Only days before deer season came to an abrupt halt on Winter Quarters Hunting Club in Tensas Parish, Ruston’s Daniel Alexander got in a good lick before the rising waters of the Mississippi River shut the area down. […]
All of us can probably recall Christmases from our past that we vividly remember — when Santa Claus came through with that extra-special gift we had been thinking about and hoping for.[…]
With rods and reels, tackle boxes, ice chests, life jackets and other assorted gear all requiring a spot in your boat, space on-board is definitely at a premium. […]
With Mississippi River levels continuing to rise, some expect the earliest-ever opening in the 85-year history of the Bonnet Carre Spillway — which would relieve pressure on the levees protecting New Orleans and divert freshwater into Lake Pontchartrain for the first time since 2011.[…]
The rising Mississippi River could claim another casualty, with deer hunting season shutting down within much of the Atchafalaya Basin as early as Friday (Jan. 8), the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced today.[…]
Anglers heading out to catch red snapper in state waters later this week can now safely fish beyond the long-established 3-mile boundary and go out to 9 nautical miles from shore without fear of being ticketed by the Coast Guard – at least for now.[…]
Seeing deer cross a road at a particular spot on more than one occasion on Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge was all John Michael Benoit needed to know when choosing where he wanted to set-up and hunt. […]
A 16-year-old Franklinton deer hunter was reportedly shot and killed by his father during a New Year’s Eve trip to the Delta National Forest in Mississippi, and state officials are investigating the incident.[…]
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited two men in connection with an illegally taken 9-pointer in October in Madison Parish.[…]
The Mississippi River delta deer season closure has been shortened to just five days — at least for now.[…]
The deer-hunting closure in the Mississippi River delta will only last a week, with the exception of batture land that will remain closed until further notice, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced tonight.[…]
Two Belle Chasse men were cited Dec. 27 in Plaquemines Parish for several hunting violations, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported today.[…]
The fall red snapper season closes in state waters Jan. 1 at 12:01 a.m., the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced.[…]
Retired Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Wildlife Division head David Moreland said today the impending closure of tens of thousands of acres to deer hunting is “one of those political things.”[…]
The deer-hunting closure announced Monday (Dec. 29) that included hundreds of thousands of acres in the Mississippi delta has been postponed until just after sunset on Jan. 3, a Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries official said today.[…]
Deer hunting season will close at sunset on Dec. 29 along the Mississippi River from the Arkansas state line south to Vidalia, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced this evening.[…]