Outdoor calendar

THURSDAY

GULF OF MEXICO FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING/GRAY TRIGGERFISH & GAG GROUPER: 6 p.m., Crowne Plaza Airport, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner. Part of GMFMC;s Reef Fish Amendment 37, proposed rebuilding plan for commercial/recreational catch limits for gray triggerfish & alternatives for gag grouper February-March shallow-water grouper closed seasons. Website: http://www.gulfcouncil.org.

WALMART BFL REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: 7 a.m. daily launch, Grand Ecore Rec Area, 1071 Tauzin Island Rd., Natchitoches. 3 p.m. weigh-in Thursday-Friday at landing. Saturday’s 4 p.m. final weigh-in Walmart, Keyser Avenue, Natchitoches. Top 40 Boaters & Co-Anglers from four Bass Fishing League divisions. Top six anglers in each category qualify for BFL All-American. Website: http://www.FLWOutdoors.com.

6TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE & EXPO ON COASTAL AND ESTUARINE HABITAT RESTORATION: Opening day, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Fla. Coastal and estuarine habitat restoration. Through Thursday, Oct. 25. Registration fee $550, one-day fee $250. Email Suzanne Giles Simon: ssimon@estuaries.org. Website registration: https://www.cmpinc.net/rae.

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.
TACTICAL DEMONSTRATIONS: Cabela’s, Gonzales. Store hours. Demos of tactical gear.

RED STICK FLY FISHERS FLY-TYING SESSION: 7 p.m., Conference Room, Cabela’s, Gonzales. Call Emmitt Simmons (225) 335-4596. Website: http://www.rsff.org

LOUISIANA DUCK STAMP CONTEST: 9 a.m. display, 10 a.m. judging of submitted artwork for Louisiana 2013-2014 waterfowl stamp, Waddill Wildlife Education Center, 4142 North Flannery Rd., Baton Rouge. Open to the public.

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. 27 &MDASH; FALL N’ TIDE V KAYAK FISHING TOURNAMENT: Delta Marina, Empire. Sponsored by the Bayou Coast Kayak Fishing Club. Fee $40 includes meals, shirt, captain’s bag. Preregistration required. Website: www.bckfc.org.
OCT. 27 &MDASH; FLY TYING AT BASS PRO SHOPS: 9:30 a.m.-noon, Conference Room, Bass Pro Shops, Denham Springs. Call Ron Brooks (225) 271-3100.
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. 28 &MDASH; SOUTH LOUISIANA HIGHPOWER CLUB MATCH: 8:30 a.m., Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Range, 9300 St. Landry Rd. Gonzales. Fee $12 members, $15 nonmembers, $5 juniors. $15 annual membership in Civilian Marksmanship Program. Call George Serrett; (225) 272-3538. Email: ghserrett@netzero.net.

OCT. 27 &MDASH; SORRENTO COPS & KIDS BASS TOURNAMENT: 5 a.m. live-well check-in, 3 p.m. weigh-in, Doiron’s Landing, Stephensville. Pick-your-partner event. Fee $120, $10 optional big-bass kitty. Call Earl Theriot (225) 675-5356/(225) 268-9003.
NOV. 1 &MDASH; DELTA WATERFOWL/BATON ROUGE CHAPTER BANQUET: 6 p.m., American Legion Hall, 151 South Wooddale, Baton Rouge. Tickets $55, $75 couples, $25 youths, $160 sponsors, $650 corporate tables. Dinner, raffles, silent/live auction. Call Jonathan Walker (225) 810-3294/(225) 276-6380.
NOV. 1 &MDASH; FALSE RIVER COMMERCIAL NETTING SEASON: Through Feb. 28, 2013. Suspends net ban on False River. Allows specified nets for commercial take of buffalo, catfish & carp.

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.

DEER/PRIMITIVE FIREARMS: Through Friday (Oct. 19), State Deer Areas 3, 7 & 8. Saturday (Oct. 20), opening day, State Deer Area 2 through Oct. 26. Either-sex deer allowed to be taken. Special license required: $10.50 for residents, $26 for nonresidents.
DEER/MODERN FIREARMS: Saturday (Oct. 20) opening day, State Deer Area 7 (still-hunt only) through Nov. 2. Saturday (Oct. 20) opening day, State. Deer Areas 3 & 8 (still-hunt only) through Nov. 25. Oct. 27-Dec. 5, State Deer Area 2 (still-hunt only). State Basic & Big Game licenses required.
DEER/ARCHERY: State Deer Areas 3 & 8 through Jan. 15; State Deer areas 1, 2, 4, 5 & 7 through Jan. 31. Deer Area 6 & Special Atchafalaya Basin/I-10 south (Oct. 1-15, bucks only) through Feb. 15. Either-sex deer allowed to be taken except where noted. Special license required: $10.50 for residents (ages 16-59); $26 for nonresidents (16 and older).
DOVES: North Zone, second split through Nov. 4; South Zone, second split through Nov. 25. Daily limit is 15. Possession limit is 30. Hours are one-half hour before sunrise to sunset.
SQUIRRELS/RABBITS: Statewide through Feb. 28. Daily limit 8 for each species.
NOTE: Deer tags are required for all hunters no matter their ages for taking deer in Louisiana. Tags must be affixed to the deer before taking it from the field.

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