It’s Time To Talk Turkey… (Say what? It’s July, you know…)
Posted by doodaa on July 17, 2008
It’s Thursday, July 17th, 2008. I haven’t even stepped one foot into the woods yet, to prepare for the upcoming deer season. But I have the spring turkey season on my mind. So does Louisiana’s Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. They released the regs concerning the 2009 season, in which several changes are highlighted. I am pumped, to say the least, since the LDWF extended the season length. Here’s the news release from the LDWF:
2009 TURKEY HUNTING SEASON DATES PROPOSED
Release Date: 07/08/2008
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries proposed the season dates for the 2009 turkey hunting season to the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission at the commission’s July 8 meeting.
The recommended statewide opening date is Saturday, March 28. The season in Area A would extend to April 26, Area B to April 19, and Area C to April 12. The daily bag limit would be one gobbler, and the season limit would be two gobblers.
Special private land youth hunts for those 17 years of age and younger and hunts for wheelchair confined hunters are proposed to take place on March 21 and March 22.
The proposal also includes a requirement that all turkey hunters, regardless of age or license status, obtain tags prior to hunting turkeys. Successful hunters will be required to tag their harvested gobbler immediately and report their harvest within 72 hours. Harvest reporting can be done by telephone or on the internet at www.wlf.louisiana.gov.
The recommendation also includes:
A new youth lottery hunt on Clear Creek WMA on March 21.
Opened a new area around Miller’s Lake in Central Evangeline Parish. The new area is bordered on the west by La. Hwy. 13, on the south by La. Hwy. 10, on the east by U.S. Hwy. 167 and on the north by La. Hwy. 106.
Adding a lottery hunt on the Dewey Wills WMA for a total of two lottery hunts. The lottery hunts would take place on April 18-19 and April 25-26.
Public comment on this issue can be submitted to Kenny Ribbeck, Administrator, Wildlife Division, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, P.O. Box 98000, Baton Rouge, LA 70898-9000, prior to Sept. 4, 2008.
So while many of you are busy working on food plots, clearing shooting lanes, or whatever else you’re doing right now, ahead of the 2008-2009 fall seasons, I am sitting here with anxious excitement – looking ahead to turkey season. I know, I know, I’ve got it bad. But I just can’t spend enough time chasing gobblers. It’s fun, exciting and good eats…
doodaa