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Irresistible Vegetation
The rut is easy for hunters, providing a time of the season when deer are moving about looking for love without a care in the world.[…]
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In the Bag
Even though killing gets lower on our priority lists as we get older, there’s no doubt that we all want to kill something when we go hunting. […]
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Triple Treat
Some fish are cool; some aren’t. Even cold-blooded, dispassionate fisheries biologists recognize that. Sawfish are cool; pogies aren’t.[…]
Currents
No tag? Big problem
When looking for parental role models, it’s probably not the best of ideas to ponder the philosophies of 1970s-era shock rockers on the subject.[…]
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Mr. Gone
In typical bureaucratic style, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed damming the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet on April 22 of this year.[…]
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Last of the Grand Isle Specks?
According to popular thought, September is the last hurrah for speckled trout anglers who fish out of Grand Isle. It’s almost an accepted maxim: “When Labor Day is over, so is the trout season on Grand Isle.”[…]
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Cover: September 2009
Some of our WMAs have some truly outstanding deer – as well as rabbits and squirrels. Find out in this issue which will be best in 2009-10.[…]
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Gold Rush
Gold spoons are like the Dallas Cowboys; you either love them or hate them, and there isn’t any room in the middle.[…]
Events & Announcements
L.D.W.F. to begin accepting applications for boat titles this week
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will begin accepting applications for boat titles effective Aug. 25, 2009.[…]
Events & Announcements
Sept. 4 – 6 Weekend Sales Tax Holiday to benefit hunters, target shooters
The Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR) has issued rules and dates for the first annual “Louisiana Second Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Holiday.”[…]
Fishing
Recreational red snapper season to close Friday, Aug. 14
The recreational season for red snapper will close this Friday, Aug. 14 at midnight, in Louisiana and federal waters, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) reminded fishermen today.[…]
Events & Announcements
Boaters reminded of new boating regulations
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Law Enforcement Division (LDWF/LED) is advising boaters to be aware of new boating regulations that will go into effect on Aug. 15, 2009 including new regulations on personal flotation devices (PFD) also known as life jackets.[…]
News Breaker
L.W.F.C. sets tentative 2009-10 migratory waterfowl seasons
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (LWFC) voted to tentatively adopt proposed season dates, bag limits and shooting hours for the 2009-10 migratory waterfowl season at their Aug. 6 meeting.[…]
Events & Announcements
2009 Louisiana fall shrimp season to open August 10
The fall inshore shrimp season will open in Shrimp Management Zones 1, 2 and 3 at 6 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 10, 2009.[…]
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Commission sets 2009-10 duck dates
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is once again recommending a 60-day season be adopted for ducks and coots.[…]
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Ruby Anniversary
“An almost forgotten historic site near Many (the Civil War’s Sabine Breastworks) is on its death bed. It will die slowly as it gives way to progress and surrenders to the waters of the giant Toledo Bend Reservoir.”
— Norman Richardson, The (Shreveport) Times[…]