Reality TV material….kind of

Last week, a man from another area of the state who was deer hunting here was arrested in Union Parish for allegedly firing his rifle over the heads of a group of duck hunters who were crossing a pipeline where he was hunting deer. The news report stated the man had apparently become very angry that the duck hunters messed up his hunting spot and threatened to shoot them if they ever crossed that line again.

My, oh my…

Well, here’s a story out of New Orleans from yesterday: Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents cited an Orleans Parish man for alleged illegal possession of piranha, a live alligator and drug paraphernalia. WHAT A COMBINATION!  Maybe the third one on the list explains the first two…

Here’s the story: LDWF agents received a complaint about an apartment tenant that possessed a live alligator and had left it unattended to leave for Christmas vacation (the alligator must have had the TV turned up too loud or something????). Anyway, agents responded to the residence and were let in by the man’s roommate and they observed an alligator in a large plastic bin and a large fish tank with piranha swimming in it. Agents returned to the residence with a search warrant to seize the illegal fish and alligator, as well as various drug paraphernalia left out in the open. The man was cited for having a live alligator without a permit, possession of a prohibited species (piranha), and possession of drug paraphernalia. Question here: Are piranha better fried or blackened? Or do they taste like yellow bass? Just wondering.

Real stories from the Louisiana outdoors! Stay tuned next week for “Man attacks neighbor with giant treble hook” and “Gypsy Caravan takes over State Park campground” …  Okay, that hasn’t really happened….yet…at least I don’t think it has… has it?