News Breaker
Far fewer teal in state than last year, LDWF survey shows
Biologists last week counted less than half of the blue-winged teal found in the state last September, according to the season’s initial aerial waterfowl survey.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
Teal opener good for most hunters
The long off season finally ended as the 2010 teal season kicked off Saturday morning. Hunters were greeted with temperatures anything but “fall-like,” and the mosquitoes swarmed about in the largely windless, sticky morning air; par for the course here in Louisiana.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
Teal arriving in larger numbers, reports still mixed
Following rampant, doubtful speculation during the summer months, Louisiana hunters are set to get a taste of teal this weekend, and the reports look promising despite the sweltering temperatures.[…]
News Breaker
White Lake Welands Conservation Area youth duck hunt date set
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will hold youth waterfowl hunts on the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area (WCA) near Gueydan on Nov. 6 and 7.[…]
News Breaker
Duck season tentatively set
Duck hunters will again have a 60-day season and be able to kill six birds each day if tentative season dates set today (Aug. 5) by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission is ultimately approved.[…]
Oil Spill
BP oil spill not set to put off waterfowl hunting at this time, LDWF says
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will hold six meetings between July 26 and Aug. 3 across the coastal region to address concerns of waterfowl hunters about potental impacts of oil in coastal marshes and the upcoming hunting season.
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Great White North
When it comes to Louisiana, I’m more biased than an NBA ref with a dozen Benjamins riding on the game he’s officiating.[…]
News Breaker
Waterfowl breeding habitat in Canada receives recent boost
Water on most of Canada’s prairies wasn’t abundant a few short weeks ago. It is now. And while farmers and communities are dealing with the wet hand they have been dealt, ducks in some of the water-logged areas are likely going to benefit because of the moisture.[…]
Survey
Proposed Atchafalaya Delta WMA ‘limited access area’ detailed
If approved, the proposed limied access area for the Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area would include a total of 3,250 acres.[…]
Survey
Proposed Salvador WMA limited access area mapped
If approved, the proposed limited access area for the Salvador Wildlife Management Area would include a total of 3,000 acres.[…]
Survey
Pointe-aux-Chenes WMA ‘limited access area’ detailed
If approved, the proposed “limited access area” for the Pointe-aux-Chenes Wildlife Management Area would include a total of 4,689 acres.[…]
Survey
‘Limited access areas’ proposed for four wildlife management areas
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission is proposing “limited access areas” within four of the state’s wildlife management areas in an effort to improve waterfowl hunting.[…]
Survey
Proposed limited access area on Pass a Loutre WMA detailed
If approved, the proposed limited access area for the Pass a Loutre Wildlife Management Area would include a total of 1,945 acres.[…]
News Breaker
Arkansas Duck Calling Classic in two weeks
Ducks Unlimited and Mack’s Prairie Wings are joining forces March 19 to host the Arkansas Duck Calling Classic, one of the largest sanctioned duck calling competitions in the country, in Stuttgart, Ark.[…]
News Breaker
Mississippi man arrested for hunting ducks out of season
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents arrested a Mississippi man on Feb. 17 for allegedly hunting ducks out of season in Concordia Parish, the agency reported.[…]
News Breaker
Duck season fizzles to close
As the duck season kicked off in mid-November, Louisiana waterfowlers held hope that Old Man Winter would arrive to bring down the hoards of birds we had all heard about.[…]