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TURKEY HUNTING SEASON


2008 Turkey Regulations

Turkey Baiting Law 

2008 Turkey Hunting Schedule

AREA SEASON DATES
A March 21 - April 20
B March 21 - April 13
C March 21 - April 6
Private Lands, Youth and Physically Challenged Hunter
(Wheelchair Confined) Hunt		 March 15 - 16

Wildlife Management Area Turkey Hunting Schedule

WMA

NON-LOTTERY
SEASON DATES

PERMITS

LOTTERY DATES**

Bayou Macon

 None Self-Clearing April 5 - 6
Bens Creek1 March 21- April 6 Self-Clearing None
Big Lake March 21 - April 6 Self-Clearing None
Bodcau March 21 - April 6 Self-Clearing None
Boeuf March 21 - 30 Self-Clearing None
Clear Creek March 31 - April 20 Self-Clearing March 21 - 23;
March 29 - 30
Camp Beauregard March 21 - 30 Self-Clearing None
Dewey Wills None Self-
Clearing		 April 12 - 13
Fort Polk March 21 - April 20 Self-Clearing None
Grassy Lake March 21 - April 6 Self-Clearing None
Hutchinson March 21 - April 20 Self-Clearing None
Jackson-Bienville March 21 - April 6 Self-Clearing None
Lake Ramsey March 21 - April 6 Self-Clearing None
Little River March 21 - April 6 Self-Clearing None
Loggy Bayou None Self-Clearing April 12 - 13
Peason Ridge March 21 - April 20 Self-Clearing None
Red River March 21 - April 6 Self-Clearing None
Sabine None Self-Clearing March 21 - 23;
March 29 - 30
Sandy Hollow1 March 21 - April 6 Self-Clearing None
Sherburne2 March 27 - 30 Self-Clearing March 21 - 23;
March 24 - 26
Sicily Island None Self-Clearing March 21 - 23;
March 24 - 26;
March 27 - 29;
March 30 - April 1
April 2 - 5
Tangipahoa Parish School Bd. March 21 - April 20 Self-Clearing None
Three Rivers March 21 - April 6 Self-Clearing None
Tunica Hills South Tract April 7 - 13 Self-Clearing

March 21 - 22;
March 29 - 30
April 5 - 6

Tunica Hills North Tract3 April 7- 13 Self-Clearing March 21 - 22;
March 29 - 30;
April 5 - 6
Union None Self-Clearing April 5- 6
Walnut Hills March 21 - April 20 Self-Clearing None
West Bay None Self-Clearing March 21 - 23;
March 29 - 30

* Only those Wildlife Management Areas listed have a turkey hunting season. All other areas are closed.

** The deadline for receiving applications for all turkey Lottery Hunts on WMAs is February 8, 2008.

1No turkey hunting within 100 yards of food plots identified by two yellow paint rings around the nearest tree.

2All turkeys harvested on Sherburne WMA must be weighed and checked at WMA headquarters.

3Area closed to all users April 4 - August 31, 2008.

Wildlife Management Area Lottery Youth Hunts - Turkey Only


WMA

Lottery Youth
Hunt Date

Bens Creek March 15
Big Lake March 15
Fort Polk/Peason Ridge/Calcasieu Ranger Dist. March 15
Jackson-Bienville March 15
Loggy Bayou April 5
Sherburne March 15 - 16
Sicily Island March 15
Spring Bayou March 15
Thistlethwaite April 5
Tunica Hills March 15
Union March 29
West Bay March 15

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