Features
Dogging wily rabbits
Any place where rabbits can find abundant undergrowth to hide from predators and succulent foods to nibble, hunters should find rabbits.[…]
Hunting
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This small game rifle feels right, is deadly accurate, looks sharp, and is full of features.[…]
Deer Hunting
Louisiana Sportsman Show Big Buck Contest is back!
Bring your trophy deer to the Sportsman Show, March 17-19 If you have not heard the news, the Big Buck Contest is back at the Louisiana Sportsman Show and Festival at Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in
Hunting
Louisiana Sportsman: digital is now interactive
The digital version of Louisiana Sportsman Magazine is now interactive, adding video and audio to the same content found in the magazine.[…]
Ducks
Foul weather helps boost fowl success for state’s duck hunters
Weather proved to be the key ingredient in making for a successful 2022-2023 Louisiana waterfowl season for some.[…]
Deer Hunting
Five additional suspected cases of CWD discovered in Tensas Parish
Five more suspected cases of chronic wasting disease in deer have been discovered in Tensas Parish, the LADDL reported.[…]
Field Notes
Stealthy pirogues pay off during late-season hunting trips
Using a pirogue or jon boat to creep along creeks, sloughs, and lake edges can be an effective way to hunt this time of year.[…]
Hunting
LDWF agents and NPSO rescue hunter in Natchitoches Parish
LDWF enforcement agents and NPSO deputies successfully rescued a hunter following a tree stand accident in Natchitoches Parish.[…]
Columns
Extreme dislike of January and “flashbacks” to what might come next
With the hunting seasons coming to a close and the weather making fishing difficult, Joe Macaluso dislikes January’s 31 days.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF accepting applications for 2023 WMA lottery turkey hunts, White Lake WCA fishing lottery
The LDWF is accepting applications for WMA lottery turkey hunts and the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area fishing lottery.[…]
Hunting
LWFC approves NOI for hunting regs, hunting seasons and WMA rules for 2023-24
The LWFC adopted notices of intent for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 hunting seasons, 2023-24 general and WMA hunting seasons.[…]
Columns
Dog’s first hunting season
Time to get out there and put some birds on the water and cash in on your dog’s first waterfowl hunting season.[…]
Deer of the Year
Duck hunt leads Ouachita teen to trophy Russell Sage whitetail
Thirteen-year-old Hunter Thompson of West Monroe was hunting the Russell Sage WMA on Dec. 3 when he killed a trophy buck.[…]
Deer of the Year
Second chance leads to fall of massive small-woods Ouachita buck
On the afternoon of Nov. 30 2022, Monroe resident James Holyfield shot this 13-point buck in Ouachita Parish.[…]
Newsletters
Turkey season closed for Sherburne and Richard K. Yancey WMAs
It was announced on Jan. 5 that the 2023 turkey season has been closed for Sherburne and Richard K. Yancey Wildlife Management Areas.[…]
Deer Hunting
Case two of CWD confirmed
Dr. James M. LaCour made the announcement that a second deer harvested in Tensas Parish has been confirmed to have Chronic Wasting Disease.[…]