Hunting Reports
Rylee LeBleu’s first deer
Rylee LeBleu, 11, did not get to spend any time in the woods last season due to her mother being on chemo for breast cancer.[…]
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Deer Hunting
Patterson hunter arrows trophy 9-point in Mississippi
Melvin Brown Jr. arrowed a 9-point, 215-pound buck on Sept. 16 while hunting from a deer stand on a lease near Fayette, Mississippi.[…]
Columns
How to stay safe in the tree stand
With the number, quality and comfort level of safety products available today, no hunter should climb a stand without being clipped in.[…]
News Breaker
Two men cited for deer hunting violations in Plaquemines Parish
LDWF enforcement agents cited two men in separate cases for alleged deer hunting violations in Plaquemines Parish.[…]
Columns
Corned venison
After one week of letting the brine work its magic, you are left with some of the finest venison sandwich meat known to man.[…]
Deer Hunting
What not to do when deer hunting
Kinny Haddox talked to about a dozen hunters to help come up with a bona fide list of things NOT TO DO when deer hunting.[…]
Deer Hunting
Crossbow hunting
The new style crossbows allow older hunters and many others the opportunity to keep hunting from blinds or shoot houses.[…]
Columns
The Womack Journal: How it all began
Warren Womack of Bluff Creek has kept a journal of every deer and turkey he killed since 1968. Here is discusses his first few bow hunts.[…]
Hunting Reports
St. Mary Parish 8-point
Ethan Defelice with an 8-point buck taken on Oct. 1 in St. Mary Parish.[…]
Columns
The Womack Journal: Third time’s the charm
Warren Womack of Bluff Creek tells the story of his late January three day hunt with his friend Murray Landry.[…]
Columns
The Womack Journal: A long journey for the Cherrybark buck
Warren Womack of Bluff Creek describes the 1997 hunt where he killed 8-point buck under Cherrybark oak trees.[…]
Deer Hunting
Pre-charged pneumatic devices may be used to hunt deer during modern firearm season only
Pre-charged pneumatic devices may be used by hunters only during the modern firearm season beginning with the 2022-23 season.[…]
Hunting Reports
Jase’s first deer kill
Jase LeBlanc with his first whitetail harvest at age 7 on his family farm in Claiborne, Miss.[…]
Deer Hunting
Cleaning and disposing of deer in the CWD control area
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is here to stay for now, and it is up to hunters to try to keep it contained. Unfortunately, Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (LADDL) detected its first CWD case in
Deer Hunting
LDWF to provide CWD testing drop-off locations in Franklin, Madison and Tensas parishes
The LDWF is providing Chronic Wasting Disease drop-off locations within the Franklin, Madison and Tensas parishes CWD Control Area.[…]
Deer Hunting
Franklin, Madison and Tensas parishes CWD Control Area regulations for the 2022-23 deer season
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has adopted regulations for the Chronic Wasting Disease Control Area in northeast Louisiana.[…]