MIGRATORY & WATERFOWL SEASONS

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Wildlife Management Area Dove Hunting Opportunities  

Opening Day Leased Dove Field Opportunities

2008-2009 MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS HUNTING SEASONS

Daily bag limit on ducks is 6 and may include no more than 4 mallards (no more than 2 of which may be females), 1 pintail, 3 mottled ducks, 1 black duck, 3 wood ducks, and 2 redheads.  The daily bag limit for scaup is 1 per day until Dec. 30 in the West Zone and 1 per day until Jan. 6 in the East Zone.  Daily limit for scaup is 2 per day on those dates and thereafter in both zones.  In addition to the daily bag limit for ducks, the limit for mergansers is 5, only 2 of which may be hooded mergansers.  The possession limit for ducks, coots, and mergansers is twice the daily limit.  Canvasbacks may not be taken during the 2008-09 season.

Shooting hours migratory birds are 1/2 hour before sunrise to sunset except for doves on Sept. 6 when shooting hours are 12 noon to sunset.

***Special license required to hunt Canada Geese-available from license vendors.

Note:  Waterfowl information in this table is tentative until published in the Federal and State Registers, but no changes by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are expected.  This disclaimer will be removed when the regulations are finalized.

DOVE HUNTING ZONES

The state shall be divided into North and South Dove Hunting Zones by the following boundary: Beginning at the Texas-Louisiana border on La. Highway 12; thence east along La. Highway 12 to its intersection with U.S. Highway 190; thence east along U.S. Highway 190 to its intersection with Interstate 12; thence east along Interstate 12 to its intersection with Interstate 10; thence east along Interstate 10 to the Mississippi state line.

WATERFOWL REGULATIONS AND HUNTING SEASONS

WATERFOWL HUNTING ZONES

Beginning at the Arkansas-Louisiana border on LA 3; thence south along LA 3 to Bossier City; thence east along I-20 to Minden; thence south along LA 7 to Ringgold; thence east along LA 4 to Jonesboro; thence south along US 167 to Lafayette; thence southeast along US 90 to the Mississippi state line.