Deer Hunting
176-inch Grant Parish hammer goes down
Nicholas Olden downed the buck of a lifetime when a giant 11-point stepped into his lane up in Grant Parish on Oct. 20.[…]
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Deer Hunting
Big Jeff Davis 11-point caps off wild week
They say good things come in threes — and Britt Buller proved it during a wild stretch of hunting late last month in Jeff Davis Parish.[…]
Deer Hunting
Big Union Parish 10-pointer goes down
As the owner of a construction company, West Monroe’s Todd Risinger is able to follow his passion for deer hunting — and that typically means a trip up to Illinois this time of year to bowhunt big bucks up there.[…]
Deer Hunting
Nice 10-point goes down in Sabine Parish
Friday, Oct. 26 was the last day of primitive firearms season in Area 2 — and Kenneth Miller took full advantage of the final hours of that season.[…]
Deer Hunting
Five-acre plot yields 148-inch buck
Big things sometimes come in small packages, and the big 11-point buck arrowed by Eric Williams on Oct. 26 is certainly proof of that.[…]
Deer Hunting
13-point DeSoto Parish buck bites the dust
Vacation time well spent for 155-inch-plus deer The number 13 might be considered unlucky by some, but it’s probably one of Trip Taylor’s favorites right now. The 29-year-old deer hunter from Greenwood had been seeing
Deer Hunting
Majestic albino buck killed in N.C.
Check out the details on this amazing albino buck killed in North Carolina. […]
Deer Hunting
The Island
Mike Blake and his son Beau, two leaders in the oilfield industry, have a real passion for everything fishing and hunting. So when the opportunity arose to purchase 3,100 acres of some of the most unspoiled and diverse wildlife habitat in South Louisiana, they couldn’t resist.[…]
Deer Hunting
Top 7 tips of a buck killer
Youngsville’s John Pecoraro spends most of the year catching bass, but when the fall arrives he turns to deer hunting — and he loves to chase the big boys at Lucky 13 Ranch near Dry Prong.[…]
Columns
Champion trees and trophy bucks
Records are kept these days of just about everything. As we saw during the 2016 Summer Olympics the old adage “records are made to be broken” is still true.[…]
Deer of the Year
Zachary farmer smacks 170-class buck
Sometimes it just takes some time for the story of a monster buck to surface. Take Donald Forbes’ 172 6/8-inch deer killed north of Zachary back on Jan. 15.[…]
Contents
Head games – Defining a trophy deer is difficult
Every year scores of hunters harvest whitetails throughout the state. Each buck, in the eyes of the beholder, is truly a trophy – hosting a set of antlers that are individually unique.[…]
Deer of the Year
Foggy hunting trip ends with Vernon Parish trophy deer
Call it beginner’s luck or call it fate.
Whatever you call it, James Faulk experienced it on the morning of Dec. 7 in a deer stand near Toledo Bend. Faulk, a 30-year old Erath resident, was hunting that day on his brother Clint’s Vernon Parish lease.[…]
Deer Hunting
Franklin Parish man cited for illegally killing trophy deer, entering big-buck contests
A Winnsboro man was cited Thursday (Jan. 19) for allegedly killing a 15-point deer with an illegal weapon and entering it into several North Louisiana big-buck contests, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported today.
LDWF agents cited Billy W. Jordan, 54, of Winnsboro for taking a deer with an illegal weapon and four felony counts of contest fraud, the agency reported.[…]
Events & Announcements
Louisiana Sportsman Big Buck Contest to highlight trophy deer from past two seasons
Deer hunters dream of that big buck stepping into their sights, and if you’ve been lucky that dream has come true in the past couple of years.[…]
Deer Hunting
West Monroe’s Bower takes massive 27-point buck
West Monroe’s L.E. Bower Jr. wasn’t planning to hunt when he headed to his Ouachita Parish lease Sunday (Dec. 27) after attending church and eating lunch with the family.[…]