L.W.F.C. APPROVES HUNTING SEASONS AND REGULATIONS
Release Date: 05/05/2006
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (LWFC)
adopted the 2006-08 hunting seasons and regulations and
the 2006-07 Wildlife Management Area (WMA) seasons and
regulations at their meeting on May 2.
To view the approved rules and regulations please
visit LDWF's Web site at
www.wlf.louisiana.gov. Then click on "Regulations"
from the "Hunting" drop down menu.
The approved rules and regulations included the
following major changes to past regulations.
? The season limit for deer is still six. However,
of these six deer, only three may be antlered bucks and
only three may be antlerless deer. These limits for
deer include all methods of take, except antlerless
harvest on property enrolled in the Deer Management
Assistance Program (DMAP) or the Landowner Antlerless
Deer Tag Program (LADT). Property enrolled in DMAP or
LADT do not count for the season bag limit for hunters.
One antlered and one antlerless deer (when legal) per
day will be accepted, except on some Federal Refuges and
National Forest Lands where daily limits shall be one
deer per day.
 ? Each
deer hunter, regardless of age or license status, must
obtain a deer tag harvest card prior to hunting and
posses this card while deer hunting. Immediately upon
harvesting a deer, the hunter must document the kill on
the card. All hunters must then file a deer harvest
report with LDWF at the end of the season, even if no
deer were harvested.
? Deer hunters will be able to harvest antlerless
deer during the entire season on private lands, except
in Iberville, Iberia, Assumption, St. Martin, St. Mary,
West Carroll, Plaquemines, St. Bernard parishes and
portions of East Carroll parishes. This does not apply
to public lands that include WMAs or National Forest
Lands and Refuges, which will have specified either-sex
days.
? During deer archery seasons, people with a
disability who possess a crossbow permit and hunters
over 60 years of age may use a bow that is drawn, held
or released by mechanical means.
? Dewey Wills WMA was granted three additional days
(Nov. 24-26) after Thanksgiving for the bucks only
firearm season.
? Deer hunters that hunt from concealed ground blinds
on WMAs must display a minumum of 400 square inches of
hunter orange above or around their blinds. The hunter
orange must be visible from 360 degrees.
? Season dates for Federal Refuges and Jean Laffite
National Park were approved.
 ? Some
limited hunting in the Thistlewaite WMA Restricted Area
were added. In the restricted area small game hunting
is now allowed with shotgun only loaded with shot no
larger than BB lead or F steel. Deer hunting allowed by
archery only.
The following are the deer hunting season dates
broken down by area:
? Area 1 - Archery: Oct. 1-Jan. 31
Muzzleloader (Either-Sex): Nov. 11-17 and Jan. 22-28
Still Hunt: Nov. 18-Dec. 8 and Jan. 8-21
With or Without Dogs: Dec. 9-Jan. 7
? Area 2 - Archery: Oct. 1-Jan. 31
Muzzleloader (Either-Sex): Oct. 21-27 and Jan. 15-21
Still Hunt: Oct. 28-Dec. 8
With or Without Dogs: Dec. 9-Jan. 14
? Area 3 - Archery: Sept. 16-Jan. 15
Muzzleloader (Either-Sex): Oct. 14-20 and Nov.
27-Dec. 1
Still Hunt: Oct. 21-Nov. 26 and Dec. 2-Jan. 7
? Area 4 - Archery: Oct. 1-Jan. 31
Muzzleloader (Either-Sex): Nov. 4-10 and Jan. 8-17
Still Hunt: Nov. 11-Jan. 7
? Area 5 - Archery: Oct. 1-Jan. 31
Muzzleloader (Either-Sex): Nov. 11-17 and Dec.
26-Jan. 1
Still Hunt: Nov. 24-Dec. 10
? Area 6 - Archery: Oct. 1-15 bucks only and Oct.
16-Feb. 15 either sex
Muzzleloader (Either-Sex): Nov. 11-17 and Jan. 22-28
Still Hunt: Nov. 18-Dec 8
With or Without Dogs: Dec. 9-Jan. 21
? Area 7 - Archery: Oct. 1-Jan. 31
Muzzleloader (Either-Sex): Oct. 14-20 and Nov. 4-10
Still Hunt: Oct. 21-Nov. 3 and Nov. 11-26
With or Without Dogs: Nov. 27-Dec. 31
? Area 8 - Archery: Sept. 16-Jan. 15
Muzzleloader (Either-Sex): Oct. 14-20 and Nov.
27-Dec. 1
Still Hunt: Oct. 21-Nov. 26
With or Without Dogs: Dec. 2-Jan. 7
For more information, contact Jimmy Anthony at
225-765-2347 or
janthony@wlf.louisiana.gov.
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