Hunting: 2023-2024 | Interactive Flipbook | |
Recreational Fishing: 2023 | Interactive Flipbook | |
Commercial and For-Hire Fishing: 2023 | Interactive Flipbook | |
Trapping: 2023-2024 | Interactive Flipbook | |
Alligator: 2023 | Interactive Flipbook |
Seasons and Regulations
Regulations Brochures
Hunting Seasons Quick Reference
Migratory Game Birds (2023/2024)
Season | Dates | Daily Bag Limit | Possession Limit |
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Dove (Mourning, White-winged, Fully Dressed Eurasian, and Collard Doves) | North Zone: September 2-24 October 7 - November 12 December 23 - January 21 South Zone: September 2-17 October 14 - November 26 December 16 - January 14 |
15 in aggregate | 45 in aggregate |
Rails and Gallinules | September 15-30 November 11 - January 3 Extended Falconry*: November 4 - January 31 |
King and Clapper: |
King and Clapper: 45 Sora and Virginia: 75 Gallinules: 45 |
Snipe | November 2 - December 3 December 16 - February 28 |
8 | 24 |
Woodcock |
December 18 - January 31 |
3 | 9 |
Teal (Blue, Green, and Cinnamon) | September 15-30 | 6 | 18 |
Ducks, Coots, Mergansers | East Zone:
West Zone:
Extended Falconry (all zones): |
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 1 pintail. 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. Daily bag limits for scaup and mottled ducks during youth and veterans hunting days are 0 mottled ducks and 1 scaup if before the regular season, 1 mottled duck and 2 scaup if after the regular season. Coots: 15 Mergansers: 5 (only 2 of which may be hooded) |
3 times the daily bag limit |
Light Geese (Snow, Blue, Ross), White-fronted Geese (Specklebelly), and Canada Geese | East Zone: November 4 - December 3 December 16 - January 28 West Zone: November 4 - December 3 December 11 - January 7 January 13 - 28 |
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 4-15 January 29 - March 3 West Zone: December 4-10 January 8-12 January 29 - March 3 |
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 (2023/2024)
Area A | Area B | Area C | Notes |
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April 6-May 5* | April 6-28* | April 6-21* |
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Quail (2023/2024)
Dates | Daily Bag Limit | Possession Limit |
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November 18 - February 29 | 10 | 30 |
Rabbit (2023/2024)
Dates | Daily Bag Limit | Possession Limit |
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October 7 - February 29 | 8 | 24 |
Squirrel (2023/2024)
Season | Dates | Daily Bag Limit | Possession Limit |
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Fall | October 7 - February 29 | 8 | 24 |
Spring* | May 4-26 | 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 (2023/2024)
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 3/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 (2023/2024)
Season | Harvest Limit |
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Experimental year-round season | One per calendar year |
Raccoon and Opossum (2023/2024)
Season | Daily Limit |
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Year-round | Two raccoons and two opossums |
Crows (2023/2024)
Dates | Limit |
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September 1 - January 1 | None |
Recreational Fishing Seasons
Commercial Fishing Seasons