Field Notes
Train up your dog for the coming duck season
As we find ourselves a month away from kicking off the 2011-12 waterfowl seasons, it’s a great time to gather up your gear to get ready for the November openers.[…]
Hunting
Deer Hunting
Chief Ouachita: Make the most of hunting this wildlife management area
Troy Hibbard wanted to be duck hunting the morning of Dec. 20, 1997, but he couldn’t put incredible deer sign he had found on the edge of Ouachita Wildlife Management Area out of his mind.[…]
Deer of the Year
Text, ‘canned’ bleat result in Peason Ridge trophy
Texting usually isn’t considered a vital hunting technique – but don’t tell that to Leesville’s Charles Moore who used his cell phone to ask a buddy to bleat so a hung-up deer would come out of a thicket during a hunt on Peason Ridge Wildlife Management Area.[…]
Deer Hunting
Hits and misses from the opening week of bow season
October 1 found me up in a ladder stand in the mosquito-infested darkness before daylight at the Atchafalaya Delta WMA. […]
News Breaker
Plaquemine man arrested in connection with illegally obtained alligator tags
A 51-year-old Plaquemine man was arrested Oct. 14 and booked in connection with the alleged illegal acquisition of 150 alligator tags, the Louisiana Department Wildlife and Fisheries said.[…]
Deer of the Year
140-inch Union Parish buck arrowed
Dan Preaus grew up in a hunting family. He shot his first buck at the age of 10, and for the next 14 years deer season would find Preaus sitting in a tree with his rifle taking quite a few deer.[…]
Deer Hunting
The low-down on the what, where and when of trophy bucks
What is a trophy buck?
This is pretty much a subject for debate at every hunting camp in the state. It is also a subject written about every year in the many hunting magazines across the country.[…]
Breaking News
‘FunGi73’ arrows potential state-record typical buck
The buck was a beauty during the 2010-11 season, but it was placed off limits by the owner of the East Feliciana property housing the deer.[…]
Hunting
Uncle Mike’s Rifle Assault Bag
Overland Park, Kan. — Uncle Mike’s, a leading provider of shooting accessories for more than 60 years, has introduced the Rifle Assault Bag, a rugged and versatile case for owners of AR or modern sporting rifles.[…]
Deer Hunting
‘SUPER DREW’ wins September Trail Cam Contest
A photo of a LouisianaSportsman.com user’s young daughter hamming it up while her father checked a camera won the September edition of the LouisianaSportsman.com Trail Cam Contest.[…]
Breaking News
180-inch buck arrowed on Giles Island opening day
Jimmy Riley rarely hunts, even though he manages some of the most productive deer property in the state. In fact, he had only killed one buck in the past 15 years when he arranged his opening-day hunt.[…]
Deer of the Year
Cecilia hunter takes monster Sherburne buck
Nick Thibodeaux had missed a great deer last season while hunting on Sherburne Wildlife Management Area. He wanted to get into that area for another try, but he wasn’t sure it was worth the effort after the major flooding earlier this year.
So Thibodeaux scouted the area a week ahead of the Oct. 1 opener, and he was happy with what he found.[…]
Deer Hunting
Buckscore software makes scoring trail-cam bucks easy
Buckscore is an extremely simple program in which trail cam photos are imported in and opened in the scoring screen.[…]
Deer Hunting
Voting to decide September Trail Cam Contest
Voting began this morning in the September edition of the Trail Cam Contest, with user determining who walks away with the monthly Sportsman Gear prize package.[…]
Deer Hunting
Deer Video Contest kicks off
Deer hunting begins Oct. 1 throughout the state, and there’s no better way to create lasting memories of your hunts than by videoing time in the stands.[…]
Deer Hunting
These three WMAs are a bow hunters dream
Louisiana deer hunters can get a little pugnacious when somebody starts talking about how good deer hunting is at their local wildlife management area.[…]