Broussard girl, 9, takes 10-point buck in Avoyelles Parish hunt

Nine-year-old Julia Dupuis of Broussard harvested a 10-point buck while hunting with her father, Seth, in Avoyelles Parish on Oct. 10, according to a Nov. 5 report by Louisiana Sportsman.

The deer weighed 217 pounds and had a reported antler score of 166 ¼ inches. Julia, a fourth-grader at Cathedral-Carmel School in Lafayette, used a crossbow to take the buck at approximately 25 yards.

Her father, Seth Dupuis, 42, harvested a 232-pound, 11-point buck scoring 169 inches on the same tract of land Nov. 7 of last year. This year's buck had a 19-inch-wide rack with a split brow tine on the left antler and a long, non-typical tine on the right. The antler bases measured 7 ½ and 7 ¾ inches in circumference.

Seth had monitored the deer with trail cameras throughout the summer. When the special early CWD season opened Sept. 12, the father and daughter spotted the buck near a feeder, but it became suspicious and left. After observing the deer's movements, Seth relocated their stand approximately 50 yards to the downwind side of the feeder on Oct. 9.

The move paid off the following evening when the buck returned shortly after 6:30 p.m. Julia fired her crossbow from about 25 yards, making a solid hit. The deer was recovered approximately 80 to 90 yards from where it was shot.

"I wanted that buck," Julia told Louisiana Sportsman. "Now, I'll probably just kill some does and some pigs."

Pictured on right: Nine-year-old Julia Dupuis (left) of Broussard poses with her father, Seth Dupuis, and the 217-pound, 10-point buck she harvested Oct. 10 in Avoyelles Parish. (Louisiana Sportsman photo)