Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited two men for taking 523 alligator eggs in Grand Chenier without a valid egg collection permit, according to a news release.[…]
Some videos leave you scratching your head, wondering why people choose to do really stupid things — all while recording themselves as apparent proof of their poor decision-making ability.[…]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is conducting a lottery to award alligator tags to provide the general public with harvest opportunities.[…]
Odd as it might sound to people from other places, in Louisiana alligators — at least their meat — are considered seafood.[…]
You might have seen a recent story circulating online about a 185-year-old MIssissippi gator found with Confederate bullets in its body.[…]
The Mississippi state record for the heaviest alligator was set last night in the wee hours of opening of the 2014 hunting season when three buddies killed a 756-pounder hunting in the state’s Southwest Zone.[…]
Everything’s bigger in Texas – except alligators, apparently.[…]
We’re probably all familiar with signs instructing folks against the potential hazards of interacting with wildlife.[…]
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited a Guatemalan man on Jan. 26 for a variety of alligator and deer violations in Jefferson Parish.[…]
As James “Jimbo” White peered through the scope of his .243 and lined up about a 50-yard shot on a massive alligator sunning himself on a bank in West Baton Rouge Parish, he developed a serious case of “alligator fever.”[…]
A 52-year-old Plaquemine man recently pleaded guilty to false swearing and alligator theft in 19th Judicial District Court in East Baton Rouge Parish in connection with a 2011 investigation into illegally obtained alligator tags.[…]
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents cited a 51-year-old Denham Springs man who was a permitted nuisance alligator hunter with 26 alligator-related violations that occurred in Ascension and Livingston parishes over the past two years, according to a press release.[…]
If you want to participate in the 2013 alligator lottery hunts, now is the time to get in your application. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will select eligible hunters to hunt on four Coastal & Nongame Resources (CNR) Division Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs), 15 Wildlife Division WMAs, one U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACOE) property and 24 public lakes for this year’s alligator harvest season.[…]
It broke a trolling motor. It broke a boat trailer winch strap. But what the 697 1/2-pounder will most be remembered for breaking is Mississippi’s record for heaviest alligator ever taken by a hunter.[…]
When out-of-state people think about Louisiana, they think, “Alligators.” Louisiana has long had a reputation for alligators and alligator hunting.[…]
Catching alligators is not that difficult. Francis Motichek has been trapping alligators for over 25 years.[…]