Calendar

• SUNDAY
• 23RD ANNUAL WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL: Final day, Maritime Museum, Tchefuncte River, Madisonville. Fee $10 adults, $5 seniors, no fee children 11 and younger. Includes Children’s Village & Quick ‘n Dirty Boat Building Contest.
• CCA/CABELA’S YOUTH FISHING SEMINAR: 2-7 p.m., Cabela’s, Gonzales. Fish ID, tackle, boating safety, casting, knot tying seminars and fishing rodeo. Registration begins at 1:30 p.m.
• 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 [phone].

TUESDAY

• HUNTING AND FISHING ADVISORY EDUCATION COUNCIL MEETING: 1:30 p.m., Fourth Floor Conference Room, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries headquarters, 2000 Quail Drive, Baton Rouge.

WEDNESDAY

• 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 $100, $800 tables. Originally Aug. 29. Call William Shockey [phone].

THURSDAY-SATURDAY

• 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 and Co-Anglers from four Bass Fishing League divisions. Top six anglers in each category qualify for BFL All-American. Website: http://www.FLWOutdoors.com.

SATURDAY

• 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: [e-mail]. Website registration: https://www.cmpinc.net/rae.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY

• 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 [phone]. Email [e-mail]. Website: http://www.PaloAltoGunClub.com.

AROUND THE CORNER

• OCT. 22 — RED STICK FLY FISHERS FLY-TYING SESSION: 7 p.m., Conference Room, Cabela’s, Gonzales. Call Emmitt Simmons [phone]. Website: http://www.rsff.org
• OCT. 25 — 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 [phone].
• OCT. 27 — 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: http://www.bckfc.org.
• OCT. 27 — FLY TYING AT BASS PRO SHOPS: 9:30 a.m.-noon, Conference Room, Bass Pro Shops, Denham Springs. Call Ron Brooks [phone].
• OCT. 27 — 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 [phone].
• OCT. 28 — 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; [phone]. Email: [e-mail].

JUST ANNOUNCED

• OCT. 27 — 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 [phone]/[phone].

HUNTING SEASONS

• DEER/PRIMITIVE FIREARMS: Through Friday (Oct. 19), State Deer Areas 3, 7 and 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 and 8 (still-hunt only) through Nov. 25. Oct. 27-Dec. 5, State Deer Area 2 (still-hunt only). State Basic and Big Game licenses required.
• DEER/ARCHERY: State Deer Areas 3 and 8 through Jan. 15; State Deer areas 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 through Jan. 31. Deer Area 6 and 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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