A Loreauville company that has emerged as one of the biggest success stories nationwide has become the newest corporate partner of Ducks Unlimited.
Gator-Tail Outboards was announced by DU as a proud partner on Jan. 16. Congratulations to the company that produces the original belt-driven, surface-drive mud motors so popular among waterfowlers, crawfishermen and other boaters.
DU also reported that Gator-Tail will offer a 25-horsepower Ducks Unlimited edition featuring a blacked out color and matte finish in 2015. Each motor will be assigned a limited edition serial number stamped on a stainless steel plate resembling a waterfowl band on the side of the belt-housing. The motors also will feature Gator-Tail and DU decals.
“We’re excited to work on this project with Gator-Tail,” DU’s Director of Corporate Relations Jeremy Smith said in a news release. “Mud motors are growing in popularity with waterfowl hunters, and DU is fortunate to have the opportunity to capitalize on this momentum with one of the biggest names in the industry.”
Gator-Tail Outboards is trying to have the limited edition motors ready this spring, Smith said.
Kyle Broussard, Gator-Tail owner, said, “Obtaining the DU license was very important as it allows us to make a significant impact on waterfowl conservation with the sale of each unit. Ducks Unlimited’s membership and support base consists of avid sportsmen and waterfowlers who rely on quality gear and equipment in the field. Our products will certainly live up to their expectations.”
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The 10th annual Eagle Expo and More is scheduled to be held Feb. 26-28 in Morgan City.
The event is a tribute to the return of the American bald eagle to Louisiana, where it is being seen more and more, especially in and around the Atchafalaya Basin.
The three-day event includes guided boat tours in the Atchafalaya Basin, as well as the Bayou Black area, Turtle Bayou and Bayou Long. Also scheduled are seminars by wildlife experts, a presentation by Extreme Raptors, which includes live raptors, a photography exhibit and an all-day photography workshop by widely known photographer C.C. Lockwood.
One of the main event’s is a dinner and presentation “A Life Gone to the Birds, by Al Batt, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Feb. 26 at the Petroleum Club. The presentation is part of the Educational Series sponsored by the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area, a program or the National Park Service. Batt, of Hartland, Minnesota, is a writer, speaker, storyteller and humorist.
Boys and girls interested in outdoorsactivities are urged to attend an organizational meeting of the Jeanerette Junior Hunter Education Club on Saturday at the JJHEC’s site near Jeanerette.
The meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon and prospective members, ages 10 to 18 years old, must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Membership fee is $50 per year.
Prospective members also mustbringa copy of their birth certificateanda copy of their hunter safety education card, if available, and “agoodattitude to join in the fun.”Athree-day hunter safety educationcoursewill be held next month ifprospectivemembers have yet to get thecertificate.
The deadline for membership registration forms to be submitted, notarized and signed along with necessary information, is Saturday.
For more information call Jerry Beard at 367-2015, Randy Foco at 352-0157 or Paul Tornblom at 369-7643.
DON SHOOPMANis outdoors editor of The Daily Iberian