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Boeuf WMA - Info request on deer hunting there.

Posted on 7/23/24 at 4:32 pm
Posted by SaintCallistratos
Member since Jul 2024
7 posts
Posted on 7/23/24 at 4:32 pm
Gents,
If anyone has experience hunting Boeuf WMA, please advise on when rut is on in the area and any advice re: deer hunting there.
Thank you very much.
Posted by AFtigerFan
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2008
3555 posts
Posted on 7/23/24 at 4:55 pm to
Never been there but I’m supposed to do some scouting there with a buddy before the season.
Posted by A_bear
baton rouge
Member since Sep 2013
2291 posts
Posted on 7/23/24 at 5:15 pm to
They don’t rut there.

Just kidding. On a serious note, the rut is around cinco de mayo.
You really want people online to tell you when to go sit in your stand? It’s public land man. Put your arse in a stand and see when the bucks chase does… that’s the rut.
Posted by SaintCallistratos
Member since Jul 2024
7 posts
Posted on 7/23/24 at 5:19 pm to
Good luck on your scouting. I found a couple articles on Louisiana Sportsman re: some big bruisers taken off there.

Will go scout in October during squirrel season on the southern end.
Posted by Ron Cheramie
The Cajun Hedgehog
Member since Aug 2016
5425 posts
Posted on 7/23/24 at 5:45 pm to
Check the rut map
Going by boat>going by atv>going by truck
They feel safe around water
There are many deer to be killed just up the bank of the river
Posted by AFtigerFan
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2008
3555 posts
Posted on 7/23/24 at 6:54 pm to
quote:

Good luck on your scouting
Thanks! We’re going to go in by boat and check some areas of interest from the maps. I usually hunt D’Arbonne NWR, Black Bayou NWR and Russell Sage WMA.
Posted by SaintCallistratos
Member since Jul 2024
7 posts
Posted on 7/23/24 at 10:12 pm to
I made a “wrong” turn coming back from Ruston and drove through a section of the WMA…looked awesome.

God bless you and hope y’all find some spots to set up on for the season.
Posted by boudinman
Member since Nov 2019
6101 posts
Posted on 7/24/24 at 9:24 am to
Look into Russel Sage WMA on old hwy 15 south of Monroe. Well away from area along I 20.
Posted by Ron Cheramie
The Cajun Hedgehog
Member since Aug 2016
5425 posts
Posted on 7/24/24 at 9:29 am to
quote:

Look into Russel Sage WMA on old hwy 15 south of Monroe. Well away from area along I 20.


Don’t go there. Emergency closure of deer season there. LDWF just hasnt announced it yet. Just trying to save you some wasted scouting time. I-20 section is superior anyways
Posted by White Bear
Yonnygo
Member since Jul 2014
16375 posts
Posted on 7/24/24 at 10:03 am to
Too late. CWD done cleared the landscape of deers.
Posted by AFtigerFan
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2008
3555 posts
Posted on 7/24/24 at 10:48 am to
quote:

Don’t go there. Emergency closure of deer season there. LDWF just hasnt announced it yet.
Uh oh. What's going on there? I piddle around in all the sections of Russell Sage.
Posted by Ron Cheramie
The Cajun Hedgehog
Member since Aug 2016
5425 posts
Posted on 7/24/24 at 10:53 am to
quote:

Uh oh. What's going on there? I piddle around in all the sections of Russell Sage.


Deer in that area have a new disease similar to AIDS and they recently found it’s transmittable to humans
Posted by AFtigerFan
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2008
3555 posts
Posted on 7/24/24 at 10:55 am to
quote:

Deer in that area have a new disease similar to AIDS and they recently found it’s transmittable to humans
Understood... I'll spread the word.
Posted by mrcoon
Louisiana
Member since Jul 2019
635 posts
Posted on 7/24/24 at 12:26 pm to
I have family in the LDWF that directly participated in the making of the rut map. He said Boeuf has the highest deer density out of all the public land in the state. Second place isn't close.They kill numbers and quality in there. A guy at works hunts out of a lawn chair out there and kills a stud every year.

Boeuf is the best kept secrete in the state. After my dad passes, we are selling the family camp on our current run down WMA to get a place out there. I know a couple people that made the switch and they say it is like how the place we are at used to be.

For those curious, number 2 is another WMA that doesn't get blasted all over social media and the LA Sportsman. It is basically connected to Boeuf, JC Sonny Gilbert.
Posted by White Bear
Yonnygo
Member since Jul 2014
16375 posts
Posted on 7/24/24 at 12:42 pm to
Some sites ban people for talking intel on public land.
Posted by StonewallJack
Member since Apr 2008
848 posts
Posted on 7/24/24 at 1:06 pm to
quote:

Boeuf


Tie some orange flagging to your truck or trailer while on the WMA. It lets everyone know you are "cool" with the locals.
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
14362 posts
Posted on 7/24/24 at 1:17 pm to
quote:

Tie some orange flagging to your truck or trailer while on the WMA. It lets everyone know you are "cool" with the locals.


are they as bad as the Ville Platte meth mutants?
This post was edited on 7/24/24 at 1:19 pm
Posted by mrcoon
Louisiana
Member since Jul 2019
635 posts
Posted on 7/24/24 at 1:21 pm to
A black squirrel tail on your antenna is all you need to be safe.
Posted by StonewallJack
Member since Apr 2008
848 posts
Posted on 7/24/24 at 1:23 pm to
quote:

are they as bad as the Ville Platte meth mutants?



Worse - Don't hunt their spot that they had for 20 years.
Posted by A_bear
baton rouge
Member since Sep 2013
2291 posts
Posted on 7/24/24 at 4:02 pm to
quote:

JC Sonny Gilbert


That place will humble you quickly. Those “hills” are steeper than the ones I hunt in northern Missouri.
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