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TURKEY
TURKEY HUNTING SCHEDULES
Shooting hours are one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset.
2027 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
TURKEY SCHEDULES
Contact U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for information regarding NWR hunts:
Bayou Cocodrie NWR: March 27-28 (Youth Lottery Only)
Lake Ophelia NWR: March 27 (Youth Lottery Only) and April 3-18
Tensas NWR: March 27-28 (Youth Only) and April 3-11
TURKEY HUNTING - AREA A DESCRIPTION
2027 TURKEY AREA
SCHEDULES
Area A: April 3 - May 2*
Area B: April 3-25*
Area C: April 3-18*
Youth & Physically Challenged Hunt (restricted
to youth and wheelchair confined physically chal-
lenged hunters - Areas A, B and C on private land
only): March 26-28
*Seasons Open in Areas A, B and C, on private
lands only. See separate WMA Schedules, Nation-
al Wildlife Refuge Schedules, and Federal Lands
Schedules for season dates on those areas.
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING PARISHES ARE OPEN
Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln, Livingston, Natchitoches, Sabine,
St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Union, Vernon, Washington, Webster, West Feliciana, and Winn
PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING PARISHES ARE OPEN
Allen North of US 190 east of Kinder, west of US 165 south of Kinder.
Calcasieu North of I-10.
Caldwell West of Ouachita River southward to Catahoula Parish line.
South and west of the Ouachita River from the Caldwell Parish line southward to LA 8 at Harrisonburg, north and west of LA 8 from
Catahoula
Harrisonburg to the LaSalle Parish line. ALSO that portion lying east of LA 15.
East Carroll That portion east of the main channel of the Mississippi River.
North and west of LA 115, north of LA 106 west of LA 115 to US 167, west of US 167 south to LA 10, north of LA 10 west of US 167 to
Evangeline
LA 13, west of LA 13 south of LA 10 to Mamou and north of LA 104 west of Mamou.
Jefferson Davis North of US 190 from junction with LA 26 to Kinder, west of US 165 and north of I-10 west from junction of US 165.
Madison That portion east of the main channel of the Mississippi River.
West of US 165 from the Arkansas line to the junction of LA 140 at Bonita, north and west of LA 140 to junction of LA 830-4 (Cooper
Morehouse Lake Road), west of LA 830-4 to US 165 at Bastrop, south of US 165 to junction of LA 3051 (Grabault Road) south of LA 3051 to junction
of LA 138, west of LA 138 to junction of LA 134, north of LA 134 to the Ouachita Parish line.
Ouachita All west of the Ouachita River. That portion east of the Ouachita River lying north of US 80.
Rapides All west of Red River and north of LA 28 from Pineville, LA east to LaSalle Parish line.
Tensas That portion east of the main channel of the Mississippi River.
TURKEY HUNTING - AREA B DESCRIPTION
Caddo, DeSoto and Red River
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING PARISHES ARE OPEN
2026-2027 Louisiana Hunting Regulations