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Hunting Seasons Quick Reference

Migratory Game Birds (2023/2024)

Season Dates Daily Bag Limit Possession Limit
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:
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 3
December 16 - February 28		 8 24
Woodcock

December 18 - January 31

Extended Falconry*:
November 4 - January 31

 3 9
Teal (Blue, Green, and Cinnamon) September 15-30 6 18
Ducks, Coots, Mergansers East Zone:
  • Regular season: November 18 - December 3 and December 16 - January 28
  • Youth and veterans only: November 11 and February 3

West Zone:
  • Regular season: November 11 - December 3; December 11  - January 7; January 13 - 21
  • Youth and veterans only: November 4-5

Extended Falconry (all zones):
November 3 - January 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 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)

Turkey hunting areas

Area A Area B Area C Notes
April 6-May 5* April 6-28* April 6-21*
  • Youth & Physically Challenged Hunt (restricted to youth and wheelchair-confined physically challenged hunters - Areas A, B and C on private land only): March 29-31
  • 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 (2023/2024)

Dates Daily Bag Limit Possession Limit
 November 18 - February 29  10 30

Rabbit (2023/2024)

Dates Daily Bag Limit Possession Limit
October 7 - February 29 8 24

Squirrel  (2023/2024)

Season Dates Daily Bag Limit Possession Limit
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)

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 11-17
January 22-31		 Either Sex:
November 18 - December 8
January 8-21		 Either Sex:
December 9 - January 7		 Either Sex:
October 28 – November 3
2 Either Sex:
October 1 - January 31		 Either Sex:
October 21-27
January 15-21		 Either Sex:
October 28 - December 5		 Either Sex:
December 6- January 14		 Either Sex:
October 14-20
3 Either Sex:
September 16 - January 15		 Either Sex:
October 14-20
January 1-7		 Either Sex:
October 21 - November 26		 Either Sex:
November 27 - December 31		 Either Sex:
September 23-29
4 Either Sex:
October 1 - January 31		 Either Sex:
November 11-17
January 22-31		 Either Sex:
November 18 - December 8
January 8-21		 Either Sex:
December 9 - January 7		 Either Sex:
October 28 - November 3
5

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

Bucks Only:
October 1-15

Either Sex:
November 11-17

Bucks Only:
January 22-31

Either Sex:
November 18-19
November 24-26

Bucks Only:
November 20-23
November 27 - December 8

 Either Sex:
December 9-10
December 16-17

Bucks Only:
December 11-15
December 18 - January 21		 Either Sex:
October 28 - November 3
6 Bucks Only:
October 1-15

Either Sex:
October 16 - February 15		 Either Sex:
November 11-17
January 22-31		 Either Sex:
November 18 - December 8		 Either Sex:
December 9 - January 21		  Either Sex:
October 28 - November 3
7 Either Sex:
September 16 - January 15		 Either Sex:
October 14-20
January 1-7		 Either Sex:
October 21 - November 26		 Either Sex:
November 27 - December 31		 Either Sex:
September 23-29
8 Either Sex:
September 16- January 15		 Either Sex:
October 14-20
January 1-7		 Either Sex:
October 21 - November 26		 Either Sex:
November 27 - December 31		 Either Sex:
September 23-29
9 Either Sex:
(unless a Bucks Only Firearms
Season is in progress)
October 16 - February 15

Bucks Only:
October 1 - 15		 Either Sex:
November 11-17

Bucks Only:
January 22-31		 Either Sex:
November 18-19
November 24-26

Bucks Only:
November 20-23
November 27 - December 8		 Either Sex:
December 9-10
December 16-17

Bucks Only:
December 11-15
December 18 - January 21		  Either Sex:
October 28 - November 3
10 Either Sex:
September 16 - January 15		 Either Sex:
October 14-20
January 1-7		 Either Sex:
October 21 - December 31		   Either Sex:
September 23-29

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
Experimental year-round season One per calendar year

Raccoon and Opossum (2023/2024)

Season Daily Limit
Year-round Two raccoons and two opossums

Crows (2023/2024)

Dates Limit
September 1 - January 1 None

 

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