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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:106. Field trials

RS 56:106 - Field trials
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a nonresident may participate in Louisiana in a field trial conducted by recognized field trial associations that are registered with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries using dogs in such field trial without being required to obtain any hunting license so long as the field trial association has given to the office of wildlife and the enforcement division of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, at least five days prior to the date of such field trial, notice of the dates and place of the trial. Such notice may be given electronically through fascimile or e-mail. Requirements for registration of field trial associations will be established by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Participants may carry firearms and discharge live ammunition during such field trials, if required to do so by the rules of the field trial.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 736, §1; Acts 1988, No. 534, §1; Acts 2003, No. 452, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:107. Firing, feeding and breeding grounds

RS 56:107 - Firing, feeding and breeding grounds
In order to protect wild birds and wild quadrupeds and to prevent the destruction of feeding and breeding grounds thereof, no person shall wilfully set fire to any wild woodland, marshland, or prairie land. However, this Section does not apply to the owner of the land setting such fires to clear or prepare his enclosed land for agricultural or pastoral purposes or for the purpose of improving food conditions for the wildlife found thereon. In any case, this shall be done only under permit and under the supervision of persons authorized to enforce the provisions of this Sub-part. Such authorized burning shall not be done during the breeding season of wild bird life.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:108. Deer and turkey harvest records and tagging

RS 56:108 - Deer and turkey harvest records and tagging
A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission may promulgate and adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act in relation to deer or turkey harvest records and tagging. Such rules and regulations may include the following: tagging requirements, gender, age, antler requirements, take, possession, limit, and reporting requirements.
B. Deer tagging shall only occur when a reduced buck limit is adopted by the commission.
Acts 2004, No. 841, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:109.1. Use of all-terrain vehicle trails on wildlife management areas

RS 56:109.1 - Use of all-terrain vehicle trails on wildlife management areas
A. The department shall keep at least one all-terrain vehicle trail on each department-owned wildlife management area that has such a trail open throughout the year. The department may temporarily close the year-round trail if weather or other conditions render the use of the trail a public safety or an environmental hazard. Access to the year-round trail shall be granted for use by all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles, horses, and bicycles, under rules and regulations promulgated under the Administrative Procedure Act. Persons using the year-round all-terrain vehicle trails shall possess a WMA hunting permit.
B. A violation of the provisions of this Section, or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant this Section, shall constitute a class one violation.
Acts 2004, No. 847, §1; Acts 2018, No. 618, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:109.2. Preservation of wildlife management areas; wildlife refuges; public hunting grounds and recreation areas

RS 56:109.2 - Preservation of wildlife management areas; wildlife refuges; public hunting grounds and recreation areas
A. The commission shall exercise its authority to manage wildlife management areas, wildlife refuges, public hunting grounds and recreation areas in a manner to support, promote and enhance public hunting, fishing, and recreational opportunities to the extent authorized by law. The commission shall recognize, to the extent authorized by law, hunting, fishing, and recreational opportunities as primary uses of wildlife management areas, wildlife refuges, public hunting grounds and recreation areas that are available for public hunting, fishing, and recreational opportunities. The commission shall make land management decisions based on criteria that include public hunting, fishing, and recreational opportunities as a primary consideration.
B. Before March first of each calendar year, the commission shall submit to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment a written report containing a listing of all acreage owned by the department and managed by the commission that is available for public hunting, fishing, and recreational opportunities and a listing of all acreage that was lost or gained for such purposes.
Acts 2006, No. 561, §2; Acts 2008, No. 580, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:109.4. Use of airboats on the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area

RS 56:109.4 - Use of airboats on the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area
A. Use of airboats on the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area shall be limited to airboat trails. Such trails shall be established by rules and regulations promulgated by the commission, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, where airboat operation is feasible and in a manner to best protect public safety and wildlife resources and habitats. An airboat trail shall be established only on trails or rights of way existing as of February 1, 2018. Such rules and regulations shall also include the following:
(1) Require the exhaust of any internal combustion engine used on any airboat operated on airboat trails be equipped with an automotive-style factory muffler, underwater exhaust, or other manufactured device capable of adequately muffling the sound of the exhaust of the engine.
(2) Limit the size of the internal combustion engine of any airboat operated on airboat trails to no greater than three hundred fifty-one cubic inches.
(3) Require every person using an airboat trail to possess a WMA hunting permit, to notify the department annually of the airboat's registration number, and to make such airboat available for inspection by department personnel.
(4) Prohibit the use of established airboat trails by airboats between September first and the following January thirty-first.
B. A violation of the provisions of this Section, or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this Section, shall constitute a class one violation. Additionally, any person who violates the provisions of this Section, or rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this Section, three times within a ten-year period shall be prohibited from operating an airboat on any wildlife management area.
C. The provisions of this Section shall terminate and be null and void on August 1, 2019, and thereafter.
Acts 2018, No. 618, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:110. Deer Management Assistance Program areas; notice; signs; prohibitions

