Columns
Smoked meat goes with seafood
Tony Soileau put his own spin on the wildly popular dish Shrimp and Grits using, naturally enough, smoked sausage and tasso.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
News Breaker
Duck numbers down sharply in LDWF’s January aerial survey
For the second year in a row, unseasonably warm temperatures apparently prompted large numbers of ducks to bolt from the state — or at least move into areas not included in the annual January aerial waterfowl survey, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
News Breaker
Duck hunters survive capsizing in frigid Mississippi River Saturday
After a weekend duck hunt that nearly ended with catastrophe in the cold waters of the Mississippi River, Matt Grabert called Saturday’s experience “the scariest thing I’ve ever been through.[…]
NEW PRODUCTS
The Wetland Seat
The Wetland Seat from Delta Waterfowl Gear by ALPS OutdoorZ is a lightweight, easy carrying seat perfect for flooded timber and marsh hunting.[…]
News Breaker
December aerial survey of 3.6 million ducks highest since 1999
Below-freezing temperatures and snowfall in the upper-Midwest states appears to be benefitting Louisiana duck hunters, as the state’s annual December aerial waterfowl survey completed last week revealed 3.61 million ducks in the state — the highest estimate since 1999.[…]
News Breaker
Weekend weather extremes greet second-split duck hunters
Second-split Louisiana duck hunters were greeted by a neurotic Mother Nature this weekend, with relatively warm conditions and south winds on Saturday morning — followed by rain, lightning and howling north winds on Sunday morning.[…]
News Breaker
Day 1 of December aerial survey: More mallards, potentially fewer birds overall
Socked-in clouds out of Baton Rouge prevented Larry Reynolds from starting December’s aerial waterfowl survey as planned on Wednesday, but he flew 13 transect lines on Thursday in Southwest Louisiana from the Texas line eastward to Rayne.[…]
Sidebars
How Soileau became a kayak duck hunter
Tony Soileau cut his teeth hunting ducks from conventional blinds in the Cypress Creek Hunting Club in Evangeline Parish.[…]
Sidebars
Top 10 reasons duck kayaks are cool
Tony Soileau had no problem quickly rattling off 10 reasons why duck hunting from a kayak is cool:[…]
News Breaker
One hunt yields two banded woodies on Lacassine Bayou
Tim Clark started duck hunting with a 20-gauge Remington 870 Express Magnum when he was just 10 years old, and finally shot his first and only banded duck — a mallard hen — back in 2005. […]
News Breaker
Rare South American ringed teal shot near Pecan Island
When Taylor Broussard and a couple of buddies went out for a duck hunt near Pecan Island, he was the only one who reacted when a teal buzzed their boat blind early on the morning of Dec. 1.[…]
Contents
Sneaky ducks — How to use a kayak for duck hunting
The hunt didn’t last long. Good hunts never do.
The ducks never had a chance.[…]
News Breaker
Two cited for alleged migratory game bird violations near Laplace, LDWF says
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited two men for allegedly being over the limit on wood ducks and shooting after hours last weekend in St. John Parish.[…]
NEW PRODUCTS
Mojo Flock A Flickers
One of the newest items in the Mojo line of motion decoys, the Flock A Flickers consists of six small units pre-programmed with random on/off timers that produce momentary flashes of spinning-wing action. […]
NEW PRODUCTS
Banded Redzone Breathable Insulated Waders
“These are probably going to be my No. 1 Christmas present for the waterfowler again this year,” Lindsey Simmons-Roberts at Simmons’ Sporting Goods in Bastrop said. “They’re definitely my No. 1-selling wader.”[…]
Field Notes
Become a Decoy Doc
A little TLC can bring older duck decoys back to life, so when you need to greet those northern red-legged greenheads they are all ready for the show. […]