A free workshop on managing your forests and open land for early successional wildlife habitat will be offered on May 7, at the Lincoln Parish Library in Ruston.
In just about every sport, there are participants who set personal goals. For example, a baseball player aspires to hit .400; basketball players hope for a triple-double. For golfers, it’s a hole-in-one.
BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Wildlife Federation (LWF) is calling upon residents and businesses throughout the state to join others in turning off bright or excess lighting from 11 p.m. until 6 a.m. each day until May 31 to help protect the billions of migratory birds that fly through Louisiana at night during this period.
There are plenty of folks who include the outdoors as a part of their lives. They hunt, they fish, they hike, but their nine-to-five jobs occupy the majority of their time.
Dennis “Skinny” Hallmark passed something along to me that was special. So special in fact that what I learned on that visit to Alabama with him in 1992 ignited a passion I had never felt before or since. He guided me on my first turkey hunt and when I drew a bead on a gobbler and he dropped, I was hooked just as solidly as if I had mainlined a narcotic.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reminds Louisiana residents that it is against the law to possess injured or orphaned mammals without an LDWF Rehabilitation permit, even if you plan to release them.
There is no way I could ever forget my introduction to hunting wild turkeys. I had actually tagged along years ago behind Blue Parkman, a veteran turkey hunter from Ruston who had several years of chasing gobblers under his belt.
If you hunt or fish, you’ll find there are some activities that are more highly revered than others, at least they are by zealots of the sport. Take quail hunting, for example.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries congratulated Scott Black and Jeff Perot for winning the LDWF durable license card contest. Their images will be available as optional upgrades for our license holders. LDWF will begin selling these durable collector’s license cards for $5 (plus a $3.50 convenience fee) as soon as April. These collectible cards will be shipped directly to your door and will allow you to carry all of your active licenses on one long-lasting card that fits right in your wallet. The durable license cards will be available for purchase at https://louisianaoutdoors. com. If you have already purchased your annual licenses, or have a lifetime license, you will have the option to upgrade to one of the new collector’s cards by purchasing one for an additional fee. That card will display all active privileges held by its owner.
