Deer of the Year
Pierre Part hunter downs 150-class Assumption Parish buck
When Paul Hebert climbed into his box stand around 5:45 on the morning of Dec. 29, he really wasn’t planning on shooting a deer.[…]
Hunting
Deer of the Year
Oak Grove hunter nails 180-class buck on Bayou Macon WMA
Talk about cutting it close.
Oak Grove farmer Dusty Meyers took advantage of Bayou Macon Wildlife Management Area’s seven-day gun season and waylaid a huge buck that scored 181 ⅞ inches — exactly one day before the season ended.[…]
Deer Hunting
Parts of Area 9 deer season closed due to flooding
Parts of Area 9 closed to deer hunting last night (Jan. 10) because of the rising Atchafalaya River, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported.[…]
Deer Hunting
Mississippi River delta deer season to reopen Saturday morning
Deer hunting season in areas of northeast and central Louisiana near the Mississippi River will resume Saturday (Jan. 9) 30 minutes before sunrise, according to a news release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Deer of the Year
Natchitoches hunter drops 160-class buck — in his backyard
The old adage about real estate is, “Location, location, location.”
The same can be said about where you set up your deer stand, and Mason Troquille got the best of both worlds.[…]
Deer Hunting
LWF Commission votes to close deer seasons in affected areas if Morganza or Bonnet Carre Spillways open
A potential closure to the deer season in a large swath of the Atchafalaya Basin looms if the Morganza Spillway is opened to divert flood water from the swollen Mississippi River, according to a news release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Hunting
LWF Commission adopts Notices of Intent for hunting seasons, regs and WMA rules
A brand new Deer Area 5 in the Atchafalaya Basin and the early release of duck season dates for the 2016-17 hunting season were just a few of the changes in a Notice of Intent adopted by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission at its meeting Thursday in Baton Rouge.[…]
News Breaker
Best bets to kill more late-season doves
Most hunters who head for dove fields only around Labor Day weekend might be missing out on the opportunity for some great wing-shooting, because dove seasons in most Southeastern states don’t end until mid-January.[…]
Deer Hunting
Cottonport man cited for shooting spotted fawn on Richard K. Yancey WMA
A 60-year-old Cottonport man was cited for allegedly shooting a spotted fawn after a license and game check on Jan. 6 at Richard K. Yancey Wildlife Management Area in Concordia Parish.[…]
Hunting
Five men cited for poaching rabbits on game warden’s property in Claiborne Parish
An off-duty game warden with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited five men for allegedly hunting rabbits during illegal hours on his personal property near Minden, according to a press release.[…]
Hunting
Five men cited for poaching rabbits on game warden’s property in Claiborne Parish
An off-duty game warden with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited five men for allegedly hunting rabbits during illegal hours on his personal property near Minden, according to a press release.[…]
Deer Hunting
Louisiana hunter downs monster 184-inch typical 9-point on Giles Island
A Lake Charles hunter downed a gigantic 9-point on Giles Island the day after Christmas that is currently the pending No. 2 typical white-tail in the Mississippi Magnolia Records.[…]
Deer of the Year
Ruston hunter downs nice 12-point before Delta deer season closure
Only days before deer season came to an abrupt halt on Winter Quarters Hunting Club in Tensas Parish, Ruston’s Daniel Alexander got in a good lick before the rising waters of the Mississippi River shut the area down. […]
Deer of the Year
Video: Watch massive 184-inch Giles Island 9-point go down
All of us can probably recall Christmases from our past that we vividly remember — when Santa Claus came through with that extra-special gift we had been thinking about and hoping for.[…]
Deer Hunting
Atchafalaya Basin flooding to trigger deer season closures, LDWF says
The rising Mississippi River could claim another casualty, with deer hunting season shutting down within much of the Atchafalaya Basin as early as Friday (Jan. 8), the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced today.[…]
Apex Predator
Apex Predator makes only shot count, downs double-patched Mississippi River buck
Even though I practice and prepare to limit human error, one or two things are bound to eventually go wrong when I average several hunts each week all season long. […]