Columns
This past deer season was a good one, will the 2024-25 season be just a good?
Quality habitat and quality nutrition is a must for producing quality deer and will provide hunters with a buck worth harvesting this fall.[…]
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Venison Italian Sausage Bake
This Venison Italian Sausage Bake recipe incorporates last year’s venison harvest along with garden fresh tomatoes and basil.[…]
Hunting
LDWF accepting applications for deer and waterfowl lottery hunts on WMAs
The LDWF is accepting applications for deer and waterfowl lottery hunts on LDWF WMAs for the 2024-2025 hunting season.[…]
Columns
The Pope and Young Club
The Pope and Young Club keeps records of all 29 North American big game species, but that’s not all they do.[…]
Deer Hunting
Deer epigenetics
While habitat and nutrition certainly play important factors in harvesting big bucks, there’s also something called deer epigenetics.[…]
Columns
Managing both deer numbers and food plot health
There are two reasons hunters plant food plots; one is to attract deer for hunting and the other is to supplement the native forage.[…]
Columns
Map it out
Even in today’s digital world, printed maps are essential tools for outdoorsmen.[…]
Deer Hunting
Out of State Destinations: Kansas deer
Kansas uses a lottery system. While the season is over this year, it’s time to start that procedure if you want to hunt for deer in Kansas.[…]
Deer Hunting
2024 Louisiana Sportsman Show Big Buck Contest
Youth hunter turn out was good and Hunter Hoffman from Springfield won first place with a huge 241 1/8 Non-Typical buck that he killed on a Hunt of a Lifetime Hunt in Alabama.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF agents cite three subjects for deer hunting violations in Central Louisiana
LDWF enforcement agents cited three subjects on Feb. 20 for alleged deer hunting violations that occurred across three parishes.[…]
Deer Hunting
Reader Report: Winn Parish buck finally loses game of hide-and-seek
Joshua Brevelle of Effie downed this beautiful 148 5/8-inch buck nicknamed “Porkchop” on Dec. 26 in Winn Parish.[…]
Columns
Venison Zuppa Toscana
Zuppa Toscana is a hearty Italian soup that can be enjoyed year round. It is perfect for chilly winter evenings at home or the hunting camp.[…]
Deer of the Year
2023-24 Deer of the Year
We reviewed all of our 2023-2024 big buck stories and share a few of the latest with a look back at the top of the class.[…]
Deer Hunting
Reader Report: Waiting on bigger buck marks 11-pointer off hunter’s bucket list
Joshua Pryor of Deville was hunting in Grant Parish on Nov. 23, 2023 when he bagged his target buck, a big 11-point.[…]
Deer Hunting
The real story of monster Richland Parish buck will remain untold
Jeff Perot of Ruston was trying to photograph deer in Richland Parish on Dec. 28 when he found a buck’s rack with 244 5/8 inches of mass.[…]
Columns
Venison Deep Dish Pizza
After multiple pizzas and plenty of trips to Chicago, I decided that a deep-dish pizza would be better suited for wild boar or venison.[…]