RS 56:110 - Deer Management Assistance Program areas; notice; signs; prohibitions
A. The department shall direct the owner or operator of the Deer Management Assistance Program area to post suitable signs identifying the lands as a Deer Management Assistance Program area which shall be placed at reasonable distances along the boundaries of the lands and at roads and other entrances for the information of the public. The department shall establish rules and regulations regarding the description and content of the signs and the manner and method of posting signs to reasonably identify the lands as Deer Management Assistance Program areas. No person shall willfully or maliciously remove, destroy, or deface any sign or notice placed or posted.
B. After the posting of the Deer Management Assistance Program area as provided in Subsection A, no person shall knowingly take, attempt to take, disturb, or destroy any wild bird or wild quadruped or the nest, egg, or young thereof on lands designated as Deer Management Assistance Program areas, or shall have in his possession or keep, while on the lands, any firearm, trap, snare, or other device capable of being used in the taking or disturbance of the birds or quadrupeds on such areas, unless the person has been expressly authorized by a permit from the owner, lessee, lessor, or hunting club or organization authorized to hunt on the land to do so and then only for the purpose and under the conditions specified in the permit.
C. The owner or operator of the Deer Management Assistance Program area shall be responsible for the actual direct cost of posting the lands with signs as provided in Subsection A.
D. Violation of the provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall constitute a class one violation.
E. Violation of the provisions of Subsection B of this Section shall constitute a class two violation.
Acts 1990, No. 499, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:110.1. Quality Deer Management Program

RS 56:110.1 - Quality Deer Management Program
A. The department shall have authority over the Quality Deer Management Program ("program"), and shall formulate additional guidelines according to property-specific objectives, goals, and limitations.
B. The program shall be developed using a management philosophy that encourages good stewardship and unites landowners, hunters, and managers in a common goal of producing biologically and socially balanced deer herds within existing environmental, social, and legal constraints. The program shall include protocols for the protection of young bucks, including an adequate harvest of female deer to maintain a healthy population in balance with existing habitat conditions and landowner desires. The program shall also promote the production of quality deer, quality habitat, and quality deer hunting experiences.
C. The department shall use its resources to do the following:
(1) Instruct and train qualified personnel as to the policies and procedures for administering the program.
(2) Supply landowners, hunting clubs, and cooperating agencies with pertinent brochures, handouts, and other information containing management techniques and applications.
(3) Properly prepare and suggest wildlife management recommendations.
(4) Develop and maintain a close working relationship with other state and federal agencies or non-governmental organizations that have similar or corresponding programs directly or indirectly affecting public and private land development and management.
(5) Provide incentives to encourage landowners and hunting clubs to participate in the program.
D. The program shall be voluntary, and landowners or hunting clubs who participate in the Quality Deer Management Assistance Program are eligible to participate in this program. Qualification for participation in this program shall be determined by rules and regulations promulgated by the commission, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
Acts 2010, No. 337, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:112. Disposal of birds or quadrupeds becoming a nuisance

RS 56:112 - Disposal of birds or quadrupeds becoming a nuisance
A. If any species of wild bird or wild quadruped shall become so destructive of private property as to be a nuisance, the secretary may direct any officer authorized to enforce the provisions of this Subpart, or any reputable citizen of this state, to take and dispose of such species of bird or quadruped in the manner and under the conditions specified by the secretary.
B. The commission is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to permit the taking and disposal of any outlaw quadrupeds or outlaw birds when such quadrupeds or birds become so destructive of private or public property as to become a nuisance. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 56:116.1(B)(1) or any other law to the contrary, the rules shall allow the taking of outlaw quadruped or outlaw birds by use of aircraft. The rules shall prohibit the sale of the animal or any part thereof. The taking of any outlaw quadruped or outlaw birds under this Section is for the purpose of taking depredating quadrupeds and birds and is independent from the taking of wild quadrupeds and wild birds under any other Section of this Title. Any person authorized to take any outlaw quadruped or outlaw bird under this Section shall be exempt from obtaining any other permits or licenses under this Title while engaged in taking such animals pursuant to this Section or any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this Section.
C. The commission is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to establish a Nuisance Wildlife Control Operator Program. The program shall establish guidelines to permit individuals who offer commercial services for the control of nuisance wildlife. The fee for a nuisance wildlife control operator permit shall be fifty dollars.
Amended by Acts 1974, No. 717, §1; Acts 1981, No. 736, §1; Acts 2014, No. 592, §1, eff. June 9, 2014; Acts 2021, No. 356, §2, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:113. Taking wild birds or game imported for experimentation or propagation

