Delta Region Archives - Page 19 of 25

Brandon High School's Josh Alford knocked down this huge 12-point, green scored at more than 190 inches gross, while hunting in Yazoo County on Dec. 29.

Yazoo County 15-year-old downs huge typical buck

January 23, 2012 Craig Holt

Fifteen-year-old Josh Alford of Brandon knew what buck he wanted to kill when he hit the woods with his brother and uncle during Christmas break because the big 12-point typical had been captured on trail-cam photos several times.

What Alford didn’t know until he killed it on Dec. 29 was that it was just a monster Yazoo County deer: It has been green scored by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks at 192 gross inches. […]

MS-Sportsman.com user Dusty Smith arrowed this 170-class 15-point while hunting on Giles Island Hunting Club on Dec. 7.

Annual deer hunting trip leads to 170-class trophy buck

January 16, 2012 Alan Clemons

Dusty Smith and his father have hunted at Giles Island for the last four years and come to enjoy their annual getaway to the renowned area northwest of Natchez.

Last season Smith killed a fine 8-point that scored about 120. When he and his father returned last autumn for their hunt, he couldn’t believe his good fortune when he knocked down another trophy buck. […]

Arrest made in killing of Amite County black bear

January 11, 2012 MDWFP news release

An unidentified suspect has been arrested in the killing of a tagged black bear in Amite County after the alleged shooter confessed, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks said Monday (Jan. 9).

The investigation began Dec. 19 after MDWFP received an anonymous call reporting a bear had been killed in the Busy Corner community. The agency worked with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to work the case. […]

Natchez's Will Rives set the state record for typcial bow buck in 2010, and he could have broken that record on Jan. 2 when he arrowed this 180-class buck.

Rives rings in New Year with another pending state-record archery buck

January 11, 2012 Andy Crawford

Will Rives hadn’t been seeing many deer while bow hunting on the Jefferson County piece of property. In fact, it’d been a rotten year.

“I haven’t hardly seen any deer,” the die-hard Natchez hunter said. “I had been hunting hard for four days, and I saw two yearlings.”

So he made a change of plans, which didn’t produce numbers of deer but did put a 180-class 12-point in front of him on Jan. 2. And Rives didn’t miss. […]

Brian Andrus drilled this 275-pound Sunflower County 18-pointer that’s been green scored at 187 5/8 inches Boone and Crockett.

Sunflower County gives up 187-inch typical buck

January 7, 2012 Craig Holt

Brian Andrus got a second chance at the buck of his lifetime Nov. 28, and made it pay off by downing one of the great typical bucks of the 2011-12 hunting season. […]

MS-Sportsman.com user Jeffrey Byrd killed this buck, which scored more than 167 inches Boone & Crockett while hunting Sky Lake WMA on Dec. 1.

Hunt that starts out all wrong ends with 160-class WMA tropy buck

January 5, 2012 Alan Clemons

Jeffrey Byrd’s day didn’t start off with a promising outlook.

The giant whitetail he dropped Dec. 1 that green scored 167 3/8 and had bases of almost 7 inches made thoughts of his crazy morning disappear, however. […]

Ten-year-old Collin Ladner and his dad found this buck resting in a tree top the morning after the young hunter shot it. It was found accidentally as the pair were walking back to camp after a morning hunt to retrieve a tracking dog.

Father-son team trip over 150-class Issaquena County buck

December 23, 2011 Alan Clemons

Collin Ladner wasn’t thrilled about going back to camp for the night after seeing the biggest buck of his life scurry into the woods. […]

Madison County's Stephen Henderson killed this 187-inch buck Dec. 16 after passing a 20-yard shot the weekend before. It was killed in Laflore County.

Persistence leads to monster Laflore County 18-point

December 22, 2011 Andy Crawford

Stephen Henderson was distracted at work the entire week of Dec. 12, but it wasn’t because of Christmas preparations. Nope, it was because he couldn’t help thinking he had missed his opportunity the previous weekend to bag a big buck he and his buddies had been chasing for a couple of years.

“He was 20 yards from me,” Henderson said.

The Madison County hunter resolved the issue on the afternoon of Dec. 16 when the big buck, which has been green scored at nearly 190 inches Boone & Crockett, made a fatal mistake. […]

Fourteen-year-old Hunter Champagne, left, killed this 140-inch Jefferson County buck two days after his father Scott Champagne (left) killed a 220-inch monster.

Youth kills 140-class buck day after dad downs monster deer

December 14, 2011 Andy Crawford

Hunter Champagne readily admits he is a bit on the competitive side, and there’s no one he enjoys besting than his father with whom he spends untold hours in the woods and on the water.

So when dad Scott Champagne plugged a 220-inch Jefferson County buck on Dec. 8, the younger Champagne was dying to get in on the big-buck action.

It only took until Dec. 10 for 14-year-old Hunter Champagne to do just that by taking a 140-class 10-point, thanks to some help from a buddy and his lucky hat. […]

Louisiana hunter Scott Champagne took this 17-point, which has been estimated to score 220 inches Boone & Crockett, in Jefferson County last Thursday with a .45-70.

Monster Jefferson County buck estimated at 220 inches

December 13, 2011 Andy Crawford

Scott Champagne almost didn’t hunt the stand on Thursday (Dec. 8). But he saw a doe jumping his fence and heading toward an old, grown-up food plot and knew Jefferson County bucks were probably starting to look at the females of the species with lust.

“I kind of had a suspicion based on the signs in the woods that the deer were about to get into the pre-rut,” Champagne said. “When you see those does moving around, that’s about as good a chance as you’re going to get to get on a buck.”

So he climbed into the box stand about 3:30 p.m. and settled in to see what would happen. It was fortunate he did, as he nailed a 17-point that has been rough scored at 220 inches Boone & Crockett just before shooting hours closed. […]

Walker's Ricky Rogillio killed this 175-inch double-drop-tine buck Nov. 30 at Giles Island Hunting Club.

Another Giles Island monster buck killed

December 8, 2011 Andy Crawford

Ricky Rogillio saw that huge buck the first time during an early season bow hunt, when he took a client to Giles Island Hunting Club. It was monstrous, with two drop tines dripping from the left main beam.

“I saw videos of it, and I knew I wanted to come back,” the Walker hunter said. “I worried it wouldn’t be there when I got back.”

He left the island last Wednesday (Nov. 30) with the 175-inch rack cooling in the back of his truck. […]

John Thomason killed this 180-class buck in November while bow hunting on Yazoo and Panther Swamp national wildlife refuges.

National wildlife refuge produces wild 180-class buck

December 7, 2011 Alan Clemons

John Thomason’s emotions ran the gauntlet during the hours he spent planning his hunt, sitting in the stand and waiting to see if his shot was true. […]