Deer of the Year

Red River WMA gives up monster 11-point

January 16, 2012 Andy Crawford

Ryan Evans has spent a lot of time hunting public lands, and Red River Wildlife Management Area is so close to his heart that he bought some nearby property and has been working on building a camp.

But Evans had been so busy on the camp and squirrel hunting with his kids that he hadn’t had time to make a deer hunt on Red River. So it didn’t take much for brother to convince him to make a trip on Friday (Jan. 13).

Ryan Evans left that evening with a true public-lands trophy —a 155-inch 11-point.[…]

Events & Announcements

West Monroe man sentenced in federal court for killing bald eagle

January 14, 2012 From News Reports

A West Monroe man was lost his hunting privileges, received a fine, and was sentenced to unsupervised probation Jan. 3 for killing a bald eagle in the spring of 2011, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported.

Jeffrey M. Miles, 23, was fined $2,525, lost his hunting privileges for three years and must serve three years of unsupervised probation in connection with the April 4 killing of the mature bald eagle in Franklin Parish, the LDWF said.[…]

Waterfowl & Duck Hunting

Ducks still thick in Southwest marshes

January 13, 2012 Darren Digby

With the West Zone closure fast approaching and a blustery front barreling through our state, we couldn’t wait to get into the marsh yesterday (Jan. 12). Anticipation was high for my father-in-law, Mike Chol, and I when we arrived to a hot breakfast at Doug’s Hunting Lodge in Klondike.[…]

Deer of the Year

Tensas NWR gives up potential state-record archery buck

January 10, 2012 Andy Crawford

Alton McLeod is no stranger to Tensas National Wildlife Refuge, having spent time hunting there every for 25 years. But it was the choice to hunt a new part of the 80,000-acre public property that paid the biggest dividends of his hunting career Saturday (Jan. 7).

That’s when he arrowed a monster 28-point that has been green scored at 222 inches Pope & Young, which could make it the largest non-typical deer ever killed by a bow hunter in the state.[…]

Deer of the Year

Woods retreat means huge St. Francisville buck

January 6, 2012 Andy Crawford

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

January 6, 2012 Glynn Harris

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

January 6, 2012 Glynn Harris

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.[…]