RS 56:113 - Taking wild birds or game imported for experimentation or propagation
No person shall take any wild bird or wild quadruped imported into this state by the state or federal government or by any person for the purpose of experimentation or propagation except under the supervision and consent of the secretary.
Amended by Acts 1974, No. 717, §1; Acts 1981, No. 736, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:114. Open season; curtailment by parish governing authority

RS 56:114 - Open season; curtailment by parish governing authority
A. The governing authority of any parish may apply to the secretary for the right to adopt an ordinance to close or curtail the open season in the parish, or any part thereof, when it becomes apparent that there is need of a closing or curtailment so that the game bird and game quadruped life may restock themselves by natural breeding.
B. Upon receipt of the application, if conditions indicate the need of adding protection for any game bird or game quadruped or all of them, the secretary may give written consent to the governing authority of the parish to adopt, in its discretion, an ordinance to close or curtail the open season for not more than one year, applicable to everyone, including the residents of the parish.
C. The closing or curtailment becomes effective only after notice of the adoption of the ordinance has been promulgated by the governing authority of the parish in the official parish journal once a week for four consecutive weeks prior to the regular annual open seasons for hunting. Annual special parish closed seasons on game birds and game quadrupeds commence on the legal date of the open season in each year.
Amended by Acts 1974, No. 717, §1; Acts 1981, No. 736, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:115. Wild birds and wild quadrupeds; adoption of seasons, bag and possession limits; rules and regulations; penalties

RS 56:115 - Wild birds and wild quadrupeds; adoption of seasons, bag and possession limits; rules and regulations; penalties
A. The commission is hereby specifically authorized, directed, and empowered to fix, approve, and adopt seasons and bag and possession limits and to establish other rules and regulations for the hunting, taking, possession, or protection of any species or sex of wild quadrupeds and wild birds, in any specified locality or localities of the state. Such rules and regulations shall have the full force and effect of law to the same extent as statutory laws.
B. The commission may at any time declare any season closed or otherwise restrict hunting as it deems advisable in the interest of wildlife management.
C. The open season for taking migratory game birds and the bag limit and other rules and regulations affecting migratory game birds shall conform to federal regulations promulgated under the treaty between the United States and Great Britain for a period of years in the case of certain species. No person shall take, even at the time and in the manner specified and fixed by said department, or in the aggregate during the open season, a greater number of migratory game birds than specified under federal and state regulations.
D. Violation of any of the provisions of a rule or regulation adopted by the commission adopted pursuant to the provisions of this Section constitutes a class two violation, except where a higher class of violation is specified for a violation by some other provision of this Chapter.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 317, §1; Acts 1952, No. 343, §1; Acts 1954, No. 355, §1; Acts 1990, No. 194, §2, eff. July 2, 1990; Acts 1954, No. 584, §1; Acts 1958, No. 454, §1; Acts 1974, No. 717, §1; Acts 1977, No. 207, §1; Acts 1981, No. 736, §1; Acts 1981, No. 837, §3; Acts 1985, No. 417, §1; Acts 1985, No. 562, §1; Acts 1990, No. 194, §§1 and 2, eff. July 2, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 966, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:116.2. Wild birds and wild quadrupeds; sales, purchases of parts prohibited; exceptions

