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Proposed Atchafalaya Delta WMA ‘limited access area’ detailed
If approved, the proposed limied access area for the Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area would include a total of 3,250 acres.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
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Proposed Salvador WMA limited access area mapped
If approved, the proposed limited access area for the Salvador Wildlife Management Area would include a total of 3,000 acres.[…]
Survey
Pointe-aux-Chenes WMA ‘limited access area’ detailed
If approved, the proposed “limited access area” for the Pointe-aux-Chenes Wildlife Management Area would include a total of 4,689 acres.[…]
Survey
‘Limited access areas’ proposed for four wildlife management areas
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission is proposing “limited access areas” within four of the state’s wildlife management areas in an effort to improve waterfowl hunting.[…]
Survey
Proposed limited access area on Pass a Loutre WMA detailed
If approved, the proposed limited access area for the Pass a Loutre Wildlife Management Area would include a total of 1,945 acres.[…]
News Breaker
Arkansas Duck Calling Classic in two weeks
Ducks Unlimited and Mack’s Prairie Wings are joining forces March 19 to host the Arkansas Duck Calling Classic, one of the largest sanctioned duck calling competitions in the country, in Stuttgart, Ark.[…]
News Breaker
Mississippi man arrested for hunting ducks out of season
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents arrested a Mississippi man on Feb. 17 for allegedly hunting ducks out of season in Concordia Parish, the agency reported.[…]
News Breaker
Duck season fizzles to close
As the duck season kicked off in mid-November, Louisiana waterfowlers held hope that Old Man Winter would arrive to bring down the hoards of birds we had all heard about.[…]
News Breaker
Sick waterfowl being investigated
Sam Fulkerson and some buddies had finished the morning hunt on Sunday (Jan. 31), and were headed to scout out some new fields for an evening goose hunt near Gueydan when they saw something strange.
“We saw some geese on the road, and we stopped and sent the dog after one of them,” said Fulkerson, known on LouisianaSportsman.com as “Uncle Bud a.k.a. Sam Fulkerson. “It just sat there.”[…]
Columns
Marsh madness
For one reason or another, I have missed many hunts this season. From holiday obligations to the wrath of Mother Nature, you name it and I have missed a hunt because of it.[…]
Columns
The missing element
I was able to hunt twice this past week once on New Year’s Eve and again on Saturday (Jan. 2). The grand total for two hunts was seven ducks.[…]
News Breaker
Duck numbers jump 25 percent in January count
LouisianaSportsman.com user fedrh20 headed to Venice the second weekend of January in hopes of shooting some ducks, and found the place swarming with birds.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
Second split better so far, guides look for more ducks with cold blast
It appears as though Old Man Winter arrived in earnest, making for good weather conditions to kickoff the second split of the 2009-10 duck season. However, persistent rainfall has continued to hamper some hunters’ efforts, with many of the state’s rivers at or near flood stage.[…]
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Shut up to call ducks
Ducks don’t talk to each other nearly as much as hunters think, especially during the late season. Just as a roomful of people will migrate away from a loud, obnoxious guy who tries to dominate the conversation, ducks will exhibit the same behavior.[…]
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Waterfowl Really Plentiful
Kaploosh! The big greenhead’s splashdown sounded like a pickle bucket hitting the water. After Pearl, Drew Keeth’s 7½-year-old black lab delivered the handsome bird to hand, Keeth added it to slings already groaning with bluewing teal, greenwing teal, gadwall, pintails, wigeon, another mallard and thrown in for variety, a couple of shovelers.[…]
Columns
Effective duck calling
There is a big difference between “Contest Calling” and “Blind calling.” Here are the dos and don’ts for effective duck calling.[…]