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Pre-season scouting plans
If you are reading this, you obviously survived the long, hot summer — even though the heat and humidity will still linger into September.[…]
Hunting
Alligator
Denham Springs man accused of running illegal gator-hunting guide service
A 54-year-old Denham Springs man accused of running an illegal alligator hunting guide service on Joyce Wildlife Management Area in Tangipahoa Parish was arrested this weekend, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. […]
Deer Hunting
10 tips to tame vegetation
Now is the time to begin thinking about trimming limbs, branches and brush that might otherwise interfere with a successful deer hunt this fall.[…]
Sidebars
Finding secret teal-hunting treasures
Flooded wild millet growing naturally in the marsh can be a teal magnet when you can find it.[…]
Deer Hunting
How breeding dates are determined
Biologists determine breeding dates based on measurements of deer embryos and fetuses using a fetal scale developed through research conducted by Quality Deer Management Association founder Joe Hamilton and other deer researchers.[…]
Hunting
The 411 on coastal WMAs
Harvest numbers are ultra-impressive from last season for one of the wildlife management areas in the Coastal and Nongame Resources Division — so high that many hunters might do a double-take and make immediate plans to hunt it in 2016-17.[…]
Deer Hunting
Is the rut on?
Hunters frequently tell me they do not see bucks chasing does when the rut should be in full swing. Lack of cold weather will certainly be a reason for deer activity to be poor.[…]
Deer Hunting
Points to consider when buying hunting property
Ideally, now would be the optimal time to be putting the finishing touches on late-summer prep work leading up to deer season that’s now only weeks away.[…]
Deer Hunting
Bow season begins Saturday in Southwest Louisiana
While duck hunters will likely dominate the landscape in Southwest Louisiana Saturday for the second weekend of teal season, another group has Sept. 17 circled on their calendars for a completely different reason.[…]
Deer Hunting
South Louisiana QDMA’s Gun Bash rescheduled for Oct. 27 at LSU
The South Louisiana Branch of the Quality Deer Management Association’s 6th annual Gun Bash is set for Thursday, Oct. 27 at 6 p.m. at the LSU 4-H Mini-Farm located on AgCenter Drive.[…]
News Breaker
DU issues Mississippi Flyway report
Last month, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its annual waterfowl breeding population estimates, indicating duck numbers had held steady and were similar to last year. […]
Deer Hunting
Top 3 tips to a better deer stand
When you head to the camp, you’re not going just to enjoy the peace and quiet of the woods. Sure, that’s part of it. But what you really want is to kill a deer.[…]
News Breaker
Hunters report slow opening weekend for teal season
Hunting reports from Buras to Welsh and Pecan Island up to Catahoula Lake indicated what many duck hunters seemed to be expecting: teal — at least in large numbers — really hadn’t yet made it to Louisiana in time for opening weekend.[…]
Columns
A new crop of wildlife, a new hunting season
About the end of June, I started receiving emailed photographs of newly born fawns. The fawn drop was on in Area 4, right on schedule and right on time for the deer season that opens in October.[…]
News Breaker
September’s aerial teal survey officially second-lowest on record
A combination of wetter habitat in the north, no early fronts as of yet and high water levels in Louisiana’s coastal marshes because of recent flooding have conspired to produce one of the poorest aerial teal counts recorded, according to the state’s waterfowl study leader.[…]
News Breaker
Aerial survey expected to show low teal numbers
The state’s waterfowl study leader is flying the last transect lines for September’s Aerial Waterfowl Survey near Catahoula Lake this morning, but what he’s seen so far this week doesn’t exactly bode well for opening day of teal season tomorrow.[…]