One of things I recall most vividly from this particular dove hunt with my brother-in-law was looking way down the field to my right and wondering why one group of hunters seemed to be shooting so much.[…]
Research studies in the Southeast have found that a doe can be bred by multiple bucks and produce fawns with different fathers.[…]
Determining breeding dates is a matter of normal biological activity for a deer biologist.[…]
Coyotes are known for disrupting the whitetail’s normal feeding and bedding routines. This harassment can cause deer to be highly unpredictable, becoming more evasive in their attempts to throw off the canines.[…]
Once the rut slows down and the post-rut begins, surviving deer will eventually return to bedding sites used prior to the rut — as long as there was no intrusion.[…]
September is a month of transition. As we approach the fall equinox, shorter days and radiative cooling of water temperatures triggers annual migration and feeding habits.[…]
While all of the manpower and dirt-turning is located on Louisiana’s coastline and in the Gulf of Mexico, some might argue that the real grunt work of coastal restoration takes place some 1,200 miles away in Washington, D.C. — where the state expects to get the lion’s share of the $50 billion needed for its 50-year Master Plan that has been approved by the Louisiana Legislature and Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.[…]
Applications are now being accepted for marsh and rice field lottery waterfowl hunts on the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area in Vermilion Parish.[…]
The body of Alpha-TAC’s ExtremeBeam TAC24 S.W.A.T. flashlight is machined from solid bar aluminum and is engineered to withstand destruction. […]
It’s official: September of 2013 will go down as the lowest one on record for blue-winged teal in the annual waterfowl population estimates conducted by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers introduced legislation in Washington, D.C. yesterday supporting a coordinated Gulf states partnership that would chart a new course for the management of red snapper, according to a press release.[…]
Join Richard Wagley, 5 time Louisiana State Turkey Calling Champion as he discusses the basic turkey call.[…]
Because of concerns regarding bacterial infections associated with field dressing and processing feral swine, the Hunters for the Hungry Processor Program will no longer accept freshly harvested wild hog donations effective immediately.[…]
In the Venice area, speckled trout remain in transition while conditions on the Mississippi River have improved for redfish and flounder, a guide said.[…]
Lately, the Moreland clan has been spending a lot of time at the Baton Rouge Orthopedic Clinic; it started with a surgery on my wife’s shoulder for a torn rotator cuff, followed by surgery on our son Ruffin’s leg, followed by an air cast for me to help heal a bad ankle.[…]
Despite higher-than-anticipated catch estimates from the June season, it appears there will, in fact, be a 14-day federal recreational red snapper season beginning Oct. 1, officials told Louisiana Sportsman late Tuesday afternoon.[…]