Hunting
Another WMA bear killed, making fourth of season
A female Louisiana black bear was found dead by a hunter on Three Rivers Wildlife Management Area in Concordia Parish on Sunday, Dec. 20.[…]
Central Louisiana
Deer Hunting
Giles Island deer running wild
I just finished my first of two three-day bowhunts in a row at Giles Island, and it was awesome. The deer started chasing on Dec. 9, and we’ve been seeing chasing activity every day even in the terrible weather.[…]
Deer Hunting
Vernon Parish produces monster 14-point
Leesville’s Kade Mitchell is known for filling his six-deer limit each hunting season, but he decided it was time to focus when he arrived home from a work trip in October and saw pictures of a big buck on his lease.[…]
Deer Hunting
All treat and no tricks for Minden hunter
On Halloween night in 1959, an event took place in LSU’s Tiger Stadium that gets more exciting each time you watch the grainy black-and-white video.[…]
Hunting
Sunset man cited for killing two bears on Red River WMA
A Sunset man was issued citations after allegedly killing a black bear sow and its cub during a Nov. 27 hunt on Red River Wildlife Management Area. The man faces jail time and more than $20,000 in fines.[…]
Fishing
Toledo Bend giant salvinia mat treated by Texas agency
Two thousand acres of giant salvinia on Toledo Bend were treated this weekend by a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department contractor after the invasive species was washed out of the reservoir’s upper reaches into a huge mat that backed up at the Pendleton Bridge.[…]
News Breaker
Centerville man convicted on federal waterfowl violations
A Centerville man was convicted on Oct. 14 for several Migratory Game Bird Treaty Act violations, along with a single National Wildlife Refuge violation by Federal Magistrate Meldrid Methvin.[…]
Deer Hunting
User BlakeC experiences hunt of lifetime with 6-year-old son
Most people think of their dream hunt as going on a trip to the Midwest and harvesting a 150-class buck.[…]
Events & Announcements
Salvinia control effort on Saline Lake proves successful
Saline Lake, a water body nearly completely covered with giant salvinia last fall, has recently shown significant improvement due to an aquatic vegetation management plan initiated by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) in the spring of 2009.[…]
Events & Announcements
Dewey Wills WMA road opened
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) has opened a previously closed portion of the Muddy Bayou Road on the Dewey Wills Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Lasalle Parish.[…]
Events & Announcements
L.D.W.F. treats Toledo Bend for aquatic weeds
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Office of Fisheries section treated 1,542 acres of invasive aquatic weeds on Toledo Bend from June 1-5.[…]
Events & Announcements
Vernon Lake to be lowered for repairs
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Inland Fish Division, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) and the Vernon Parish Police Jury are scheduling a summer/fall drawdown for Vernon Lake beginning June 1, 2009 and extending through Oct. 31, 2009.[…]
Events & Announcements
More road closures on Grassy Lake W.M.A. due to high water
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has temporarily closed the Murphy’s Ditch crossing near the Red River Bay on Grassy Lake Wildlife Management Area (WMA) due to flooding from the Red River.[…]
Events & Announcements
Road closed on Grassy Lake W.M.A. due to high water
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has temporarily closed the Cas Cas Road on the Grassy Lake Wildlife Management Area in Avoyelles Parish due to flooding from the Red River.[…]
Events & Announcements
Information sought on West Bay W.M.A. fires
On the afternoon of Nov. 5, four fires broke out in separate wooded areas on the 60,000-acre West Bay Wildlife Management Area (WMA) located in Allen Parish.[…]
Bass Fishing
Spin Doctor
Figuring he had it tied on to fool anybody who happened to be sneaking around in his camouflaged Triton aluminum boat, I half expected Eddie Halbrook to clip off the blue/white tail-spinner that was tied to the line on the rod that he handed to me.[…]