Field Notes
Reliable ways to identify venomous vs. nonvenomous snakes
Tips that can be used from a safe distance to help you quickly and safely identify snakes you encounter in your yard or while in nature.[…]
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Field Notes
Busting snake myths
Debunking some of the most common myths out there that are often passed down or shared on social media by people who think snakes are evil.[…]
News Breaker
LARE, LDWF to host Snake Week presentation in Lafayette on July 14
The LARE, along with the LDWF, will hold a seminar on snakes at the Heymann Recreational Center in Lafayette.[…]
Field Notes
The importance of snakes
The best way to ensure healthy hunting and fishing habitats is to just leave snakes to do what they do. They are our natural pest control.[…]
Newsletters
Changes to reptile and amphibian regulations approved by LWFC
Changes to regulations meant to stop the spread of evasive reptile and amphibian species were passed by the LWFC.[…]
Hunting Reports
Catching critters at the camp
Jaxton LeBlanc, 4, pictured with his river friends holding a Speckled King Snake they caught at his family’s camp on the Tangipahoa River.[…]
News Breaker
Breaux Bridge man cited for illegal possession of snakes
LDWF enforcement agents cited a St. Martin Parish man for alleged illegal possession of venomous snakes on June 20.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF: Now that spring is here, keep an eye open for snakes
Human nature is to fear snakes. However, snakes are an important and valuable part of every ecosystem and should be left alone.[…]
Field Notes
Snake I.D. – Louisiana’s snakes identified Part IV
Smaller snakes take care of tiny pests like snails and slugs, while larger snakes eat the disease-spreading mice and rats.[…]
Field Notes
Snake I.D. – Louisiana’s snakes identified Part III: Watersnakes
All of these snakes are in the Nerodia genus and are commonly known as watersnakes. These are non-venomous, semi-aquatic snakes.[…]
Field Notes
Snake I.D. – Louisiana’s snakes identified Part II
Louisiana Snake ID’s goal is to offer knowledge that can bring your expectations about snakes in line with the truth and hopefully shift the perspective.[…]
Field Notes
Snake I.D. – Louisiana’s snakes identified
Learn more about these 6 non-venomous snakes that you may encounter in Louisiana. If you like to hunt and fish, you should want to see these snakes.[…]
Field Notes
Snake I.D. – Louisiana’s 7 venomous snakes
Love them or hate them, snakes are a part of life in Louisiana. Forty-eight species of snakes can be found in Louisiana, but only seven are venomous.[…]
Hunting
An unusual and deadly find in Tensas Parish
Hayden Theriot was on a work weekend in Tensas parish clearing land for a box stand when he saw a particularly large snake on a lane of fresh cut grass.[…]
Apex Predator
Rattlesnakes make a delicious dinner
Venturing into the woods during the hottest months of the year can produce some delicious foods, but that is when the most dangerous animals are active.[…]
Columns
Legless reptiles
I still remember a certain evening bow hunt many years ago at a hunting property in Copiah County that I owned at the time.[…]