Louisiana Sportsman

LDWF enforcement agents on June 14 cited three subjects for alleged illegal possession of an alligator in Orleans Parish.[…]

The LDWF is accepting bids for alligator hunting on WMAs, WCAs, and state wildlife refuges for the 2024 alligator harvest season.[…]

The LDWF will conduct alligator lottery harvests on 22 LDWF WMAs, 28 public lakes, and one USACE property Aug. 28-Nov. 2, 2024.[…]

Gage Paulk was hunting on the Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge on Oct. 2 when he had to scare off two alligators to get to his buck.[…]

Reed Maxwell killed his first alligator on Sept. 12, 2023 while hunting with his family in Morehouse Parish.[…]

A 13-foot 9-inch alligator was killed near Sicily Island on Sept. 22 by customers with Full Strap & Stringer Outfitter and Guide Service.[…]

The LDWF will close Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge on Sept. 6-15 until noon each day to hold its annual controlled alligator harvest.[…]

Leslie Charleville practices gyotaku, an ancient form of Japanese art that serves as a way for fishermen to keep a record of their fish.[…]

The LDWF will conduct alligator lottery harvests on 21 LDWF WMAs, 28 public lakes and one U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) property.[…]

Judge for the Eastern District of California has sided with Louisiana in a lawsuit challenging California’s ban on alligator products.[…]

LDWF enforcement agents cited a Metairie resident for alleged alligator hunting violations on Nov. 7 in St. Charles Parish.[…]

This 11-foot 7-inch gator was caught Sept. 17 at Richard K. Yancey WMA by 17-year-old Seth Doiron, along with his uncle, Jody Caze.[…]

Juniper Stewart, 8, got her first alligator, a 5 1/2 footer, in the Grande River in Bayou Pigeon back in mid-September.[…]

James Gornor and Jeff Burlett with a 12-foot 4-inch gator killed Oct. 9, 2022 on the West Pearl River. It weighed 560 pounds.[…]

Delphine Stewart holds a 7 ½ footer caught from the Grande River in Bayou Pigeon.[…]

For sportsmen, alligator hunting is a way to have fun, get tasty wild groceries and also help control populations on a smaller scale.[…]