Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Hunting Regulations 2020-2021 - Flipbook - Page 57
MIGRATORY BIRDS
MIGRATORY GAME BIRD SCHEDULES
Shooting & Hawking Hours
1. Ducks, Geese, Teal, Rail, Gallinule, Snipe and Woodcock: One-Half Hour before
sunrise to sunset, EXCEPT
• Shooting hours for Snipe at the Spanish Lake Recreation Area in Iberia Parish,
including the Conservation Order, shall end at 2 p.m.
2. Mourning Dove: One-Half Hour before sunrise to sunset EXCEPT for opening day of
the first split on WMAs and LDWF leased dove fields where shooting hours will be
12 p.m. (noon) to sunset, EXCEPT for Elbow Slough WMA, which will be open onehalf hour before sunrise to sunset.
2019-2020 MIGRATORY GAME BIRD SCHEDULE
Species
Mourning and
White-winged Doves
and fully-dressed
Eurasian Collared and
Ringed Turtle Doves
Woodcock
Teal (Blue-winged,
Green-winged and
Cinnamon)
King and Clapper
Rails
Sora and Virginia
Rails
Gallinules
Snipe
Ducks, Coots and
Mergansers
Season Dates
South Zone:
Sept. 7-15
Oct. 12 - Nov. 17
Dec. 19 - Jan. 31
North Zone:
Sept. 7-29
Oct. 12 - Nov. 17
Dec. 28 - Jan. 26
Dec. 18 - Jan. 31
Daily Bag Limit
Possession Limit
15
in the aggregate
45
in the aggregate
3
9
Sept. 14-29
6
18
Sept. 14-29
Nov. 9 - Jan. 1
Sept. 14-29
Nov. 9 - Jan. 1
Sept. 14-29
Nov. 9 - Jan. 1
Nov. 2 - Dec. 8
Dec. 21 - Feb. 28
Coastal Zone:
Nov. 2-3 (Youth Only)
Nov. 9 - Dec. 8
Dec. 21 - Jan. 19
15
in the aggregate
25
in the aggregate
45
in the aggregate
75
in the aggregate
15
45
8
24
West Zone:
Nov. 9 (Youth Only)
Nov. 16 - Dec. 8
Dec. 21 - Jan. 26
Feb. 1 (Youth Only)
See Ducks, Coots and Mergansers
section for more details
East Zone:
Nov. 16 (Youth Only)
Nov. 23 - Dec. 8
Dec. 14 - Jan. 26
Feb. 1 (Youth Only)
www.wlf.louisiana.gov
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