Deer Hunting
Wildgame Invitation
We’re still not sure how we pulled it off, but we were invited to hunt with the Busbice family at their 40,000 acre ranch in Olla, LA.[…]
Deer Hunting
Deer of the Year
Kenner hunter nails public-land hoss at Big Lake WMA
After a couple of slow hunts at Big Lake Wildlife Management Area last Friday, Camille Hollis considered changing things up and moving his climber to a different spot on Saturday morning, Nov. 29.[…]
Deer of the Year
Clark shoots huge 173-inch public-land buck
The day after Thanksgiving is famous for deep discounts, big savings and special offers to officially kick off the Christmas holiday shopping season.[…]
Deer Hunting
LDWF offers $1,000 reward in Rapides Parish deer hunting case
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is asking the public for help in connection with a deer hunting and trespassing case last month in Rapides Parish.[…]
Apex Predator
Apex Predator breaks in brand new .338 tactical ‘pork blaster’
The annual Thanksgiving doe day hunt at Richard K. Yancey Wildlife Management Area was officially underway. […]
Deer of the Year
Ruston mom goes 3 for 3 with nice bucks
When a baseball player gets three hits in three at bats, you can say he’s having a great game. […]
Deer of the Year
Big Webster Parish 16-point goes down
On a cold morning in Webster Parish last month, Jason Vollmer’s 13-year-old son, Brett, opted for a spot in a heated box stand on their private lease near Shongaloo.[…]
Deer of the Year
Hester downs ‘Super Six’ in Red River Parish
There are times when you see a certain something you’d give your eye teeth to own or at least have access to, be it a special shotgun, a bamboo fly rod, or a piece of artwork that has you drooling.[…]
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Swamp tracks — Keys to tracking marsh deer
Somewhere between my stand on the edge of the marsh and the canal bank behind me, I heard a deer. It was working its way through a tangle of briars and scrub myrtle trees to which I normally paid little attention. […]
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Making memorable deer hunts
What makes a memorable deer hunt? Is it bagging a trophy buck, making a successful stalk, watching your child get their first deer, or something else?[…]
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Sage Advice — Deer-hunting tips for Russell Sage WMA
Wouldn’t it be nice for deer hunters to find a 22,000-acre tract of hardwood bottomland available for public hunting?[…]
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Home Stand — How to employ Midwest deer-hunting tactics in Louisiana
Chad Wall feels like hunters within a 100-mile radius of his home in Springfield are some of the best in the country.[…]
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Annual Shoot-Don’t Shoot Quiz
A while back I wrote about the similarities between bass fishing and deer hunting. But there is one major aspect where the two activities are different: When you catch a bass and decide you do not want to keep it you simply drop it back into the water, while when you squeeze the trigger and a buck hits the ground, you cannot take the shot back.[…]
Deer of the Year
Haughton policeman shoots 16-point monster on Barksdale Air Force Base
The U.S. Air Force’s motto might be ‘Aim High,’ but Steven Kennon aimed mid-body and squeezed the trigger, just behind the huge buck’s shoulder.[…]
Deer of the Year
Loreauville hunter takes down nice Red River Parish 8-point
Irvin Stevens’ alarm clock didn’t wake him up on Friday morning, Nov. 14, but luckily he heard the rumble of trucks from some other hunters at his campsite as they headed off to their stands.[…]
Deer of the Year
Anacoco hunter drills big Vernon Parish 14-pointer
When she and her husband overslept earlier this month, Megan Asch was tempted to just cancel their planned hunt that morning and go back to sleep.[…]