News Breaker
LDWF offering additional days for Sherburne WMA General Waterfowl Lottery hunts
The LDWF has added additional weekday (Tuesday and Thursday) opportunities to the current online Sherburne WMA General Waterfowl Lottery.[…]
Hunting
News Breaker
Waterfowl blind removal on Dewey W. Wills WMA must be completed by Sept. 8
Waterfowl blinds on the Little River Basin portion of Dewey W. Wills Wildlife Management Area must be removed by Sept. 8.[…]
Columns
Going traditional
Many hunters are ditching high-tech archery gear and picking up traditional bows and arrows.[…]
Alligator
Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge to temporarily close for alligator harvest on Sept. 6-15
The LDWF will close Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge on Sept. 6-15 until noon each day to hold its annual controlled alligator harvest.[…]
Dove
Dove hunting opening day shooting hours on LDWF private dove field leases, WMAs
Opening day dove shooting hours on LDWF private dove field leases and WMAs are the same as outside, one-half hour before sunrise to sunset.[…]
Dove
Two Avoyelles residents cited for taking doves during a closed season
A LDWF enforcement agent cited two Marksville subjects for alleged dove hunting violations near Mansura in Avoyelles Parish on Aug. 18.[…]
Deer Hunting
Video your hunts
Many hunters have discovered the value and enjoyment in self filming their hunts. They are often interested in another level of hunting.[…]
Hunting
Second Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Holiday set for Sept. 1-3
The upcoming Labor Day Weekend has an added bonus this year: Louisiana’s Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday is slated for Sept. 1-3, 2023.[…]
Features
Teal tune-up
For many waterfowlers, the September teal season offers a tune-up before the real action begins in November.[…]
Deer Hunting
Tensas River Refuge has been at the core for one hunting family
For one northeast Louisiana family, three generations have now benefited from the creation of the Tensas River National Refuge.[…]
Deer Hunting
Lucky 7 deer hunting
Louisiana’s Area 7 is a deer hunt region that’s known for some of the highest deer harvest rates year in and year out.[…]
Deer Hunting
2023-24 WMA Deer Forecast
Biologists give their reports for the annual Wildlife Management Area Deer Hunting Guide. Giving Louisiana hunters the outlook for deer.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF to offer introductory hunting course (Squirrel 101) on Sept. 16
The LDWF Hunter Education Program will hold an introductory hunting course titled Squirrel 101 at Waddill Wildlife Refuge on Sept. 16.[…]
Dove
LDWF reminds hunters dove fields cannot be burned due to state-wide burn ban
The LDWF is reminding hunters that dove fields cannot be burned in preparation for opening weekend of dove season.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF accepting applications for 2023-24 White Lake WCA waterfowl lottery hunts
The LDWF will conduct two youth, 30 marsh and 30 rice field waterfowl lottery hunts on White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area.[…]
Deer Hunting
Reader Report: Finding trophy buck completed father-daughter dream hunt
Emily Adams of Mandeville, a freshman at Ole Miss, was at her family’s hunting property with her father when she killed a 10-point buck.[…]