Ducks Archives - Louisiana Sportsman

April 3, 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. […]

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. […]

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. […]

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. […]

Classic Louisiana duck hunt at Pecan Island

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Hampton Rutland filmed this duck hunting trip to a classic Louisiana destination, Pecan Island, for his web series Louisiana Wetlands. […]

Hunters get first glimpse at duck numbers, but hold on…

Kinny Haddox

Duck hunters looking for an early Christmas present from the LDWF November aerial waterfowl survey report will just have to wait. […]

Don’t shut the door on opening duck day

Darren Digby

Duck hunting season is almost upon us here in Louisiana. Weed out common hunting mistakes so you’ll be ready when it opens again. […]

Avian-X Oversized Decoys

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Avian-X’s new oversized TopFlight decoys come in six-packs of mallards and black ducks and are 17 inches long, 30% longer than normal-sized decoys. […]

Louisiana duck guide works with a Wink and a smile

Kinny Haddox

Morehouse Parish guide Johnny Wink shares his almost 50 years of duck-hunting know-how to help hunters kill more ducks this season. […]

Ending Louisiana’s duck detour

John Manion

The apparent healthy waterfowl population and subsequent drop in Louisiana’s harvest numbers begs the questions, “Why?” and “What can local hunters do?” […]

Louisiana’s attorney general has appealed a lower court decision that could restrict public access to Lake Catahoula and its waterfowl.

Catahoula Lake appeal heads to Supreme Court

Kinny Haddox

Jeff Landry officially filed an appeal with the state supreme court to overturn a previous judicial decision that denies public access to Catahoula Lake. […]

Fried Wild Duck recipe

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Humberto Fontova shares step-by-step instructions on how to turn wild ducks into fried duck fingers or strips in his Parmesan-Dusted Duck Fingers recipe. […]

Public access to Catahoula Lake in jeopardy

Kinny Haddox

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Dec. 28, 2018 in favor of landowners, meaning public access to legendary Catahoula Lake could be in jeopardy. […]

Josh Goins founded the Flyway Federation in 2018 to bring about change in the flyways and get more birds down to Louisiana.

Flyway Federation: ‘Hot-cropping’ a big reason for poor Louisiana duck seasons

Patrick Bonin

Most Louisiana duck hunters didn’t exactly have a banner season in 2018-19, and according to Josh Goins, at least part of the reason is a change in agricultural practices in the northern part of the flyways that concentrate birds and keep ducks from migrating south until after the season is over. […]