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Read signs
Newcomers to Lake Catahoula hunting must be aware of where they can and can’t legally go.[…]
Central Louisiana
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Chuck Buckley: The man
Martin Close III’s father Martin Jr. often good-naturedly called his friend Chuck Buckley an “unnaturalized citizen” of Alexandria.[…]
Recipes
Chuck Buckley’s Duck (Coot) Gumbo
According to Martin Close, Chuck Buckley loved coots (poule d’eaus).[…]
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Thistlethwaite Theorem — This WMA is the focus of a successful QDM experiment
Gerald Ducote of Melville had reason to be optimistic on Dec. 26.[…]
Deer Hunting
Thistlethwaite WMA – the 10-year quality deer management experiment
Thistlethwaite WMA’s 11,000 acres of palmetto-laced hardwoods, located six miles north of Washington on state Highway 10 will be entering year eight of a 10-year experiment designed to deliver quality whitetail bucks such as Ducote’s.[…]
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Defining Lake Catahoula
Defining Catahoula is difficult. Perhaps it is easier to define what it is not.[…]
Deer Hunting
Alleged deer hunting violations land father and son in Avoyelles Parish Jail
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division arrested a father and son for alleged deer hunting violations in Avoyelles Parish.[…]
General
Avoyelles Parish black bear found dead
A black bear killed by a gunshot was found in Avoyelles Parish on Tuesday (Nov. 27), the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries announced.[…]
Events & Announcements
Giant salvinia control program begins on Toledo Bend
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries is set to spray 800 acres of giant salvinia growing on Toledo Bend today, the agency announced.
The effort to control the spread of giant salvinia is concentrated on shallow backwater areas devoid of trees, and will include follow-up herbicide spraying from airboats in tree-filled areas.[…]
Apex Predator
Not enough arrows, just enough shells
A few weeks ago I had the easiest shot at a dozen hogs, and I was stuck in a tree with no arrows left.[…]
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Catahoula PWRs — Historical look at hunting wild Louisiana hogs
I grew up in Winn Parish and learned how to hunt while chasing squirrels in Dugdemona swamp. Whether alone or with family members, I always kept a sharp eye out for the free-ranging hogs that roamed the woods.[…]
Deer of the Year
Opelousas hunter walks up on 140-inch buck
What’s in a name?
Well, if you’re Hunter Simoneaux, quite a bit, apparently. He’s been hunting deer since he was 6 years old. And now, as part of a group of friends and family that hunts on 1,100 acres just north of Alexandria, he prides himself on doing everything by the book, and then some.[…]
Apex Predator
Hits, misses and predator control
I couldn’t wait to hunt opening day, but as the season approached road blocks were getting in the way of my plans. My water heater had busted and then broke in my camp the previous week, spewing water everywhere.[…]
News Breaker
Eight men cited by LDWF for exceeding legal limit of teal
Eight men were cited in two separate Catahoula Lake incidents this weekend for killing more teal than legal limits allow, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries reported today (Sept. 17).[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Chico Lake drawdown scheduled
Chicot Lake water-control structures will be opened in early September as part of an effort to manage the submerged vegetation on the reservoir, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Chicot produces hot August slab crappie
There is no way the heat of August will stop Glynn Lavergne from finding sac-a-lait in Evangeline Parish’s Chicot Lake.[…]