Deer Hunting
Facebook buck picture implicates Franklin Parish hunter
Before posting that selfie online with you and a nice buck, you better make sure you’re complying with all the basic big game hunting rules and regulations.[…]
Year: 2015
Deer Hunting
Facebook buck picture implicates Franklin Parish hunter
Before posting that selfie online with you and a nice buck, you better make sure you’re complying with all the basic big game hunting rules and regulations.[…]
Columns
Veteran turkey biologist retires
In the early ’80s, a young college graduate from Louisiana Tech was hired by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries as a wildlife specialist on Pearl River WMA.[…]
Deer of the Year
West Monroe hunter downs 180-inch monster in Richland Parish
Sometimes taking down a wily old buck requires teamwork — which was definitely on display during a wild hunt that resulted in a 180-class monster biting the bullet in Richland Parish on Thanksgiving afternoon.[…]
Deer of the Year
Doe lure reels in 170-class Jackson Parish 11-pointer
More often than not, a breeze blowing from a hunter’s location toward where a mature buck is hanging out spells the end of a hunt — but adding Harmon’s Triple Heat Estrous Doe Lure to the mix can apparently change the rules.[…]
Columns
Purple-and-gold – Winter specks love LSU-colored flies
The Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association maintains the state fish records for each species, both for conventional tackle and fly tackle. And one glance at the fly-rod listings for speckled trout suggests that winter through early spring is the best time to catch trophy trout on a fly.[…]
Deer of the Year
Heavy-horned 8-point goes down in Jackson Parish
Before hunting pressure puts deer on high alert, the behavior of whitetails — even mature bucks — can be rather predictable.[…]
Events & Announcements
Proposal would create new Wildlife Management Area within Kisatchie National Forest
Talks are underway between the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the U.S. Forest Service to create a new Wildlife Management Area within Kisatchie National Forest.[…]
Fishing
Six cited for illegal shrimping in Lake Pontchartrain Sanctuary area
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited six men for alleged shrimping violations in the Lake Pontchartrain Sanctuary on Dec. 7 in Orleans Parish.[…]
Deer of the Year
Zwolle teen nails big Sabine Parish 11-point on Thanksgiving afternoon
After a great Thanksgiving lunch at her grandmother’s house, Aaliyah Meshell got an unexpected invitation to go deer hunting with her mom and dad on their family land near Zwolle in Sabine Parish.[…]
Deer of the Year
11-year-old takes down 160-class 11-point nicknamed ‘King Kong’ in Caddo Parish
Gray Allums, an 11-year-old sixth-grader at Benton Middle School, said his favorite subject is math.[…]
Deer of the Year
Spearsville taxidermist takes down Union Parish 10-pointer
There’s one common trait amongst taxidermists across the country: When one tells you that he killed a good buck, you can bet the house that it’s a wall-hanger. […]
Big Bass
Angler landing Toledo Bend lunkers with big Jackall Gantarel swimbait
Derek Mong has been on an astounding run at Toledo Bend in about the last month — his five best bass weighed-in at a hefty 47.23 pounds. And he’s doing all of his damage almost exclusively with a bait rarely – if ever – used on the reservoir.[…]
Deer of the Year
Deridder hunter nails 12-point on first-ever trip to Loggy Bayou WMA
Without ever once actually setting foot on Loggy Bayou Wildlife Management Area, Jerry Bailey did some serious cyber-scouting on Google Earth that resulted in a 12-point, almost 160-inch public lands trophy buck of a lifetime. […]
Ask Captain Paul
Get accessories for your GPS unit now
I have been getting more and more requests to assist readers with finding parts and accessories for their GPS units.[…]
Deer of the Year
Clear Creek WMA yields nice 12-pointer
The third time was the charm for Dakotah Finn and a nice public lands 12-point he’d been pursuing on Clear Creek Wildlife Management Area in Vernon Parish.[…]