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Seasons and Regulations

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Regulations Brochures

Hunting: 2025-2026 View Hunting Regulations (PDF) Hunting Regulations Interactive Flipbook
Recreational Fishing: 2026 View Recreational Fishing Regulations (PDF) Recreational Fishing Regulations Interactive Flipbook
Commercial and For-Hire Fishing: 2026 View Commercial and For-Hire Fishing Regulations (PDF) Commercial and For-Hire Fishing Regulations Interactive Flipbook
Trapping: 2025-2026 View Trapping Regulations (PDF) Trapping Regulations Interactive Flipbook
Alligator: 2025 View Alligator Regulations (PDF) Alligator Regulations Interactive Flipbook

Quick Reference Guide - Hunting Seasons 

Migratory Game Birds (2026/2027)

Image of the East/West Waterfowl Zone map
Waterfowl Zone Map 
Image of the North South Dove Zone map
Dove North/South Border Zone Map

 

Season Dates Daily Bag Limit Possession Limit
Dove (Mourning, White-winged, Fully Dressed Eurasian, and Collard Doves) North Zone:
September 5 - 20
October 17 - November 29
December 12 - January 10

South Zone:
September 5-20
October 17 - November 29
December 12 - January 10		 15 in aggregate 45 in aggregate
Rails and Gallinules

September 19-27
November 7 - January 6

Extended Falconry*:
October 31 - November 6
January 7 - January 31

King and Clapper:
15 in aggregate

Sora and Virginia:
25 in aggregate

Gallinules: 15

 King and Clapper: 45

Sora and Virginia: 75

Gallinules: 45
Snipe

October 31 - January 10
January 25 - February 28


 8 24
Woodcock

December 18 - January 31

Extended Falconry*:
November 1 - December 17

 3 9
Teal (Blue, Green, and Cinnamon) September 19-27 6 18
Ducks, Coots, Mergansers East Zone:
  • Regular season: November 21 - December 6 and December 19 - January 31
  • Youth and Veterans: November 14 and February 6

West Zone:
  • Regular season: November 14 - December 6 and December 19 - January 24
  • Youth and Veterans, November 7 and January 30

Extended Falconry*:

East Zone:
Oct. 31-Nov. 20
Dec. 7-Dec.18

West Zone:
Oct. 31-Nov. 13
Dec. 7-Dec. 18
Jan. 25-Jan. 31

 Ducks:

Daily bag limit on ducks is 6 and may include no more than 4 mallards (no more than 2 females), 3 wood ducks, 2 canvasbacks, 2 redheads, 1 black duck and 3 pintails (no more than 1 female). Only 1 scaup may be taken for the first 15 days of the season with 2 per day allowed for the remainder. No mottled ducks may be taken for the first 15 days of the season with 1 per day allowed for the remainder. 



Coots: 15

Mergansers: 5 (only 2 of which may be hooded)

 

 3 times the daily bag limit
Black Bellied Whistling Ducks - Free BBWD Permit Required October 3 - 11 4 12
Light Geese (Snow, Blue, Ross), White-fronted Geese (Specklebelly), and Canada Geese East Zone:
November 14 - December 6
December 19 - February 7

West Zone
November 14 - December 6
December 19 - February 7		 Light Geese: 20

White-fronted Geese: 3

Canada Geese: 1		 Light Geese: None

White-fronted Geese: 9

Canada Geese: 3
Conservation Order for Light Geese* East Zone:
December 7-18
February 8 - March 7

West Zone:
December 7-18
February 8 - March 7		 None None

*Falconry daily bag and possession limit for all permitted migratory game birds must not exceed 3 and 9 birds, respectively, singly or in aggregate, during the extended falconry seasons and regular hunting seasons.

*Only snow, blue, and Ross’s geese may be taken under the terms of the Conservation Order, which allows the use of electronic calls and unplugged shotguns and eliminates the daily bag and possession limits. During the Conservation Order, shooting hours begin one-half hour before sunrise and extend until one-half hour after sunset.

Turkey (2025/2026)

Turkey hunting zone Map

Area A Area B Area C Notes
April 3-May 3* April 3-26* April 3-19*
  • Youth & Physically Challenged Hunt (restricted to youth and wheelchair-confined physically challenged hunters - Areas A, B and C on private land only): March 26-28
  • Seasons open in Areas A, B and C, on private lands only.
  • * See separate WMA, National Wildlife Refuge, and Federal Lands Schedules for season dates on those areas.

