Hog Hunting
What’s the stink?
Bill Borges is a deer hunter, and has been one for 40-plus years.[…]
Hunting
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
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.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF now accepting applications for White Lake WCA marsh and rice field lottery hunts
Applications are now being accepted for marsh and rice field lottery waterfowl hunts on the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area in Vermilion Parish.[…]
News Breaker
It’s official: LDWF’s September aerial survey lowest on record for blue-winged teal
It’s official: September of 2013 will go down as the lowest one on record for blue-winged teal in the annual waterfowl population estimates conducted by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Sportsman TV Sidebars
Bowie Outfitter – Basic Turkey Calls
Join Richard Wagley, 5 time Louisiana State Turkey Calling Champion as he discusses the basic turkey call.[…]
Hunting
Hunters for the Hungry no longer accepting freshly harvested wild hog donations
Because of concerns regarding bacterial infections associated with field dressing and processing feral swine, the Hunters for the Hungry Processor Program will no longer accept freshly harvested wild hog donations effective immediately.[…]
Columns
Hey, it’s still good, good, good!
Lately, the Moreland clan has been spending a lot of time at the Baton Rouge Orthopedic Clinic; it started with a surgery on my wife’s shoulder for a torn rotator cuff, followed by surgery on our son Ruffin’s leg, followed by an air cast for me to help heal a bad ankle.[…]
News Breaker
Aerial waterfowl count paints bleak picture for opening day of teal season
Aerial surveys being conducted in advance of the opening weekend of Louisiana’s teal season have yielded disappointing results so far, according to the state’s waterfowl study leader.[…]
Field Notes
Top tips for the teal opening weekend
Kelly Neuville, general manager of Buckfins-N-Feathers in Broussard, offered this checklist to make sure you’re ready for the teal season.[…]
Apex Predator
Rules change makes it easier to take hogs on WMAs
If hogs are causing so many problems on state wildlife management areas, I’ve always wondered why hunting rules didn’t allow us to harvest these invasive animals more often. […]
News Breaker
LDWF cites Marksville man for alleged gator violations
Agents from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries recently cited a Marksville man for alleged alligator hunting violations on the Richard K. Yancey and Grassy Lake Wildlife Management Areas.[…]
Deer Hunting
Plano’s model 1144 bow case adjusts to any bow
With today’s modern compound bows coming in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, it’s sometimes difficult to pick the right bow case.[…]
Deer Hunting
Barnett Ghost 410 wins Outdoor Life Editor’s Choice Award
The Ghost 410 by Barnett is as quiet as its name implies.[…]
Deer Hunting
Texas man pleads guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm
A man arrested in January by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents in connection with night hunting violations in Caddo Parish pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in U.S. Federal Western District Court in Shreveport.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF enforcement agents preparing for opening weekend of dove season
As hunters throughout Louisiana make final preparations for the first shots of the 2013-14 dove season starting up Sept. 7, another group of people is also busily preparing for opening weekend.[…]