Department of Wildlife and Fisheries waterfowl biologists Ja. 4-6 aerial surveys Southwest (SW), Southeast (SE) coastal zones and Catahoula Lake (CL) to estimate waterfowl populations. These survey estimate numbers are compared with November &…
Been near Lake Pontchartrain lately?
These seasons dates were outlined by the Wildlife Division of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries during Thursday’s Wildlife and Fisheries Commission meeting in Baton Rouge:
The cat’s out of the bag for the 2022-2023 hunting seasons, and with it comes the biggest change for young hunters in our state’s hunting history.
TUESDAY-THURSDAY
January is named for the Roman god Janus, the single image of a man looking backward and forward. The inference is obvious, especially for hunters.
With 2022 near, it’s time to take stock of 2021, some good and some, well, not so good.
2022 CALENDAR
For those among us old enough to remember long-ago Christmas ads, the overriding plea was to be “the first on your block to own” whatever it was manufacturers were pushing for holiday sales.
2022 CALENDAR
It’s one thing to talk about fishing, and another thing to talk about catching fish.
Ducks took center stage during the holiday week, and trends developed in the days after both East and West zones opened the first splits of their 60-day seasons.
What’s most important this week is going — going fishing, going hunting, just going into the outdoors.
Jr. SW Bassmasters
State Wildlife & Fisheries Waterfowl Study group's estimate of 11 species of ducks along with coots in Louisiana's southwest and southeast coastal regions and on Catahoula Lake during aerial surveys conducted Nov. 8-10 (**-fewer than 1,000 in …
As if we needed any more scares from this pandemic, the latest from the U.S. Department of Agriculture is inspectors have found the COVID virus in whitetail deer in four states — Illinois, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania.
It’s that time of year when sportsmen converge on our coastal marshes for the widest variety of hook-and-bullet adventures, and it’s time to learn how to share those marshes.
BASS Central Open
Before we get waist deep in a big hunting seasons push, it’s time to take a quick look at the changes approved earlier this year.
Junior Southwest Bassmasters
Hurricane Ida left a swath of destruction that will be felt for months in a handful of areas along and inside our coast mostly in waters between Grand Terre Island west to Cocodrie.
Finally, the worm has turned, and this stretch of cooler weather should help fishermen and hunters put meat on the table.
Outdoorsmen across Louisiana know its time to be outdoors. Cooler water temperatures mean more active bass and sac-a-lait, and we’re walking into the door of the deer, squirrel, rabbit and dove seasons.
Any evaluation of September’s 16-day teal season has to be taken with a grain of salt, maybe a little pepper and, for some, the onions and other spices making a celebratory duck dinner.
Sunday, Sept. 26, is the annual Clean Out Your Freezer Day. The Hunters for the Hungry collection sites include:
By now anyone who wanted to know knows about the new red snapper season.
Louisiana’s recreational offshore anglers will be allowed to catch red snapper under new guidelines issued Wednesday by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
The appeal never gets old, and the motto “Hunters who care, share,” has been with us for more than 25 years.
MANY— Top 20 results from 152-team Louisiana High School BASS Nation-West Division bass tournament held from Cypress Bend on Toledo Bend with anglers, their high school/team, number of bass weighed in parentheses (5-bass limit), total weight in po…
HUNTING SEASONS