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DU launches Beards for Conservation
If you grow out your beard during duck season, Ducks Unlimited invites you to participate in Beards for Conservation.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
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Teal’s closing weekend a mixed bag statewide
The closing weekend of teal season was pretty much like the opening weekend of teal season: some mixed reports of good hunting, but a nagging feeling that fewer birds than normal made it into the state.[…]
NEW PRODUCTS
Fowl Foolers
Instead of wobbling side to side in the water like many other decoys on the market, Fowl Foolers decoys are designed to move front to back like a real duck.[…]
Field Notes
Get retrievers in shape now
You’ve been pumped up for months on end — really since the last season ended. The boat or ATV is ready, and the credit card statement has a laundry list of purchases of all the must-haves bought during the offseason.[…]
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Last weekend’s cool front pushed more teal into Louisiana
What so far has been a miserable teal season got a slight boost on Sunday morning after the first cool front of the season pushed through the state over the weekend.[…]
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2013 teal season off to a very slow start
Early reports from hunters across Louisiana indicate the slow opening weekend predicted for the start of teal season was pretty much right on target. […]
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LDWF now accepting applications for White Lake WCA marsh and rice field lottery hunts
Applications are now being accepted for marsh and rice field lottery waterfowl hunts on the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area in Vermilion Parish.[…]
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It’s official: LDWF’s September aerial survey lowest on record for blue-winged teal
It’s official: September of 2013 will go down as the lowest one on record for blue-winged teal in the annual waterfowl population estimates conducted by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
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Aerial waterfowl count paints bleak picture for opening day of teal season
Aerial surveys being conducted in advance of the opening weekend of Louisiana’s teal season have yielded disappointing results so far, according to the state’s waterfowl study leader.[…]
Field Notes
Top tips for the teal opening weekend
Kelly Neuville, general manager of Buckfins-N-Feathers in Broussard, offered this checklist to make sure you’re ready for the teal season.[…]
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Teal down — Teal hunting the Mississippi Delta
The whooping! The high-fiving! Those glowing FACES!
Everyone at Tad Gormley Stadium on Sept. 16, 1964, for the Beatles knows the faces. All Louisianans watching the Alabama-LSU match-up (also known as “da Game of da century”) on Nov. 5, 2011, when overtime ended also know it.[…]
NEW PRODUCTS
D.T. Systems creates online video series of dog training tips
D.T. Systems, Inc., a pioneer of the e-collar and dog training business since 1983, has produced an online video training series highlighting useful obedience tools and techniques.[…]
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2013-14 Migratory Game Bird Regulations pamphlet available online
The 2013-14 Migratory Game Bird Regulations pamphlet is now available online at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Web site by clicking here.[…]
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Construction nears on Russell Sage WMA pump replacement project
Contractual construction time begins Aug. 15 on the Russell Sage WMA Pump Replacement Project, which also includes repairs to the Pump Trail Road levee that was breached earlier this year, according to a project engineer.[…]
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Hunting ban repeal affects Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission recently approved the repeal of a ban on all hunting in a portion of Orleans Parish that was originally enacted in 1991 during the establishment of the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge.[…]
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LDWF sets tentative 2013-14 migratory waterfowl season dates
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission voted today to tentatively adopt proposed season dates, bag limits and shooting hours for the 2013-14 migratory waterfowl season.[…]