Deer of the Year
Big Bienville Parish 9-point goes down
Caleb Guin killed a big Bienville Parish 9-point buck on Oct. 11 near Castor and enjoyed an LSU win at Tiger Stadium that same weekend.[…]
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Deer of the Year
Smith hunts veteran’s weekend, votes, and downs 10-point
J.D. Smith of Farmerville hunted the morning of Oct. 12 on the special weekend reserved for military veterans and downed a beautiful 10-point buck.[…]
Deer of the Year
High school senior sticks stud Grant Parish 8-point
High school senior Hunter Greer, 17, of Creola, shows off the big 8-point buck he stuck on Oct. 9 near his home in Grant Parish.[…]
Deer of the Year
Webster Parish brute bites the dust
On Oct. 1, Rachel Pepper killed this Webster Parish buck. It had 9 points with an inside spread of 18 ¼ inches and main beams 22 inches.[…]
Deer Hunting
Louisiana Sportsman Show Big Buck Contest winners
Thousands at this year’s Louisiana Sportsman Show and Festival enjoyed checking out the Big Buck wall. It was full of racks of antlers hunters brought to the show’s Big Buck Contest.[…]
Deer of the Year
2018-19 Deer of the Year
Since deer season cranked up last fall, Louisiana Sportsman has written up almost 50 stories about big buck harvested all across the Bayou State.[…]
Deer of the Year
170-class buck downed in December near Sicily Island
Benji Nelson took a risky shot on a big Catahoula Parish buck in late December – and wound up with the deer of a lifetime that stretched the tape to more than 170 inches of bone. […]
Deer of the Year
St. Amant hunter downs big White Castle 15-pointer at close range
Dillon Savoy got the thrill of a lifetime when he and a 15-point buck got within 10 yards of each other on a spoil bank in Iberville Parish. Savoy ultimately downed the deer with buckshot after some heart-pounding moments for his biggest buck ever. […]
Deer of the Year
Two big bucks downed 15 days apart — from same stand
Hunter Hanks downed two bucks totaling 300 inches of bone last fall just two weeks apart — from the same stand in Lincoln Parish. […]
Deer Hunting
Double drop-tine buck goes down in Lincoln Parish
Shannon Harper dropped a big Lincoln Parish buck with two impressive drop tines just days before January’s full moon. […]
Deer of the Year
Big 10-point hunted down in Morehouse Parish
Aaron McCready returned from a duck scouting mission — and wound up downing the biggest buck of his life in Morehouse Parish. […]
Deer of the Year
157-inch public lands buck goes down on Dewey Wills WMA
Robert Anderson dropped a big 11-point on Dewey Wills WMA — then the work began for he and his father to get the trophy out of the woods and back to his truck. […]
Deer Hunting
Avoyelles Parish hunter drops giant 190-class typical
Scotty Smith’s big 190-class typical buck from Avoyelles Parish is in the conversation for a potential new state record.[…]
Deer Hunting
166-inch buck goes down in Avoyelles Parish
Beau Chenevert let his stepdaughter pick their stand location on New Year’s Day in Avoyelles Parish. That allowed him to be in position to down an impressive 13-pointer that stretched the tape to 166 inches of bone. […]
Deer Hunting
Pointe Coupee Parish surprise buck turns out to be 173-inch brute
John LeJeune was about to shoot his first doe of the year – when a Pointe Coupee Parish monster appeared on his family land on Dec. 21. […]
Deer Hunting
Pierre Part hunter rings in New Year with a big 10-pointer
Helene Blanchard rang in the New Year in style when she dropped a big Assumption Parish 10-pointer on Jan. 1 – her first-ever buck![…]