Hunting
Boeuf WMA reopened
The Thanksgiving hunts are on again at Boeuf Wildlife Management Area after the public tract of land was reopened today as floodwaters receded.[…]
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Fishing
New Orleans Boat Show canceled
The New Orleans Boat and Sportshow has kicked off the spring fishing season for the past 39 years, but the 2010 event has been canceled largely as a result of the economic downturn.[…]
Deer Hunting
Boeuf WMA closed because of flooding
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Robert Barham has issued a Declaration of Emergency closing Caldwell Parish’s Boeuf Wildlife Management Area until further notice because of high water.[…]
Deer Hunting
Safety harness recalled
EXO-Tech Safety Harnesses have been recalled because users could fall while using them, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Nov. 18. Owners of the harnesses manufactured by Gorilla Inc. are urged to stop using them immediately.[…]
Deer Hunting
Escaped fallow, Sika deer open game, officials say
A number of fallow and Sika deer escaped from a Delhi enclosure, and state officials have asked hunters to kill them.[…]
Deer Hunting
Record buck illegally taken, Minnesota officials say
A Minnesota man was charged Nov. 10 with illegally taking what could be the largest 8-point ever measured.[…]
General
Deer jumps into zoo enclosure, mauled by lions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A deer made a fatal mistake when it jumped into a lion enclosure, was mauled and finally euthanized – all while spectactors watched, the Washington Post reported yesterday on its Web site.[…]
Fishing
Toledo Bend giant salvinia mat treated by Texas agency
Two thousand acres of giant salvinia on Toledo Bend were treated this weekend by a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department contractor after the invasive species was washed out of the reservoir’s upper reaches into a huge mat that backed up at the Pendleton Bridge.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Smith stumbles, Evers wins Bassmaster Central Open
MORGAN CITY, La. — West Monroe’s Mark Smith worried about putting together a limit after learning he would be fishing an extra day against Bassmaster Elite Series pro Edwin Evers after the two anglers weighed in identical weights of 35 pounds, 9 ounces Saturday.[…]
Bass Fishing
Central Open tie breaker scheduled for tomorrow, Crochet clinches Classic berth
MORGAN CITY, La. – Fish-offs are a rare thing in Bassmaster events. However, for the second time in a single season, two Bassmaster Central Open anglers will face off against each other after tying for the final-day lead at the Open season finale.[…]
Bass Fishing
Anglers ‘banged up’ after ejected from boat
The Bassmaster Central Open had barely begun when Monroe’s Marvin Ettredge and Houma’s Kevin Ricks found themselves in the water just after leaving the locks heading east from Morgan City into the Intracoastal Waterway.[…]
Bass Fishing
Smith maintains lead, Crochet moves into second
The first day was easy for Louisiana’s Mark Smith, with the pro easily culling up on one stretch of water. […]
Bass Fishing
Louisiana anglers hold pro, co-angler leads in Bassmaster Central Open on Atchafalaya Basin
MORGAN CITY, La. — Mark Smith grew up fishing rivers in North Louisiana, so the high, muddy waters of the Atchafalaya Basin didn’t intimidate him this week when he arrived at the fishery for the final 2009 Bassmaster Central Open.[…]
Hunting
37 pythons killed in Florida pilot hunt
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Hunters participating in a pilot program aimed at helping eradicate giant, nonnative Burmese pythons from South Florida took 37 of the invasive constrictors, wildlife officials said Nov. 3.[…]
General
More than 20 rescued from floodwaters by LDWF agents
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents responded to several search-and-rescue missions over the past weekend in northern and western Louisiana after heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding.[…]
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Centerville man convicted on federal waterfowl violations
A Centerville man was convicted on Oct. 14 for several Migratory Game Bird Treaty Act violations, along with a single National Wildlife Refuge violation by Federal Magistrate Meldrid Methvin.[…]