Inshore Fishing
Huge alligator gar lands young angler in state record book
Nathan Boquet, 16, was fishing the Atchafalaya Delta WMA with his buddies when he landed the new No. 2 alligator gar in the state.[…]
Alligator
LWFC approves NOI to conduct recreational alligator hunting season in 2026
The LWFC approved a Notice of Intent (NOI) for the LDWF to conduct a recreational alligator hunting season from Oct. 1-31, 2026.[…]
Columns
Wild Turkey Noodle Soup
With turkey season wrapping up around the state, this Wild Turkey Noodle Soup recipe is a good way to utilize your harvest.[…]
Field Reports
Catch and cook: Big alligator snapping turtle
Jared Serigné set out to see what else lives in a crawfish canal. He set lines and caught an alligator snapping turtle and a garfish.[…]
Field Reports
What’s biting on the east side of Lake Pontchartrain?
Want to spend your day fighting speckled trout, redfish, black drum, flounder, blue catfish and more? This is the place you need to be.[…]
Hunting Reports
Alden Kizer McGee’s New Year’s buck
Alden Kizer McGee with her giant New Year’s 2026 bow buck.[…]
Hunting Reports
Kailey Richard’s public land buck
Kailey Richard got this great buck on Dec. 6 in Natchitoches Parish.[…]
Hunting Reports
Tammy Curry’s big buck
Tammy Curry with her big buck taken in Sabine Parish, Area 2, on Nov. 10, 2025.[…]
Hunting Reports
Emmy Lewis and her 8-point
Emmy Lewis with the 8-point she got with a 22 ARC Vernon on Dec. 26, 2025.[…]
Hunting Reports
Hunting Reports
Kyler Roberts tags another Tensas NWR monster
The morning of Dec. 21, 2025, Kyler Roberts was on the Tensas National Wild Refuge. It was a hot, quiet morning similar to the last morning he killed a great buck on this same public land.[…]
Hunting Reports
Brylee Lanier’s buck
Brylee Lanier got this great buck in Merryville, La., on Nov. 14, 2025.[…]
Hunting Reports
Devin Dewald’s East Baton Rouge Parish buck
Devin Dewald was hunting with his 7-year-old son when he got this nice buck in East Baton Rouge Parish, Pride, La., on Jan. 3, 2026.[…]
Hunting Reports
Hunting Reports
Juliette’s first deer on NYE
Juliette Haynie, 11, from Baton Rouge shot her first deer on New Year’s Eve in Norwood, La., on the Nugent property.[…]
Hunting Reports