Outdoor

Evangeline Parish LDWF agent Guillory recognized

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, January 10, 2025
Five Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) employees were recognized for their commitment to managing, protecting, and conserving Louisiana’s abundant natural resources at the Jan.
Deron Santiny with the 696-pound Louisiana black bear he harvested in Tensas Parish. (Submitted photo)

Deron Santiny with the 696-pound Louisiana black bear he harvested in Tensas Parish. (Submitted photo)

Lafayette vet harvests 696-pound La. black bear

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Deron Santiny grew up in Louisiana hunting and fishing and thought he had seen just about everything. That is until he witnessed a 696-pound male Louisiana black bear come sauntering out of the Tensas Parish woods not far from where he was housed in a deer stand.

Hunters asked to assist LDWF chronic wasting surveillance

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, December 13, 2024
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is asking state deer hunters for assistance in surveillance for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in connection with a deer at a captive deer farm which tested positive for the disease in Jeff Davis Parish on Nov. 7.
A Louisiana black bear photographed at Dewey Wills Wildlife Management Area in Central Louisiana. (LDWF photo)

A Louisiana black bear photographed at Dewey Wills Wildlife Management Area in Central Louisiana. (LDWF photo)

State opens inaugural black bear season with 10 tags

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Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Saturday marked the beginning of Louisiana’s new black bear hunting season, but it will probably be a while before the sport is accessible to more than a select few hunters and landowners. Gov. Jeff Landry announced the opening of the season, which will last through Dec.
A fishing crew off the Louisiana coast reels in a large net full of menhaden. (Courtesy of Louisiana Sea Grant)

A fishing crew off the Louisiana coast reels in a large net full of menhaden. (Courtesy of Louisiana Sea Grant)

Fewer fish spills reported after Louisiana pushes pogy boats from coast

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Friday, November 1, 2024
In 2022, a menhaden fishing ship and its net boats spilled about a million fish off the Louisiana coast, leaving the floating mass to rot in the summer sun. A few months later, another spill blanketed Louisiana beaches with an estimated 850,000 dead fish.
Capt. Ulysses Mullins, Coast Guard Eighth District Chief of Staff, Sgt. Stephen Rhodes and LDWF Secretary Madison Sheahan. (Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries photo)

Capt. Ulysses Mullins, Coast Guard Eighth District Chief of Staff, Sgt. Stephen Rhodes and LDWF Secretary Madison Sheahan. (Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries photo)

Coast Guard honors LDWF agent

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 20, 2024
By Adam Einck aeinck@wlf.la.gov The U.S. Coast Guard awarded Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ (LDWF) Sgt. Stephen Rhodes with the Coast Guard Silver Lifesaving Medal, on Sept. 17.

Louisiana dove hunting season underway

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 13, 2024
The 2024 dove hunting season began Sept. 7 statewide, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced. Louisiana is divided into the North and South zones for dove season. The North Zone runs from Sept. 7-28, Oct. 5-Nov. 9 and Dec. 21-Jan. 21, 2025.