1+ hour, 49+ min ago   (169+ words) A Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agent was recognized for his waterfowl enforcement efforts at the Sept. 3 Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission meeting in Baton Rouge. Senior Agent Joshua Schilling, of Jefferson, received the Louisiana Waterfowl Enforcement…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (356+ words) Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Agents and United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are investigating the illegal shooting and killing of a bald eagle. The bald eagle was discovered at the intersection of Robert and Wilmer…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1324+ words) Crouching in tall marsh grass, we were already sweating profusely from the humid September heat. To the east, a pink ribbon marked the horizon as we heard unseen specters rocketing low over us. Then, something splashed in the pond as…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (45+ words) Louisiana Sportsman Kaitlynn Rose killed her first two deer, a doe and a spike, on Thanksgiving morning 2025 in Area 4 on a hunt with her fiancé, Tristan Jenkins. Timothy Johnson’s Tensas Parish buck Bennett Lee’s first duck hunt...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (538+ words) A resolution urging the continued protection of easements in the Prairie Pothole Region was unanimously approved by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (LWFC) during its Aug. 6 meeting. Often referred to as the “Duck Factory” of North America, the Prairie…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (228+ words) Funded by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and administered by the National Bobwhite and Grassland Initiative Foundation (NBGIF), the program will provide more than $3 million in financial assistance over the next four years to eligible non-industrial private forest landowners across Louisiana....

3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (741+ words) The genesis of Carlee Suire’s latest business adventure was a huge, full-body mount of a big wild turkey. Not one in particular, just the idea. “I didn’t want a giant, full-body mount of a gobbler in my living room,” said…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (198+ words) Over the past two weeks, LDWF crews have stocked 110 containers of native eelgrass (Vallisneria spp.) totaling 220 square feet of habitat. Plantings have focused on areas that provide the best opportunity for long-term establishment – near Negreet Creek and North Toledo Bend…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (146+ words) “Much effort has gone into the creation of our sleek, new, modernized website built to better serve the people of Louisiana,’’ LDWF Secretary Tyler Bosworth said. “We want to make it accessible and easy as possible for our sportsmen and…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (46+ words) Braxton Rodrigue’s first turkey Louisiana Sportsman Braxton Rodrigue shot his first turkey over the opening youth season on private land in Concordia Parish. The turkey had a 10 3/4-inch beard and 1-inch spurs. Stephanie Mulle’s first buck Grayson Hollier’s first pintail...