Columns
Hunt tests are great fun for both the dog and handler
If you’re trying to keep a dog at the top of its game, training in the “off season” fills the void. Why not give hunt tests a try?[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
News Breaker
Waterfowl population estimates in Louisiana’s Coastal Zone and on Little River Basin
The 2025 statewide teal season in Louisiana, during which cinnamon, blue-, and green-winged teal may be harvested, began Sept. 20.[…]
Field Notes
Cameron Prairie NWR lottery hunts
Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge annually offers hunters both Senior and Youth Waterfowl Lottery Hunts.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF accepting applications for 2025-26 White Lake WCA youth, marsh and rice field waterfowl lottery hunts
The LDWF will conduct two youth waterfowl, 30 marsh waterfowl and 30 rice field waterfowl lottery hunts on White Lake WCA.[…]
Columns
The next five years for waterfowl hunters
What happened during the August LWFC meeting will govern how duck hunters spend their time for the next five years.[…]
Features
Klondike teal
There’s not a lot of places you can go and kill a 9-man limit of teal in 45 minutes. Southwest Louisiana is one of them.[…]
News Breaker
LWFC approves resolution setting Louisiana Waterfowl Conservation Stamp price at $15
The LWFC adopted a resolution setting the Louisiana Duck Stamp at $15 during its August meeting in Baton Rouge.[…]
Field Notes
Calling all duck hunters
Grab your favorite duck call, start to practice, get out to your local calling competition and meet some great people.[…]
Columns
Getting your duck dog ready
Switching a dog from a mark to a blind can be tough simply because you’re pulling a dog off a mark it can see and onto another it can’t.[…]
News Breaker
Louisiana Waterfowl Conservation Stamp to go on sale June 1, 2025
The 2025-26 Louisiana Waterfowl Conservation Stamp, also known as the Louisiana Duck Stamp, will go on sale June 1, the LDWF announced.[…]
Ducks
LDWF announces 2026 Louisiana Duck Stamp Contest
The LDWF has announced the rules and timeframe for the 2026 Louisiana Waterfowl Conservation Stamp (Louisiana Duck Stamp) competition.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF to send waterfowl survey to HIP registered hunters
The LDWF will send a survey to Harvest Information Program (HIP) registered Louisiana waterfowl hunters beginning March 17.[…]
Columns
Dogs being dogs in the offseason
With about 8 months until the early teal season in September, keeping hunting dogs in top shape is a year-round obligation.[…]
Ducks
Create your own duck habitat
Whether enhancing a timber area or planting for ducks in the open, give it a try. Pay close attention to the regulations.[…]
Columns
The duck-season debate
There are several packages Louisiana can propose for waterfowl, and the current two-zone and splits for each zone is just one.[…]
Ducks
Out of State Destinations: Chesapeake Bay
Probably no other waterbody more richly connects with both the history of the United States and waterfowl hunting than Chesapeake Bay[…]