Quail (2026/2027)

Dates Daily Bag Limit Possession Limit
 November 21 - February 28  10 30

Rabbit (2026/2027)

Dates Daily Bag Limit Possession Limit
October 3 - February 28 8 24

Squirrel  (2025/2026)

 
Season Dates Daily Bag Limit Possession Limit
Fall October 4 - February 28 8 24
Spring* May 2-24 3 9
*Spring squirrel season is CLOSED on the Kisatchie National Forest, some national wildlife refuges, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers property and some state WMAs (check WMA season schedule).
 

Deer  (2025/2026)

Deer area map
Area Archery Primitive Firearms Firearms (Still-Hunt only) Firearms (With or Without Dogs) Youth and Honorably
Discharged Veterans
1 Either Sex:
October 1 - January 31		 Either Sex:
November 8-14
January 19-31		 Either Sex:
November 15 - December 5
January 5-18		 Either Sex:
December 6 - January 4		 Either Sex:
October 25 – October 31
2 Either Sex:
October 1 - January 31		 Either Sex:
October 18-24
January 12-18		 Either Sex:
October 25 - December 2		 Either Sex:
December 3- January 11		 Either Sex:
October 11-17
3 Either Sex:
September 20 - January 15		 Either Sex:
October 11-17
January 5-11		 Either Sex:
October 18 - November 30		 Either Sex:
December 1 - January 4		 Either Sex:
September 27 - October 3
4 Either Sex:
October 1 - January 31		 Either Sex:
November 8-14
January 19-31		 Either Sex:
November 15 - December 5
January 5 - January 18		 Either Sex:
December 6 - January 4		 Either Sex:
October 25 - October 31
5

Either Sex:
(unless a Bucks Only Firearms
Season is in progress)
October 16 - February 15

Bucks Only:
October 1-15

Either Sex:
November 8-14

Bucks Only:
January 19-31

Either Sex:
November 15-16
November 28 - November 30

Bucks Only:
November 17 - 27
December 1 - 5

 Either Sex:
December 6-7
December 13-14

Bucks Only:
December 8-12
December 15 - January 18		 Either Sex:
October 25 - October 31
6

Either Sex:
(unless a Bucks Only Firearms
Season is in progress)
October 16 - February 15

Bucks Only:
October 1-15

 Either Sex:
November 8 - 14
January 19 - 31		 Either Sex:
November 15 - December 5		 Either Sex:
December 6 - January 18		  Either Sex:
October 25 - October 31
7 Either Sex:
September 20 - January 15		 Either Sex:
October 11-17
January 5-11		 Either Sex:
October 18 - November 30		 Either Sex:
December 1 - January 4		 Either Sex:
September 27 - October 3
8 Either Sex:
September 20- January 15		 Either Sex:
October 11-17
January 5 - 11		 Either Sex:
October 18 - November 30		 Either Sex:
December 1 - January 4		 Either Sex:
September 27 - October 3
9 Either Sex:
(unless a Bucks Only Firearms
Season is in progress)
October 16 - February 15

Bucks Only:
October 1 - 15		 Either Sex:
November 8-14

Bucks Only:
January 19-31		 Either Sex:
November 15-16
November 28 - November 30

Bucks Only:
November 17-27
December 1-5		 Either Sex:
December 6-7
December 13-14

Bucks Only:
December 8-12
December 15 - January 18		  Either Sex:
October 25 - October 31
10 Either Sex:
September 20 - January 15		 Either Sex:
October 11-17
January 5-11		 Either Sex:
October 18 - January 4		   Either Sex:
September 27 - October 3

DAILY BAG LIMITS: 1 antlered and1 antlerless (when legal)
POSSESSION LIMIT:6 per season, not to exceed 3 antlered OR 4 antlerless per season EXCEPT Deer Area 4 limit 4/season (not to exceed 2 antlered or 2 antlerless deer), and Deer Area 10 limit 3/season (not to exceed 2 antlered or 2 antlerless deer).

Bobcat (2025/2026)

Season Harvest Limit
Experimental year-round season One per calendar year

Raccoon and Opossum (2025/2026)

Season Daily Limit
Year-round Two raccoons and two opossums

Crows (2025/2026)

Dates Limit
September 1 - January 1 None

Recreational Fishing Seasons 

Commercial Fishing Seasons

Recreational Shrimp, Oyster, and Crab Fishing Seasons Recreational Saltwater Finfish Seasons Freshwater Finfish and Crawfish Seasons
Commercial Shrimp Season Commercial Oyster Season Commercial Saltwater Finfish Seasons
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