Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries were busy last weekend during the opening days of the 2018 dove season, writing 39 citation to 29 hunters for baiting doves and other related offenses.[…]
The first split of Louisiana’s 2018-19 dove season will open Sept. 1 in both north and south zones. The north zone’s first split will run through Sept. 23. Subsequent splits are Oct. 6 – Nov. 11 and Dec. 16 – Jan. 14. In the south zone, the first split ends on Sept. 9. The second split dates are Oct. 6 – Nov. 25, and final split is Dec. 16 – Jan. 14.[…]
Hackney and ‘Sue Bob’ track down tree rats tonight at 6:30 on CST
Sportsman TV host Greg Hackney is never at a loss for words, but his co-host this week was: Sue Bob, a top-notch squirrel dog, just kept her nose on the ground and tracked down bushy tails for tonight’s brand new episode.[…]
There are no officially recognized breeds of squirrel dogs. It seems that members of every breed, from pit bull terriers to Chihuahuas, can be trained to tree squirrels.[…]
According to Joe Shumaker and Terry Fletcher, squirrel dogs need to be worked three or four times a week from October through February.[…]
Since squirrel dogs hunt by scent, and game scent dissipates quickly in hot, dry weather, damp, cloudy conditions are preferred.[…]
Boredom, a common affliction of young deer and duck hunters, is never a problem when hunting squirrels with dogs.[…]
Everything was gray.
The woods were drab, leafless and gray. The bare tree trunks and limbs were gray. The dead leaves underfoot were gray. And the sky was heavily overcast with uniformly gray clouds.[…]
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries arrested one Alabama man and cited another for alleged wildlife and criminal violations in connection with a rabbit-hunting license-check stop on Jan. 3 in Plaquemines Parish.[…]
Achieving the greatest accuracy from an air rifle requires some changes in one’s typical shooting habits. Instead of holding the rifle with a firm grip, you have to use the loosest grip possible and allow it to recoil freely. […]
I had spent a good 30 minutes creeping up on three particularly vigilant cat squirrels. It was late in the season, and even though I was covered head to toe in a leafy Ghillie suit, it was slow going against the hyper-alert critters.[…]
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited two Port Sulphur residents for allegedly spotlighting rabbits early Monday morning on Highway 23.[…]
Breaux Bridge’s Sammy Guillory has experienced a very good first month of the Bayou State bushytail season.[…]
A good dove hunt is a lot of fun and a great way to kick off the fall hunting season. So make sure your dove hunt stays safe and legal.[…]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cancelled its leased dove field hunts slated for this weekend in both DeRidder and Ragley due to excessive rainfall from Hurricane Harvey.[…]
For what seems like weeks — but has really only been days — all anyone has been talking about in South Louisiana is Hurricane, now Tropical Storm, Harvey. […]