Hunting Reports
Year: 2026
Alligator
LDWF alligator management program honored during Scales of Success program in Washington, D.C.
Once on the brink of extinction with only about 100,000 left in 1972 in the state, the LDWF developed its alligator management program.[…]
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Max Paul Dugas got his first deer
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Mylez Lake Taylor’s first deer
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Carlie Campbell’s gobbler
The rain didn’t stop Carlie Campbell from hitting the Webster Parish woods with her dad and grandfather (three generations of turkey hunters) in the early morning hours of opening weekend of turkey season on April 4, 2026.[…]
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Maddox Book with pintails
Maddox Book, 11, of Kolin was hunting with his uncle, Damien Brumfield, and dad, Zachary Book, when they got their limit of pintails in Catahoula Parish in January.[…]
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Collin Tugwell’s Castor gobbler
Collin Tugwell, 13, was hunting with his dad in Castor, La., when he got this gobbler on March 28, 2026. It had 1 1/8-inch spurs and an 11 1/4-inch tri-color beard.[…]
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Cayson Harris and his bass
Cayson Harris with the bass he caught from a public pond in Lake Charles while out fishing with his dad on March 20.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Evolution Fishing Creature Keeper Case
The Evolution Fishing Creature Keeper Case is intentionally designed to protect, organize and maximize urchin baits.[…]
News Breaker
Student completes the LDWF Enforcement Division Internship Program
The LDWF recognized a Louisiana college student who recently completed the agency’s Enforcement Internship Program.[…]