Deer Hunting
Points to consider when buying hunting property
Ideally, now would be the optimal time to be putting the finishing touches on late-summer prep work leading up to deer season that’s now only weeks away.[…]
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Bow season begins Saturday in Southwest Louisiana
While duck hunters will likely dominate the landscape in Southwest Louisiana Saturday for the second weekend of teal season, another group has Sept. 17 circled on their calendars for a completely different reason.[…]
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South Louisiana QDMA’s Gun Bash rescheduled for Oct. 27 at LSU
The South Louisiana Branch of the Quality Deer Management Association’s 6th annual Gun Bash is set for Thursday, Oct. 27 at 6 p.m. at the LSU 4-H Mini-Farm located on AgCenter Drive.[…]
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Top 3 tips to a better deer stand
When you head to the camp, you’re not going just to enjoy the peace and quiet of the woods. Sure, that’s part of it. But what you really want is to kill a deer.[…]
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Amendment delays potential out-of-state deer carcass ban until March, 2017
An amendment passed by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission on Thursday would delay implementation of a proposed cervid carcass importation ban through the coming deer season, according to a release from the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission.[…]
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The 2016-17 Rut Report
There is no debate that the best bucks killed each year in the Bayou State are taken during the rut. And, since the rut is your best time to tag a buck, now is the time to start planning hunts and understanding when the rut occurs.[…]
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Public Rambling: Scouting time on the Atchafalaya Delta WMA
Well, it’s late summer and the heat is definitely on. It will take some effort and a lot of willpower, but it’s time to get moving. […]
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Escaped Asian antelope shot on Richard K. Yancey WMA
An escaped exotic Asian antelope was shot on Richard K. Yancey Wildlife Management Area Thursday morning, and blood and tissue samples are being sent off to ensure the animal was not carrying any diseases potentially harmful to the state’s deer herd.[…]
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Deer lactation rates ‘major concern’ in portions of the state, LDWF report says
While the deer harvest increased statewide by 12 percent during the 2015-16 season, fawn recruitment and poorer than expected lactation rates in certain areas of the state were a major concern noted in the annual Deer Report prepared by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
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Have your sights set on a buck before the season even starts
If your goal is to bag a trophy buck, you will first need to know if a worthy buck is actually using your property.[…]
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The perfect seed mix for deer — Part II
At the 2016 Southeast Deer Study Group Meeting, a presentation was made concerning different food plot mixtures and their effectiveness in attracting deer.[…]
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Public hearings set for proposed cervid carcass importation ban
If you hunt outside of Louisiana and return regularly with dead deer, you should plan on attending one of six public meetings scheduled later this month to discuss a proposal currently being considered by the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission that would ban the importation of cervid carcasses.[…]
Deer Hunting
Judge orders Felicianas deer poachers to pay more than $38,000 in fines
Judge Elizabeth Jones of the 20th Judicial District Court in East and West Feliciana parishes ordered two poachers to pay a total of $38,776 for deer hunting violations that occurred last February, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
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South Louisiana QDMA hosting summer seminar Aug. 4
If youre already preoccupied at work thinking of heading back into the deer stand this fall, the South Louisiana Branch of the Quality Deer Management Association is holding its annual Deer and Wildlife Summer Seminar next Thursday, Aug. 4.[…]
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The summer doldrums
Here in the Deep South, if the calendar says July would anyone in their right mind argue against the conditions outside being referred to as anything other than the hot and humid “summer doldrums?”[…]
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Buck Busters Seed Company
Managing wildlife is hard work.[…]