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Printed page 22 · PDF page 24 of the 2026-2027 hunting regulations
Not the lawThese pages reproduce summary material from LDWF pamphlets. The controlling authority is Louisiana Administrative Code Title 76 together with any Declaration of Emergency in effect. Verify with LDWF before acting on it.
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DEER HUNTING
DEER TAGGING INFORMATION (2026-2027)
Prior to hunting deer, all deer hunters, regardless of age or license status, must obtain either carcass or electronic deer tags for the current
season. Tags must be in possession when hunting deer. Hunters purchasing licenses online at www.wlf.la.gov/page/hunting-licenses-per-
mits-tags will be able to print an E-License using a personal printer for immediate use, email or save the licenses purchased to an electronic
device which is kept in possession while hunting. Deer tags may only be used by the hunter to whom the tag was issued. Hunters who allow
their deer tags to be used by another person, or who use tags issued to another person, are in violation of this Rule and are subject to fines
and other administrative penalties, including, but not limited to, the automatic forfeiture of any remaining deer tags for the season for which
they are issued.
PROCESS FOR TAGGING DEER
1. Immediately upon harvesting a deer, the hunter must tag the deer with the appropriate carcass or electronic tag before it is moved from
the harvest site.
2. The hunter must record the date of kill for the corresponding tag number on the harvest report card portion of the deer tag license or
report the harvest electronically.
3. The hunter must record the date and parish of kill on the carcass tag or report this information electronically.
4. The tag must remain attached to the deer while kept at camp, or while it is transported to the domicile of the hunter or to a cold storage
facility. Hunters who keep the carcass or meat at camp must also comply with the resident game possession tag regulations (see Posses-
sion Tags on page 76).
5. Within 72 hours the hunter must validate the harvest. Hunters may validate deer by utilizing text-to-tag, tagging through the LDWF web
portal or the LDWF web portal via LA Wallet or by calling the validation toll free number, 225-267-9998 or using the validation website:
www.LouisianaOutdoors.com.
Hunters harvesting deer on DMAP lands should follow the instructions provided to them by LDWF.
REPLACEMENT OF LOST TAGS
Duplicate tags are available to replace lost tags. Tags can be reprinted online at www.wlf.la.gov/page/hunting-licenses-permits-tags at no cost.
Hunters that have harvested deer prior to losing their remaining tags must remove and discard the duplicate tags to account for the original
tags that have been used and validated. Hunters must record these validated deer on the duplicate deer tag license.
FISHNET CHARTERS
CAPE COD - BUZZARDS BAY
Targeting all species of gamefish • Sea Bass - Stripers - Tautog