Louisiana Sportsman

Five LDWF employees were recognized for their commitment to managing, protecting, and conserving Louisiana’s abundant natural resources.[…]

Three Louisiana black bear hunters who harvested animals during the recently concluded special bear season were honored with awards.[…]

Chas Champagne goes over how to focus on areas that have the chance to produce trophy trout while using bigger baits from Matrix Shad.[…]

The Woodworth and Bodcau shooting ranges will be closed Friday, Jan. 10, due to the potential threat from a winter storm.[…]

It’s the perfect time to look back on 2024 and the impacts the last 12 months have had on fishing and hunting in our Sportsman’s Paradise.[…]

Among a handful of 2026 wishes is that our elected officials would adopt a hands-off policy when it comes to our Sportsman’s Paradise.[…]

Brad Adams of Monterey was hunting on Dec. 28 in Concordia Parish when he shot a 160-class buck. He was able to recover it two days later.[…]

The LDWF warns the public of potential fish kills throughout coastal Louisiana due to freezing water temperatures. […]

The fishing right now is better than it’s been in many years, with speckled trout and bass crowding in numbers that are almost hard to fathom.[…]

The special September teal season will run 9 days, not the 16 days of recent years, due to overall teal numbers having fallen.[…]

Deron Santiny, a military veteran who grew up in Grand Isle and now lives in Lafayette, may have killed the biggest bear in Louisiana history.[…]

LDWF enforcement agents cited two men for alleged deer hunting violations in Bossier and Caddo parishes on Nov. 26.[…]

In this Outside the Levees video, we are spending the weekend at an off-grid houseboat in the Louisiana marsh.[…]

The new Mini Hammer-Trap from Bill Lewis Lures packs a punch despite its 3/16-ounce weight. It was introduced at ICAST earlier this year.[…]

Chris Brown was hunting on family land in West Feliciana Parish on Dec. 19 when he shot a 220-pound trophy buck.[…]