Heads Up Wildlife

09/04/2026

08/19/2026

This needs to be a regular season not just recreational lottery! There are plenty of gators!

🐊 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗚𝗘𝗔𝗨𝗫!

Applications for LDWF’s 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 open 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗔𝘂𝗴. 𝟮𝟬, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗔𝘂𝗴. 𝟯𝟬!

Selected hunters will have the opportunity to harvest alligators in one of eight recreational harvest zones during the 𝗢𝗰𝘁. 𝟭–𝟯𝟭 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻.

👉 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄:
▪️Applicants must be Louisiana residents age 16 or older and meet hunter education requirements.
▪️Applications are available online only through the LDWF licensing website.
▪️The application fee is $50 per zone and is nonrefundable.
▪️You may apply for and be selected for more than one zone.
▪️Selected applicants must purchase a $25 Resident Alligator Sports Hunter License.
▪️Selected applicants receive 2 non-transferable hide tags for each zone they are awarded.

⚠️ 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁: 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆, NOT the longstanding commercial alligator lottery harvest application completed in July.

🐊 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗟𝗬 𝗡𝗢𝗪: https://buff.ly/XZgsmef

🗺️ To assist applicants with their selection(s), LDWF has posted a map and descriptions of the recreational harvest zones: https://buff.ly/TpOXqVR

ℹ️ Learn more about recreational alligator hunting: https://buff.ly/yG8QDJv

07/30/2026

LDWF enforcement agents will no longer be able to randomly stop and board boats in Louisiana waters without reasonable suspicion of a crime.

07/25/2026

07/25/2026

Here is a close up of one of many nutria I have had to remove due to being invasive and destructive. They are very defensive. Have you ever seen them up close? Have you had destruction of your property from them? Tell me about it.

Heads Up Wildlife

07/25/2026

Listen to a few of the nutria I have caught

Members of a colony share underground burrows or partially underwat...

06/17/2026

FERAL, WILD , STRAY & TAME ANIMALS:

Feral - Refers to a domesticated species that lives in the wild and is typically unsocialized to humans. (Ex. Alley cats, mustangs or feral hogs)

Wild - A wild animal is an animal that was born in nature and belongs to an undomesticated species. They are independent of human care. These animals survive, reproduce, and find food and shelter within their natural ecosystems, entirely driven by natural instincts. (Ex. lions, wolves, eagles, deer)

Tame: A wild animal that has been accustomed to human presence, usually through training or hand-rearing, though it remains genetically wild (ex., a circus bear or a rescued hawk)

Stray -domesticated animals that were once socialized to humans but were lost or abandoned. (Ex: Cats and dogs)

04/30/2026

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