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Dove Fields
To provide ample hunting opportunity for Louisiana residents, LDWF manages dove fields on state-owned wildlife management areas and leases private lands from farmers for dove hunting. Managers plant and manipulate crops and manage commercial agricultural fields to attract large numbers of doves to shooting areas during the hunting season.
2025 Public WMA Dove Fields
Note that all LDWF WMA dove fields are non-toxic shot only. Shooting hours begin ½ hour before sunrise on LDWF WMAs and LDWF Private Lease Field.
- 8 acres brown-top millet located by the shooting range.
- 6 acres brown-top millet located in the Whittington Fields.
- Elliott field – North tract 40 acres, brown-top millet and sesame seed
- Various clear cuts have a good goat weed (croton) response, expect good dove jump shooting
- 50 acre field of brown-top millet. Hunting by lottery draw only for the first two Saturdays of the season (September 6 and 13). After that, open to all on Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays only from September 14-28 and October 11 through November 16.
- 20 acre field of brown-top millet. (ATV/UTV access from Mayhaw Road)
- Various clear cuts have a good goat weed (croton) response, expect good dove shooting in these areas.
- 20 acres of sunflower and brown-top millet near the LA 3049 parking area for the southern ATV/UTV trail.
- 7 acres of sunflower and brown-top millet near the LA 3049 parking area for the northern ATV/UTV trail.
- 60 acres (Point Farm Unit) - 40 acres of planted browntop/Japanese millet and 20 acres of manipulated native vegetation. Fields will be prepped before the first split.
- Dove hunting is permitted each day during the September split, and each day of the second and third splits (AFTER the last youth deer hunt day). The last youth deer hunt day is October 12.
- The Point Farm Unit gate will be opened on Saturdays during the first and second segments, weather permitting, Except during waterfowl season and youth deer weekends. The anticipated gate opening dates are the follow Saturdays: September 6, September 13, October 18, October 25, and November 1.
- 80 acres planted in brown top millet. The dove fields will be prepped before the first split.
- Shop Road Field –10 acres, brown-top millet
- Various clear cuts have a good goat weed (croton) response, expect good dove shooting in these areas
- 6th and 13th through the end of the first split. CLOSED – September 7-12 of first split, second and third splits are the same as outside, EXCEPT for the youth hunt on the North Tract during the opening day of the first split (September 6). The youth hunt is restricted to youths 17 and younger and their supervising adult who must be 18 years of age or older. The South Tract is open to everyone on opening day. Beginning on the second Saturday of the statewide season, when the Sandy Hollow WMA dove season reopens, the entire WMA is open to everyone.
- North Tract – three fields totaling 32 acres planted in brown top millet
- South Tract – one field totaling 8 acres of brown top millet
- Dove field (Vernon Unit, Calcasieu Ranger District) – 20 acres planted in brown-top millet on LA Highway 399 one-half mile north of Fullerton Lake
- Various clear cuts have a good goat weed (croton) response; expect good dove jump shooting
2025 LDWF Private Dove Field Leases
The registration period for this season's opening day hunts will open on August 22 at 12 a.m.
DeRidder Field 1 Dove Lease Map (PDF)
LDWF also offers free assistance to private landowners interested in managing their property for wildlife, including doves.