On Howard Caviness’ Lincoln Parish lease, one buck definitely stood out from the crowd. So he and his son nicknamed the deer “Godfather,” and on Dec. 9 finally made it an offer it just couldn’t refuse. […]
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited a 53-year-old Baskin man for alleged deer hunting violations in Franklin Parish.[…]
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries arrested a 48-year-old Hamburg man for alleged deer hunting violations, as well as being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, according to a news release.[…]
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited a Collinston man and woman for alleged deer hunting violations in the Mer Rouge area of Morehouse Parish, according to a news release.[…]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ December Aerial Waterfowl Survey indicates a major migration of birds into the Bayou State has occurred since last month, with 3.02 million birds counted compared to 1.55 million in November.[…]
Working migratory game bird seasons — particularly duck seasons — was always one of my favorite parts of the job. […]
Trail camera photos of a mature buck in Jackson Parish revealed that it was a really big deer, and the fact it only showed nighttime movement — never, ever during daylight hours — revealed the wily old buck’s nasty attitude. […]
For the past 21 years, Teddy Dupuy has driven some two and a half hours from his home in St. Amant to the Kisatchie National Forest — his absolute favorite place to hunt deer. […]
• Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area
This 137,000-acre tract of public land lies at the mouth of the Atchafalaya River and Wax Lake Outlet.[…]
A journal is one of those things that you might not feel like doing at the moment but wish you would have done after the fact. […]
1) Learn to use a pintail whistle, but don’t overuse any call. In fact, calling really doesn’t seem to make a lot of difference.[…]
Wesley Miller hunts in a completely different part of the state than Dennis Tietje — near Minden in Dubberly — and he has had just about equal success bagging December deer. […]
Woody and Chip Crews went from a longtime private waterfowl lease in Terrebonne Parish to the extreme opposite — public hunting in Plaquemines Parish. The father-son team offers their views on why anyone would want to hunt on Delta National Wildlife Refuge.[…]
The mottled duck’s ongoing population struggles, which prompted officials to reduce the daily limit to one bird eight years ago, now are the reason for a telemetry study designed to help researchers locate their nests to determine nesting success. […]
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries arrested a 20-year-old Benton man and ticketed a 16-year-old juvenile after allegedly observing the pair spotlighting for deer in Bossier Parish.[…]
Hunter McCullough and his father-in-law dished out a hefty chunk of change to make a deer hunt to Illinois earlier this season. But McCullough came home empty-handed and depressed. […]