RS 56:116.2 - Wild birds and wild quadrupeds; sales, purchases of parts prohibited; exceptions
A.(1) No person shall sell, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange or attempt to sell, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange any game quadruped, or any part or portion thereof, wild bird, or the plumage, aigrettes, skin, or body thereof, except as provided in R.S. 56:171 through 181 and except as provided in Subsection B of this Section. Each sale, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange or attempt to sell, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange of each game quadruped or wild bird, or any part or portion thereof, constitutes a separate offense under the provisions of this Subsection.
(2) Violation of the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, except for the sale, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange or attempt to sell, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange of squirrels or wild rabbits or their parts, constitutes a class 5-A violation. If a violation of Paragraph (1) involves the sale, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange or attempt to sell, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange of squirrels or wild rabbits, or parts or portions thereof, the penalty imposed shall be a class three violation.
B. The provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall not prevent the sale, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange or attempt to sell, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange of tails or hides, or both, of legally taken squirrels or the sale, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange or the attempt to sell, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange of hides of legally taken deer to licensed fur buyers and licensed fur dealers, provided that the sale, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange or attempt to sell, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange of any such tails or hides is made within ten days of the close of the squirrel or deer hunting season, as applicable. Fur buyers shall dispose of any such tails or hides within thirty days of the close of the squirrel or deer hunting season, as applicable. Any fur dealer having such tails or hides in his possession after the close of the squirrel or deer hunting season, as applicable, shall file with the department within thirty days of the close of said season, and at sixty-day intervals thereafter, a complete report, under oath, on forms procured from the department. The report shall contain the name and address of all persons from whom the tails or hides were purchased, traded, bartered, or exchanged and the place and date of purchase, trade, barter, or exchange. Violation of the provisions of this Subsection constitutes a class three violation.
C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to deer antlers or to any unclaimed specimen left in the possession of a taxidermist, provided that he meets the requirements of R.S. 9:192.
Acts 1992, No. 966, §1; Acts 2014, No. 295, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:116.5. Computer-assisted remote hunting prohibited; penalties

RS 56:116.5 - Computer-assisted remote hunting prohibited; penalties
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in computer-assisted remote hunting or provide or operate a facility or provide services that allow others to engage in computer-assisted remote hunting. No person shall take, possess, or assist in the taking of any animal by means of computer-assisted remote hunting, regardless of the location of the animal.
B. For purposes of this Section "computer-assisted remote hunting" means the use of a computer or other device, equipment, or software to remotely control the aiming and discharging of a firearm or weapon that allows a person not physically present at the location of that firearm or other weapon to hunt or shoot an animal.
C. Any person who violates any provision of this Section is guilty of a class six violation.
Acts 2006, No. 745, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:116.6. Sound suppressors

RS 56:116.6 - Sound suppressors
Any person who is authorized to possess a firearm sound suppressor, as evidenced by payment and possession of the required federal tax stamp issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, may use a firearm fitted with a sound suppressor when taking game birds, wild quadrupeds, outlaw quadrupeds, nutria, or beaver as provided by R.S. 56:116.1. Any person who has been convicted of a class four or greater hunting violation for a period of five years after the date of such conviction shall not use a firearm fitted with a sound suppressor pursuant to this Section. Possession or use of a sound suppressor by a person other than as permitted by this Section shall be considered in violation of this Section and shall be punished as a class six violation in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 56:36.
Acts 2014, No. 229, §1; Acts 2014, No. 378, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:117. Possession limits; game birds; transportation of game birds; tags

RS 56:117 - Possession limits; game birds; transportation of game birds; tags
A. A licensee may have in his personal possession anywhere during the open season the kinds of migratory and resident game birds permitted by law or commission regulation to be taken. However, no one person shall have in his possession at any one time or anywhere more than the number of such game birds which he may be lawfully entitled to take in two days. Such fact is prima facie evidence of violation of this Chapter. No licensee shall transport, cause to be transported, attempt to transport, or tender or deliver for transportation to another person or any agent thereof, nor shall any of them accept for transportation or transport any game birds beyond the limits of the state without a special permit issued by the secretary. However, a nonresident licensee may take with him beyond the limits of the state, tagged as provided for in this Section, an aggregate of no more of any kind of such game birds than the licensee may lawfully take in two days. No common carrier or agent thereof shall receive for transportation or transport any migratory or resident game birds unless the same or the package, container, or receptacle, open or closed, containing the game birds, has thereon or attached thereto a tag or tags having the actual signature and license number of the licensee who took the same, the number and species of the birds, the date and place taken, the name of the consignor and of the consignee, and the initial points of shipment and ultimate destination.
B. No person shall attach to any such game bird, or to any package, container, or receptacle containing it, a tag which to his knowledge is false in the statement of any particulars in this section required to be set forth thereon, nor have in his possession any such game birds or any such package to which is attached any tag which to his knowledge is false in any of the particulars aforesaid. No person shall tender or deliver to another person for transportation within or beyond the borders of this state any migratory or resident game birds to which, or to the package, container, or receptacle which contains the same, there is attached a tag as aforesaid, which to the knowledge of that person is false in any of the particulars in this section required to be stated thereon.
Amended by Acts 1974, No. 717, §1; Acts 1981, No. 736, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:118. Migratory game bird violations

