News Breaker
Last weekend’s cool front pushed more teal into Louisiana
What so far has been a miserable teal season got a slight boost on Sunday morning after the first cool front of the season pushed through the state over the weekend.[…]
Hunting
Columns
Stopping the September squirrel poacher
Game wardens love September. We love September because the first hunting seasons of the fall begin and the monotony of water patrol in the hot sun ends.[…]
Alligator
13-foot-4-inch, 760-pound alligator taken in West Baton Rouge Parish
As James “Jimbo” White peered through the scope of his .243 and lined up about a 50-yard shot on a massive alligator sunning himself on a bank in West Baton Rouge Parish, he developed a serious case of “alligator fever.”[…]
Columns
Prescribed fire as a management tool
Fire can be your best friend or your worst enemy, depending on the context of how fire is used in your wildlife management program.[…]
Alligator
Apex Predator goes gator hunting
Unfortunately, my wife and I weren’t picked for the public land alligator lottery this year from the more than 5,000 people who applied.[…]
Deer Hunting
Hunters reminded of similarities between wild hog, bear silhouettes
As deer season prepares to ramp up and hunters begin to trek into the woods and marshes across the state, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries would like to remind everyone of the similarity between wild hog and black bear silhouettes.[…]
News Breaker
Plaquemine man pleads guilty to gator-related violations
A 52-year-old Plaquemine man recently pleaded guilty to false swearing and alligator theft in 19th Judicial District Court in East Baton Rouge Parish in connection with a 2011 investigation into illegally obtained alligator tags.[…]
News Breaker
2013 teal season off to a very slow start
Early reports from hunters across Louisiana indicate the slow opening weekend predicted for the start of teal season was pretty much right on target. […]
Other Hunting
Are doves becoming homebodies?
It’s a given that food keeps animals around.
Food plots attract and hold deer.[…]
Other Hunting
‘Dove trees’ pull in more doves
One of things I recall most vividly from this particular dove hunt with my brother-in-law was looking way down the field to my right and wondering why one group of hunters seemed to be shooting so much.[…]
Hog Hunting
A hog study
Dr. James LaCour, the state wildlife veterinarian for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, said increasing feral hog numbers are prompting research on the creatures.[…]
Hog Hunting
What’s the stink?
Bill Borges is a deer hunter, and has been one for 40-plus years.[…]
Hog Hunting
Cooking a tough pig
Let’s face it, like other game (yes, I call feral hogs game), wild pigs are not all feedlot tender and young. Yes, some are, but lots of them are old and tough — like the boar that Falgoust killed.[…]
Deer Hunting
Who’s your daddy?
Research studies in the Southeast have found that a doe can be bred by multiple bucks and produce fawns with different fathers.[…]
Hog Hunting
How to clean a pig
Mark Falgoust and Mike Millé, a hog-cleaning veteran who said he has cleaned or helped clean nearly a thousand hogs in his 65 years, offered some tips to help produce the best-quality meat possible.[…]
Deer Hunting
How do you know when a doe was bred?
Determining breeding dates is a matter of normal biological activity for a deer biologist.[…]