Deer of the Year
Management hunt ends in genuine trophy
Ron Anderson and the buddy with whom he shares hunting rights on a couple of hundred acres in East Feliciana Parish weren’t happy with how the season was unfolding.[…]
Deer of the Year
Deer of the Year
Playing the wind yields East Baton Rouge Parish giant
The vast majority of deer hunters in Louisiana look for their quarry from the vantage point of elevated stands. Many also utilize trail cameras to give them an idea of what they’re hunting.[…]
Deer of the Year
Third-generation Red River hunting stand yields 170-inch trophy
Berl Lawson’s dad erected a deer stand at the edge of a pasture on the family’s cattle farm 25 years ago, a stand the elder Lawson hunted until his son was older. Now that Berl has a 13-years-old son, Lewis, the youngster is claiming squatter’s rights to the stand, and with good reason.[…]
Deer of the Year
Sighting of small buck turns into St. Landry Parish monster deer
Steve “Moonie” Chelette was excited when he headed to the woods on Friday (Dec. 16). The weather had turned nasty, with temperatures dropping and a drizzling rain setting in, and he had seen a small buck the day before and was making a move to try and cut it off.
“I had a ladder stand on the other side of property where I thought he was, and I went there looking for him,” Chelette said.
What showed up that afternoon turned out to be a monster 18-pointer that has been green scored at 166 2/8 inches Boone & Crockett.[…]
Deer of the Year
‘BIG GRIFF’ closes deal on 150-inch Lafourche Parish buck
A 500-acre chunk of pasture and woodland near Raceland in Lafourche Parish served as the final resting place for an impressive 11-point buck taken down by Des Allemands’ deer hunter Stephen “Griff” Griffin.
Griffin had gotten a sneak peek at the buck he estimated to score in the 150s just 10 days prior to bagging it on Dec. 8.[…]
Deer of the Year
Relaxing trip to the river ends with 173-inch Livingston Parish trophy
Jeffrey Doyle just needed a break last Saturday (Dec. 10), so he headed to the most peaceful place near his Walker home – the banks of the Amite River.[…]
Deer of the Year
Father drops West Feliciana trophy buck
How seriously does Terry Perilloux take deer hunting?[…]
Deer of the Year
Lafayette hunter kills 220-inch buck in Mississippi Delta
Lafayette’s Scott Champagne almost didn’t hunt the stand on Thursday (Dec. 8). But he saw a doe jumping his fence and heading toward an old, grown-up food plot and knew Jefferson County bucks were probably starting to look at the females of the species with lust.[…]
Deer of the Year
Trophy buck killed despite hunter making all the wrong decisions
Sometimes when you’re deer hunting and you do everything just right, you still come home without a deer. Other times, karma is on your side and everything you do is wrong but you still bag a trophy.[…]
Deer of the Year
Hunter takes 154-inch Lafourche Parish giant
Carl “Squeaky” Dupre owes his friend Gary Larousse big-time.[…]
Deer of the Year
Monster Caldwell Parish buck a Thanksgiving treat
Although Pam Plummer grew up around hunters in her extended family, she seldom hunted, preferring instead to enjoy nature and the outdoors experience without a deer rifle in her hand.[…]
Deer of the Year
Perseverance pays off with 180-inch Red River giant
The skies were threatening with thunder rumbling in the distance the mid-November morning David Long first spotted the huge Red River Parish buck, which later green scored in the 180s.
“I was sitting in my box stand overlooking a shooting lane where I had a tripod feeder set up,” Long said. “I saw three does hurry across the lane at about 100 yards.
“I looked to the edge of the lane and there he stood.”[…]
Deer of the Year
Huge Red River Parish buck pays for predictable schedule
When a trophy buck crossed Jerry Hester’s lane within minutes of the same time two days in a row, Hester had one eye on his watch and another on his shooting lane on the third day.[…]
Deer of the Year
Giles Island produces another monster buck
Ricky Rogillio saw that huge buck the first time during an early season bow hunt, when he took a client to Giles Island Hunting Club. It was monstrous, with two drop tines dripping from the left main beam.
“I saw videos of it, and I knew I wanted to come back,” the Walker hunter said. “I worried it wouldn’t be there when I got back.”
He left the island last Wednesday (Nov. 30) with the 175-inch rack cooling in the back of his truck.[…]
Deer of the Year
Woman downs enormous Calcasieu Parish buck
When Jacey Broussard saw the buck of her dreams a few weeks back while she was riding horseback, it was almost as if the deer had fallen out of the sky.[…]
Deer of the Year
Tensas Parish trophy killed during hunt that almost didn’t happen
Hunters dream of that one defining hunt, when everything comes together and culminates in a wallhanger to make buddies jealous. Greg Krause’s day came on Nov. 13, but he almost passed the opportunity.
“When I stepped out the camp that morning, I was greeted by temperatures in the 60s, a howling wind and, worst of all, a big, bright full moon shining down on the area,” Krause said. “I thought to myself, ‘There’s no way I’m going to see any deer this morning with that big moon out,’ but then again you can’t kill them from the camp!”[…]