Outdoor's calendar for April 13, 2008

• Published: Apr 13, 2008 - UPDATED: 12:05 a.m.

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MONDAY

• RED STICK FLY FISHERS PROGRAM: 7 p.m., Louisiana Room, Wildlife and Fisheries headquarters, Quail Drive, Baton Rouge. Call Joe Kahler (225) 892-4352. Web site: http://rsff.org/.

• WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON COOKIE JAR BASS TOURNAMENT: 5 p.m.-dark, Canal Bank Club, Diversion Canal, Maurepas. Fee $40/boat. 5-bass limit.  Call Dave Cavell (225) 937-0046.
• CCA-BAYOU CHAPTER BANQUET: 5:30 p.m., Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, Houma. Tickets $50, $30 spouse, $25 youth, $400 table. Call CCA office (225) 952-9200.
• FUN SHOOT & EAT: 4 p.m., Hunters’ Run Gun Club, Port Allen. Every Thursday. Call (225) 387-3507.

• CCA-EAST JEFFERSON CHAPTER BANQUET: 5:30 p.m., Jefferson Orleans South, 2600 Edenborn Avenue, Metairie. Advanced tickets $60, $45 spouse, $40 youth ($75 at door), $500 table. Call CCA office (225) 952-9200.

• FRIDAY NIGHT COOKIE JAR BASS SERIES: 7 p.m.-midnight, LA Express Landing, False River, Jarreau. Weekly through Sept. 12. Fee $30/boat. Call Guy Perkins (225) 293-3402.
• AMERICAN ALLIGATORS: 7 p.m., Fontainebleau State Park, Mandeville. Threatened & Endangered Animals series. Call (888) 677-3668.

• BECOMING AN OUTDOORS WOMAN: Camp Grant Walker, Pollack. Sponsored by Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Women-only weekend of instruction in 20 outdoors activities. Registration limited to 125 women 18 and older. Scholarships available. Web site: http://www.wlf.state.la.us/.

• FISHERS OF MEN BASS TOURNAMENT: Safe daylight-3 p.m., Bayou Segnette State Park, Westwego. Fourth in series of six, pick-your-partner tournaments. Call Greg Schlumbrecht (985) 960-1709.
• BASSMASTER WEEKEND SERIES BASS TOURNAMENT-LOUISIANA DIVISION: Safe daylight, Ouachita River/Forsythe Park, Monroe. Third in five-tournament series. Fee $200 Boater Division, $100 Nonboater Division. $300/$150 for end-of-season tournament. America Bass Anglers & B.A.S.S. membership required. Top 40 in points standings qualify for regional tournament. Call America Bass (888) 203-6222.
• EARTH DAY ECO-PARTY: 2-4 p.m., Sam Houston Jones State Park, Lake Charles. Learn about Earth Day, make potato-print shirts, decorate clay pots, plant seeds. Call (888) 677-7264.

• SPRING SCOUT DAYS: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Port Hudson State Historic Site. Scouts can earn Port Hudson Nature Trail Patch or Historic Trail Patch. Call (888) 677-3400.

• LIVONIA TEAM BASS CIRCUIT: Safe daylight, LA Express, False River, Jarreau. Fourth of seven-tournament, pick-your-partner series. Fee $40 per boat. Annual membership fee $20. Call Henry Newchurch (225) 939-6490. NOTE: Flooding in the Atchafalaya moved this event from Adam’s Landing.
• FALSE RIVER BASS TRAIL TOURNAMENT: Safe daylight, Lake St. John, Spokane Lodge. Fourth in 11-tournament series. Fee $40 per boat. $25 annual fee. Must enter 5 tournaments to qualify for end-of-season tournament. One-tournament option $30 per angler. Call Troy David (225) 658-5511.
• EARTH DAY/BIRDS & BUTTERFLIES: 11 a.m., Hodges Garden State Park, Florien. Habitat loss is a major cause for bird-butterfly population decline. Learn steps to restore habitat. Also April 22. Call (800) 354-3523.
• HUNTER EDUCATION Hunter Ed is mandatory for all hunters born on or after Sept. 1, 1969. There is no fee.

APRIL 24-26: Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office. call (318) 449-9229.

Hunting seasons
Complete limits, rules & regulations, including boundaries for East and West waterfowl zones and North and South dove-hunting zones, can be found on the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ Web site: www.wlf.louisiana.gov:

SPRING TURKEY: Today, final day, Area B; Area A, through April 20. Hunting hours one-half hour before sunrise t one-half hour after sunset. Daily limit 1 gobbler. Season limit 2 gobblers. Season closed in Area C.

COMMERCIAL PRESERVES: Through April 30.

SPRING SQUIRREL: May 3-25, private lands only. Limited days on 8 wildlife management areas. Daily limit 3.

CLOSED SEASONS: Deer, dove, duck, coot, geese, Canada geese, gallinule, merganser, quail, rabbit, rail, snipe, squirrel and woodcock.

STATE PARKS
The up-to-date schedule for state parks and historic sites can be found on the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism Web site: http://www.crt.state.la.us/parks/icalendar.aspx.