Breaking News
Dove fields open to public hunting for season opener
Public dove hunting will be available at four fields this Saturday (Sept. 3) for the dove-season opener, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced.[…]
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LDWF seeking fields to lease for public dove hunts
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries wants to provide public hunting opportunities for the Sept. 3 opener of dove season, and is looking for lease to lease.[…]
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Donaldsonville gun club, three men fined $34,810 for baiting dove field
The Palo Alto Rod and Gun Club and three Donaldsonville men on June 24 pleaded guilty to Migratory Bird Treaty Act violations in Federal Middle District Court in Baton Rouge, and were ordered by U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen C. Riedlinger to pay a total of $34,810 in fines and assessments for the violations, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported today (June 29).[…]
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From the archive: Bow Wow bushytails
One advantage I had growing up out on the rural route was an early introduction to hunting. I was blessed with a dad who hunted and who saw the advantages of introducing his two sons to the sport not long after we were out of diapers.[…]
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Late-Season Squirrels
From the piney woods of the north to the alluvial Mississippi River basin’s bottomland hardwoods to the coastal marshes — all across Louisiana there is a certain quietness that seems to take over in late winter. No longer do you hear the mufflers of four wheeler engines running in the woods, or the sound of a rifle shot bringing its result to you at the speed of sound.[…]
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Tree Shakers
Over a year ago, a Pierre Part resident got a call that forever changed his life. A buddy who works at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries called to tell the man that he had just given his name and phone number to some folks from New York.[…]
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Teal fodder
Teal are not large ducks and don’t require heavy loads that bigger ducks do to knock them down. However, in today’s world of trying to find the perfect load with plenty of pattern density, packing enough mojo to get the job done is difficult.[…]
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From the Taliban to Nutria
Remember in The Deerhunter when De Niro, after barbecuing the commie with the flamethrower then perforating him with his own AK-47, gets knocked down by a spate of explosions?[…]
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Public dove hunting opportunities 2009-10
In addition to the dove hunting opportunities available on several Wildlife Management Areas, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has leased one field in Beauregard Parish for public use.[…]
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Deadline for alligator lottery hunt applications – July 22
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will conduct alligator lottery hunts on four Coastal & Nongame Resources (CNR) Division Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs), 11 Wildlife Division WMAs and 16 public lakes for the 2009 alligator harvest season in order to increase alligator harvest opportunities for the public.[…]
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Applications are being accepted for 2009 Bayou Pierre W.M.A. lottery dove hunt
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is now accepting applications for an opening day lottery dove hunt on the Bayou Pierre Wildlife Management Area (WMA).[…]
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Nutria incentive program ends with 334,038 harvested
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) annual Coastwide Nutria Control Program concluded its 2008-09 season on March 31, 2009 with 262 participants having harvested 334,038 nutria.[…]
Currents
Endangered species? Open a season for it
God loves paradoxes. I’m convinced of it. I have a close friend named Dean Adamek who abandoned American culture a decade ago, and moved his family to Guadalupe, Mexico, to run an orphanage, Rancho 3M.[…]
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Day-After Doves
A hangover descends over Louisiana dove hunters the Monday after opening weekend. Getting to shoot our guns for two days after we haven’t been able to shoot them for almost six months is on the same level as tossing back two Hurricanes after six months of staying sober.[…]
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Applications being accepted for 2008 Bayou Pierre W.M.A. lottery dove hunt
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is now accepting applications for the 2008 Bayou Pierre Wildlife Management Area (WMA) lottery dove hunts scheduled for the first Saturday of the September 2008 dove season.[…]
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Spring Squirrel Season Set To Begin May 3
If the fall hunting season seems too far away, then hunters should utilize the spring squirrel season this May to attain their hunting fix and carry them through the summer.[…]