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De Ridder hunter turns turkey feathers into works of art
2+ hour, 5+ min 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…...
LDWF biologists work to restore critical fish habitat on Toledo Bend
9+ hour, 12+ min 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 State…...
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries" new, updated website to launch April 16
1+ mon, 2+ 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…...
Braxton Rodrigue's first turkey
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (46+ words) 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...
Blaine Wilbanks and ducks
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (52+ words) Blaine Wilbanks went duck hunting with his friend's dad at his lease by Lake Catherine. This page is available to subscribers. Click here to sign in or get access. Blaine Wilbanks went duck hunting with his friend's dad at his…...
Up to a $6, 000 reward for information about bald eagle shot and killed in Vermilion Parish
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (268+ words) Louisiana'Department'of'Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) enforcement agents and U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) officers are investigating the illegal shooting and killing'of a bald eagle in Vermilion Parish. LDWF agents were notified about an injured bald eagle at the intersection'of Robert Road…...
Commission approves first-ever special whistling duck season
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (1014+ words) If there was one word coming from Louisiana duck hunters after January's Wildlife and Fisheries Commission meeting, it was "finally!" After a handful of years pleading with the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, it appears Louisiana took an important step in…...