Dusty McGehee was in a blue funk earlier this deer season. He had hunted hard around his dad’s home in Union Parish for a particular big buck he’d had his eyes on since last season.[…]
Although 40-year-old Scott Thrasher had the day off Nov. 30, with his eye on sitting on his stand as dawn broke over the Bienville Parish woods, the weatherman put a kink in his hunting plans.
“Instead of heading for my stand, I drove on down to the store located near our hunting lease and sat and chatted with the fellows there because the weather forecast called for an 80 percent chance of rain,” Thrasher explained.[…]
Several black bears have been killed recently, and Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents ask for your help in solving these crimes.[…]
Capt. Jack Payne can see his own version of a winter wonderland from his front porch. The owner of Sweetwater Guide Service and Marina, Payne poured his pay-to-launch ramp right at the intersection of Bayous Terre Aux Boeufs and Gentilly.[…]
State and federal enforcement agents are seeking information about the killing of two bald eagles in Plaquemines Parish, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced today (Dec. 8).[…]
Recreational anglers can take take home their greater amberjack catches in state and federal waters off the Louisiana coast throughout the remainder 2010 and into the 2011 season, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported today (Dec. 8).[…]
The 2010 duck season has been just what the doctor ordered, so far. Following lackluster early starts in recent years, this year bucked the trend with a parade of respectable cold fronts pushing into the Bayou State.[…]
Users JD Man and Buckdown earned LouisianaSportsman.com prize packages today (Dec. 6) for winning the November installments of the Nikon Deer of the Year and Trail contests.[…]
Cory Coreil really only had one thing on his mind when he went hunting the afternoon of Nov. 26 – get his 12-year-old sister Julia a shot at her first deer. When the two young hunters climbed from the box stand, however, it was to retrieve a buck wearing headgear that included 22 points and later taped out at more than 178 inches.[…]
A father killed his adult son in an apparent hunting accident near Singer on Saturday night, according to news reports. The shooting was under investigation by Beauregard Parish and Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries agents, WAFB.com reported.
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Did you ever hear of Wolf Creek, Duck Slough, Muddy Bayou, Pocosin, Whiskey Chitto creeks, Dugdemona River, Chaney and Choctaw Creek, Upper and Lower Sunk lakes? Or how about Hunter Creek, Ben’s Creek, Mississippi Bayou, Sally Miller Pond or Louisiana Cypress Canal?[…]
It was early October, and the soft light of dawn revealed that the Venice Marina harbor held as many orange-vested oil clean-up crewmen as sportfishermen.[…]
Once bucks are in the height of pursuing does, their instincts for survival are somewhat diminished. Their eyes, ears and noses are focused on estrus does, and although they can still respond to threats, most of the time it takes them a few seconds longer to put two and two together.[…]
Patrick Kelleher has killed some dandies while traveling with Mossy Oak’s “Hunting the Country,” and he’s learned a thing or two about how to keep on bucks as they change patterns.[…]
Capt. Jack Payne can see his own version of a winter wonderland from his front porch. The owner of Sweetwater Guide Service and Marina, Payne poured his pay-to-launch ramp right at the intersection of Bayous Terre Aux Boeufs and Gentilly.[…]
Pecan Island’s Billy Broussard joined the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission yesterday (Dec. 2) during the board’s monthly meeting. Broussard replaced Earl King, who resigned because of health reasons.
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