Two impressive typical bucks in the Top 10 taken by gun in this district are the current No. 8, a 179 6/8 B&C 17-pointer taken by Bill Cranford in 1963 in Union Parish; and a 176 2/8 B&C 10-pointer harvested by Willard Roberson in 1968 in Richland Parish.

As for public-land possibilities for scoring on a trophy whitetail, Bayou Macon WMA in East Carroll Parish has good potential. The LDWF has been managing these lands for the last several years, and as the deer herd reaches carrying capacity, you can expect a few trophies to appear, especially in the archery categories. Bayou Macon WMA is three and a half miles east of Oak Grove. For maps or more information, write or call the LDWF, P.O. Box 4004, Monroe, LA 71211.

DISTRICT III
District III, composed of the midwestern parishes of Sabine, Natchitoches, Winn, Grant, Vernon and Rapides, isn't well represented in the Louisiana Big Game Records.

The top three trophies representative of this district: an 8-point typical taken by muzzleloader in 1992 by Darryl W. Esthay at Alexander State Forest WMA in Rapides Parish; a 173 4/8 B&C 15-pointer taken by gun on Fort Polk by Dean Mitchell in 1983; and a 206 6/8 B&C non-typical taken by gun in Grant Parish by Richard Ellison in 1969.

More recently, two other respectable trophies have shown up: a 156 7/8 typical gun trophy taken by Bill Corbin in Grant Parish in November 2005, and a 150 2/8 gun trophy taken by Angel Louviere in Natchitoches Parish in November 2005.

DISTRICT IV
There is no doubt that District IV has ranked at the very top of all districts in delivering trophy whitetails to Bayou State deer hunters. The No. 1 ranking non-typical, James McMurray's 281 6/8 B&C trophy whitetail, was taken from Big Lake WMA in January 1994.

District IV, comprising Madison, Tensas, Concordia, Franklin, Catahoula, Caldwell and La Salle parishes, makes a very good showing: five out of the Top 10 typical B&C trophies, one of those being the current No. 1, a 184 6/8 B&C 12-pointer taken by John Lee in Madison Parish in 1943; four out of the Top 10 B&C non-typicals, including McMurray's national non-typical trophy; and three of the top archery typicals, among which is Joe Hatton's 164 5/8 11-pointer.

Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge, in Madison and Tensas parishes, offers the best chance for a public hunter to score on a wallhanger in these parts by gun, muzzleloader or bow.

For more information or maps of this 65,000-acre hardwoods paradise, write or call the Tensas River NWR, Route 2, Box 295, Tallulah, LA 71282; (318) 574-2664.

DISTRICT V
The lower western parishes of Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Allen, Jefferson Davis, Evangeline, Acadia and Vermilion make up District V, home to only four record whitetails. However, a few respectable trophies have shown up here in Louisiana Big Game Records -- most notably, a 126 6/8 P&Y typical 9-pointer taken in 1992 by Dr. Prentiss Perkins in Evangeline parish. Another is the more recent 140 7/8 gun trophy taken by Joseph Miller in November 2005. Another recent trophy taken by bow is a 122 5/8 trophy taken by Jared Bushnell in October 2005.