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A new Buc-ee’s can mean a new place to fill up and, for some people, a new place to clock in. Construction has already started at each site, though opening dates are still targets. Here are the new Buc-ee’s stores coming to Louisiana, North Carolina and Georgia in 2027....
A Connecticut artist won the 2027 Louisiana Waterfowl Conservation Stamp competition with a portrait of a wood duck, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced Friday. Jennifer Reising of Noank won the 39th annual contest. Her painting shows a single wood duck at rest on the water with cypress...
Explore amazing animal stories – visit Animal of Things Now and follow us! Big cat ownership laws in Louisiana are strict, and the short version is simple: private citizens cannot buy, import, or keep a tiger, lion, leopard, jaguar, cheetah, or cougar. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) enforces the ban, and a narrow grandfather clause protects only owners who held a cat before a 2006 … This article, Big Cat Ownership Laws in Louisiana: What Is Banned, Who Is Exempt, and What Penalties Apply , appeared first on Animal of Things . Discover more animal wonders – VISIT Animal of Things NOW AND FOLLOW US FOR FRESH UPDATES! Related Posts: • Do You Need a Draw Permit to Hunt Deer as a Nonresident in Kansas? • Is There a Limit on How Many Deer Licenses You Can Buy in Montana? • When Is Deer Season in Pennsylvania? What the Game Commission’s 2026-27 Rules Say
The 2026-27 Louisiana duck hunting season begins in the West Zone with a youth and veterans only hunt on November 7, followed by the first segment of the regular season a week later on November 14, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced. The East Zone’s youth and...
This weekend’s cold front and colder front predicted to push Friday into south Louisiana — the forecast is calling for a 38-degree morning in seven days — has duck hunters more than ready to take to blinds in Louisiana’s West Zone for Saturday’s first segment of a 60-day season.
The tamales here come out of a food trailer, and that’s pretty much the whole setup. Easy enough to understand, right? Although it does explain why nobody is bragging about the chandeliers. This Louisiana stop keeps its focus right where it belongs. Tamales share the order window with tacos,...
The turducken, that famous turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken, traces back to a hunter’s request at a small butcher counter in 1984. One guy walked in with three birds and a wild idea. A holiday legend was born. I love that a meat counter can...
Big Fish Report for Thursday, Nov. 5
BATON ROUGE — The 2026–27 Louisiana duck hunting season kicks off this November, beginning with special hunts for youth and military veterans before opening to all hunters statewide, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced. Hunting in the West Zone opens Saturday, Nov. 7, with a youth...
A centuries-old Filipino settlement in Louisiana's coastal marshes is the subject of a new documentary by a University of Louisiana at Lafayette professor who is working to bring an overlooked chapter of the state's history to light. "Settling St. Malo," a 26-minute documentary featuring the research and poetry of UL...
Great River Road road trip spans 3,000 miles along the Mississippi through 10 states, blending blues towns, Civil War history, and Creole cooking.
Duck hunters get ready! The 2026-27 Louisiana duck hunting season begins in the West Zone with a youth and veterans only hunt on Nov. 7, followed by the first segment of the regular season a week later on Nov. 14, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced. The...
If you saw smoke coming from the Alexandria International Airport on November 5, rest assured, it was only a drill.
Wynton Marsalis calls jazz “the perfect metaphor for democracy.” Every player brings a voice, but the band can really only swing together. As the world celebrates the year Miles Davis would have turned 100, it's worth remembering where it all started: New Orleans, a port city where African, Caribbean, Creole, French, Spanish and Sicilian traditions collided to create America's original art form.
Guests checking into the Ritz-Carlton ride an elevator past two floors before they reach the front desk, because the building was designed to sell dresses and not rooms. The hotel occupies the Maison Blanche building at 921 Canal Street, a Beaux Arts landmark faced in glazed white terracotta that went up between 1906 and 1909. […]
BATON ROUGE — The 2027 Louisiana Waterfowl Conservation Stamp Competition sponsored by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has been won by a Connecticut woman. The 39th annual contest determines the image on the Louisiana Duck Stamp that will be available starting in June 2027. Jennifer Reising won...
These pups are safe and ready to find their happily ever after.
Louisiana sets a high bar for fast food. In a state where Popeyes started in New Orleans in 1972 and drive-thru meals compete with po’boys, boudin, and gas-station fried chicken, people tend to have sharper opinions than most. Popeyes is still the standard for chain fried chicken Andres Segura/Pexels Popeyes opened in Arabi, near New…
