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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.
2026 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
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50-acre field of millet. Hunting by lottery draw only for the first two Saturdays of the season (September 5 and 12). After that, open to all on Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays only from September 13-27 and October 10 through November 15.
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20 acres of sunflower and brown-top millet near the LA 3049 parking area for the southern ATV/UTV trail
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7 acres of sunflower and brown-top millet near the LA 3049 parking area for the northern ATV/UTV trail.
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15 acres of sunflower and brown-top millet on the southern end and east of LA 3049.
- 60 acres (Point Farm Unit) - 50 acres of planted browntop/Japanese millet and 10 acres of manipulated native vegetation. Fields will be prepped before the first split. Non-toxic shot only
- 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 11.
- The Point Farm Unit gate will be opened to vehicles for designated parking near the dove field on Saturdays during the first and second segments (weather permitting), Except during waterfowl season and youth deer weekends.
- Point Farm Gate is anticipated to be open on the following Saturdays: September 5, September 12, October 17th, October 24, and October 31. (Gate opens approximately one hour before legal sunrise and closes 30 minutes after legal sunset.
- 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
- Sept. 5th and 12th through the end of the first split. CLOSED – September 6-11 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 5). 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
2026 LDWF Private Dove Field Leases
Registration for this season's opening-day hunts opens on August 21 at 12 a.m.
DeRidder Field Dove Lease Map (PDF)
Colfax Field Dove Lease Map (PDF) - Coming Soon
LDWF also offers free assistance to private landowners interested in managing their property for wildlife, including doves.