Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES › Part V - Wild Quadrupeds and Wild Birds › Chapter 1 - Wild Quadrupeds › Section V-111 - Rules and Regulations for Participation in the Deer Management Assistance Program

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				following rules and regulations shall govern the Deer Management Assistance
				Program.
1. Application Procedure
a. Application for enrollment of a new
				cooperator in the Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) must be submitted
				to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries by August 1. Application for the
				renewal enrollment of an active cooperator must be submitted to the Department
				of Wildlife and Fisheries annually by September 1. Except lands enrolling in
				Tier 1 DMAP within 5 miles of a Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) detection may
				enroll at any time during the current season.
b. Applicants will select from 1 of 4 levels
				of DMAP participation. Level 1 participation is limited to qualifying clubs of
				1000 acres or more, unless the property is 40 acres or more and located within
				5 miles of a CWD detection, and will require collection of complete harvest
				data, including jaw bone removal, weights, antler measurements, and checking
				females for lactation. Level 1 participation may require the submission of CWD
				samples, per the Department's discretion, for properties within 5 miles of a
				CWD detection. Issuance of both antlered and antlerless tags will be mandatory.
				Level 2 participation is limited to clubs with 500 acres or more and will also
				require collection of complete harvest data. Antlerless tags only will be
				issued unless antlered tags are specifically requested and needed to meet
				harvest objectives. Level 3 participation will be for tracts of 40 acres or
				larger, and only require recording the total number of male and female deer
				harvested. Only antlerless tags are available. Licensed deer farmers authorized
				to hunt deer by Department of Agriculture and Forestry and Department of
				Wildlife and Fisheries are eligible to participate in this level. Level 4
				participation will only require recording the total number of male and female
				deer harvested and is only available for nuisance deer issues such as crop or
				lawn depredation. Only antlerless tags will be issued. There is no acreage
				minimum for level 4.
c. Each
				application for a new cooperator must be accompanied by a legal description of
				lands to be enrolled and a map of the property. Renewal applications must be
				accompanied by a legal description and map only if the boundaries of the
				enrolled property have changed from records on file from the previous hunting
				season. This information will remain on file in the appropriate ecoregion field
				office.
d. Fee schedule:
i. tier 1-fee dependent on acreage and
				distance to a CWD detection:
(a). 1,000-1,500
				acres-$250;
(b). 1,501-10,000
				acres-$300;
(c). 10,001-20,000
				acres-$500;
(d). 20,001-50,000
				acres-$1,500;
(e). 50,001-75,000
				acres-$2,500;
(f). >75,000
				acres-$3,750 minimum, to be negotiated;
(g). [GREATER THAN EQUAL TO]40 acres or more
				and within 5 miles of a CWD detection-no fee;
ii. tier 2-fee dependent on acreage:
(a). 500-1,500 acres-$150;
(b). 1,501-10,000 acres-$200;
(c). 10,001-20,000 acres-$500;
(d). 20,001-50,000 acres-$1,500;
(e). 50,001-75,000 acres-$2,500;
(f). >75,000 acres-$3,750 minimum, to be
				negotiated;
iii. tier
				3-fee dependent on acreage:
(a). 40-500
				acres-$100;
(b). 501-1,500
				acres-$150;
(c). 1,501-10,000
				acres-$200;
(d). 10,001-20,000
				acres-$500;
(e). 20,001-50,000
				acres-$1,500;
(f). 50,001-75,000
				acres-$2,500;
(g). >75,000
				acres-$3,750 minimum, to be negotiated;
iv. tier 4-no acreage minimum, no
				fee.
e. DMAP fees must be
				paid to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Fiscal Section prior to
				September 15.
f. An agreement must
				be completed and signed by the official representative of the cooperator and
				submitted to the appropriate ecoregion field office for approval. This
				agreement must be completed and signed annually.
g. Entrances and public road frontage of
				lands enrolled in DMAP shall be clearly marked and posted with DMAP signs in
				compliance with
				R.S.
				56:110 and the provisions of
				R.S.
				56:110 are only applicable to property
				enrolled in DMAP. DMAP signs shall be removed if the land is no longer enrolled
				in DMAP. Rules and regulations for compliance with
				R.S.
				56:110 are as follows.
i. The color of DMAP signs shall be orange.
				The words "DMAP" and "posted" shall be printed on the sign in letters no less
				than four inches in height. Signs may be constructed of any material and
				minimum size is 111/4 inches x 111/4 inches.
ii. Signs will be placed at 1000-foot
				intervals along any public road frontage and at all points of ingress and
				egress used by motorized vehicles to access the property.
h. By enrolling in the DMAP, cooperators
				agree to allow department personnel access to their lands for management
				surveys, investigation of violations and other inspections deemed appropriate
				by the department. The person listed on the DMAP application as the contact
				person will serve as the liaison between the DMAP cooperator and the
				department.
i. Each cooperator that
				enrolls in DMAP is strongly encouraged to provide keys or lock combinations
				annually to the enforcement division of the Department of Wildlife and
				Fisheries for access to main entrances of the DMAP property. Provision of keys
				is voluntary. However, the cooperator's compliance will ensure that DMAP
				enrolled properties will be properly and regularly patrolled.
j. Large acreage ownerships (10,000 acres)
				may further act as cooperators and enroll additional noncontiguous tracts of
				land deemed sub-cooperators. Sub-cooperators shall be defined by the large
				acreage ownerships lease agreements. Non-contiguous sub-cooperator lands
				enrolled by large acreage ownerships will have the legal description and a map
				included for those parcels enrolled as sub-cooperators. Sub-cooperators shall
				be subject to the same requirements, rules and regulations as
				cooperators.
k. The department may
				grant season extensions to hunt deer with any legal weapon, up to either 15
				days prior to or after the established season framework for the regular deer
				area season, if requested by the DMAP level 1 cooperator in order to fulfill
				property-specific objectives and goals if biological reasons and limitations
				exist that support such extensions. Additionally, the department may grant
				season extensions to hunt rabbits and squirrels by any legal means for up to 10
				days after the established rabbit and squirrel season framework, if requested
				by the DMAP level 1 cooperator in order to fulfill property-specific objectives
				and goals if biological reasons and limitations exist that support such
				extensions.