Deer Hunting
2020 Louisiana Sportsman Show Big Buck Contest cut short
The 2020 Louisiana Sportsman Show and Festival was shut down early and the show’s Big Buck Contest ended the second night of the show, with 27 entries.[…]
Hunting
News Breaker
LDWF’s 2021 Louisiana Waterfowl Conservation Stamp competition
Mottled duck will be the featured species for 2021 Louisiana Waterfowl Conservation Stamp, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced.[…]
Features
The little turkey call that could
Turkey hunting is perhaps the most-challenging outdoor sport. Cedar Hill’s Little Scratch Box can be the ticket to great turkey hunting.[…]
Hunting
Amendments banning sale of untested deer urine products, altering dove season dates
The LWFC adopted amendments to its 2020-21 Hunting Regulation Notice of Intent that would ban the sale of untested deer urine products in Louisiana.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF making leftover turkey lottery hunts available to public
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is making available leftover opportunities for WMA turkey lottery hunts.[…]
Deer Hunting
For Louisiana deer, spring green-out saves the day
When spring brings out new growth on natural plants, your local deer herd will prosper, but it takes more to improve their year-round health.[…]
Hunting
CZ 1012 shotgun
If you’re tired of having to spend too much time after hunts cleaning your shotgun, making sure it’s spotless so the gas-operated recoil system works, then the CZ 1012 is for you.[…]
Apex Predator
Sometimes, it takes all season to have deer-hunting success
Some deer seasons, everything seems to go right, but others are a test of persistence. This hunter’s frustrating season turned into a success.[…]
Hunting
Louisiana boy wins Wyoming elk hunt
Ayden Fatherree of Prairieville, Louisiana, got a call that he had won the Wyoming Elk Super Tag for the 2019 hunting season.[…]
Deer Hunting
Pointe Coupee hunter kills buck with upper canine teeth
Roy LeJeune killed a unique trophy when he took a nice adult buck in Pointe Coupee Parish that had small peg like teeth in the upper jaw.[…]
Deer Hunting
2019-20 Deer of the Year
Since deer season cranked up last fall, Louisiana Sportsman writers have detailed the stories of almost 40 big bucks harvested across the Bayou State.[…]
Deer Hunting
Phantom buck finally makes fatal mistake
Jerry Denman shot a trophy buck on Dec. 8 at a 33-acre tract of property in Red River Parish. It could be the buck he has hunted for the past several years.[…]
Hunting
Public hearings for 2020-21 and 2021-22 hunting seasons to begin Feb. 11
The LDWF will hold public hearings for the proposed 2020-21 and 2021-22 hunting seasons beginning Tuesday, Feb. 11, in Minden.[…]
Deer Hunting
Prairieville hunter kills huge Concordia Parish buck
Jeremy Martinez of Prairieville hunted through gusting winds and heavy rain to kill a Concordia Parish 14-point trophy buck on Jan. 10.[…]
Hog Hunting
Wild Pork Cuban Sandwiches with Humberto Fontova
Humberto Fontova delivers a crowd-pleasing sandwich in this Sportsman TV episode. He mixes wild pork with a classic cuban sandwich recipe.[…]
News Breaker
Louisiana duck season over; Catahoula Lake fight is not
The issue of who legally owns the massive Catahoula Lake area and the fight to keep it open for public waterfowl hunting access is not over yet.[…]