Waterfowl & Duck Hunting Archives

March 28, 2020

Reader Report: Odd-looking duck

Jino Papania of Meraux shot this odd-looking duck on Jan. 13 while hunting in Yscloskey, La., with his cousin, Trent Tedesco. […]

LDWF’s 2021 Louisiana Waterfowl Conservation Stamp competition

From News Reports

Mottled duck will be the featured species for 2021 Louisiana Waterfowl Conservation Stamp, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced. […]

Louisiana duck season over; Catahoula Lake fight is not

Kinny Haddox

The issue of who legally owns the massive Catahoula Lake area and the fight to keep it open for public waterfowl hunting access is not over yet. […]

Most duck hunters disappointed in 2019-20 season

John Manion

Ryan Lambert of Cajun Fishing Adventures, who hunts Venice and Buras, will only harvest about 85% of the ducks taken last year which was a down year. […]

Quack facts don’t look promising for Louisiana waterfowl hunters

Kinny Haddox

Waterfowl hunting in Louisiana isn’t headed in the right direction, and there are many reasons. Biologists are crunching numbers right now. […]

Tuning up your retriever during duck season

louisianasportsman

In this segment of Sportsman TV, professional dog trainer Brandon Menard shows how to correct some of your dog’s mistakes during the duck hunt. […]

Time for Louisiana duck hunters to make some changes

John Manion

With fewer ducks visiting Louisiana’s marshes, hunters need to come up with some new ideas and plans to keep their success on par with past seasons. […]

These hunters enjoyed a good hunt and a bonus specklebelly goose during the first split.

December duck report

Kinny Haddox

Louisiana has a lot more ducks in December than it did in November. That’s what the monthly aerial survey by the LDWF completed this week showed. […]

Lean on online gauges, avoid hunting headaches

Darren Digby

Some forethought in monitoring predicted wind strength and direction, combined with a close eye on water level gauges can serve duck hunters well. […]

Duck decoy basics hunters need to know

John Felsher

With fewer ducks and more hunters competing for limited hunting territory, successful waterfowlers need to reach deep into their decoy sack of tricks. […]

Pintail drakes like this were one of the prizes of the opening weekend of this year’s Louisiana duck season.

A good start for ducks in state’s East/West zones

Kinny Haddox

The first couple of weeks of the East and West splits of the 2019-2020 Louisiana waterfowl season went from great to fair and seemed to change every day. […]

Try these two Louisiana duck WMAs

Kinny Haddox

There are alternatives to emptying your checkbook to pay for great Louisiana duck hunting, like these two WMAs at opposite ends of the state. […]

Deke with his take after a morning hunt in Venice.

The 2019 duck season kick-off

John Manion

All of Louisiana’s waterfowl zones are open, but not all the hunting has started with a bang. Here’s a look at what some hunters have experienced so far. […]