Hunting
Belle Chasse men cited with several hunting violations
Two Belle Chasse men were cited Dec. 27 in Plaquemines Parish for several hunting violations, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported today.[…]
Hunting
Deer Hunting
Delta deer-hunting closure ‘one of those political things,’ retired LDWF official says
Retired Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Wildlife Division head David Moreland said today the impending closure of tens of thousands of acres to deer hunting is “one of those political things.”[…]
Deer Hunting
Deer-hunting closures postponed
The deer-hunting closure announced Monday (Dec. 29) that included hundreds of thousands of acres in the Mississippi delta has been postponed until just after sunset on Jan. 3, a Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries official said today.[…]
Deer Hunting
Deer hunting to end along Mississippi River
Deer hunting season will close at sunset on Dec. 29 along the Mississippi River from the Arkansas state line south to Vidalia, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced this evening.[…]
Deer Hunting
Winnsboro men cited with deer-hunting violations
Two Winnsboro men were cited Dec. 22 in Richland Parish with several deer-hunting violations, including hunting at night, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF investigates decline in specklebellies wintering in Louisiana
The number of specklebelly geese wintering in Louisiana has fallen sharply — from 80 percent of the mid-contintenal population 20 years ago to an average of only 32 percent spending the winter within the Bayou State — and the state biologist are working to understand why through a new study of goose distribution.[…]
Columns
Property damage – The improper and illegal use of off-road vehicles
Every wildlife agent — and for that matter every law enforcement officer — has a vivid recollection of one case or another for various reasons. Such cases might stand out because of who the offender was, the severity of the offenses, it’s blatancy or the plain stupidity of it all.[…]
Deer of the Year
Haughton hunter shoots 167-inch buck on Barksdale Air Force Base
James Welch has had his eye on his dad’s .270 BAR since he was a kid, and this year, he’s making the most of his first full season finally getting to hunt with the rifle.[…]
Deer of the Year
Haughton hunter shoots 167-inch buck on Barksdale Air Force Base
James Welch has had his eye on his dad’s .270 BAR since he was a kid, and this year, he’s making the most of his first full season finally getting to hunt with the rifle.[…]
Columns
Tracking the deer rut
Let’s dissect some ways to best exploit rutting buck movement. Here are six easily identifiable phases or stages. […]
Deer of the Year
Simsboro hunter downs two big bucks totaling almost 300 inches in 10 days
Unfortunately nowadays, we hear about schoolyard bullies all too often — a dominating buffoon who creates terror for some youngsters.[…]
News Breaker
Duck hunters report slow start to second split
Despite a well-timed cool front and brisk temperatures Saturday morning, many Louisiana duck hunters didn’t have the second-split opening weekend they were hoping for.[…]
Deer of the Year
Tensas NWR gives up pending No. 1 crossbow buck
Crowville’s Garry Ward has hunted the Tensas National Wildlife Refuge property since he was 6 years old — and at 58 he scored what has been green scored as the largest buck ever taken with a crossbow in Louisiana.[…]
Other Hunting
The Covey Rise Migration
Upland game birds in Louisiana is like saying white shrimp exist in Montana, but we hooked up with Covey Rise Lodge in Husser, LA to film this awesome hunt of quail, chukar, and pheasant.[…]
News Breaker
December aerial survey: Duck numbers double since November
The second split of duck season opens in all three Louisiana zones on Saturday morning, and if the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ annual December survey is any indication, hunters might see more action based on the sheer number of birds in the state.[…]
Deer Hunting
How to read the astro tables to see more deer
Some people live and die by astro charts, swearing all they have to do to be more successful is time their trips to coincide with the listed major and minor feeding periods.[…]