Deer of the Year
Pharmacy School student fills prescription with big symmetrical 8-point
Lauren Hall, a senior in pharmacy school at the University of Louisiana-Monroe, is set to graduate this May. […]
Deer of the Year
Tallulah youngster downs 162-inch buck on Tensas River NWR
Jacob Martin has taken a few deer in his 12 years, but nothing that compares with the big 9-point buck he downed in Madison Parish on Dec. 30 during a Youth Hunt on the Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Cofounder of Ride the Bull kayak tournament loses battle with cancer
Capt. Kristen Wray, a pioneer in kayak fishing on Grand Isle and cofounder of the world’s largest kayak-fishing tournament, died early Wednesday morning after a long bout with cancer.[…]
Hunting
Arkansas man cited for hunting license fraud in Claiborne Parish, LDWF says
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited an Arkansas man on Jan. 7 for allegedly obtaining a hunting license by fraud in Claiborne Parish.[…]
Hunting
Arkansas man cited for hunting license fraud in Claiborne Parish
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited an Arkansas man on Jan. 7 for allegedly obtaining a hunting license by fraud in Claiborne Parish.[…]
Deer of the Year
Beekman youth kills 183-inch Russell Sage WMA buck
Noah Mason turned 14 on Dec. 15, but he received his best gift four days later when he dropped a 180-class Russell Sage Wildlife Management Area 15-point while hunting with his father.[…]
Field Notes
Top 3 late-season duck hunting tactics
All of the prep work earlier this fall will culminate in the next few weeks as another duck hunting season heads into the history books.[…]
Deer of the Year
Sterlington hunter blasts 160-class Ouachita Parish 12-pointer
Four deer seasons ago — on January 2, 2012 to be exact — Melissa Winkler was alone in her box stand in Ouachita Parish when a big buck stepped out. […]
Deer Hunting
Morganza Spillway remaining closed good news for local deer herd
Although deer season is currently closed now in the lower Atchafalaya Basin from Interstate 10 south to U.S. Highway 90 because of high water, word that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has ditched plans to open the Morganza Spillway for now is good news for the deer herd located there.[…]
Deer of the Year
Thibodaux youth downs 7-point piebald
When Jeremy Landry’s 9-year-old daughter unexpectedly expressed interest in joining him in the stand for a deer hunt, he decided on a high tech approach to get her ready for the big day.[…]
Columns
Mother nature is messing with us
For some reason Mother Nature does not seem too happy with us hunters this year. September rolls around, the early seasons open for migratory birds, temperatures were hot and the ground was dry, very dry.[…]
Bass Fishing
B.A.S.S. reschedules Central Open because of Atchafalaya Basin flooding
The unusually wet winter in the Atchafalaya Basin has claimed another victim – the B.A.S.S. Central Open scheduled for next month out of Morgan City has been rescheduled for the fall.[…]
Deer of the Year
Pierre Part hunter downs 150-class Assumption Parish buck
When Paul Hebert climbed into his box stand around 5:45 on the morning of Dec. 29, he really wasn’t planning on shooting a deer.[…]
Deer of the Year
Oak Grove hunter nails 180-class buck on Bayou Macon WMA
Talk about cutting it close.
Oak Grove farmer Dusty Meyers took advantage of Bayou Macon Wildlife Management Area’s seven-day gun season and waylaid a huge buck that scored 181 ⅞ inches — exactly one day before the season ended.[…]
Deer Hunting
Parts of Area 9 deer season closed due to flooding
Parts of Area 9 closed to deer hunting last night (Jan. 10) because of the rising Atchafalaya River, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported.[…]
Columns
What was and is to be: The best of fishing 2015 and looking to 2016
As longtime readers to this column know, I hate “best” lists. So much so, that each year I make my own.[…]