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GENERAL HUNTING INFO
GENERAL HUNTING INFORMATION
A Basic Hunting License is required of all persons to hunt, take,
possess or cause to be transported by any other person any wild
bird or quadruped. See page 8 for exceptions.
Pursuant to Act 169 of the 1988 regular session of the Legislature,
the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has adopted mon-
etary values which are assigned to all illegally taken, possessed,
injured or destroyed fish, wild birds, wild quadrupeds and other
wildlife and aquatic life. Anyone taking, possessing, injuring or de-
stroying fish, wild birds, wild quadrupeds and other wildlife and
aquatic life shall be required to reimburse LDWF a sum of money
equal to the value of the wildlife illegally taken, possessed, injured
or destroyed. This monetary reimbursement shall be in addition to
any and all criminal penalties imposed for the illegal act.
HUNTER EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
No person born on or after Sept. 1, 1969, shall hunt unless that per-
son has been issued a certificate of satisfactorily completion of a
Hunter Education course approved by LDWF. The minimum age to
be hunter education certified is 9 years of age.
EXCEPT a person may hunt without hunter education certification
if 1.) they are accompanied by and under direct supervision of a
person who was born before Sept. 1, 1969 and has a valid hunt-
ing license, or 2.) they are accompanied by and under the direct
supervision of a person who is 18 years of age or older and has
proof of completion of a hunter education course approved by
LDWF. Direct supervision means that the person being supervised
is within a normal audible voice contact and in direct line of sight
of the supervising person at all times while hunting.
EXCEPT individuals 11 years of age and younger must hunt under
direct supervision (as stated above) regardless of being hunter
education certified.
EXCEPT this requirement shall not apply to any active or veteran
member of the United States Armed Services or any POST-
certified law enforcement officer who has been issued a hunter
education exemption. Application and instructions to apply for
this exemption can be found at www.wlf.la.gov/page/hunter-and-
trapper-education.
For information on scheduling a hunter education course, or to get the phone number for your local
hunter education office, please visit our website at www.wlf.la.gov/page/hunter-and-trapper-education
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