Field Reports
Catch and cook: Hunting invasive species
Jared Serigné teamed up with @KendallGray1 and @ethancarmack2331 to hunt invasive nutria and feral hogs in Louisiana.[…]
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Columns
Cajun Nutria Poutine
Poutine typically features fries, cheese curds, and gravy. In this version of poutine, add a Cajun twist by using nutria.[…]
Field Reports
Catch and cook: Getting rid of nutria
In this Outside the Levees video, Jared Serigné went hunting for invasive nutria rats to help protect the local environment.[…]
Field Reports
Catch and cook: Hunting swamp rats to eat for dinner
In this Outside the Levees video, Jared Serigné paddled his pirogue down a canal to hunt nutria rats to cook up for dinner.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF to remove illegal nutria pet from owners, plans to turn it over to Baton Rouge Zoo
A family’s pet nutria is set to be removed from the home of a New Orleans couple and moved to the Baton Rouge Zoo.[…]
Field Reports
Catch and cook: Hunting nutria to eat
In this Outside the Levees video, Jared Serigné went hunting for invasive nutria. Then he cooked them up into a delicious meatball sub.[…]
Events & Announcements
Nutria Rodeo participants set sights on menace swamp rodents
More than 300 hunters have signed up to take part in the Swamp Safari Shootout, aka the Nutria Rodeo, at Venice Marina on Feb. 24-25.[…]
Field Reports
Hunting giant marsh rats for food
Jared Serigné’ went nutria hunting in the Louisiana marsh. After a great hunt, he headed back to the camp to cook nutria gumbo.[…]
News Breaker
New regulation on nighttime taking of outlaw quadrupeds, nutria and beaver
Beginning Aug. 1, properly licensed Louisiana and non-resident hunters may take outlaw quadrupeds at night on private property the entire year.[…]
Hog Hunting
Is marsh destruction by nutria, feral hogs being addressed?
Over the past 10 years, the damage from nutria and feral hogs has been on the rise in southeast Louisiana. They are reeking havoc on Louisiana’s marsh.[…]
Other Hunting
LDWF announces increase in bounty for nutria
The Coastwide Nutria Control Program (CNCP) bounty will be raised to $6, up from $5, when the program season commences Nov. 20.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Nutria liver makes great bait
Some of Bill McCarty’s favorite fishing holes in January are between the Wax Lake Outlet and Atchafalaya River, where it’s usually no problem to catch a bunch of catfish averaging 2 pounds.[…]
News Breaker
Adopted nutria returns home to the high life in Chackbay
Most folks would probably be a bit unnerved if they knew a large rodent had made a nest and was sleeping on the floor directly under their bed – but Chackbay’s Iva Evans says she sleeps like a baby every night.[…]
Contents
Wetland Warriors — Battling coastal erosion by hunting nutria
“The coyotes ate all the rabbits! The ducks got short-stopped! And the squirrels all live in woods leased by deer clubs who hate squirrel hunters! So how’s a kid supposed to scratch his hunting itch nowadays?” […]
Inshore Fishing
Baby nutria the newest live bait for redfish?
There may be a hot, new live bait for catching redfish along the Mississippi and Louisiana coasts — young, tender nutria.[…]
Features
Rat Race — Nutria hunts provide a great way to extend the shooting season
Revelry raged around him, but Artie looked morose. Doc’s uptown bungalow rocked with the traditional St. Patrick’s Day lunacy, but Artie remained oddly oblivious to the festivities.
Not even the stroll to Parasol’s helped.
“What a difference two months make,” Pelayo laughed, while pointing at his pouting friend. “New Year’s Artie was the life of da paaawty. Now look at him.”[…]