Deer Hunting
Hog hunt yields 200-inch 14-pointer
Jena’s Jay Broadwell admits that he’s not really a trophy hunter. He’s shot enough deer that he doesn’t even get excited any more when he pops one.[…]
Deer Hunting
Deer Hunting
Quality management pays off with 150-inch buck
When Milt May purchased a 3,000-acre tract of land in Madison Parish six years ago, it already had a head start on helping May fulfill his purpose for the purchase – to turn the former farmland into a mecca for waterfowl. Appropriately, the tract was named Waverly Waterfowl, was enrolled in the Wetlands Reserve Program and had been planted in thousands of ash, cypress and oaks.[…]
Deer Hunting
Shirley kills 195-inch 20-point two days after father misses
Mike Shirley was sitting a stand on a 680-acre piece of property in Red River Parish on Dec. 3 when a big buck walked out right beneath him. And he missed. Twice.[…]
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Voting begins for Deer of the Year, Trail Cam contests
It’s time for LouisianaSportsman.com users to decide the best photos entered in the December edition of the Nikon Deer of the Year and the Trail Cam contests.[…]
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Cover: January 2011
This 178-inch beast had never been seen before being shot by Kris Melancon on Nov 19.[…]
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Now Is The Time
For Area 2 hunters, January 2011 means the 2010/11 deer season is pretty much over, and it is time to clean up and pack up the deer-hunting gear.[…]
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Dark Do You In, Dark Do You Part
Alvin Fairchild was sitting in a climber, freezing to death. He had earned that right, walking far into Sherburne Wildlife Management Area to hunt an area in which he and life-long friend Floyd Coye had scored time and time again.[…]
Deer Hunting
Coushatta hunter’s season gets better with 230-inch buck
Andy Anderson’s hunting season began tragically when his home caught fire Oct. 7, burning to the ground and taking all Anderson’s hunting gear with it.[…]
Deer Hunting
Plan B produces 160-class buck for Tensas NWR lottery hunter
Frank Coyne and two of his sons have made the Tensas National Wildlife Refuge lottery rifle hunt a tradition during the past several years, but this year’s hunt didn’t start off very well and the trio didn’t even try to go to their primary area on Dec. 11.[…]
Deer Hunting
Higher-pitched deer calls may work better
One of the nation’s leading deer call manufacturers is Louisiana’s very own Haydel’s Game Calls in Bossier City. Founded by Eli Haydel some 30 years ago, Haydel’s calls are famous for their ability to “blow when wet.” […]
Deer Hunting
Tensas NWR lottery hunt removes almost 200 deer from 80,000-acre refuge
Hunters took just less than 200 deer during the second Tensas National Wildlife Refuge lottery hunt held last weekend (Dec. 11-2), according to the refuge’s Kelly Purkey. Of those kills, 107 were bucks, and 89 were does.[…]
Deer Hunting
Kelleher takes Giles Island monster 8-point
The hunt wasn’t going according to plan. Patrick Kelleher hit Giles Island on Dec. 6 with visions of big bucks running everywhere, but his day and a half of hunting didn’t live up to his dreams.[…]
Deer Hunting
Big bucks taken down at the Delta; hogs moving onto islands
Well, since we last talked, a number of big bucks have been taken down at the Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area. I have seen pictures and talked with one of the game wardens, so these are not just stories.[…]
Deer Hunting
Do you really want to kill a buck with your bow?
It’s finally cold, gun season is in full swing and the rut is just about to kick in heavy. So where does archery fit into this picture? Well, do you want to kill a buck with your bow?[…]
Deer Hunting
Slump buster starts ball rolling for McGehee
Dusty McGehee was in a blue funk earlier this deer season. He had hunted hard around his dad’s home in Union Parish for a particular big buck he’d had his eyes on since last season.[…]
Deer Hunting
Thrasher bags three-beamed Bienville monster
Although 40-year-old Scott Thrasher had the day off Nov. 30, with his eye on sitting on his stand as dawn broke over the Bienville Parish woods, the weatherman put a kink in his hunting plans.
“Instead of heading for my stand, I drove on down to the store located near our hunting lease and sat and chatted with the fellows there because the weather forecast called for an 80 percent chance of rain,” Thrasher explained.[…]