RS 56:118 - Migratory game bird violations
A. The hunting of migratory birds has long been a source of recreation and tourism in the state of Louisiana. The provisions of this Section are enacted in order to enhance the efforts of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to promote the wildlife laws of the state, to aid in the apprehension and prosecution of violators of the state's wildlife laws, to promote public interest and involvement in the prevention of violations of the wildlife laws, and to increase the efficiency of efforts to protect and preserve one of the state's most valuable assets. This Section is also enacted to create an effective and expedient system to handle violations, prosecutions, and adjudications of violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1972, as amended.
B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1972, as amended, shall be a violation of the provisions of this Section and shall be enforced as such.
C. Except for failure to sign a federal duck stamp and failure to possess a valid federal duck stamp, any violation of the provisions of this Section shall constitute a class four violation and shall be enforced according to the provisions of R.S. 56:34. The penalty for failure to possess a federal duck stamp or for failure to sign a federal duck stamp shall constitute a class two violation and shall be enforced according to the provisions of R.S. 56:32.
D. Of the revenues received through the collection of fines imposed for violations of this Section, after deposit in the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, an amount equal to fifty percent shall be credited to the conservation fund to be used solely for costs associated with the salaries and related benefits of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents and the purchase of equipment needed by such agents. The remaining fifty percent of the revenues received through the collection of fines imposed for violations of this Section shall be deposited in the criminal court fund of the parish in which the violation occurred.
Acts 1999, No. 154, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:119. Possession of game birds after close of open season

RS 56:119 - Possession of game birds after close of open season
Except as provided in R.S. 56:171 through R.S. 56:181 and except as to live wild birds kept under permit issued by the secretary, no person shall possess in any year any migratory or resident game bird permitted hereby to be taken or possessed in the open season or have in his possession at any time any other kind of wild bird protected hereby. The legal possession limits of resident game birds and game quadrupeds may be possessed during the closed season, if they have been legally taken during open season.
Amended by Acts 1974, No. 717, §1; Acts 1981, No. 736, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:120. Storage of game birds or quadrupeds; tags

RS 56:120 - Storage of game birds or quadrupeds; tags
A. No person operating a warehouse or cold storage plant shall receive or keep in storage, with or without compensation, for any person other than a licensee, any migratory or resident game bird or game quadruped, except as permitted by R.S. 56:171 through 56:181 and then only if tagged as provided in R.S. 56:117 and only if also there is written or stamped on such tag the true date the item was received in storage.
B. A report, upon forms furnished by the department, shall be made ten days after the close of each season of wild game birds and wild game quadrupeds in storage, giving the name and address of persons storing same, the quantity stored, and date of storage. These records shall be open at all times for inspection by representatives of the department.
Amended by Acts 1974, No. 717, §1; Acts 1981, No. 736, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:121. Traps, cages, etc., for taking wild birds; confiscation; exception for destructive blackbirds

RS 56:121 - Traps, cages, etc., for taking wild birds; confiscation; exception for destructive blackbirds
A. Except as otherwise provided in this Section or under special license granted in pursuance of R.S. 56:104, no person shall at any time use or set a trap, cage, snare, net, or device for the purpose of taking wild birds. Wildlife agents and other officers empowered to enforce the provisions of this Subpart may confiscate and destroy all traps, nets, snares, and other devices which they may find set or being used for the purpose of taking wild birds, and may liberate any wild birds found possessed contrary to the provisions of this Subpart.
B. Blackbirds which become destructive of crops on private property may be trapped and destroyed by the property owner or by another person with the permission of the property owner.
C. Violation of this Section constitutes a class three violation.
Acts 1988, No. 806, §1; Acts 1992, No. 528, §1, eff. June 29, 1992.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:121.1. Traps; wild quadrupeds

RS 56:121.1 - Traps; wild quadrupeds
A. No person shall at any time use a hook or set a trap with teeth, for the purpose of taking wild quadrupeds, except that alligators may be taken with the aid of hook and line.
B. Violation of this Section constitutes a class two violation.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 186, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 838, §1; Acts 1992, No. 528, §1, eff. June 29, 1992.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:122. Carrier pigeons, killing or catching when banded prohibited; penalty

