Hunting Reports
Jason Rougeou’s buck
Jason Rougeou’s Catahoula Parish buck taken Dec. 16, 2022.[…]
Year: 2025
Hunting Reports
Kyler and Lawson Roberts with their gobblers
Kyler and Lawson Roberts doubled up on these turkeys on April 18, 2025.[…]
Fishing Reports
Jake and his Golden Meadow redfish
Jake Michael Neuville, 10, on his annual Memorial Day weekend fishing trip to Golden Meadow[…]
Hunting Reports
Joanne Duplantis and her doe
Joanne Duplantis with a doe taken Jan. 5, 2025 hunting with friends in Port Gibson, Miss.[…]
Hunting Reports
Delaney Rester’s first turkey
Delaney Rester, 9, got her first turkey in Washington Parish during the 2025 youth hunt.[…]
Hunting Reports
A 6-man limit on public land
(Top) Chance Lafitte, Clint Lasiter, (Bottom) Dylan Turner, Cole Joyner, Adam Smith and (Behind the camera) Colby Leeper with a 6-man limit on public land in North Louisiana.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to host wood stork and wading bird viewing event
The LDWF and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host their Wood Stork and Wading Bird Viewing Event on Aug. 2 at the South Farm.[…]
Hunting
Cost-sharing assistance available to landowners for longleaf pine restoration and management
A Longleaf Pine Restoration and Management Landowner Field Day and Workshop was held June 27 at the Marsh Bayou WMA in Evangeline Parish.[…]
Newsletters
Turkey callers from across the country compete in Hammond
The Louisiana State and U.S. Open Turkey Calling Championships provide a platform for callers to showcase their abilities.[…]
Newsletters
Addis angler wins Blue Marlin Gulf Cup with 609-pounder
Jaselyn Berthelot, a 22-year-old LSU graduate from Addis, caught a 609-pound blue marlin while fishing in the Green Canyon block.[…]
Big Bass
Bustin’ bass at Toledo Bend
William Lipps of Many caught an 11.16-pound bass on July 13 and Alexandria’s Pat Dion landed an 12.33-pound bass at Toledo Bend on July 17.[…]
Bass Fishing
LDWF’s fish hatcheries complete 2025 spring Florida Bass stockings
The LDWF Inland Fisheries Section stocked approximately 5.3 million freshwater sportfish into 56 waterbodies statewide.[…]
News Breaker
Louisiana Black Bear Hunting Lottery to open July 28, 2025
The Louisiana Black Bear Hunting Lottery will open to state hunters July 28 and run through Aug. 28, the LDWF announced.[…]
Field Reports
Scratching the marsh-fishing itch
Marsh Man Masson took Nolan McNeil into the nearly boiling water of the South Louisiana coast, where they found an area loaded with fish.[…]
Hunting
LDWF accepting applications for deer and waterfowl lottery hunts on WMAs
The LDWF is accepting applications for deer and waterfowl lottery hunts on LDWF WMAs for the 2025-2026 hunting season.[…]
News Breaker
Thomas “Tommy” Tuma appointed as new Assistant Secretary of the Office of Wildlife
Long-time LDWF employee Thomas “Tommy” Tuma appointed as the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Wildlife by Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry.[…]