News Breaker Archives - Louisiana Sportsman

State pledges to help repair, fill Cheniere Lake

Cheniere Lake was basically emptied when flooding in 2016 washed away the bridge and spillway that impounded the 3,600-acre lake. […]

Six sets of antlers seized by LDWF agents

From News Reports

Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited a Tallulah man for alleged deer hunting violations on Feb. 1 in Madison Parish. […]

Two Belle Chasse residents arrested by agents on patrol

From News Reports

LDWF enforcement agents cited four Plaquemines Parish residents for alleged deer hunting violations on Feb. 1, 2019. Agents also cited one subject for driving while intoxicated (DWI) and another for pubic intimidation and threatening a public official in addition to their wildlife charges. […]

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Dec. 28, 2018 in favor of landowners, meaning public access to legendary Catahoula Lake could be in jeopardy.

Public access to Catahoula Lake in jeopardy

Kinny Haddox

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Dec. 28, 2018 in favor of landowners, meaning public access to legendary Catahoula Lake could be in jeopardy. […]

Tensas Parish deer hunters removed gear from their campers as flood waters rose in January. Even mobile camps like these got flooded because before water rose quickly, and roads went under and were closed.

Wintertime flooding impacts North Louisiana hunting and fishing

Kinny Haddox

Excessive fall and early-winter rainfall frustrated North Louisiana sportsmen, scattering ducks, making deer hunting tough and forcing the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to close major roads leading to popular wildlife management areas. […]

Josh Goins founded the Flyway Federation in 2018 to bring about change in the flyways and get more birds down to Louisiana.

Flyway Federation: ‘Hot-cropping’ a big reason for poor Louisiana duck seasons

Patrick Bonin

Most Louisiana duck hunters didn’t exactly have a banner season in 2018-19, and according to Josh Goins, at least part of the reason is a change in agricultural practices in the northern part of the flyways that concentrate birds and keep ducks from migrating south until after the season is over. […]

Louisiana duck hunters could be looking at a four-teal limit next September, if a proposal made at January’s meeting of the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission is ultimately approved in April.

Commissioners propose reducing teal limit from six to four birds in September

Patrick Bonin

Louisiana duck hunters could be looking at a four-teal limit next September, if a proposal made at January’s meeting of the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission is ultimately approved in April. […]

This evidence photo from the LDWF shows the illegally taken buck shot allegedly shot by Robert M. Harris Jr. on Jan. 19 in Tensas Parish.

Rayville man busted for allegedly shooting five bucks this season

Patrick Bonin

Robert M. Harris Jr. of Rayville was busted by the LDWF for a multitude of alleged deer violations in Tensas Parish, including harvesting over the limit of bucks, failing to comply with deer-tagging requirements and hunting deer from a public road in a moving vehicle. […]