Hunting Reports
Finley Koles gets her first deer
Finley Koles, 7, of Wakefield killed her first deer, a doe, on Nov. 24, 2023 and then killed her first buck, a 4-point, on Jan. 21, 2024.
Hunting Reports
Beau Bagala’s first deer
Beau Bagala, 6, shot his first deer on Dec. 16 in Cut Off.
Hunting Reports
Gracie Caldarera’s first deer
Ten-year-old Gracie Caldarera of Ragley with her first deer. She shot this big, old doe in Ragley with a .243 rifle on Dec. 10, 2023 while hunting with her father, Charlie Caldarera. She put her
Fishing Reports
Roy Cathcart with a stringer of sac-a-lait
“Bad weather was coming and the sac-a-lait were being allusive as always, but once we figured them out it was on. The first few wanted no action at all just the jig sitting still right
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Konner Davis gets late-season buck
Konner Davis killed this buck with a 20 6/8-inch inside spread and 22-inch main beams on Jan. 22, 2024 in Kelly, La. The buck’s G2’s measured 9 7/8 inches. He had been after this buck
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Ayden Neevel’s first deer
Ayden Neevel, 9, of Bossier City got his first deer on private family land.
Field Reports
Catch and cook: Shoreline speckled trout
Chas Champagne got to the eastern shorelines of Lake Pontchartrain to avoid the high winds and boat traffic and catch some speckled trout.[…]
Hunting Reports
Chris Russo’s St. Helena Parish doe
Chris Russo with a 148-pound doe he put down in St. Helena Parish.
Hunting Reports
Big group of hogs
This photo is from an evening hunt with outfitter Southern Eradicators, located near Crowley, La. The group was checking rice fields and crawfish ponds when they capitalized on a big group of hogs up to
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William Fernandez’s first deer
William Fernandez, 12, of River Ridge shot his first deer on Jan. 21 with a 7 mm rifle near Kentwood, La. The doe weighed 135 pounds.
Hunting Reports
Earnest Baker’s Axis deer
Earnest Baker of Rayville, La., got this 200-pound Axis deer on Dec. 20, 2023 hunting in West Texas with his co-workers. It was killed with a Browning 7mm 08 X Bolt.
Hunting Reports
Analiese’s Michigan buck
Analiese Gaffey from Leesville, La., shot this whitetail in Michigan.
Field Notes
Out of State Destinations: Western Elk
The best way to locate a spot to elk hunt is through a guide, but if you want to do it on your own, Andy Dyess of Madison, Miss., has advice.[…]
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Hudson Vujnovich’s first deer
Ten-year-old Hudson Vujnovich with his first deer.
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Adalyn Boling got her first deer
Adalyn Boling, 14, of Marrero, shot her first deer on Dec. 30, 2023 in Area 4.
Hunting Reports
Riley Deloach’s first banded duck
Riley Deloach killed his first band on a mottled duck on Jan. 14 in Gueydan, La. There were also two other bands killed on the same hunt by his cousin and friend.