Louisiana Sportsman

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

Top 5 turkey WMAs

March 26, 2019 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

March 25, 2019 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.[…]

Clint Gray, left, and caller Eric Templet pose with the six-bearded gobbler Gray shot Sunday morning, April 29, in West Feliciana Parish. Once certified by the NWTF, it will become the No. 2 all-time atypical turkey in Louisiana's record books.

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

May 4, 2018 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

April 24, 2018 Keith LaCaze

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

Tools of the Trade

April 15, 2018 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

April 15, 2018 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.[…]

14 cited for alleged turkey hunting violations

April 12, 2018 From News Reports

Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries were busy when turkey seasoned opened in all three of the state’s hunting areas on April 7.[…]

It’s (finally) time to talk turkey

April 12, 2018 David Moreland

The delay of the 2018 turkey season until April 7 has no doubt been an agonizing wait for members of the Tenth Legion, but now this elite group of hunters are in action.[…]

Turkey talk

April 1, 2018 Jonathan Olivier

There are plenty of ways to call in a gobbler — but these proven tactics to kill will help you seal the deal.[…]

Calling old calls! There might be a gobbler waiting for you

April 1, 2018 Louisiana Sportsman

During a recent hunt in the Homochitto hardwoods of Franklin County, my hunting partner Shane McCullough and I weren’t having any luck luring in a tom. We heard several on the limb, but they were quickly joined by hens and went silent.[…]

Shot placement

March 15, 2018 Jonathan Olivier

“The target area you’re aiming for is about the size of a grape fruit,” Lafleur said. For that reason, shot placement is everything. A heart and lung shot is ideal, but one that disables the bird due with an arrow in the body so that it can’t fly away is also lethal.[…]

Tuning up for turkeys

March 1, 2018 Gordon Hutchinson

We have a love/hate relationship with our turkey shotguns — if they knock over a big gobbler on an improbable shot, we love them and take the credit. But if the gobbler runs off after what should have been an easy kill, it’s always the gun’s fault.[…]