Dove
LDWF to offer dove lease fields in DeRidder and Colfax on Sept. 3
The LDWF will have lease fields available in DeRidder and Colfax for the opening day of dove hunting season on Sept. 3.[…]
Hunting
Columns
Early bow hunting lessons still pay off
Hunting other parts of the country will broaden your hunting skills and teach you lessons that can be applied to your home hunting grounds.[…]
Columns
Effective waterfowl retrievers must be rock steady to do the job
Training with a group means your hunting dog gets plenty of repetition on longer and multiple marks. It also gives you insight from others.[…]
Deer Hunting
Whitetail abnormalities
Last season, bucks with palmated antlers, cactus bucks and velvet bucks were harvested by deer hunters who reported these strange deer.[…]
Features
Tactical teal advantage
Teal hunting experts offer tips and tactics to novice hunters or seasoned duck hunters who are wanting to try something new.[…]
Deer Hunting
2022-23 WMA Deer Forecast
Biologists share their advice on what WMAs public-land hunters should go to for deer during the 2022-23 deer season.[…]
Alligator
Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge to temporarily close for alligator harvest
The LDWF will close Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge on Sept. 7-11 until noon each day to hold its annual controlled alligator harvest.[…]
Columns
The Womack Journal: If at first you don’t succeed
Warren Womack of Bluff Creek tells the story of his 44th deer kill with an Acadian Woods one piece recurve.[…]
Hunting
Louisiana Youth Hunter Education Challenge team captures 2022 Central Regional championship
The Louisiana Youth Hunter Education Challenge Gold Junior Team won the 2022 Central Regional YHEC championship.[…]
Columns
Species spotlight: Wood Duck
The wood duck is one of the most colorful ducks in the U.S. and is second only to the mallard duck for popularity among waterfowl hunters.[…]
Newsletters
Duck estimate lowest in nearly 20 years
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its report on 2022 Waterfowl Population Status, based on surveys conducted in May and early June.[…]
Deer Hunting
Some hunters, elected officials at odds with LDWF on CWD measures
Pressure from hunters and elected officials led the LDWF to reduce the area for the Chronic Wasting Disease ban on feeding.[…]
Columns
The Womack Journal: This one wasn’t easy
Warren Womack took a doe his first evening hunt of the 1994-95 season. It was the first kill with his Acadian Woods, one piece recurve bow.[…]
Deer Hunting
Millennium Outdoors Q-250 Solo Buck Hut
The Millennium Outdoors Q-250 Solo Buck Hut is a portable solution to everything you want in an elevated hunting blind.[…]
Dove
Dove dope
Sunflower fields scream “Buffet Open” in bright yellow lights to resident and migrating doves. Sunflowers are literally dope for doves.[…]
Alligator
LWFC adopts notice of intent to reduce alligator hide tag fee
The LWFC adopted a notice of intent that will reduce the alligator hide tag fee from $4 to $3 until January of 2024.[…]