Deer of the Year
Possible cull buck turns into 12-point Concordia Parish trophy
Zack Calhoun let a buck with a messed up rack walk last season, then took it down this year after it blossomed into a 12-point Concordia Parish monster.[…]
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Long drive pays off with big Bienville Parish buck
Larry Louviere and his son Nick teamed up to take down a giant Bienville Parish 9-point. […]
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CRP land yields big 11-point Richland Parish buck
Brent Smart’s CRP land paid off big time when he busted a big 11-point buck up in Richland Parish. […]
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14-pointer nicknamed ‘Picket Fence’ goes down in Concordia Parish
Ben Brallier got a rare second chance on a big 14-point Concordia Parish buck he nicknamed ‘Picket Fence’ on Nov. 18, and made the most of it when he harvested the big deer, which stretched the tape to more than 172 inches of bone. […]
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How to age white-tailed deer
Dave Moreland, the former deer study leader with Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, wrote a series of “how to” deer-aging instruction columns for Louisiana Sportsman.[…]
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Wrong gun downs big Lincoln Parish 10-pointer
Kim Adams accidentally brought her husband’s rifle with her to the deer stand — buy still connected from 200 yards and downed a nice Lincoln Parish 10-pointer.[…]
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Illinois hunter kills possible record-breaking buck
An Illinois hunter may have killed one of the largest bucks ever shot in America. […]
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Potential new typical state record buck downed in Avoyelles Parish
Rumors of a new typical state deer record are swirling around a majestic 17-point buck Joe McPherson shot on Dec. 9 in Avoyelles Parish. […]
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Winn Parish hunter downs public lands 12-pointer on Kisatchie
A good scouting trip on the Kisatchie National Forest helped Bethany Gunter shoot her biggest buck ever — a monster 12-pointer she shot from 80 yards on Dec. 11. […]
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East Feliciana 11-point arrowed Dec. 7
Michael Guillory made the most of his opportunity when a big East Feliciana buck he’d been watching for more than three years stepped out within bow range on Dec. 7. […]
Deer of the Year
Short walk from home produces Beauregard Parish 10-point
A big buck Keith Suire had been watching for three years in Beauregard Parish finally appeared last month — but it was so close, he almost couldn’t make a shot. […]
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Madison Parish 13-pointer makes fatal daytime appearance
Brantley Ray planned and watched the moon phase, then drilled a big Madison Parish 13-point when he got the opportunity on Nov. 10. […]
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Hot doe spells doom for big Tensas Parish 8-pointer
A hot doe led a giant Tensas Parish 8-point to its demise on Dec. 4 when Shayne Williams dropped the big 154-inch buck. […]
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Monster 217-inch buck goes down in Mississippi
Heath Hodges recently won something akin to a big buck lottery on the afternoon of Dec. 3, when he downed a giant Magnolia State monster that green-scored more than 217 inches of bone.[…]
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Two cited for allegedly spotlighting deer in Assumption Parish
Enforcement agents cited two men in Assumption Parish for allegedly spotlighting deer near Labadieville on Dec. 2, according to the LDWF.[…]
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Monroe hunter sneaks giant Davis Island 10-pointer
BIll Harvey snuck onto a oak flat on Davis Island, and wound up shooting the biggest buck he’d ever laid eyes on. […]