In addition, two areas, Halowell Reservoir and the Wrape Plantation, are waterfowl rest areas. The 700-acre Wrape Plantation Waterfowl Rest Area is on the south end of the area. Bayou Meto's green-timber duck hunting is some of the best in the state and constitutes the heaviest recreational use on the area. The opening days of the season can be very crowded with 1500 to 2000 hunters using the area each day, with the average of 350 hunters daily during the rest of the season. Duck numbers vary from one year to the next depending on the mast crop and water levels.
Deer hunting is good also.
During the permit gun hunt, it is not unusual for 40 to 60 bucks to be harvested off the area. Squirrel hunting is usually excellent, but populations fluctuate depending on availability of food. Raccoon hunting is good. Dogs are allowed for squirrel, coon and rabbit hunting. Turkeys were stocked on the area from 1941-1968.