News Breaker
Inventor, founder of Sure-Shot game calls passes away
Sure-Shot Game Calls co-founder and world champion caller James “Cowboy” Fernandez passed away last week in Beaumont, Texas at the age of 86.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
News Breaker
Duck numbers down in 2018
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday released its report on 2018 Trends in Duck Breeding Populations, based on surveys conducted in May and early June by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Canadian Wildlife Service.[…]
News Breaker
World Waterfowl Calling Championships this weekend in the Cajundome
If you’ve been brushing up your calling skills in anticipation of duck season this fall, you can see how you measure up this weekend at the Louisiana Outdoor Expo in the Cajundome in Lafayette.[…]
Ducks
Alpz Doggie Duck Blind
You’re pretty good at hiding yourself beside your favorite duck hole — camouflage clothing, some brush and maybe a little camouflage cloth — but that big, black, yellow or brown dog next to you, that’s another story.[…]
News Breaker
Sentences handed down for duck limit violations in New Orleans, Venice
Seven men in two separate cases pleaded guilty to migratory game bird violations earlier this month for shooting over the limit of ducks on Oak Island in New Orleans East and in Venice, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
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Hunter shoots rare white-headed mallard drake
On Jan. 16, Brock Baudoin of New Iberia took friend Brennan Hebert duck hunting at Wax Lake Outlet just before Cajun country was about to enter into the grips of frigid Arctic temperatures. […]
News Breaker
Blond gadwall killed in Delacroix
Prairieville hunter Michael Campo thought his hunting season in Delacroix was wild when he shot a goose the day after Thanksgiving — but things really became weird Jan. 16 when he rolled a gadwall sporting feathers reminiscent of Donald Trump’s signature blond comb-over.[…]
News Breaker
January’s aerial waterfowl survey similar to December numbers
January’s wintry weather has prevented the completion of this month’s aerial waterfowl survey, but preliminary numbers released by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries indicate just about the same number of birds in the state as last month.[…]
Sidebars
Caddo as a duck lake
Todd Hopkins, who lives on the lake, described it as an average duck hunting lake, one that can produce limit kills as well as one that can produce blanks.[…]
Sidebars
Caddo Lake has some challenges
Every duck hunting spot has its idiosyncrasies and challenges, and Caddo Lake is no different than the others. Brandon Garner and Todd Hopkins mused over a few of them.[…]
Ducks
Late-season duck calling tips
As many manufacturing processes trend toward computerized, assembly-line production techniques, there are still some things best done the old-fashioned way — like Faulk’s Game Calls. […]
Sidebars
The skinny on Lake Caddo
Public access to Caddo Lake is easy, with multiple boat ramps on the Louisiana part of the lake. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ Caddo Lake Waterbody Management Plan lists six boat launches.[…]
Sidebars
Riceland Custom Calls
Calling white-fronted geese can be a challenge, but quite often a quality call can make all of the difference.[…]
Geese
Seven cited for alleged goose violations in Vermilion Parish
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited seven people in two incidents for allegedly hunting migratory game birds from a vehicle on a public road, according to a press release.[…]
Features
Ducking Caddo
Dawn was hauntingly beautiful.
No flamboyant sunrise color; rather a suffusion of light through the fog-veiled cypress trees. Todd Hopkins’ and Brandon Garner’s duck calls echoed off the fog as effectively as off a steel wall.[…]
Features
Little things that count — Late-season goose-hunting tactics
Shot-wise things were slow. Way too slow.
The speckle bellies were down in good numbers, but for some reason acting real finicky — just plain uppity at times.[…]