News Breaker
LSU named top Ducks Unlimited university chapter
The Tiger Chapter at LSU was recently named the number one college chapter in Ducks Unlimited’s annual Sweet 16 listing for 2015.[…]
Hunting
Hunting
LWFC approves amendment making 25 hp mud motor maximum on Biloxi WMA
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission on Thursday approved an amendment allowing up to 25 hp straight shaft air-cooled mud motors on the Biloxi Wildlife Management Area, according to a press release.[…]
News Breaker
Thibodaux city councilman asked to resign after hunting violation guilty plea
According to news reports, Eric Tabor is the first Thibodaux city councilman to publicly call for fellow member Chip Badeaux’s resignation in connection with his guilty plea last month in federal court for hunting ducks with lead shot.[…]
Field Notes
What you need to kill a turkey
Make sure you check these turkey hunting items off your list before heading to the woods this hunting season.[…]
NEW PRODUCTS
JEBS Chokes
The JEBS Headhunter Turkey Choke Tube is for everyone from the serious turkey hunter to the beginning novice. This tube has a patented interior bore design which allows for better shot and wad cup separation, thus making patterns smaller and denser on your intended target.[…]
Features
Tagging out — Everything you need to need to kill a turkey
There is no better feeling of accomplishment than bagging an adult tom. Here’s everything you need to know to close the deal.[…]
Contents
A more perfect union — How a Union Parish team hunts turkeys
When people get married, their love forms a “perfect union.” It’s like our founding fathers planned for America, as in a more “perfect union” in the Preamble to our Constitution.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF cites 11 for alleged turkey violations on opening weekend
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited 11 people for alleged turkey-hunting violations during opening weekend of the 2015 season.[…]
Alligator
Alligators are seafood, too
Odd as it might sound to people from other places, in Louisiana alligators — at least their meat — are considered seafood.[…]
Deer Hunting
Port Allen man convicted for transporting unlawfully taken 12-pointer
A 50-year-old Port Allen man pled guilty and was sentenced for violating federal wildlife laws in connection with a 12-point buck he unlawfully shot in Kentucky in November of 2013, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney Walt Green.[…]
News Breaker
Albany youth gets 4-bearded Mississippi gobbler
Opening morning of the youth turkey season turned into a numbers game for 12-year-old Gage McTaggart, who was hunting with his dad Todd and caller Brett Thompson at Homochitto National Forest in Southwest Mississippi.[…]
News Breaker
Study: Coastal wetlands losses continuing
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently released an important study and conservation planning tool that could help officials protect coastal wetlands, according to a press release from Ducks Unlimited.[…]
News Breaker
Sorrento man cited for alleged turkey violations in East Feliciana Parish
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited a Sorrento man for alleged turkey violations Tuesday in East Feliciana Parish.[…]
Deer of the Year
Lakeland hunter drills Pointe Coupee Parish 13-pointer nicknamed ‘The Man’
Emery Patin gave a whole new meaning to the phrase “Stick it to the man” when he dropped a big Pointe Coupee Parish buck on the final day of primitive firearms season in January.[…]
Columns
Becoming a wildlife enforcement agent
Even as children we all have an idea of what we want to be when we grow up. Fireman, policeman, doctor and nurse are all professions the kindergarten class has in its sights.[…]
Columns
The details make all the difference
As I write this month’s “Happy Trails” column, the 2014-2015 Mississippi deer season here in Central Mississippi has just ended. […]