Big Bass
Leesville angler survives a handful of scares to land Vernon Lake lunker bass
Travis Pew of Leesville caught a 12-pound lunker bass while fishing at Vernon Lake the morning of March 23.[…]
Vernon Parish
Deer Hunting
Reader Report: Hunter bags Vernon Parish brute
Sean Kennon of DeQuincy, La., downed his trophy buck while hunting on public land in Vernon Parish on Oct. 18.[…]
Deer of the Year
Smokey overcomes the fog to find Landreneau’s big buck
Chad Landreneau took a big 11-point buck at his lease along the Sabine River in Vernon Parish on a foggy morning Nov. 9.[…]
Deer Hunting
Leesville hunter harvests rare “unicorn” 9 pointer
Jared Phillips of Leesville bagged a 9-point buck with a unique unicorn antler on his hunting club in Vernon Parish.[…]
Deer of the Year
Choosing bow over primitive gun pays off for Hickman
Kody Hickman of Hornbeck killed a trophy 10-point buck at Peason Ridge Wildlife Management Area on Oct. 9.[…]
Big Bass
Just fish! Leesville man gets big reward
Nathaniel Street of Leesville went fishing at Vernon Lake the morning of Oct. 14 and landed a 13-pound lunker bass.[…]
Big Bass
Anacoco bowhunter lands monstrous largemouth at Vernon Lake
Ricky Sharbeno, a 37-year-old oilfield worker from Anacoco, hooked a 12.50-pound monster largemouth bass at Vernon Lake.[…]
Deer of the Year
One more notch in old gun as Thompson downs big buck
Tommy Thompson of Rosepine added another notch to his Remington 30.06 auto when he killed an impressive Vernon Parish 10-point buck.[…]
Bass Fishing
Dams at Vernon and Anacoco threatened by rising waters, Vernon Parish sheriff says
Dams on two Vernon Parish lakes are in danger of breaching because of heavy rains dumped on the region by the remnants of Hurricane Harvey, the Vernon Parish sheriff announced late yesterday. […]
Deer of the Year
Doe scent fools big Vernon Parish 11-point
Earlier this deer season, we had the privilege of reporting on the success of Shane Rachal, who thought he was shooting at a big 11-point buck he had on camera — only to find out the buck he actually downed that foggy October morning was an even larger 13-point.[…]
Deer of the Year
Crowley hunter nails giant Vernon Parish 17-pointer
Darryl Foreman had only seen nighttime trail camera images of a giant buck that would never show itself during daylight hours. […]
Deer of the Year
Hineston hunter nails giant 13-point in Vernon Parish
Garrett Freeman was a little out of his comfort zone in his box stand last Friday afternoon around 6 p.m.[…]
Deer of the Year
16-point ‘backyard buck’ downed in Vernon Parish
George Mason has had his eyes on an impressive Vernon Parish buck since June, and earlier this month brought the big deer down — without even reaching his stand.[…]
Deer of the Year
Case of mistaken identity in Vernon Parish results in 13-point buck
Hunting in a heavy fog the morning of Oct. 13, Shane Rachal, shot what he thought was a big 11-point buck his trail cameras had identified since summer.[…]
Deer of the Year
Anacoco hunter drills big Vernon Parish 14-pointer
When she and her husband overslept earlier this month, Megan Asch was tempted to just cancel their planned hunt that morning and go back to sleep.[…]