Purchase your Louisiana hunting license At This Link ⟶
Purchase your Louisiana hunting license At This Link ⟶
Whether you’re booking an alligator hunt, nighttime thermal hog or coyote hunt, or a nutria eradication trip, Mareno’s Outfitters is built around giving you a real Louisiana hunting experience. Small groups, experienced guidance, and hunts that are straightforward, well-run, and worth remembering.
We keep things personal so your group gets real attention and a better overall experience. No crowded setup, no confusion, and no feeling like you’re just another booking on the calendar.
Mareno’s Outfitters has been delivering outdoor adventures since 2014, with years of hands-on experience guiding hunters in Louisiana. We focus on keeping the trip safe, smooth, and enjoyable from start to finish.
From alligator hunts to thermal hog, coyote, and nutria trips, each hunt is built around giving you a legit experience in the field. Whether you’re after adrenaline, problem-animal control, or just a memorable hunt, we’ll help make it happen.
This section is a quick look at what actually matters in the field here in Louisiana: whether the animal is native or invasive, what it feeds on, when it tends to move, and why hunters target it in the first place.
Alligators are a native Louisiana apex predator, not an invasive species, and the hunt is tightly managed through tags and regulated harvest. As adults, they feed on fish, birds, turtles, snakes, nutria, raccoons, and other mammals, and while they are especially effective feeders at night, Louisiana harvest is done during legal daylight hours and commonly uses baited hook-and-line setups.
Coyotes are not invasive, but they are highly adaptable and now common across Louisiana. They are opportunistic feeders that work over rabbits, rodents, birds, carrion, deer fawns, waterfowl, and even some crops, and they are most active around low-light hours or at night — which is a big reason coyote hunts reward patience, smart setups, and staying unnoticed.
Feral hogs are a destructive invasive species and one of the biggest habitat-wreckers on the list. They are opportunistic omnivores that feed heavily on grasses, mast, roots, tubers, crops, and whatever else is easy to get to, and their classic sign is rooting, wallows, trails through thick cover, and tracks around wet ground; they are usually most active around dusk and dawn, but pressure and heat often push feeding activity later into the night.
Nutria are an invasive South American rodent that were introduced into Louisiana and became a major problem for coastal wetlands. They are semi-aquatic herbivores that focus on marsh vegetation and other wetland plants, and because they are most active around dawn, dusk, and night, they are hunted less as a trophy animal and more as a real marsh-eradication target.
Mareno’s Outfitters is led by experienced Louisiana guides who know these hunts from the inside out. From alligator hunts to thermal hog, coyote, and nutria trips, our team is built around real field experience, straightforward guidance, and giving every group a safe, well-run trip worth remembering.
Captain Ryan Mareno brings a lifetime of Louisiana outdoors experience to every trip he runs. As an active-duty law enforcement officer and trusted guide, he has built Mareno’s Outfitters around doing things the right way: treating people right, keeping hunts safe, and giving every group a real experience in the field. His reputation has earned him spots on the pro teams for DNT Optics and Bilson Firearms, but around here he is best known for being the kind of guide people are glad they booked with.
Growing up in Southwest Louisiana, Nick developed a love for the outdoors about as early as possible. He likes to joke that his first alligator hunt happened while he was still in his mother’s womb, and from there it only got more serious — starting duck hunts by a year and a half old and never looking back. Since 2019, Nick has been guiding duck and alligator hunts, and in 2024 he joined the team at Mareno’s Outfitters. When he is not guiding for Mareno’s, he is usually passing that same passion on to his 11-year-old daughter, Penelope, and leading her on whatever outdoor adventure comes next.
