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Louisiana Wildlife Federation encourages Lights Out for Spring Bird Migration

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.

Brown’s trek through the outdoors includes new book

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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.

If you care, leave an animal there

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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.

Passing along something gobbly special

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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.

Things looking positive for turkey season

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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.

Wild Turkey Federation holds banquet

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Wild Turkey Federation holds banquet

LDWF license card photo winners announced

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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.

Fly fishing can be fun yet frustrating

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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.

Beginning that bird-watching time of the year

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This is a special time of year, for many reasons. For the outdoorsman and woman, fishing is on the verge of getting white-hot and it’s about time to start chasing gobblers There is one thing that more and more outdoor enthusiasts have taken an interest in over the past few years. Seed and feed stores will bear this out. Bird watching has grown into a sport that is attracting not only the Jane Hathaway types but good ole boys and girls as well. Birdseed, feeders and bird books are hot items today.

Pine trees yielding dreaded gold dust

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This past Sunday I saw it for the first time. At first, I didn’t know where that dust was coming from that I found on the windshield when I crawled behind the wheel preparing to head to church. Then I noticed the light golden color of the tiny flecks of dust. It hit me.