Louisiana Sportsman

Sulphur firefighter catches 11.41-pounder at Toledo Bend

September 15, 2014 Chris Berzas

Daniel Burnett Jr. is used to dealing with plenty of heat, but not the kind that was coming from his camper’s air conditioner earlier this month near Toledo Bend.[…]

Teal season opener a mixed bag

September 15, 2014 Patrick Bonin

Louisiana’s opening weekend of teal season played out a lot like a beginner’s class in real estate basics: It all boiled down to location, location, location.[…]

Hunting camp work day ends with rattlesnake bite

September 15, 2014 Andy Crawford

On Saturday, Dana Sanders was just doing what many of us will be doing for the next few weekends — preparing for the 2014 hunting season by clipping limbs to clear a shooting lane.[…]

The Terminator Weedless Football Jig

September 15, 2014 Don Shoopman

On a hot July day in Knoxville, Tenn., Ott DeFoe was sorting and arranging his fishing tackle while preparing to go fish Bassmaster tournaments at Lake Champlain and the Deleware River.[…]

Recent duck population increases masking detrimental wetlands losses

September 12, 2014 From Ducks Unlimited

While many duck species populations are at or near historic levels now, officials are concerned that continued loss of wetlands in the U.S. Prairie Pothole Region, combined with the inevitable return of dryer weather there, will have serious implications for the future.[…]

Hail to the feral hog

September 12, 2014 David Moreland

Back in July our nation celebrated its 238th birthday. No doubt many of you celebrated Independence Day watching a traditional fireworks display; you saw the rocket’s red glare and the bombs bursting in air, and hopefully avoided the popping of a firecracker in your hand.[…]

Hackney Brake Experience

September 11, 2014 Sportsman Network

The Honey Brake Lodge in Jonesville, LA has been crowned as the South’s finest duck hunting lodge with amenities to die for and first class waterfowl hunting at its doorstep.[…]

LDWF’s 2014 September teal survey third-lowest on record

September 11, 2014 From News Reports

The good news is the aerial survey completed this week by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries revealed about 101,000 blue-winged teal had already arrived in advance of opening day this Saturday, an increase of about 51,000 birds compared to last year’s record-breaking low count. […]

More than 100 hunters cited for dove-related violations opening weekend

September 10, 2014 From News Reports

Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries issued 101 citations across the state during the opening weekend of dove season.[…]

Vid: Bow hunter shoots flying doves

September 10, 2014 Andy Crawford

Think you’re a pretty good wing shot? A real danger to anything that flies? Just can’t miss when you shoulder your trusty 12-gauge?[…]

Lessons from a legend

September 10, 2014 Catch Cormier

One of the most-impressive fishing seminars I’ve ever seen took place 10 years ago in Houston inside the George Brown Exhibition Center.[…]

Trout Masters excerpt: Big trout at Big Lake

September 8, 2014 Jerald Horst

Jeff and Mary Poe are veteran Big Lake speckled trout anglers.[…]

Old oil structures in Tiger Shoal

September 8, 2014 Captain Paul Titus

Dear Capt. Paul:

I am told that there were several oil platforms, old well heads and/or other oil-field sites within the Tiger Shoal area that have been removed in years past.[…]