Louisiana Commission Makes Drastic Changes to Hunting Season

Hunters will see many changes beginning this fall after action taken by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission Thursday. The alterations include season dates and regulations throughout the state as well as on specific wildlife management areas.

The commission had put the changes out for public comment beginning in January, and that feedback from hunters was presented to the commission before Thursday’s vote.

Here are some of the changes:

* Deer Area 8  – Change that portion in Allen Parish east of Louisiana Highway 113 from the parish line to U.S. Highway 190, north of U.S. Highway 190 eastward to Kinder, west of U.S. Highway 165 northward to Louisiana Highway 10 at Oakdale and south of Louisiana Highway 10 from Oakdale westward to parish line, and in Beauregard Parish that portion east of Louisiana Highway 113, and in Vernon Parish that portion east of Louisiana Highway 113 from the parish line northward to Pitkin and south of Louisiana Highway 10 from Pitkin southward to the parish line; to become a portion of Deer Area 3, with the same seasons as Deer Area 3, Except to include allowing hunting with or without dogs during the last segment of the Firearms Deer Season (Dec. 3, 2017-Jan. 8, 2018) within this new portion of Deer Area 3.

* To expand the Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Limited Access Areas on the Main Delta and Wax Delta approximately…..

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