Hunting
Applications open for Atchafalaya Delta WMA houseboat mooring lotteries
The LDWF is offering houseboat mooring sites via lottery on Atchafalaya Delta WMA for the majority of the 2024-25 hunting season.[…]
LDWF news
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Bodcau, Woodworth Shooting Ranges holiday closures
The Woodworth Shooting Range will be closed July 4-5, and the Bodcau Shooting Range will be closed on July 5 for the Fourth of July holiday.[…]
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Avondale resident cited for illegal alligator harvest in Jefferson Parish
LDWF enforcement agents cited an Avondale resident for an alleged alligator hunting violation on June 25 in Jefferson Parish.[…]
Fishing
LDWF schedules drawdown for Iatt Lake
The LDWF has scheduled a drawdown for Iatt Lake in Grant Parish for the purpose of reducing giant salvinia and submersed vegetation.[…]
Hunting
Hunting rules, regulations, season schedules for 2024-25 now available
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has released its 2024-25 hunting regulations pamphlet online at the LDWF website.[…]
Deer Hunting
Governor signs Act 272 into law relative to tracking mortally wounded deer with dogs
Act 272 recognizes the ethical obligations of a hunter to recover game they have taken and provides for a legal method to do so.[…]
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LDWF agents cite subject for illegally harvesting a black bear in Concordia Parish
LDWF enforcement agents cited a southwestern Louisiana man for allegedly illegally taking a Louisiana black bear in Concordia Parish.[…]
Dove
LDWF now accepting applications for Elbow Slough WMA dove and White Lake WCA teal lottery hunts
The LDWF is accepting applications for Elbow Slough WMA dove lottery hunt and White Lake WCA teal lottery hunt for the 2024 hunting season.[…]
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Agents arrest two boaters for DWI on the water in Assumption and Terrebonne parishes
LDWF agents arrested two subjects for alleged operating or driving a vessel while impaired in Assumption and Terrebonne parishes on June 15.[…]
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Act 114 to allocate waterfowl license dollars to the Louisiana Duck Fund
Governor Landry signs Act 114 to allocate waterfowl license dollars to the Louisiana Duck License, Stamp, and Print Fund.[…]
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Louisiana State Legislator passes House Bill 684 re-establishing a black bear season in Louisiana
The Louisiana State Legislature passed House Bill 684 to allow LDWF to fund the management and conservation of the Louisiana black bear.[…]
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LDWF announces recreational red grouper season to close June 30
The state recreational fishing season for Gulf red grouper closes on June 30 instead of Dec. 31 in order to match the federal season closure.[…]
Alligator
Three Texas men cited for illegal possession of live alligator in New Orleans
LDWF enforcement agents on June 14 cited three subjects for alleged illegal possession of an alligator in Orleans Parish.[…]
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Federal funding available to accommodate transient boaters in Louisiana
The LDWF is now accepting applications for the Sport Fish Restoration Boating Infrastructure Grant Program.[…]
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LDWF: Red snapper landing estimates through June 2
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries released the private recreational red snapper landings estimates through June 2, 2024.[…]
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LDWF agents investigating fatal boating incident in Sabine Parish
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents are investigating a fatal boating incident in Sabine Parish.[…]