Outdoors calendar

STORM POSTPONED

• LIVINGSTON PARISH HUNTER SIGHT-IN DAYS: Scheduled Thursday through Saturday, Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office range, Walker. Rescheduled dates TBA.
• CCA PLAQUEMINES CHAPTER BANQUET: Belle Chasse Auditorium, 8398 La. 23, Belle Chasse. Originally set Sept. 6. Rescheduled date TBA.
• SECOND ANNUAL SOUTH LOUISIANA BRANCH/QDMA GUN BASH: 4-H Mini Farm, AgCenter Drive, LSU, Baton Rouge. Dinner, gun raffles. Tickets $100, $800 tables. Originally set Aug. 29. Call William Shockey [phone]. Rescheduled date TBA.
• LOUISIANA SALTWATER TARPON TOURNAMENT: Scheduled for Sept. 14-15, Cypress Cove Marina, Venice. Sponsored by Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries. Website: www.lasaltwaterseries.com. Rescheduled date TBA.

THURSDAY

• LOUISIANA WILDLIFE & FISHERIES COMMISSION MEETING: 9:30 a.m., Main Auditorium, C.B. Pennington Jr. Conference Center, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Rd., Baton Rouge. Emergency fisheries closures, spring turkey season public comments, 2013 abandoned crab trap removal program.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY

• BASSMASTER CENTRAL OPEN: Fort Gibson Lake, Wagoner, Okla. Last in three-tournament series. Qualifies winner for 2013 Bassmaster Classic. Website: http://www.bassmaster.com.

FRIDAY

• LOUISIANA SEAFOOD PROMOTION AND MARKETING BOARD SPECIAL MEETING: 9 a.m., LSPMB office, Suite 310, 2021 Lakeshore Dr., New Orleans. Impacts of Hurricane Isaac.
• FRIDAY NIGHT COOKIE JAR BASS SERIES: 7 p.m.-midnight, False River, Public Landing, Morrison Parkway, New Roads. Weekly through Sept. 14. Weekly fee $30 per boat/1-2 anglers. 14-inch minimum size for bass. Call Guy Perkins [phone].

SATURDAY

• 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 [phone].
• IHMSA HANDGUN METALLIC SILHOUETTE MATCH: Ascension Parish Sheriffs Training Range, St. Landry Road, Gonzales. Smallbore (.22) and Field Pistol matches. Fee $8. Sponsored by Ascension Silhouette. Call Charlie Braud [phone] or Philip Braud [phone].
• PRECISION RIFLE MATCH: Palo Alto Rifle & Pistol Club, Donaldsonville. 600-yard match. Website: PaloAltoGunClub.com.
• THE CAMP ADVANCED/INSTRUCTORS PREP FLY FISHING SCHOOL: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., The Camp Facility, Breaux Bridge. Fee $135 includes lunch, refreshments, handouts. FFF-certified instructors. Call Keith Richard [phone]. Website: www.thecampflyfishingschool.com.

MONDAY

• RED STICK FLY FISHERS PROGRAM: 7 p.m., Bass Pro Shops, Denham Springs (location changed due to ater damage to state Wildlife and Fisheries headquarters. Special guest Navy Commander Joel Stewart, author of “A Fly Rod in My Sea Bag.” Regular monthly program. Call Dan Weber [phone]. Website: www.rsff.org.

TUESDAY

• FERAL HOG SEMINAR: 6 p.m. supper, 6:30 p.m. program, Nelson Memorial building, LSU, Baton Rouge. USDA biologist Scott Woodruff seminar on damage control, feral hog biology & control techniques; Dr. Jim Lacour, LDWF veterinarian on hog diseases and a collared hog project. Preregistration $15 ($25 couples), $20/person after Sept. 4. Call AgCenter forester Brian Chandler [phone]. Email: [e-mail].

OPENINGS/CLOSURES

• OPEN: State Fall Inshore Shrimp season (all inshore waters); recreational amberjack season.
• CLOSED-GULF OF MEXICO SEASONS: Recreational red snapper & gray triggerfish, state and federal waters & commercial king mackerel & gray triggerfish.

AROUND THE CORNER

• SEPT. 15 — ACROSS THE COURSE MATCH: Palo Alto Rifle & Pistol Club, Donaldsonville. NRA-approved 200-, 300- & 600-yard tournament. Open to public. Fees, $12/adult, $5/junior (members), $15/adult, $5/junior (nonmembers). 80 rounds. Call Jay D. Hunt [phone]. Email [e-mail]. Website: PaloAltoGunClub.com

JUST ANNOUNCED

• SEPT. 22 — 11TH-ANNUAL JACOB DUGAS MEMORIAL BASS TOURNAMENT: Doiron’s Landing. Pick-your-partner benefit bass tournament.
• SEPT. 27 — CCA ASCENSION CHAPTER BANQUET: 5:30 p.m., Trademart A, Lamar Dixon Expo Center, St. Landry Road, Gonzales. Tickets $60, $30 spouse, $25 youths, $480 tables. Dinner, live/silent auctions, raffles. Call CCA Louisiana [phone].
• SEPT. 29 — ANGLING AGAINST AUTISM TEAM BASS TOURNAMENT: Safe daylight, Doiron’s Landing, Stephensville. Pick-your-partner. Fee $150/boat. Benefits Baton Rouge Speech & Hearing Foundation’ early intervention autism program. Call “Moonie” Bergeron [phone] or Keith Thibodeaux [phone]. Website: http://www.AnglingAgainstAutism.com.
• SEPT. 29 — 9TH-ANNUAL CHS ALUMNI SPORTING CLAY SHOOT: 9 a.m., Hunters 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” & Poker Run. Call CHS Alumni Office [phone]. Online registration: http://www.catholichigh.orgs.

HUNTING SEASONS

• DOVES: South Zone: Through Sunday (Sept. 9); North Zone: Through Sept. 16. Daily limit is 15. Possession limit is 30. Hours are one-half hour before sunrise to sunset thereafter. Mourning, white-winged, Eurasian collared and ringed-turtle doves allowed. No bag limit on Eurasian collared-doves nor ringed turtle-doves provided fully feathered wing and head remain attached to the carcass of the bird. Fully dressed Eurasian-collared and ringed turtle-doves must be included in the daily bag.
• TEAL: Sept. 15-30 statewide. Bluewing, greenwing and cinnamon teal only. Daily limit is 4. Possession limit is 8.
• RAILS/GALLINULES: Statewide: Sept. 15-30, first split. Daily limit for king and clapper rails is 15 in the aggregate. Possession limit is 30 after opening days of the two splits. Daily and possession limit on sora and Virginia rails is 25 in the aggregate. Daily limit on gallinules is 15. Possession limit is 30 after splits’ opening days.
• DEER/ARCHERY: Sept. 15 opening day. State Deer Areas 3 & 8. A special license is required: $10.50 for residents (ages 16-59); $26 for nonresidents (16 and older). Through Jan. 15.

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