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May 19, 2022

Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge to temporarily close for alligator harvest

August 25, 2020 From News Reports

The LDWF will close Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge on Sept. 2-6 until noon each day to hold its annual controlled alligator harvest. […]

Tips for Louisiana’s alligator season

August 6, 2020 Dora Lambert

Learn to hunt alligators the way the pros do. Here are tips from Walter Heathcock, owner of Fin Twisters Fishing Guide Service out of Venice. […]

Deadline to apply for 2020 alligator lottery hunts is June 30

June 24, 2020 From News Reports

The LDWF would like to remind the public that deadline for applications for alligator lottery hunts on Aug. 26-Oct. 31 is June 30. […]

LDWF announces 2020 alligator lottery

May 18, 2020 From News Reports

The LDWF will conduct alligator lottery harvests on 19 LDWF WMAs, 28 public lakes and one USACE property Aug. 26-Oct. 1, 2020. […]

Three subjects cited for illegal possession of an alligator

April 28, 2020 From News Reports

LDWFs enforcement agents cited two Iberia Parish residents and an Ohio resident for alleged alligator violations on April 21 in Iberia Parish. […]

Wildlife violations in Grant and St. Landry parishes

April 27, 2020 From News Reports

LDWF enforcement agents cited two Grant Parish residents for alleged deer violations and an Opelousas man for alleged alligator violations. […]

California judge temporarily blocks ban that would harm Louisiana alligator industry

December 28, 2019 From News Reports

A federal judge in California has issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting enforcement of ban on the sale and importation of alligator products. […]

Louisiana AG Jeff Landry files legal challenge of California law

December 23, 2019 From News Reports

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has a filed a federal lawsuit challenging a California Law that bans the importation and sale of alligator products. […]

Garmin’s Xero sight expensive but worth it

November 1, 2019 Sammy Romano

Its unique range-finding feature makes the Garmin Xero A1i sight a top-drawer sight for any hunter’s bow. Here’s the reason why. […]

Caitlin Scates of Ponchatoula with her “gator necklace” from a Sept. 21 trip to the Orleans Parish marsh. Will sport-hunting of Louisiana’s alligators control the population if commercial efforts plummet due to a shrinking market for skins?

Is ‘gator hunting due for a big change?

October 14, 2019 Anthony Taylor

Commercial alligator trapping and alligator farming is being heavily affected due to a highly contested ban on alligator skins in California. […]

Three subjects cited for alligator violations in St. Mary Parish

September 25, 2019 From News Reports

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents cited three subjects for alleged alligator violations on Sept. 7 in St. Mary Parish. […]

Agents arrest Lafayette man for aggravated cruelty to animals

August 23, 2019 From News Reports

LDWF enforcement agents arrested one man and cited two others Aug. 12 for their roles in alleged alligator violations in Avoyelles Parish. […]

Alligator hide tag fee to be reduced by $1 for 2020 and 2021

August 6, 2019 From News Reports

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission approved a notice of intent to reduce the LDWF alligator hide tag fee from $4 to $3 for the 2020 and 2021. […]