RS 56:122 - Carrier pigeons, killing or catching when banded prohibited; penalty
No person, other than the owner or his authorized representative, shall kill, wound, catch, or hold in possession, living or dead, a racing (homing, or carrier) pigeon, which has on its legs a seamless metal band bearing a name, letter, or number.
Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, or both.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:124.1. Dogs; regulation of; police juries

RS 56:124.1 - Dogs; regulation of; police juries
The police juries of the respective parishes may adopt ordinances to regulate, restrict or prohibit the running at large of dogs in the woods. This authority may be exercised by the police jury whenever, in the opinion of the police jury, such regulation, restriction or prohibition is necessary for the protection of wildlife.
Added by Acts 1955, No. 135, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:125. Possession of game quadrupeds; tags; deer carcasses

RS 56:125 - Possession of game quadrupeds; tags; deer carcasses
A. A licensee may have in his personal possession anywhere during the open season the number of game quadrupeds permitted by this Subpart to be taken or possessed by him; but should he have in his personal possession at any time or anywhere more than the possession limit of such game quadrupeds, that fact is prima facie evidence of the violation of the provisions of this Subpart unless each such game quadruped in excess of the possession limit is tagged showing the species of game quadruped, the actual signature and license number of the licensee who took the same, and the date and place taken.
B. Positive evidence of sex identification, including the head or sex organs,
shall remain on any deer taken or killed within the state of Louisiana, or on all turkey taken or killed during any special gobbler season when killing of turkey hens is prohibited, so long as such deer or turkey is kept in camp or field, or is in route to the domicile of its possessor, or until such deer or turkey has been stored at the domicile of its possessor or divided at a cold storage facility and has thus become identifiable as food rather than as wild game. Deer and turkey may be divided in camp or field but, in the event of such division, each portion shall be identified by the name, address, and license number of the person killing it and the sex of the animal; however, it is not necessary to affix the license number as required above to portions cut from the carcass immediately prior to their being consumed in camp.
Amended by Acts 1974, No. 717, §1; Acts 1977, No. 197, §1; Acts 1981, No. 838, §1; Acts 2012, No. 327, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:127. Confiscation of illegal traps or snares and quadrupeds taken thereby

RS 56:127 - Confiscation of illegal traps or snares and quadrupeds taken thereby
Every officer authorized to enforce the provisions of this Sub-part shall immediately confiscate and hold for evidence any trap, snare, explosive, gun, or other material evidence found by him placed or set contrary to the provisions of this Sub-part, and confiscate and hold for evidence all quadrupeds, the pelts, skins, and parts thereof found by him to have been taken or possessed contrary to the provisions of this Sub-part, and hold the same subject to disposition by general or special order of the director.
Amended by Acts 1974, No. 717, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:128. Falconry

RS 56:128 - Falconry
Rules, regulations, and issuance of permits affecting the sport of falconry within the state shall be as designated and administered by the department and shall at least conform to the minimum federal falconry standards as prescribed by the United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. A current basic hunting license or permit shall be required to practice the sport of falconry. No falconry permit shall be issued to any applicant under sixteen years of age.
Acts 1992, No. 966, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:136. Jurisdiction where offense committed in river between two parishes or in Gulf of Mexico

RS 56:136 - Jurisdiction where offense committed in river between two parishes or in Gulf of Mexico
If any offense is alleged to have been committed in a river dividing two parishes, any court in either parish has territorial jurisdiction if otherwise competent as herein provided; if committed in any lake, bay, inlet, or other body of water bound by more than one parish, any court in any parish bordering on such waters has territorial jurisdiction if otherwise competent as herein provided.
If any offense is alleged to have been committed in the Gulf of Mexico within the waters of the state, any court in any parish bordering on the Gulf has territorial jurisdiction if otherwise competent as provided herein.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:139. Criminal penalty

RS 56:139 - Criminal penalty
A. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this Subpart, where no fine or imprisonment has been otherwise specifically provided, shall be guilty of a class one violation. For the third offense, the license under which said violation occurred shall be revoked and shall not be reinstated at any time during the period for which it has been issued and for one year thereafter. The jail sentences herein provided shall be mandatory except for the first and second offenses, which shall be at the discretion of the court, and no sentence or fine shall be suspended for any cause or reason whatever, nor shall any diminution of any sentence be granted or allowed for good behavior or otherwise.
B. Upon conviction for any offense for which a penalty is provided by Subsection (A) hereof or by any other provision of this Subpart, and in addition to such penalty, the court may suspend or revoke the offender's hunting and/or fishing license and any or all privileges to hunt or to fish in this state that may be granted under any law or color of law whenever, in the judgment of the court, the circumstances warrant suspension or revocation, and in such case the suspension or revocation shall be for a period not to exceed the period for which the license was issued plus one year thereafter.
Amended by Acts 1958, No. 133, §1; Acts 1970, No. 339, §1; Acts 1993, No. 188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:140. Foxes; bobcats

