2011-2012 Hunting Regs low-res - Louisiana Department of Wildlife ...
2011-2012 Hunting Regs low-res - Louisiana Department of Wildlife ...
2011-2012 Hunting Regs low-res - Louisiana Department of Wildlife ...
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Small Game & Waterfowl: Same as outside exCePT<br />
WATeRFOWL CLOSeD after 2 p.m. and exCePT<br />
CLOSeD Nov. 25-26 and OPeN to squirrel hunting during<br />
the spring season, May 5-13, with or without dogs.<br />
Beagles al<strong>low</strong>ed for rabbits and dogs al<strong>low</strong>ed for squirrel<br />
hunting Jan. 1 - Feb. 29. Dove hunting <strong>res</strong>tricted to youth<br />
hunters on opening Saturday <strong>of</strong> the first split (fol<strong>low</strong>ing<br />
regulations for Youth Deer Hunts on WMAs).<br />
Raccoon (Nighttime): Jan. 1 - Feb. 29<br />
Feral Hogs: May be taken by properly licensed hunters<br />
from Oct. 1 - Feb. 29.<br />
manchac<br />
Owner: LDWF (8,328 ac<strong>res</strong>, Hammond Office).<br />
Limited Access Area: Internal combustion engines prohibited<br />
from September through January. See WMA map<br />
for specific location.<br />
Deer:<br />
Archery, bucks only: Oct. 1-15<br />
Archery, either-sex: Oct. 16 - Feb. 15<br />
Small Game & Waterfowl: Same as outside exCePT<br />
WATeRFOWL CLOSeD after 2 p.m. and OPeN to<br />
squirrel hunting during the spring season, May 5-13, with<br />
or without dogs and exCePT steel shot required for rails,<br />
gallinules and snipe.<br />
Feral Hogs: May be taken by properly licensed hunters<br />
from Oct. 1 - Feb. 29.<br />
Crabs: No crab traps al<strong>low</strong>ed. Attended lift nets are<br />
al<strong>low</strong>ed.<br />
marsh BaYou<br />
Owner: LDWF (655 ac<strong>res</strong>, Lake Charles Office).<br />
Deer:<br />
Archery, either-sex: Oct. 1 - Jan. 31<br />
Small Game:<br />
Mourning Doves: Same as outside.<br />
Quail: Nov. 19 - Feb. 29<br />
Woodcock: Dec. 18 - Jan. 31<br />
Squirrel: Oct. 1 - Jan. 6, still hunt only. Dogs al<strong>low</strong>ed Jan.<br />
7 - Feb. 29 and May 5-13.<br />
Rabbit: Oct. 1 - Jan. 6, still hunt only. Dogs al<strong>low</strong>ed Jan.<br />
7 - Feb. 29.<br />
Raccoon (Nighttime): Sept. 10-25 and Jan. 7 - Feb. 29<br />
maurepas sWamp<br />
Owner: LDWF (73,744 ac<strong>res</strong>, Hammond Office).<br />
No loaded firearms or hunting al<strong>low</strong>ed within 100 yards <strong>of</strong><br />
Nature Trail.<br />
Area Closed: Nov. 5-6, to all hunters exCePT Youth<br />
Deer Hunters.<br />
Deer:<br />
Archery, bucks only: Oct. 1-15<br />
Archery, either-sex: Oct. 16 - Feb. 15<br />
Youth, either-sex: Nov. 5-6<br />
Firearms, either-sex: Nov. 25-26, mandatory deer check.<br />
Nov. 27 and Dec. 3-4 & 10-11, self-clearing permit.<br />
Firearms, bucks only: Dec. 17 - Jan. 8<br />
Primitive Firearms, either-sex: Jan. 9-22<br />
Small Game & Waterfowl: Same as outside exCePT<br />
WATeRFOWL CLOSeD after 2 p.m. and exCePT<br />
CLOSeD Nov. 5-6 & 25-27 and OPeN to squirrel hunting<br />
during the spring season, May 5-13, with or without dogs.<br />
Beagles al<strong>low</strong>ed for rabbits and dogs al<strong>low</strong>ed for squirrel<br />
hunting Jan. 23 - Feb. 29.<br />
Raccoon (Nighttime): Jan. 28 - Feb. 29<br />
Feral Hogs: May be taken by properly licensed hunter from<br />
Oct. 1 - Feb. 29.<br />
Type A personal watercraft, model year 2003 and beyond,<br />
which are 8 or more feet in length, may be operated on<br />
Maurepas Swamp WMA from April 1 until the Monday after<br />
Labor Day Weekend, from sunrise to sunset only. No person<br />
shall operate such watercraft at a speed greater than “s<strong>low</strong>/no<br />
wake” within 100 feet <strong>of</strong> an anchored or moored vessel,<br />
shoreline, dock, pier, persons engaged in angling or any other<br />
manually powered vessel.<br />
ouachita<br />
Owner: LDWF (10,989 ac<strong>res</strong>, Monroe Office).<br />
All nighttime activities prohibited exCePT as otherwise<br />
provided.<br />
Area Closed: Oct. 8-9 to all exCePT Youth Deer Hunters.<br />
Waterfowl Refuge: North <strong>of</strong> LA 15 closed to all hunting,<br />
fishing and trapping and ATV use during duck season,<br />
including early teal season.<br />
experimental Quality Deer Season: A legal antlered deer<br />
shall be defined as a deer with at least 4 points on one<br />
side. To be counted as a point, a projection must be at least<br />
one inch long and its length must exceed the length <strong>of</strong> its<br />
base. The beam tip is counted as a point but not measured as<br />
a point. See season dates be<strong>low</strong>.<br />
Deer:<br />
Archery, either-sex: Oct. 1 - Jan. 31<br />
Youth, either-sex: Oct. 8-9<br />
Firearms, either-sex: Nov. 25-26, mandatory deer check.<br />
Nov. 27, self-clearing permit.<br />
Firearms, bucks only: Dec. 10-23<br />
Firearms, experimental Quality Deer Season: Dec. 31 -<br />
Jan. 6<br />
Waterfowl: South <strong>of</strong> LA 15, exCePT for the youth and<br />
physically challenged waterfowl lottery hunts, same as outside<br />
exCePT CLOSeD after 2 p.m. and exCePT<br />
CLOSeD Oct. 8-9 and Nov. 25-27, exCePT for the Pintail<br />
Alley area.<br />
Youth Waterfowl Lottery: Contact the Monroe Field Office<br />
for details and applications.<br />
Physically Challenged Wheelchair-confined Waterfowl<br />
Lottery: Wheelchair confined, PCHP permittees only.<br />
Contact Monroe Field Office for details and applications.<br />
Small Game: Same as outside exCePT CLOSeD Oct. 8-9<br />
and Nov. 25-27 and OPeN to squirrel hunting during the
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