As a kid, I spent as much time as possible in the woods on the 600-acre working ranch on which we lived on the edge of Baton Rouge. During the summer, when I wasn’t sitting on a tractor bush-hogging a pasture or helping in the hay field, I ranged through the 300 acres of hardwoods doing whatever struck me at the time.[…]
All Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries properties, including state wildlife management areas and state wildlife refuges, will remain open during the current federal government shutdown, according to a press release.[…]
Here are the first place essays from each division. For a complete list of all winners and their essays, click here.[…]
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited a 30-year-old Labadieville man for alleged Migratory Bird Treaty Act violations related to a Sept. 2 incident at an Elmwood parking lot.[…]
With another school year underway, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is seeking additional students for the Archery in Louisiana Schools (ALAS) program.[…]
The Rice Field Road bridge over Bayou Wauksha on Thistlethwaite Wildlife Management Area is being replaced by the Williams Gas Company and won’t be completed until July of 2014, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is celebrating National Hunting and Fishing Day on Sept. 28 at four locations across the state.[…]
Anyone needing access to Sherburne Wildlife Management Area’s South Farm from I-10 in Ramah will need to detour while a bridge is replaced, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
The annual Caminada Redfish Rodeo is scheduled for Sept. 27-29 in Grand Isle.[…]
While all of the manpower and dirt-turning is located on Louisiana’s coastline and in the Gulf of Mexico, some might argue that the real grunt work of coastal restoration takes place some 1,200 miles away in Washington, D.C. — where the state expects to get the lion’s share of the $50 billion needed for its 50-year Master Plan that has been approved by the Louisiana Legislature and Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.[…]
The body of Alpha-TAC’s ExtremeBeam TAC24 S.W.A.T. flashlight is machined from solid bar aluminum and is engineered to withstand destruction. […]
For the fifth consecutive year, hunters and outdoor enthusiasts across the state can participate in the Louisiana Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday this Friday through Sunday, Sept. 6-8.[…]
When my kids were young, I was determined they would be as eaten up with hunting and fishing as I was. They were dragged along on trips as often as possible, and the lessons stuck — at least with my son.[…]
Kris Koenig introduced himself to me as “the only national public television producer I know of with a concealed carry permit.”[…]
Beginning Sept. 4, the Rockefeller State Wildlife Refuge will not open to the public until 10 a.m. each day because of the annual nuisance alligator harvest, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
If by now you haven’t experienced the frustrating bullet shortage or voiced a loud complaint about it, it’s a fair bet you don’t shoot for a hobby — or shoot at all.[…]