Duck and goose season opened Saturday morning, and hunters loaded up, literally, to sit in the blind to wait for their opportunity to bag their limits. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries' online publication for the 2016-2017 hunting season states there are several major changes, including many affecting duck and goose season.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced that Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge will delay opening each day for at least a week while hunters harvest nuisance alligators.
Both the Louisiana House of Representatives and Senate passed a bill allowing hunters to wear "blaze pink" as an alternative to the traditional "hunter orange." The subject has now become a hot button issue on every social media site and is being debated by men and women alike.
An Abbeville hunter could have had a trophy for the record books. Instead he is getting the book thrown at him by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.