedly shot and killed by his father during a New Year’s Eve trip to the Delta National Forest in Mississippi, and state officials are investigating the incident.[…]
Deer Hunting
Agents cite two men for spotlighting 9-point in Madison Parish
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited two men in connection with an illegally taken 9-pointer in October in Madison Parish.[…]