Deer Hunting

Ascension Parish hunter faces $2,400 restitution after taking 5 illegal bucks. Kyle Barksdale cited for exceeding Louisiana deer limits, failing to tag harvests during 2025-26 season.

Caught in the act: a night on the levee turns into a costly mistake for one Louisiana hunter. The details are as gripping as they are cautionary.

One of the hottest names in all of music was in Louisiana over the holidays doing some deer hunting. Let's just say the hunt was successful.

Louisiana wildlife officials confirm the first Chronic Wasting Disease detection in wild deer in Concordia Parish, bringing the state's total to 49 cases.

Louisiana Department of Wildlife Agents working with St. Landry Parish deputies have cited two men for illegal hunting activities.

Three Louisiana men face up to $2,800 in fines and jail time after wildlife agents caught them illegally harvesting a pregnant deer during closed season.

Louisiana hunters, deer and teal season opens Sept. 20. LDWF reminds hunters of license, stamp, and tagging requirements.

Explore how Louisiana's 2024-25 deer season could shape up, with insights on weather, habitat, and challenges like CWD and feral hogs.

A Lafayette woman harvested the deer of a lifetime this past weekend while hunting on some family land in St. Landry Parish.

In 2018 the CDC issued a warning to Louisiana hunters about "Zombie Deer". Now, the Louisiana’s Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is reporting a total of 19 deer afflicted with chronic wasting disease.

It's a 15-point buck with a perfectly symmetrical double row of tines. Louisiana hunters, we've got the pictures because we know you want to see.

A Mississippi hunter bags the deer of a lifetime. The 29-point buck has a rack of more than 205 inches and we've got pictures.

Louisiana hunters are being cautioned after a mountain lion was seen on a trail camera in an area popular with many Louisiana sportsmen.

A LDWF agent in the area witnessed the man entering his home with a rifle at the time of the shooting. Now residents want justice.

Now's the time to start planning those weekends in the woods. Here's what you need to know about all of Louisiana's 10 deer hunting areas.

The Department of Wildlife has begun a COVID testing program among deer harvested in the state.

Louisiana sportsmen can win big money and help save the state's deer population at the same time thanks to a new incentive from the Department of Wildlife.

Any North Louisiana hunter can tell you that one of the biggest hassles of preparing for the new season each year is battling all the wasps that moved in.

President Jason Vanderbrink says, "we're making more hunting ammo than we ever have; we just can't keep up."

Through evidence obtained on his phone, wildlife officials were able to arrest 3 additional people and charge them with crimes.