RS 56:140 - Foxes; bobcats
A. It shall be unlawful to trap or kill foxes by use of any firearm or other weapon, device, or poison at any time, except that foxes may be included in the open season for taking nongame quadrupeds provided by R.S. 56:260. In such event foxes may be taken by any legal means unless otherwise restricted by law or regulation.
B. It shall not be unlawful for any person to allow his dogs to run or chase foxes or bobcats at any time of the year, except on wildlife management areas and wildlife refuges and except from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset in any area of the state where a still hunting season for deer is in progress as established by rules and regulations of the commission, provided no such person shall take, trap, or kill any fox or bobcat by the use of firearm, or any other weapon, trap, or mechanical device in connection therewith.
C. Violation of this Section constitutes a class two violation.
Amended by Acts 1977, No. 344, §2; Acts 1978, No. 446, §2; Acts 1981, No. 736, §1; Acts 1992, No. 528, §1, eff. June 29, 1992; Acts 2003, No. 1248, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:141. Training of dogs during closed season; taking of certain pen-raised birds for the purposes of field trials and hunting dog training

RS 56:141 - Training of dogs during closed season; taking of certain pen-raised birds for the purposes of field trials and hunting dog training
A. It shall be legal for hunters, dog trainers, or dog handlers to train their dogs, any breed or species, during the closed season. During such training sessions, said trainer or handler may carry handguns and may discharge only blank ammunition, but cannot take or kill game quadrupeds or game birds of any type or kind, except raccoons. This Section shall not apply in any manner to raccoon hunters who may pursue their sport at any time, nor to persons taking pen-raised quail or pen-raised mallards under the provisions of Subsections B and C hereof.
B. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is hereby empowered to authorize by permit the taking of pen-raised quail or pen-raised mallards during other than the open season for hunting for the purpose of field trials, upon application of any recognized field trial association. In order to obtain a permit to take pen-raised quail or pen-raised mallards as authorized by the provisions of this Subsection, applicants therefor must be recognized field trial associations. Applicants shall apply to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for the permit and the department may then issue the permit subject to rules and regulations as it may deem necessary to protect the wildlife of the state.
C. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is hereby empowered to authorize by permit the taking of pen-raised quail or pen-raised mallards during other than the open season for hunting for the purpose of training hunting dogs. Applicants shall apply to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for the permit and the department may then issue the permit subject to rules and regulations as it may deem necessary to protect the wildlife of the state.
Added by Acts 1958, No. 453, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 307, §1; Acts 1977, No. 344, §3; Acts 1981, No. 736, §1; Acts 1981, No. 838, §1; Acts 1988, No. 615, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:142. Catahoula lake area; operation of mud boats for purpose of hunting or fishing prohibited

RS 56:142 - Catahoula lake area; operation of mud boats for purpose of hunting or fishing prohibited
A. The operation in the area of Catahoula Lake north and west of the Little River line of power-driven air boats for the purpose of fishing or hunting, and particularly for the hunting of wild geese and ducks, and for the purpose of constructing duck blinds on the Catahoula Lake is hereby prohibited.
B. Violation of the provisions of this Section constitutes a class two violation.
C. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission or its agents shall enforce the provisions of this Section.
Added by Acts 1960, No. 292, §§1 to 3. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 837, §3; Acts 1993, No. 242, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:143. "Hunter orange" or "blaze pink" display by hunters with guns

