Deer of the Year
Two big bucks downed 15 days apart — from same stand
Hunter Hanks downed two bucks totaling 300 inches of bone last fall just two weeks apart — from the same stand in Lincoln Parish. […]
Outdoor Updates
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Red snapper study offers up to $500 for tagged fish
Gulf researchers are offering up to $500 for select tagged red snapper in a study this summer to check the accuracy of federal snapper figures.[…]
Deer Hunting
Virginia hunter’s Illinois non-typical is new world record
Virginia hunter Luke Brewster’s 320 5/8-inch Illinois archery non-typical buck is the largest buck ever killed in North America. […]
Fishing
Top 10 stories of 2018
We researched the archives of LouisianaSportsman.com and came up with the 10 most compelling stories of the year.[…]
Deer Hunting
Potential new typical state record buck downed in Avoyelles Parish
Rumors of a new typical state deer record are swirling around a majestic 17-point buck Joe McPherson shot on Dec. 9 in Avoyelles Parish. […]
Deer Hunting
Monster 217-inch buck goes down in Mississippi
Heath Hodges recently won something akin to a big buck lottery on the afternoon of Dec. 3, when he downed a giant Magnolia State monster that green-scored more than 217 inches of bone.[…]
Deer Hunting
Giant Caldwell Parish 13-point goes down on Boeuf WMA
Positioning a ground blind near the intersection of two deer trails did the truck for Cody Cupepper, who downed a massive 180-inch public lands brute on Boeuf WMA in Caldwell Parish. […]
Deer Hunting
200-class Caddo Parish monster goes down
Malcolm Hilburn was about to give up after a wet morning in the Caddo Parish woods — until a giant 200-class buck showed up on the trail of a doe. […]
Deer Hunting
Impressive 11-pointer arrowed in Tensas Parish
Vicki Husted has already killed a couple of state record books, and she downed a nice 11-pointer on Oct. 24 that stretched the tape to 150 inches. […]
Outdoor Updates
Guide catches beautiful leopard red out of Cocodrie
Capt. Eric Pellegrin was in the midst of a hot trout bite Saturday morning near Wine Island Pass out of Cocodrie when a redfish crashed the party. […]
Deer Hunting
Big Jeff Davis 11-point caps off wild week
They say good things come in threes — and Britt Buller proved it during a wild stretch of hunting late last month in Jeff Davis Parish.[…]
Deer Hunting
Big Union Parish 10-pointer goes down
As the owner of a construction company, West Monroe’s Todd Risinger is able to follow his passion for deer hunting — and that typically means a trip up to Illinois this time of year to bowhunt big bucks up there.[…]
Deer Hunting
Nice 10-point goes down in Sabine Parish
Friday, Oct. 26 was the last day of primitive firearms season in Area 2 — and Kenneth Miller took full advantage of the final hours of that season.[…]
Deer Hunting
13-point DeSoto Parish buck bites the dust
Vacation time well spent for 155-inch-plus deer The number 13 might be considered unlucky by some, but it’s probably one of Trip Taylor’s favorites right now. The 29-year-old deer hunter from Greenwood had been seeing
Deer of the Year
Former LSU QB downs 167-inch monster
It is a well-known fact that on the football field, LSU and Ole Miss are mortal enemies: Very little love is lost between the two state-line rivals. Although it may be difficult to imagine, on Oct. 4 a former Ole Miss quarterback passed up the chance to down a huge 14-point buck, and handed the honor over to a former LSU QB. That Ole Miss guy is Bob Lane – and the LSU fellow is his 59-year-old dad, Robert Lane.[…]
Deer Hunting
Carcass importation ban expands to include Louisiana lands east of Mississippi River
At its October meeting, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission approved a declaration of emergency that expands the current cervid carcass importation ban to include Louisiana lands east of the Mississippi River.[…]