Field Notes
Train up your dog for the coming duck season
As we find ourselves a month away from kicking off the 2011-12 waterfowl seasons, it’s a great time to gather up your gear to get ready for the November openers.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
News Breaker
Teal season ends with a bang
Despite a mixed outlook going into the 2011 teal season, it appears that Tropical Storm Lee’s 11th-hour visit was a temporary heart-stopper instead of a show-stopper.[…]
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Down on the Farm
A hit song by the late John Denver, way back in 1974, has lyrics that go, “Well life on the farm is mighty laid back, Ain’t much an old country boy like me can’t hack. It’s early to rise, early in the sack, thank God I’m a country boy.”[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
End of 2011 teal season leaves Delacroix guide ready for the big duck season
It’s prime time in the redfish capital of the world. From now through late December, flyrodders will flock to the marshes to stalk their spotted adversaries.[…]
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Final Approach Mallard Feeders
Successful waterfowl hunters understand the importance of having a realistic decoy spread. Ducks and geese see a lot of different presentations during the season and become wary as the hunting pressure increases, making it increasingly important to have a collection of lifelike decoys.[…]
Breaking News
Teal numbers down for season opener, biologists predict
Hunters packing up their gear and heading to duck camps for the teal-season opener tomorrow (Sept. 10) will have significantly fewer targets, if Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ estimates from earlier this week are correct.
“The 169,000 blue-winged teal estimated on this survey is 21 percent below last year’s estimate of 215,000 and 32 percent below the long-term average of 248,000,” the official LDWF report reads.[…]
Breaking News
Youth waterfowl duck hunting allowed on Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge beginning Sept. 10
Portions of Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge will open for the first time to youth waterfowl hunting beginning Saturday (Sept. 10), allowing young hunters to take advantage of the early teal season.
This is the first hunting season opened on the refuge since its establishment in 1990, and youth hunting will be allowed throughout the rest of the teal season and the regular duck season on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.[…]
News Breaker
Teal season opener looking good despite Tropical Storm Lee’s visit
Following the usual long offseason, made longer by reports of record numbers of blue-winged teal and stellar habitat conditions along coastal Louisiana, hunters were particularly optimistic heading into this weekend’s teal season kickoff.[…]
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White Lake youth waterfowl lottery hunting applications being accepted
Applications are now being accepted for the 2011 youth waterfowl lottery hunts to be held on the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area in November, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced yesterday (Aug. 16).
The Nov. 5-6 hunts are free, but lottery applications must be submitted before close of business on Sept. 15, LDWF said.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
Targeting teal
Teal are considered one of the hardest ducks to hit due to their erratic low-level flight. Teal flying just above marsh grasses and the lowest trees give the elusion they are flying ultra-fast.[…]
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Public meetings set to discuss Catahoula Lake management
Two public meetings have been set during which management of Catahoula Lake will be discussed, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced.[…]
News Breaker
2011-12 waterfowl season tentatively set by LWFC
The 60-day 2011-12 waterfowl season was tentatively approved yesterday (Aug. 4) during the monthly Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission meeting.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF to lease Catahoula Lake for haying
As part of a 10-year plan to improve waterfowl habitat around Catahoula Lake, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will be leasing areas for cutting hay, the agency announced today (Aug. 1).[…]
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Guaran-tealed
The White Lake WCA teal hunt is the easiest, most comfortable and well-guided trip you’ll ever take a chance on.[…]
News Breaker
Louisiana to keep two duck zones this year
After much discussion in recent weeks regarding changes to the state’s duck-hunting zones, it looks like they’re going to stay the same after all.
At least for this year.
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Waterfowl Study Leader Larry Reynolds told the commission that oversees his agency today (July 7) that he didn’t advise attempting to change the zones this season because of federal hurdles that would have to be cleared before such a plan could be implemented.[…]
News Breaker
Duck numbers in breeding grounds higher after spring rains, snow melt
Duck numbers in the northern breeding grounds have increased an estimated 11 percent over last year and 35 percent over the long-term average, according to a preliminary report released yesterday (June 30) by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.[…]