Deer of the Year

Woods retreat means huge St. Francisville buck

The buck was no secret on the St. Francisville lease: Everyone had seen the trail cam photos of the huge deer last season, but the beast seemed to have disappeared midway through that season.

Baton Rouge’s Todd Tregre and his buddies fretted the deer had been shot elsewhere, and then the animal’s image appeared on a trail cam in February.[…]

Deer of the Year

Lady in pink bags antlered doe

Jamie Brown pulled on her hot-pink bibs, drove up to her deer stand in her hot-pink jeep and promptly bagged a deer. With all these “girly” things going on, it was only natural that the deer she bagged was a doe.

However, it was no ordinary doe; the weird deer sported a velvet covered 5-point rack with a 20-inch inside spread and unbelievable 9 ¼-inch bases.[…]

Deer of the Year

Ruston dentist drills massive 8-point

Winter Quarters, a 10,000-acre hunting club situated inside the Mississippi River levee in Tensas Parish, has a rule hunters follow to determine if a buck is mature enough to take: The animal has to have main beams measuring at least 20 inches.

The buck that stepped into Dr. Kenny Cox’s crosshairs Nov. 25 easily passed the eyeball test. The brute not only met the 20 inch minimum; it exceeded it by 7 ½ inches on the left and 6 ¾ inches on the right, and has green scored at more than 160 inches Boone & Crockett.[…]

Hunting

EPIC HD 1080

The EPIC 1080 Adventure Camera has the ability to record in stunning 1920×1080 High Definition, capturing all the action of the hunt with sharp, high-resolution video and crisp, clear audio.[…]

Hunting

The Leanest Month

No Hollywood premier generated such anticipation. The capacity crowd waiting for the Rolling Stones to finally strut onto the Superdome stage in 1989 seemed pathetically blase’ compared to this crowd.[…]

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Finish Strong

Imagine if every time you went to your refrigerator or pantry someone was there to smack you over the head just as you reached in for something to eat. You’re starving, craving your favorite snack, then out of nowhere, BLAM! Suddenly something prevents you from filling your stomach and satisfying your hunger, or more importantly, something stands in the way of you surviving.[…]