Field Notes
Top tips for the teal opening weekend
Kelly Neuville, general manager of Buckfins-N-Feathers in Broussard, offered this checklist to make sure you’re ready for the teal season.[…]
Statewide LA
Apex Predator
Rules change makes it easier to take hogs on WMAs
If hogs are causing so many problems on state wildlife management areas, I’ve always wondered why hunting rules didn’t allow us to harvest these invasive animals more often. […]
News Breaker
LDWF cites Marksville man for alleged gator violations
Agents from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries recently cited a Marksville man for alleged alligator hunting violations on the Richard K. Yancey and Grassy Lake Wildlife Management Areas.[…]
Columns
See spot run
This September marks the 32nd anniversary with the other love of my life — fly fishing.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Speckled trout action is hit-and-miss on Big Lake
Speckled trout fishing on Big Lake this month has been relatively inconsistent, a guide said.[…]
Deer Hunting
Plano’s model 1144 bow case adjusts to any bow
With today’s modern compound bows coming in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, it’s sometimes difficult to pick the right bow case.[…]
Deer Hunting
Barnett Ghost 410 wins Outdoor Life Editor’s Choice Award
The Ghost 410 by Barnett is as quiet as its name implies.[…]
News Breaker
Louisiana’s recreational red snapper weekend-only season ends Sept. 29
With the potential 21-day federal red snapper season that was slated to start Oct. 1 in jeopardy, the Louisiana Department of WIldlife and Fisheries reminded state anglers Friday the weekend-only season ends on Sept. 29.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF cites three Texas men on alleged red snapper violations in Gulf of Mexico
During patrol inspections of 20 boats in the Gulf of Mexico this past weekend, agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited three Texas men in two separate cases for alleged red snapper violations, according to a press release.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
The ABCs of GPS configuration, Pt. 1
I know that I have written about configuration settings for a GPS unit in the past, but during my seminars and at least once a month I get a question concerning how a reader’s GPS should be set up.[…]
Fishing
PSE Wave Bow – Bow Fishing
Join Blake Shelby (Marketing Director for PSE) as he discusses the PSE Wave Bow. If you want to Bow fish, this is the one for you.[…]
News Breaker
Fall red snapper season unlikely, LDWF says
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said today that the fall red snapper season initally announced in July is unlikely to take place in the wake of federal fisheries managers’ announcement earlier this week that new catch estimates indicate the 2013 recreational quota already has been surpassed.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Speckled trout bite slow at Cypremort Point
The Atchafalaya River level is good and the water conditions are right, but speckled trout have not yet arrived in Vermilion Bay in solid numbers, a guide side on Wednesday.[…]
Deer Hunting
Texas man pleads guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm
A man arrested in January by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents in connection with night hunting violations in Caddo Parish pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in U.S. Federal Western District Court in Shreveport.[…]
Events & Announcements
Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday set for this weekend, Sept. 6-8
For the fifth consecutive year, hunters and outdoor enthusiasts across the state can participate in the Louisiana Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday this Friday through Sunday, Sept. 6-8.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF enforcement agents preparing for opening weekend of dove season
As hunters throughout Louisiana make final preparations for the first shots of the 2013-14 dove season starting up Sept. 7, another group of people is also busily preparing for opening weekend.[…]