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Hunting Seasons Quick Reference

Migratory Game Birds (2025/2026)

Migratory game bird zone map
Season Dates Daily Bag Limit Possession Limit
Dove (Mourning, White-winged, Fully Dressed Eurasian, and Collard Doves) North Zone:
September 6-28
October 11 - November 16
December 20 - January 18

South Zone:
September 6-21
October 18 - November 30
December 13 - January 11		 15 in aggregate 45 in aggregate
Rails and Gallinules September 20-28
November 8 - January 7

Extended Falconry*:
November 2 - January 26

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

November 2 - December 7
December 20 - February 28


 8 24
Woodcock

December 18 - January 31

Extended Falconry*:
November 4 - January 31

 3 9
Teal (Blue, Green, and Cinnamon) September 20-28 6 18
Ducks, Coots, Mergansers East Zone:
  • Regular season: November 22 - December 8 and December 20 - January 31
  • Youth and Veterans: November 15 -16

West Zone:
  • Regular season: November 15 - December 7 and December 20 - January 25
  • Youth, November 8 and 9
  • Veterans January 31 - February 1

Extended Falconry (all zones):
November 2 - January 29

 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. 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 15 - December 8
December 20 - February 7

West Zone
November 8 - December 7
December 20 - February 1		 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 9-19
February 8 - March 15

West Zone:
December 8-19
February 2 - March 15		 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 areas

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 28-29
  • 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 (2025/2026)

Dates Daily Bag Limit Possession Limit
 November 15 - February 28  10 30

Rabbit (2025/2026)

Dates Daily Bag Limit Possession Limit
October 4 - 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

 

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