Other Hunting
The Covey Rise Migration
Upland game birds in Louisiana is like saying white shrimp exist in Montana, but we hooked up with Covey Rise Lodge in Husser, LA to film this awesome hunt of quail, chukar, and pheasant.[…]
Hunting
News Breaker
December aerial survey: Duck numbers double since November
The second split of duck season opens in all three Louisiana zones on Saturday morning, and if the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ annual December survey is any indication, hunters might see more action based on the sheer number of birds in the state.[…]
Deer Hunting
How to read the astro tables to see more deer
Some people live and die by astro charts, swearing all they have to do to be more successful is time their trips to coincide with the listed major and minor feeding periods.[…]
Deer Hunting
Up big-buck odds with ‘scrape transplant’
Gary Frisbee hunts in western North Carolina’s high country near his home outside Hot Springs, where the deer herd isn’t particularly large. Still, the 28-year-old has killed plenty of big bucks in his first 15 years in the woods.[…]
Deer of the Year
Central hunter downs 160-inch monster in Pride
Luke Milstead’s Dec. 7 hunt in Pride probably won’t ever be featured in a “how-to” video on tactics to take down a trophy whitetail. […]
Deer Hunting
Abandon food plots for late-season deer
We’ve spent all season perched in stands overlooking food plots and other well-known grazing areas, waiting for deer to get their feed on.[…]
Deer of the Year
Mount Olive hunter follows hunch, shoots 150-class Bienville Parish buck
Mike Brown, a retired electrician from Mount Olive in Bienville Parish, stayed in his stand longer than he normally would have on Tuesday, Dec. 15, hoping for a repeat of what he had seen just a few days earlier.[…]
Deer of the Year
DeRidder hunter drops ‘Hightower’ buck in Beauregard Parish
This past Nov. 7 was pretty much a day most LSU football fans would rather forget.
The vaunted No. 2-ranked Tigers went into Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa with Heisman hopeful Leonard Fournette in tow, and got completely dominated by the one-loss Crimson Tide, 30-16. […]
News Breaker
2016 turkey season lottery hunt applications available
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is now accepting applications for 2016 turkey season lottery hunts on state wildlife management areas.[…]
Deer Hunting
Two Morgan City men cited for illegal night hunting
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries wrote up two Morgan City men on Saturday in connection with a couple of night-hunting cases in Assumption Parish.[…]
Deer Hunting
Should you cull bucks?
The morning is crisp and clear, with an almost imperceptible breeze — in short, a wonderful day to spend in a deer stand.[…]
Deer of the Year
Hunter nails 152-inch 8-point on Jackson Bienville WMA
Thirty feet up a pine tree in his climber well before sunrise, Trey Brown was in what he suspected was a perfect spot to take down a nice buck on the Jackson Bienville Wildlife Management Area last Wednesday. […]
Deer Hunting
Union Parish bear populations growing
The second-hottest topic in the woods in Union Parish behind deer is bears.
Oh, my.[…]
Deer Hunting
Define daytime deer-hunting locations
The great thing about writing about hunting and fishing is that I get to apply the same tips and techniques to my own hunting and fishing as Louisiana Sportsman readers do.[…]
Deer Hunting
Try rotating deer stands on trail intersections
Washington Parish deer hunter Karl Casanova told me one time that he thinks the best two opportunities Area 4 deer hunters have for killing a good deer are early in the bow season or right at the end of the bow season.[…]
Deer Hunting
Louisiana top 10 piney woods parishes for deer hunting
Hunting piney woods might present a bit of a challenge, but that doesn’t mean there’s a lack of deer.[…]