RS 56:143 - "Hunter orange" or "blaze pink" display by hunters with guns
A. Any person hunting any wildlife during the open gun deer hunting season and possessing buckshot, slugs, a muzzleloader, or a centerfire rifle shall display on his head, chest, or back a total of not less than four hundred square inches of material of a daylight fluorescent orange color known as "hunter orange" or a daylight fluorescent pink color known as "blaze pink". Persons hunting on privately owned, legally posted land may wear a cap or a hat that is completely covered with hunter orange or blaze pink material in lieu of the foregoing requirement to display four hundred square inches of hunter orange or blaze pink. These provisions shall not apply to persons hunting deer from elevated stands on property which is privately owned and legally posted, or to archery deer hunters hunting on legally posted land where firearm hunting is not permitted by agreement of the owner or lessee.
B. Violation of this Section constitutes a class one violation.
Acts 1992, No. 528, §1, eff. June 29, 1992; Acts 1992, No. 741, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 1993; Acts 1993, No. 64, §1; Acts 2008, No. 36, §1; Acts 2016, No. 7, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:151. Purpose

RS 56:151 - Purpose
The hunting of migratory waterfowl has long been a source of recreation and tourism in Louisiana. In order to protect and preserve this most valuable asset, the Louisiana Duck License, Stamp, and Print Program is created as a means of funding approved projects through sale of a migratory waterfowl license, hereinafter known as the "duck license", and sale of duck stamps and prints.
Acts 1988, No. 632, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1990, No. 392, §1; Acts 2001, No. 270, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:153. Design, marketing, and sale of duck stamps and prints

RS 56:153 - Design, marketing, and sale of duck stamps and prints
The department shall provide by regulation for the annual creation of duck stamps and duck stamp prints, the manner of selection of an artist and the manner of reproduction, distribution, marketing and sale of such stamps and prints. Purchase of such stamps and prints shall not authorize the purchaser to hunt, take, possess, or transport ducks in the state of Louisiana. The secretary is hereby authorized to sell such stamps and prints by the method he deems to be most beneficial to the department, including public or private auction or direct sale to an individual, group, or organization. The cost for a resident duck stamp shall be five dollars and fifty cents and the cost for a nonresident duck stamp shall be twenty-five dollars. The department shall retain exclusive ownership and production rights to the design for reproduction of duck stamps and prints to sell to hunters, collectors, and other interested persons. Upon completion of this process, the original artwork shall be returned to the artist.
Acts 1988, No. 632, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1988, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 12, §1, eff. Oct. 27, 1988; Acts 1992, No. 858, §1; Acts 2001, No. 270, §1; Acts 2010, No. 100, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:171. Wildlife; business of raising and selling; breeder's license

RS 56:171 - Wildlife; business of raising and selling; breeder's license
A. Whoever desires to engage in raising, selling, or raising and selling domestic white-tailed deer or other domesticated deer native to North America; squirrels, rabbits, or other wild game quadrupeds; pheasants, quail, doves, or other domesticated wild game birds; domesticated wild waterfowl, resident or migratory; or their parts, on breeding farms or propagating preserves of which he is the owner or lessee, shall apply to the secretary for a license to do so. Provided that commission requirements have been satisfied, including payment of a fee of fifty dollars, a license shall be issued permitting the applicant to breed and propagate such animals and sell them alive, or in the case of domesticated wild game birds, to sell their parts and to kill and transport them and sell their carcasses for food, as hereinafter provided in this Subpart.
B. The state license expires at midnight on the last day of each December.
C. In the case of a breeder of wild migratory game and other birds, the applicant shall have received a like license from the federal government under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
D. Violation of any of the provisions of this Section constitutes a class two violation.
Amended by Acts 1974, No. 717, §1; Acts 1981, No. 838, §1; Acts 1986, No. 520, §1; Acts 1991, No. 110, §2; Acts 1992, No. 41, §2; Acts 1992, No. 528, §1, eff. June 29, 1992; Acts 2021, No. 356, §2, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries › §56:172. Killing of birds or animals; sale; trapping regulations; exporting live specimens

RS 56:172 - Killing of birds or animals; sale; trapping regulations; exporting live specimens
A. Any licensee may kill or sell such animals or birds provided for in this Subpart at any time, except that domesticated species of wild game birds or wild waterfowl, killed by shooting, shall not be bought, sold or traded under the provisions of this Subpart.
B. Wild nongame quadrupeds raised on such licensed breeding farms or preserves may be taken for their pelts only in the open seasons, as prescribed by law. Special parish closed seasons do not apply to such licensed breeders or propagators.
C. Any licensed breeder, after receiving a shipping permit furnished by the department on application, may ship live specimens outside the state for breeding, scientific, or educational purposes.
D. Any licensed breeder may possess or sell such animals or birds for food as hereinafter set forth in this Subpart.
Amended by Acts 1974, No. 717, §1; Acts 1981, No. 736, §1; Acts 2021, No. 356, §2, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.