turkey Archives - Louisiana Sportsman

The art of reading sign

Reading sign is as old as hunting. Sign is simply the evidence that game animals and birds leave on the landscape that shows they’ve been around. […]

Deer can swim and often wade out in ponds and lakes to feed on vegetation and will escape to high ground when the Morganza floodway gates are open. The best management activity is simply not to disturb them in the areas where they congregate.

What happens to the wildlife when the Morganza floods?

Dave Moreland

With the Corps of Engineers considering opening the Morganza Floodway, we take a look at how the opening will affect deer, turkeys, small game and bears. […]

Hunter Waltman of Kiln, Miss., killed this solid white gobbler on March 17, 2019.

Mississippi hunter kills solid white turkey

Brian Cope

Hunter Waltman of Kiln, Miss., killed a solid white gobbler on March 17. By then, he was intimately familiar with the animal. […]

5-year-old crackshot gets turkey on first hunt

Anthony Taylor

Five-year-old Hayden Johnson’s grandpa and dad recently brought him turkey hunting for the first time on their club in Jackson Parish and he got a fully plumed, wily tom squarely in the neck from 25 yards away. […]

Turkey season closed on three WMAs

From News Reports

A declaration of emergency has been passed by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (LWFC) closing the upcoming turkey hunting season on Dewey W. Wills, Grassy Lake and Richard K. Yancey Wildlife Management Areas due to flooding. […]

Louisiana’s 2019 Turkey Forecast

Brian Cope

Who is ready to get into the woods with your back against an oak tree, listening for the early morning calls of a gobbler on the roost? It’s almost time; turkey season is fast approaching for Louisiana hunters. […]

Chose a top-drawer WMA and spend some time in the woods scouting; chances of taking a gobbler are good.

Top 5 turkey WMAs

Jonathan Olivier

Hunting opportunities for wild turkeys abound on public land in Louisiana — five Wildlife Management Areas boast a high hunter-success rate. […]

Flooding leads to turkey season closure at Richard K. Yancey and Grassy Lake WMAs

From News Reports

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced that there would be a closure of the upcoming turkey hunting season in Richard K. Yancey and Grassy Lake Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) due to flooding. […]

Potential No. 2-ranked atypical Louisiana turkey downed in West Feliciana Parish

Patrick Bonin

After a pretty intense game of cat-and-mouse this past weekend, Clint Gray and Eric Templet teamed up and eventually put down a six-bearded gobbler Sunday morning in West Feliciana Parish that, once officially certified by the National Wild Turkey Federation, will become Louisiana’s No. 2-ranked atypical gobbler in the all-time record books. […]

Have a safe turkey season

Keith LaCaze

Louisiana’s 2018 spring gobbler season will begin on April 7 in all three turkey hunting areas. […]

Tools of the Trade

Jonathan Olivier

• Box calls

Box calls are the loudest of the bunch. On a windy day, it’s best to use one so the sound carries farther. According to Saale, box calls are the most realistic sounding. “To me, a box call sounds like a turkey more than anything,” he said. “It does all of the vocalizations. It’s got a good high front end with a raspy sound to it.” […]

Sounds of the season

Jonathan Olivier

• Gobble

A tom produces this sound as a way to let the hens know where it is during the breeding season. While a gobble can draw in a mature tom looking for a fight, it can also drive away birds that are less dominant. […]