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Extremely rare albino fox squirrel killed on Richard K. Yancey WMA
Shane Vidrine was just happy to be in the woods again hunting squirrels Sunday morning, the second day of Louisiana’s season.[…]
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13-foot gator caught with bass rod
Prairieville’s Hansel Rivere Jr. knew a big gator was prowling about the north end of Lake Verret because of the size of the hole the reptile had dug in a levee near the Five Fingers area.[…]
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Apex Predator arrows cow elk in Colorado
My second year in Colorado got off to a rocky start. After the long 21-hour drive, I got lost entering the woods because the GPS deleted my spots from last season.[…]
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Stay safe, legal on opening day of dove season, LDWF says
Saturday marks the beginning of the 2015-16 dove season in Louisiana, and enforcement agents with the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will be out across the state making sure hunters have a safe opening day.[…]
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LDWF offers opening day dove hunts Sept. 5
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is providing opening day dove hunting opportunities this Saturday on leased private land in three parishes.[…]
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Restricted access to Rockefeller SWR for nuisance gator harvest
The annual nuisance alligator harvest will restrict public access to the Rockefeller State Wildlife Refuge beginning on Wednesday, Sept. 2.[…]
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Top 10 frogging tips
While Corey Crochet loves any kind of hunting, and all saltwater and freshwater fishing, frogging might be his favorite sport.[…]
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Top frogging equipment
Frogging is a specialized sport. Even though frogs’ eyes shine in the dark, they can be hard to spot, especially if the frog is partially shielded by water lilies or sitting on the bank behind a bunch of brush.[…]
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The story of a Cottomouth Custom Boats
Corey and Samantha “Sam” Crochet founded Cottonmouth Custom Boats (225-456-0930) in February 2013. And frogging is an activity that dovetails well with their young boat business.[…]
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Defining the Atchafalaya Basin
It’s hard to define exactly what the Atchafalaya Basin is.
People can’t even agree on the name. Most experts on that sort of thing agree the name “Atchafalaya” is derived from the Choctaw Indian language and interprets as “long river.” […]
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Grand River hammers — Expert frogging tips
“Now that’s a hammer there,” rumbled the 35-year-old man as he closed the boat in on a turbo-sized bullfrog sitting on a rare piece of exposed bank. […]
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Applications available online for Elbow Slough WMA opening weekend lottery dove hunts
Applications are now being accepted for lottery hunts on Elbow Slough Wildlife Management Area in Rapides Parish for the opening weekend of dove season.[…]
Features
Bullfrogs are greedy
Bullfrogs are aggressive and greedy predators. They are actually quite easy to catch on fishing lures during the daytime. […]
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LDWF announces 2015 alligator lottery hunts
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is conducting a lottery to award alligator tags to provide the general public with harvest opportunities.[…]
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Louisiana black bear management plan submitted Thursday to LWFC
A comprehensive black bear management plan, including provisions for a potential harvest if federal protection is one day deemed unwarranted for the animal, was presented to the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission on Thursday.[…]
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North Carolina’s No. 2 all-time black bear killed by Virginia hunter
On the morning of Nov. 11, Thomas Capps of Richmond, Va., killed a 782-pound black bear from a blind overlooking a field of soybeans and corn on private land in Hyde County. […]