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Cover: August 2009-Hunting
In August, seas are flat, bait is everywhere and cobia move in close for the feast. On terra fima, seer hunters start to make serious plans for rapidly approaching seasons.[…]
Hunting
News Breaker
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.[…]
News Breaker
White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area teal season lottery announced
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is accepting applications for lottery teal hunts on the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area.[…]
News Breaker
Duck numbers up overall
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – July 2, 2009 – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released its preliminary report today on mid-continent breeding ducks and habitats, based on surveys conducted in May and early June.[…]
News Breaker
2010 turkey hunting season dates proposed
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries proposed the season dates for the 2010 turkey hunting season to the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission at the commission’s July 2 meeting.[…]
News Breaker
L.W.F.C. sets tentative early migratory bird seasons
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission set the tentative dates for the 2009-10 early migratory bird hunting seasons at their July 2 meeting.[…]
Columns
Concealed on campus will reduce killings
The Louisiana House of Representatives recently killed a bill to allow concealed handgun carry on campuses.[…]
News Breaker
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).[…]
News Breaker
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.[…]
Deer Hunting
Deer telemetry study completed
The two-year deer telemetry study spearheaded by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) and the Louisiana State University’s (LSU) School of Natural Resources was completed in early April.[…]
Columns
DOD changes course on military brass sale
Unless you’ve been shooting from your own personal ammo dump over the last year, you’re aware of the acute shortage of sporting ammunition available to shooters across the U.S.[…]
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Music in the Woods
Somewhere deep in the Mississippi River bottomlands between Devil’s Swamp and Port Hudson, I stood in complete darkness, mesmerized by the echoes of the basso profundo bugling of Rock and the contralto bawling of Memphis, two first-class walker coon hounds.[…]
Hunting
L.W.F.C. approves amendments for 2009-10 hunting season
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (LWFC) ratified several amendments for the 2009-10 Louisiana hunting season notices of intent at their April 2 meeting.[…]
Columns
Springfield XDm melds into shooter’s hand
Springfield Armory, famous for high-end 1911-style pistols, introduced a new model polymer pistol in 2001 that so completely overshadowed its production of those models, the company image was taken over by the new pistol.[…]
News Breaker
L.D.W.F. turkey tagging regulations in effect for 2009 season
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will enforce turkey-tagging regulations during the 2009 turkey season and urges hunters to become familiar with the steps in the process before the season begins.[…]
Columns
Election drives gun sales, carry applications
Since the recent presidential election, sales of AR-15-style rifles have gone off the charts, and some manufacturers now report backlog orders for their rifles to number in the thousands.[…]