Outdoors calendar for Oct. 11, 2012

THURSDAY

A WILD NIGHT: 6:30 p.m., Live Oak Arabians, Jefferson Highway. 2012 Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries Foundation fundraiser (Youth Hunter Education Challenge, La. Saltwater Series, Whooping Crane Restoration, etc.) Dinner, live/silent auctions. Call LWFF (225) 765-5100.

TOYOTA TUNDRA BASSMASTER WEEKEND SERIES/TEXAS EAST DIVISION REGIONAL: Wright-Patman Lake, Texas. Top anglers qualify for Nov. 7-10 series championship, Lake Sam Rayburn, Texas. Last in five-event series. Call (888) 203-6222. Website: http://www.weekendseries.com.

23RD ANNUAL WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL: Maritime Museum, Tchefuncte River, Madisonville. Oct. 12, 7:30-10:30 p.m., Maritime Mania/patron party ($75 singles, $125 couples). Oct. 13-14, Festival, Fee $10 adults, $5 seniors, no fee children 11 and younger. Includes Children’s Village & Quick ‘n Dirty Boat Building Contest. Call Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum (985) 845-9200. Website: http://www.woodenboatfest.org.

FLY TYING CLASS: 9 a.m.-noon, Ascension Parish Library, 708 S. Irma Blvd. Gonzales. No fee. Basics of tying fresh and saltwater flies (Bendbacks, poppin’ bugs, crickets, spoon flies, sardines). Call Darrell Crawford (225) 644-7989.
5TH ANNUAL WODVILLE DEER & WILDLIFE FESTIVAL: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Courthouse Square, Woodville, Miss. Exhibits, Wild Game Cook Off, Children’s Village. Admission $5, no fee children 5 and younger. Call Polly Rosenblatt (601) 888-9388. Website: http://www.deerandwildlifefestival.com.
SUNDAY
9TH ANNUAL CHS ALUMNI SPORTING CLAY SHOOT: 2 p.m., Hunter’s Run Gun Club, Port Allen. 50-target course. 4-shooter teams. fee $50/gun, $60 shooting day, $40 students (includes lunch, 12-, 20-gauge shells). 2-man “hurry flurry” and poker run. Rescheduled from Sept. 29 rainout. Call CHS Alumni Office (225) 383-0459.

SECOND ANNUAL SOUTH LOUISIANA BRANCH/QDMA GUN BASH: 4-H Mini Farm, AgCenter Drive, LSU, Baton Rouge. Dinner, gun raffles, deer stands, feeders, etc. Tickets are $100, $800 are tables. Originally scheduled for Aug. 29. Call William Shockey at (225) 291-7500.

OCT. 20-21 &MDASH; LOUISIANA STATE HIGH-POWER RIFLE CHAMPIONSHIP: Palo Alto Rifle & Pistol Club, Donaldsonville. Open to NRA-affiliated state association members. Fee $25/adult, $15/junior. CMP EIC “Leg” Match. Entry deadline Oct. 13. Field limited to 60 shooters. Call Jay D. Hunt (985) 768-8469. Email jdhunt3@yahoo.com. Website: http://www.PaloAltoGunClub.com.
OCT. 25 &MDASH; S.T.A.R. AWARDS BANQUET: 5:30 p.m., Live Oak Arabians, 6300 Jefferson Hwy., Baton Rouge. Prizes for winners in CCA-Louisiana summer-long fishing rodeo. Tickets $50 (11-and-under no fee), $500 tables. Dinner, awards, auction. Call Rad Trascher (225) 952-9200.

OCT. 20-25 &MDASH; 6TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE & EXPO ON COASTAL AND ESTUARINE HABITAT RESTORATION: Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Fla. Coastal and estuarine habitat restoration. Registration fee $550, one-day fee $250. Email Suzanne Giles Simon: ssimon@estuaries.org. Website registration: https://www.cmpinc.net/rae.
OCT. 27 &MDASH; SAC-A-LAIT/BREAM FISHING WITH THE JIGGIN’ POLE CLASS: 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m., A.P. Tureaud Hall, LSU, Baton Rouge. J.B. Salter-taught Leisure Studies class, LSU, Baton Rouge. Fee $42/LSU Union/student members, $53/public. Hands-on and classroom instruction; artificial and live baits; patterns; and area fishing hot spots. Call LSU Leisure Studies (225) 578-5119.

OCT. 27 &MDASH; SLU FISHING CLUB FALL FUNDRAISER TOURNAMENT: Postponed because of conflict with Southeastern Louisiana University homecoming. Date TBA. Call Andrew Cavell (225) 247-2549.

CLOSED: Elmer’s Island area.
OPEN: State Fall Inshore Shrimp season (all inshore waters), but closed in Elmer’s Island-Fourchon area; recreational amberjack season.
CLOSED-GULF OF MEXICO SEASONS: Recreational red snapper and gray triggerfish, state and federal waters and commercial king mackerel and gray triggerfish.

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