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"This marsh we're hunting here is one of the few areas that has freshwater. It's a freshwater marsh and Cameron Parish has been known for its waterfowl." "My partner in crime in the duck blind is ...
Duck hunters work hard to get most out of state's divided seasons. ... Hunters hit both sides of Louisiana duck split. 16y John McQueen. Lionel Scaloni has turned Argentina into a well-oiled, ...
Louisiana duck hunting this winter has offered a mixed bag of success, ... Mike Smith, operator of LA Marsh Guide Service in Saint Bernard (New Orleans area) ...
LAKE ARTHUR, La. | Rob Searcy squints his eyes and presses the call to his lips. “Coming straight to us, teal," Searcy says. “They’re in the decoys." As we stand, 30 teal flare up in our faces.
How good was the first split of duck season? Larry Reynolds, the state's waterfowl biologist, actually got phone calls from hunters praising the season. That's like an NFL referee getting a shout ...
As Southern Louisiana's vast wetlands succumb to the effects of rising seas and a cascade of other environmental changes, duck hunters are seeing their quarry dwindle.
Traditionally the week before the opening day of duck season evokes irrepressible optimism among local waterfowlers. Like sports fans everywhere, they enter each new season undefeated ...
Louisiana's coast is disappearing at a rate of a football field every 100 minutes, according to calculations by the U.S. Geological Survey.Over the past 80 years, the state has lost about 2,000 ...
But for a couple of New Orleans men, it's more about a passion for carving the lifelike decoys and seeing them work their magic in the marsh. "I like hunting with wooden decoys," said carver Cal ...
But West Alabama duck hunters used to be few and far between. There was a time in the late 1970s and early ’80s that I had trouble finding people to go with me.
Louisiana duck hunting this winter has offered a mixed bag of success, although some corners of the state have had better harvests than others, according Louisiana Department of Wildlife and ...