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Rice field puzzle
I may need some help from you experienced rice field hunters this season. We picked a rice field that had been harvested early and was making a second head of rice.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
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A season of change
It is my favorite time of year again. Aside from the cooler weather, redfish frenzies and Saturday nights in Death Valley that the fall season ushers in each year, it is once again the time of year when ducks come down to grace us with their presence.[…]
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The Speck Special
I got the call, and not a moment too soon. Sure the phone was ringing, but the quacking ringtone denoted the beckon of a hunting buddy to all within earshot of my office desk.[…]
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Lean-Year Limits
You’d think the Saints stomping the Cardinals (45-14) in the playoffs might have lifted the spirits in Doc’s Venice houseboat. And it did — for about 10 minutes.[…]
Blind's Eye
Thoughts on decoys
With the duck season opener in the west zone only weeks away now, most of you will probably be in high speed getting your gear together. If not, you should be. This summer I paid particular attention to getting my decoy spread souped up.
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Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
Sherburne’s youth lottery waterfowl hunt is nothing short of spectacular
Toward the end of the blind in a low voice, 13-year old Michael Price from Alexandria, gave a log drawn out, “Wowwww!” that quietly trailed off.[…]
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Waterfowl Wonderland
I could hear the zooming wings of greenwing and bluewing teal just above my head as they glided into our decoy set. Mallards roamed the water, quacking away and the pintails whistled.[…]
News Breaker
Teal season below par, more ducks arrive with first major cool front
The dust and the feathers have settled following the 2010 Louisiana teal season, and it’s clear the numbers were down and hunters in many parts of the state had to work a little harder than they are accustomed to in order to fill limits.[…]
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Far fewer teal in state than last year, LDWF survey shows
Biologists last week counted less than half of the blue-winged teal found in the state last September, according to the season’s initial aerial waterfowl survey.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
Teal opener good for most hunters
The long off season finally ended as the 2010 teal season kicked off Saturday morning. Hunters were greeted with temperatures anything but “fall-like,” and the mosquitoes swarmed about in the largely windless, sticky morning air; par for the course here in Louisiana.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
Teal arriving in larger numbers, reports still mixed
Following rampant, doubtful speculation during the summer months, Louisiana hunters are set to get a taste of teal this weekend, and the reports look promising despite the sweltering temperatures.[…]
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White Lake Welands Conservation Area youth duck hunt date set
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will hold youth waterfowl hunts on the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area (WCA) near Gueydan on Nov. 6 and 7.[…]
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Duck season tentatively set
Duck hunters will again have a 60-day season and be able to kill six birds each day if tentative season dates set today (Aug. 5) by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission is ultimately approved.[…]
Oil Spill
BP oil spill not set to put off waterfowl hunting at this time, LDWF says
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will hold six meetings between July 26 and Aug. 3 across the coastal region to address concerns of waterfowl hunters about potental impacts of oil in coastal marshes and the upcoming hunting season.
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Great White North
When it comes to Louisiana, I’m more biased than an NBA ref with a dozen Benjamins riding on the game he’s officiating.[…]
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Waterfowl breeding habitat in Canada receives recent boost
Water on most of Canada’s prairies wasn’t abundant a few short weeks ago. It is now. And while farmers and communities are dealing with the wet hand they have been dealt, ducks in some of the water-logged areas are likely going to benefit because of the moisture.[…]