Deer Hunting
LDWF accepting applications for lottery hunts
The LDWF is accepting applications for lottery deer and waterfowl hunts on LDWF Wildlife Management Areas for the 2019-2020 hunting season. […]
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Ducks
Public access to Catahoula Lake in jeopardy
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Dec. 28, 2018 in favor of landowners, meaning public access to legendary Catahoula Lake could be in jeopardy. […]
Featured
Duck calling 101
There is a big difference between “Contest Calling” and “Blind calling.” What sounds good to a judge in a competition will not convince many ducks to come to your pond. […]
Deer Hunting
Article on duck hunters shooting big buck generates questions
Capt. Jesse Savoie with the LDWF details the laws regarding the conflicts that come into play when a Louisiana hunter is attempting to hunt ducks and deer at the same time. […]
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Gettin’ it all right — Duck-hunting tips for success
Sometimes it just pays to be right in the place at the right time. That’s definitely the case with duck hunting. […]
Ducks
Cold front aids opening-morning duck action in Coastal Zone
A perfectly timed front seemed to be good news for lots of duck hunters when the season opened Saturday in Louisiana’s Coastal Zone. […]
News Breaker
Two southeast La. WMAs expand, gain duck-hunting wetlands
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission on Thursday approved resolutions that will add more than 1,900 acres of waterfowl wetlands to two wildlife management areas in the southeastern part of the state.
Events & Announcements
Duck Hunting Expo at Louisiana Sportsman Show in New Orleans
If it’s mid-summer and your thoughts are already starting to drift to decoy spreads and the blind this fall, don’t miss the Duck Hunting Expo at the 2017 Louisiana Sportsman Show presented by Reed’s Metals in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome next weekend.
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Sneaky ducks — How to use a kayak for duck hunting
The hunt didn’t last long. Good hunts never do.
The ducks never had a chance.
Just before daylight, Lafayette dentist Tony Soileau slipped his camouflaged kayak across the pond’s open water and maneuvered it into an island of flooded buttonwood bushes surrounded by a fringe of dry, brown indigo.
Field Notes
Become a Decoy Doc
A little TLC can bring older duck decoys back to life, so when you need to greet those northern red-legged greenheads they are all ready for the show. […]
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Top Guns — Duck-hunting guides share the secrets to their success
Archer Daniels looked up at the ducks, grabbed the Haydel duck call and blew hard as he could.
Then, bam bam — he unloaded on a couple of big mallards, which evoked a big smile and a chuckle.
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Public prospects — Top 5 WMAs for duck hunting
Backlit faintly by the early morning glow, they came as we’d hoped. Silhouettes — large and deliberate, and small and acrobatic — bombarded our spread.
We were able to pick up our jaws from the marsh mud just in time to catch that telltale sound as a few feathered bodies splashed down amongst their plastic counterparts.
News Breaker
Three cited for alleged duck hunting violations in Acadia Parish
Three men were cited for migratory bird violations on Feb. 20 in Acadia Parish after wildlife agents allegedly watched them shooting ducks on Bayou Nezpique, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
Sidebars
Why coot decoys should be in your duck-hunting set
Mike Carloss loves to hunt with coot decoys. By this time of the season ducks have been hunted the whole length of the Mississippi Flyway and then another month here, they have gotten pretty wise to the ways of hunters.
Sidebars
Challenges to duck hunting
One of the main reasons (besides enjoying his company) I button-holed Mike Carloss for a duck hunt was the chance to get him away from distractions to pick his mind about the future of waterfowl hunting.
News Breaker
Top 3 late-season duck hunting tactics
Although it seems like opening day just happened, the final weeks of duck season are already here.
All of the prep work earlier in the fall — brushing the blind, putting out a perfect decoy spread, scouting birds and practicing with your gun — will culminate in the next few weeks as another season heads into the history books.