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Showing posts with label duck call. Show all posts
Showing posts with label duck call. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
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| Photo by www.parkerbrandcreative.com |
Calling all sportsmen (and women and children, too)! On
January 9-10, 2015, the coastal town of Cameron will host its annual Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival.
This popular event has been entertaining festival-goers
since 1955 and highlights duck and goose calling, retrieval dog trials, nutria
and muskrat skinning, trap setting, skeet shooting, and oyster shucking
competitions.
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| Duck Calling Contest. Photo by www.parkerbrandcreative.com |
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| Oyster Shucking Contest. Photo by www.parkerbrandcreative.com |
In addition to the usual fair fare, food vendors also sell alligator sausage, jambalaya, boudin, gumbo,
smoked sausage, and crawfish.
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| Photo by www.parkerbrandcreative.com |
A gumbo cook-off is also a part of
the yearly festivities. Thrilling carnival rides will entertain people of all
ages. The Pageant Queen, King, and attendants of the Fur and Wildlife Festival
will be crowned on Friday evening.
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| Photo by www.parkerbrandcreative.com |
The fun continues on all day Saturday. Sign yourself up for a
morning 5K run. Stroll through the antique car show. Watch the festival parade at 1:30 p.m. Observe an alligator skinning demonstration at 4:30 p.m.
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| Photo by www.parkerbrandcreative.com |
The exciting musical
entertainment lineup includes Bag of Donuts, Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp
Band, John Dale Hebert, Water’s Edge, and Leroy Thomas and the Zydeco Road
Runners.
For a complete schedule of events, see the festival website, http://lafurandwildlifefestival.com.
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| Photo by www.parkerbrandcreative.com |
All
events will take place on the fairgrounds located at the former Pat’s of
Cameron (513 Marshall St.) in Downtown Cameron unless otherwise noted.
To read more of Angie's adventures, check out her blog, angiekaydilmore.blogspot.com.
Monday, December 1, 2014
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| Southwest Louisiana Marsh by www.monsoursphotography.net |
To me, there’s nothing more peaceful and beautiful than
watching the Southwest Louisiana sun rise in a duck blind with a cup of hot
coffee sitting next to me dad. My dad,
who is also a photographer, always told me that Southwest Louisiana has the
most gorgeous sunrises than anywhere else in the world! Who’s gonna argue with that?!?
Duck hunting has been a strong family connector in the
Monsour household. I’ve been hunting
with my dad since I was two years old.
We’d have father-daughter duck hunts at the camp in Johnson’s Bayou for
as long as I can remember.
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| A father teaches his children to call ducks. Photo by www.monsoursphotography.net |
My dad would always have a string of calls around his neck,
but my favorite was the old wooden Faulk’s call. It just looked more rustic than the synthetic
calls, and I’m sure it sounded better!
Faulk's Game Calls was
started by Clarence "Patin" Faulk. Patin was a local guide and a
trapper in Big Lake, Louisiana. He made duck and goose calls at his home
starting in the mid 1930s. His son Dud Faulk learned about call making from
him. In 1951, Dud created a full line of calls and started going to trade
shows. Dud won the International Duck Calling Championship once and the
World Champion Goose Calling Championship twice. He continued to grow the business
with his wife Rena at his side.
Today, Dud's wife Rena,
daughters and grandchildren assist in running the business in Lake Charles, LA.
Faulk's Game Calls is still producing quality, hand tuned calls with the same
attention to quality calls that they started with in 1951.
A Few Duck Calling Tips from Canaan Heard with Faulk’s Game
Calls:
- Don't
over call. - Call when the ducks are flying away from you or are passing in front of you.
- Don't call when they're flying at you.
Check out this video of avid outdoorsman Hal McMillin during teal season. To learn more about duck hunting in Southwest Louisiana and to find guide services, go to www.visitlakecharles.org/hunt.
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