Louisiana Sportsman

The special September teal season will run 9 days, not the 16 days of recent years, due to overall teal numbers having fallen.[…]

In this Outside the Levees video, we are spending the weekend at an off-grid houseboat in the Louisiana marsh.[…]

In a combination duck-goose hunt, one never knows when they might pull the trigger on a green-winged teal or a big specklebelly.[…]

In this video, Jared Serigné went on a solo duck hunting mission where he shot ducks and also caught fish for a catch and cook.[…]

A successful hunt for gallinule requires patience and skill, as the hunters navigate through the labyrinth of wetland trails.[…]

Ring-necked ducks as a proportion of our total aerial survey count on the coast have been creeping upwards for 20 years.[…]

John Nelson Harris of Groveland, Florida, has won the 2025 Louisiana Waterfowl Conservation Stamp Competition sponsored by the LDWF.[…]

The LDWF reminds waterfowl hunters that the harvest of mottled ducks is prohibited in the first 15 days of the regular duck season.[…]

With roughly nine months off, hunting dogs can get rusty if not worked during the off season. They need to stay physically and mentally fit.[…]

The 2024 Louisiana duck hunting season begins Nov. 2-3 in the West Zone with a youth-only hunt, and the first split opens Nov. 9.[…]

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries game biologists reported on the upcoming waterfowl hunting season at WMAs in all seven regions.[…]

The legacy of our state’s long and storied history in waterfowl hunting depends critically on the next generation wanting to head afield.[…]

Putting so much time and effort into the hunt makes it especially important to take prepare the animal for the taxidermist.[…]

Chef Jean-Paul Bourgeois learns about Louisiana’s rich waterfowling history, dives into conservation projects and returns to Bayou Black.[…]

During the fall months, you must keep one eye on the calendar and the other on the weather — tropical weather.[…]

Chef Jean-Paul Bourgeois and the Duck Camp Dinners crew head to the Red River for mixed bags of woodies, greenheads and teal.[…]