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Snow Goose Confit Banh Mi
Snow Goose Confit Banh Mi is a complex dish to make, but it’s a great way to use late season geese in a recipe. […]
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Features
Specklebellies save the day
Hunters accustomed to chasing ducks that are interested in upping their specklebelly game need to mind the details. […]
Field Reports
Duck Camp Dinners: Specklebelly fever
The Duck Camp Dinner crew heads west to the cajun prairies of Louisiana where specklebelly geese are king of the sky. […]
Geese
Conservation Order Goose season is on
For more than a decade, hunters have enjoyed the Conservation season for light geese. Those are snow geese, blue geese and Ross’s geese. […]
Features
Gueydan guides: Don’t play games with specklebellies
With specklebellies occupying more attention from waterfowl hunters, especially around Gueydan, don’t take any chances. Cover all your bases.
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Geese
Louisiana goose season begins like an old Clint Eastwood movie
Louisiana goose hunters have experienced the first 10 days of the 2021-2022 season. It’s been good, bad and ugly depending on where you are. […]
Ducks
Goose, goose, duck!
Geese can add an extra facet to a Louisiana duck hunt in November. Take advantage when the goose seasons match up with duck season. […]
Geese
How ‘bout 3 specklebellies?
Hunters chasing specklebelly geese will now have the opportunity to take up to three per person, up from the longtime daily limit of two. […]
Geese
Greater white-fronted goose’s journey provides invaluable information
A female greater white-fronted goose tagged in southwest Louisiana by LDWF biologists in November helped reveal the incredible journey the birds make. […]
Features
Specklebelly goose hunting
Tips, tactics and blind construction pointers to successfully hunt specklebelly geese in Southwest Louisiana. […]
News Breaker
Lafayette Parish man cited for hunting ducks and geese during closed season
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited two men for alleged hunting violations on Feb. 12 in Lafayette Parish. […]
News Breaker
Best bets for late Canada geese
Hunting get a little tougher later in the Canada goose season, but Wrecking Crew Guide Service’s Daryl Hodge offered some tips to help hunters limit out just the same. […]
Sidebars
The top shot for specklebelly geese
White-fronted geese take heavy loads of 1s, 2s, BB and even BBB shot. […]
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Breaking the language barrier — Expert tips for specklebelly goose hunting
“If it doesn’t fire you up to see a group of specks come in your face, flying 15 yards over your head with their feet down — and you’re looking into their eyes and you see the bars light up in the sun — if that doesn’t fire you up, then you don’t need to be out here.” […]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
Specklebelly Superstation: How to kill geese in the Vermilion Parish fields
If a waterfowl hunter happened to be stuffed in the cab of a pickup truck, blindfolded and driven to the Gueydan Civic Center back on Aug. 24, he would be liable to think he died and went to heaven. And he wouldn’t have had to go any farther than the parking lot. […]