The St. Martin Sheriff’s Office will be hosting three hunter education courses consisting of two days of training each.
All hunters born on or after Sept. 1, 1969, must attend this training in order to hunt in the State of Louisiana.
Gus Angelle and son Evan, 4, caught a 2.5-pound white freshwater drum (goo) while fishing in Henderson Lake on Saturday, June 6.
PHOTO: Kayakers John Bienvenu and James Bienvenu of Lafayette come into a checkpoint on placid Bayou Teche in the Tour du Teche 135. The 275-mile Tour de la Riviere Rouge, with no checkpoints, no mandatory overnight stops, will be a lot more challenging for one- and two-paddler teams. (Ron J. Berard/Tour du Teche)
For anyone considering racing in Tour de la Rivière Rouge or 410 de Louisiane, one of the most daunting features – apart from the distances, 275 miles for Rivière Rouge and of course 410 miles for the 410 – has to be encountering five big modern sets of locks and dams on the Red River.
Demi Layne Patin,10, daughter of Dana and Lori Patin of Breaux Bridge, with her first wild turkey, an eastern gobbler on a spring hunt with her father near Grosse Tete.
The gobbler had a 10-inch beard,7/8-inch spurs and weighed 20 pounds.