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White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area teal season lottery announced
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is accepting applications for lottery teal hunts on the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
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L.W.F.C. sets tentative early migratory bird seasons
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission set the tentative dates for the 2008-09 early migratory bird hunting seasons at their July 8 meeting.[…]
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Declining habitat impacts breeding ducks for 2008
MEMPHIS, Tenn.− July 7- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its preliminary report today on mid-continent breeding ducks and habitats, based on surveys conducted in May and early June.[…]
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USFWS Regulations Committee approves scaup harvest strategy
Bismarck, N.D – American waterfowl hunters are one step closer to facing a reduced scaup bag limit for the upcoming hunting season.[…]
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LDWF survey shows marked duck decline
The estimate of 1.8 million ducks on this survey is slightly lower than December’s estimate of 2.0 million, but 60% lower than the 4.4 million estimated in January 2007. It is the lowest January estimate since 1987, and is 44% below both the most recent 5-year and long-term averages (3.2 million).[…]
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Hot Redheads and Delta Cakes
Over the years, with each generation, there always seems to be a good-looking redheaded actress that captivates audiences everywhere.[…]
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Nooner Ducks
Poor Zach. Maybe I should have warned him. This was the first Louisiana duck hunt for Pelayo’s brother-in-law, and he was dressed like a male model for Cabela’s catalog.[…]
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Duck Central
Do you have a favorite honey hole that you keep hunting because it seems to always hold game? If so, you’re not alone. Most hunters have secret spots that they jealously guard with everything but their lives.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
Central La. hunters eyeing second split
Duck hunts have been tough to predict during the first split all across Louisiana, but Central Louisiana has been particularly loony so far. Hunters are whacking them one day and striking out the next.[…]
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Delta Ducks
I didn’t really know what I was getting myself into when I accepted retired LSU biologist Jerald Horst’s invitation to spend a couple days hunting the Atchafalaya Delta WMA with him.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
Weather hasn’t driven ducks down yet
If you were one of the hunters who had an abysmal duck opener, cheer up. Better days are yet to come.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
Salvador, Cataouatche in line for spectacular duck year
If the teal season is a taste of things to come, 2007 should be a banner year for Lakes Salvador and Cataouatche duck hunters.[…]
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Stuck in the Middle
In the beginning, Lloyd Landry was just like any other conscientious Louisiana duck hunter. He would study duck flights and feeding patterns in the Venice area, and set up his blind along primary flight corridors.[…]
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Duck Restaurant
Pelayo knelt near the bow sweeping the Q-beam along the squiggly trenasse. I steered the little 9 1/2-horse outboard while trying to heed his frantic arm motions to turn this way, then suddenly THAT way.[…]
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Mishmash in the Marsh
I withdrew into my parka as Kirk Stansel buzzed his way through the narrow maze of ditches that ran through the marsh. The mix of stinging raindrops and the slapping reeds was a bit too much for the senses at such an early hour.[…]
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A Deed for Ducks
As far back as 1929, men, who sipped the best bourbon around tables with white-linen cloths, wrote deeds. They sought to own the land for the mineral rights to the black gold deep in the soil below.[…]