Deer Hunting
Battle Bones
Flextone Game Calls recently introduced the new Battle Bones rattling antlers. They make ultra-realistic buck fighting sounds and are much safer to carry than real whitetail antlers.[…]
Deer Hunting
Columns
Does your deer herd measure up?
There was a lot of antler measuring going on during the Louisiana Sportsman Show in mid-March.[…]
Columns
Unravelling a blood trail
One recent cold, damp January morning, as I sat in my ground blind watching and hoping for a mature late-season buck, my cell phone in the pocket of my coat vibrated.[…]
Columns
Impacts of the 2014 acorn crop
Many hunters are still lamenting the poor deer season that just ended. Complaints about lack of deer sightings and poor deer activity have hunters crying about too many doe days.[…]
Deer Hunting
Port Allen man convicted for transporting unlawfully taken 12-pointer
A 50-year-old Port Allen man pled guilty and was sentenced for violating federal wildlife laws in connection with a 12-point buck he unlawfully shot in Kentucky in November of 2013, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney Walt Green.[…]
Deer of the Year
Lakeland hunter drills Pointe Coupee Parish 13-pointer nicknamed ‘The Man’
Emery Patin gave a whole new meaning to the phrase “Stick it to the man” when he dropped a big Pointe Coupee Parish buck on the final day of primitive firearms season in January.[…]
Columns
The details make all the difference
As I write this month’s “Happy Trails” column, the 2014-2015 Mississippi deer season here in Central Mississippi has just ended. […]
Deer of the Year
Zachary farmer smacks 170-class buck
Sometimes it just takes some time for the story of a monster buck to surface. Take Donald Forbes’ 172 6/8-inch deer killed north of Zachary back on Jan. 15.[…]
Deer Hunting
Bayard wins Yamaha ATV during Louisiana Sportsman Big Buck Contest
There could be only one winner of the 2015 Louisiana Sportsman Big Buck Contest drawing for the brand-new Yamaha 350 Grizzly — and the single ticket pulled out of the pot bore then name of Lynn Bayard.[…]
Columns
Was the 2014 deer season another good one?
The 2014-15 deer season is history and now it is time to clean up the deer camp, take care of deer stands, wash the ATVs and trucks, measure the racks at the upcoming Sportsman Show and evaluate the deer harvest data to see what is right or wrong with your deer management program.[…]
Deer Hunting
Hessmer man arrested in Spring Bayou WMA downed tree case, LDWF says
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries arrested a Hessmer man on Friday in connection with the downing of trees on Spring Bayou Wildlife Management Area in Avoyelles Parish.[…]
Deer Hunting
Monroe man cited for cutting down trees on Ouachita WMA
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited a Monroe man on Feb. 15 for criminal damage to property, intentional littering, hunting deer out of season and leaving a deer stand in hunting position on Ouachita Wildlife Management Area.[…]
Columns
‘Drop Tine’ and its brother
Many readers of Happy Trails no doubt also read my additional article last month in the January issue of Mississippi Sportsman titled Hinds County Hunter Bags Monster Buck. Well, there is a little more to that story than what you read on those pages.[…]
Deer of the Year
Mississippi hunter shoots 10-pointer with four distinct antlers
With a nickname like ‘Bone,” it just makes sense that Seburn Coker would be the guy to shoot a buck with four antlers – and lots of bone – protruding from its skull.[…]
Deer Hunting
Three men cited for alleged night-hunting violations in St. Helena Parish
Three men accused of hunting deer at night near Kentwood and then letting the animals rot were cited by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries last Thursday.[…]
Columns
Looking back at 2014, but moving forward into 2015
Well, another year has ended and as Tennessee Ernie Ford sang, “Another day older and deeper in debt.” The hunting version of this song would go, “Another season has ended and the freezer is empty.”[…]