Ducks
Planning your waterfowl hunts around weather
Blustery post-front conditions are no guarantee of a hefty duck haul, warm weather patterns with other wind directions have produced also.[…]
Year: 2023
Deer Hunting
Early season archery hunts
Early season archery hunting can often times be the most difficult time of the hunting season to be successful.[…]
Columns
“Safer Communities Act” is poorly cloaked gun control aimed at America’s children
Biden’s administration has interpreted the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act in a way that draws the ire of wildlife and fisheries agencies.[…]
Features
2023-24 WMA Small Game Hunting Guide
Biologists give their reports for the annual WMA Small Game Hunting Guide. Giving Louisiana hunters the outlook for squirrels and rabbits.[…]
Deer Hunting
Louisiana’s 2023-24 Rut Report
The 2023-24 deer season is upon us and it will be interesting to see what kind of season it is following months of severe drought conditions.[…]
Deer Hunting
LDWF hosts public meeting to provide latest information on CWD
In a meeting held in Concordia Parish, officials asked for hunters and landowners to aid them in their fight to control the spread of CWD.[…]
Field Reports
Catching reds and trout after a temperature drop
Chas Champagne used big Golden Eye JigHeads to get the Pink Champagne Matrix down to the bottom where the speckled trout were hanging.[…]
News Breaker
Agents cite subject for migratory game bird violation in Plaquemines Parish
LDWF enforcement agents cited an individual for a migratory game bird violation in Plaquemines Parish on Sept. 17.[…]
Big Bass
“Gaspergoo” turned out to be a 10-pound trophy bass
Marcus Johns with his 10.38-pound Poverty Point largemouth bass he caught on a trip with his son, Austin Lambert, on Sept. 10.[…]
Bass Fishing
YUM Scottsboro Recon Swimbait
A joint project between YUM Bait Co. and the Scottsboro Tackle Co. resulted in the injection-molded YUM Scottsboro Recon Swimbait.[…]
Hunting Reports
Graham Trahan’s first duck hunt
Graham Trahan made his first duck hunt the opening weekend of the 2023 teal season with his Papa, Paran and Pop.[…]
Field Reports
Inshore trout haul shows fall is here!
The annual speckled trout migration from outside bays to the inside marshes is driven more by photoperiod and bait stocks than temperature.[…]
Fishing Reports
Justin Norman’s flounder
Justin Norman and his wife and a nice flounder he caught in Lafitte, La., on July 30, 2023.[…]
Hunting Reports
Hollis Kate Musgrove gets her first deer
Hollis Kate Musgrove with her first deer killed in West Carroll Parish on Dec. 16, 2022.[…]
Fishing Reports
Ayla wins 1st place with grouper
Ayla Guidry, won 1st place in the Grouper division at the Tarpon Cheer Booster Club Hooks and Leaders Fishing Rodeo held in Fourchon.[…]
News Breaker
Youth Squirrel Season set for Sept. 23-24 on certain LDWF WMAs
The upcoming youth squirrel season on several LDWF WMAs is set for Sept. 23-24, and offers an additional hunting opportunity.[…]