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The art of reading sign
Reading sign is as old as hunting. Sign is simply the evidence that game animals and birds leave on the landscape that shows they’ve been around. […]
Turkey Hunting
Deer Hunting
What happens to the wildlife when the Morganza floods?
With the Corps of Engineers considering opening the Morganza Floodway, we take a look at how the opening will affect deer, turkeys, small game and bears. […]
News Breaker
Two men cited for turkey hunting violations in Rapides Parish
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents cited two men for alleged turkey hunting violations on May 16 in Rapides Parish. […]
Outdoor Updates
Mississippi hunter kills solid white turkey
Hunter Waltman of Kiln, Miss., killed a solid white gobbler on March 17. By then, he was intimately familiar with the animal. […]
Outdoor Updates
5-year-old crackshot gets turkey on first hunt
Five-year-old Hayden Johnson’s grandpa and dad recently brought him turkey hunting for the first time on their club in Jackson Parish and he got a fully plumed, wily tom squarely in the neck from 25 yards away. […]
News Breaker
Turkey season closed on three WMAs
A declaration of emergency has been passed by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (LWFC) closing the upcoming turkey hunting season on Dewey W. Wills, Grassy Lake and Richard K. Yancey Wildlife Management Areas due to flooding. […]
Outdoor Updates
Louisiana’s 2019 Turkey Forecast
Who is ready to get into the woods with your back against an oak tree, listening for the early morning calls of a gobbler on the roost? It’s almost time; turkey season is fast approaching for Louisiana hunters. […]
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Top 5 turkey WMAs
Hunting opportunities for wild turkeys abound on public land in Louisiana — five Wildlife Management Areas boast a high hunter-success rate. […]
News Breaker
Flooding leads to turkey season closure at Richard K. Yancey and Grassy Lake WMAs
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced that there would be a closure of the upcoming turkey hunting season in Richard K. Yancey and Grassy Lake Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) due to flooding. […]
Turkey Hunting
Aggressive turkey provides laughter for outdoor photographer
Outdoor photographer Rick Small could only manage one photo of an aggressive turkey getting a little too close to a second photographer during a shoot on Feb. 10, 2019. […]
News Breaker
Potential No. 2-ranked atypical Louisiana turkey downed in West Feliciana Parish
After a pretty intense game of cat-and-mouse this past weekend, Clint Gray and Eric Templet teamed up and eventually put down a six-bearded gobbler Sunday morning in West Feliciana Parish that, once officially certified by the National Wild Turkey Federation, will become Louisiana’s No. 2-ranked atypical gobbler in the all-time record books.
Game Warden
Have a safe turkey season
Louisiana’s 2018 spring gobbler season will begin on April 7 in all three turkey hunting areas.
Area A, which includes the majority of the state’s turkey hunting habitat, will remain open for hunting through May 6.
Sidebars
Tools of the Trade
• Box calls
Sidebars
Sounds of the season
• Gobble
News Breaker
14 cited for alleged turkey hunting violations
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries were busy when turkey seasoned opened in all three of the state’s hunting areas on April 7.
Grunts & Gobbles
It’s (finally) time to talk turkey
The delay of the 2018 turkey season until April 7 has no doubt been an agonizing wait for members of the Tenth Legion, but now this elite group of hunters are in action. I suspect many got things started on March 30 with the opening of the youth weekend. My 7-year-old grandson worked the squirrels over in February, and is ready to be in the turkey blind on that day.