Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part XIX - Hunting and WMA Regulations › Chapter 1 - Resident Game Hunting Season › Section XIX-117 - Migratory Bird Seasons, Regulations, and Bag Limits

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Seasons and Bag Limits
Species
Season Dates
Daily Bag Limit
Possession Limit
Mourning and White Winged Doves and fully-dressed
							 Eurasian and Collared Doves
South Zone:
Sept. 7-Sept. 21
Oct. 19-Nov. 30
Dec. 14-Jan. 14
North Zone:
Sept. 7-Sept. 28
Oct. 5-Nov. 9
Dec. 21-Jan. 21
15 (in aggregate)
45 (in aggregate)
Woodcock
Dec. 18-Jan. 31
3
9
Teal (Blue-winged, Green-winged and Cinnamon)
Sept. 14-Sept. 29
6
18
King and Clapper Rails
Sept. 14-Sept. 29
Nov. 9-Jan. 1
15 (in aggregate)
45 (in aggregate)
Sora and Virginia Rails
Sept. 14-Sept. 29
Nov. 9-Jan. 1
25 (in aggregate)
75 (in aggregate)
Gallinules
Sept. 14 - Sept. 29 Nov. 9 - Jan. 1
15
45
Snipe
West Zone:
Nov. 2 - Dec. 8
Dec. 21 - Feb. 28
East Zone:
Nov. 2 - Dec. 8
Dec. 21 - Feb. 28
8
24
Ducks, Coots and Mergansers
West Zone:
Nov. 2 - 3 (youth only)
Nov. 9 - Dec. 8
Dec. 21 - Jan. 5
Jan. 18 - Jan. 31
Feb. 1 - 2 (Veteran's only)
East Zone:
Nov. 9 (youth and Veteran's only)
Nov. 16 - Dec.1
Dec. 14 - Jan. 26
Feb. 1 (youth and Veteran's only)
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 limit on coots is 15. Mergansers-The daily bag
							 limit for mergansers is 5, only 2 of which may be hooded mergansers, in
							 addition to the daily bag limit for ducks.
Three times the daily bag limit.
Light Geese (Snow, Blue, and Ross') and White-Fronted
							 Geese
East Zone:
Nov. 2 - Dec. 1
Dec. 14 - Jan. 26
West Zone:
Nov. 2 - Dec. 8
Dec. 21 - Jan. 5
Jan. 18 - Feb. 7
Daily bag limit on Light Geese (snow, blue, and
							 ross') is 20.
Daily bag limit on White-Fronted Geese is 3.
No possession limit on Light Geese (snow, blue, and
							 ross')
Possession limit on White-Fronted Geese is 9.
Canada Geese
East Zone:
Nov. 2 - Dec. 1
Dec. 14 - Jan. 26
West Zone:
Nov. 2 - Dec. 8
Dec. 21 - Jan. 5
Jan. 18 - Feb. 7
1
3
B.
				Conservation Order for Light Geese Seasons and Bag Limits
Species
Season Dates
Daily Bag Limit
Possession Limit
Light Geese (Snow, Blue, and Ross')
East Zone:
Dec. 2 - Dec. 13
Jan. 27 - Mar. 2
West Zone:
Dec. 9 - Dec. 20
Jan. 6 - Jan. 17
Feb. 1 - Mar. 2
No daily bag limit.
No possession limit.
C.
				Extended Falconry Seasons and Bag Limits
Species
Season Dates
Daily Bag Limit
Mourning and White Winged Doves and fully-dressed
							 Eurasian and Collared Doves
Sept. 14-Sept. 30
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.
Woodcock
Nov. 4-Jan. 31
Rails and Gallinule
Nov. 2-Jan. 26
Ducks
Nov. 2 - Jan. 29
D.
				Dove Hunting Regulations
1. Shooting hours:
				one-half hour before sunrise to sunset.
2. There is no bag limit on Eurasian
				collared-doves or Ringed Turtle-doves provided that a fully feathered wing and
				head remain attached to the carcass of the bird. Fully dressed Eurasian
				collared-doves and ringed turtle doves (those without a fully feathered wing
				and head naturally attached to the carcass) shall be included in the aggregate
				bag.
3. The following boundary
				divides the dove season zones: beginning at the Texas-Louisiana border on LA
				Hwy. 12; thence east along LA Hwy 12 to its intersection with U.S. Hwy 190;
				thence east along U.S. Hwy 190 to its intersection with I-12; thence east along
				I-12 to its intersection with I-10; then east along I-10 to the Mississippi
				state line.