WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS
TANGIPAHOA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
Owner: Tangipahoa Parish School Board (1,643 acres; Hammond
Office)
Self-Clearing Permit required for all activities. No horseback riding
during gun season for deer or turkey. ATVs/UTVs are prohibited
EXCEPT as otherwise specified.
Deer: Same as outside, still hunt only.
Turkey Youth: March 26-27
Turkey: Same as outside.
Small Game and Waterfowl: Same as outside EXCEPT WATERFOWL
CLOSED after 12 noon, and OPEN to squirrel hunting during the
spring season, May 1-9, with or without dogs. Beagles allowed for
rabbits and dogs allowed for squirrel hunting Feb. 1-28.
Raccoon (nighttime): Feb. 1-28
THISTLETHWAITE
Owner: Thistlethwaite Heirs (11,100 acres, Lafayette Office)
Self-Clearing Permit required for all activities. All motorized vehicles
restricted to improved roads only. All users must enter and leave
through Main Gate only.
Restricted Area: Small game hunting allowed with shotgun only load-
ed with shot no larger than BB lead or F steel. Deer hunting allowed
by archery only.
AREA CLOSED: Oct. 31 - Nov. 1, EXCEPT to Youth Deer Hunters.
Deer Archery (bucks only): Oct. 1-15
Deer Archery (either-sex): Oct. 16 - Feb. 15
Deer Youth (either-sex): Oct. 31 - Nov. 1
Deer Firearms (either-sex): Nov. 27-28, mandatory deer check.
Nov. 29 and Dec. 5-13 & 26-27, self-clearing permit.
Deer Firearms (bucks only): Dec. 28 - Jan. 10, self-clearing permit.
Deer Primitive Firearms (bucks only): Nov. 14-15 and Jan. 11-17
Small Game and Waterfowl: Same as outside EXCEPT WATERFOWL
CLOSED after 12 noon, and EXCEPT CLOSED Oct. 31 - Nov. 1, Nov.
27-29 and Dec. 5-13 & 26-27, and OPEN to squirrel hunting during
the spring season, May 1-9. Beagles allowed for rabbits and dogs
allowed for squirrel hunting Feb. 1-28.
TUNICA HILLS
Owner: LDWF (5,906 acres, Hammond Office); Office of State Parks
(597 acres)
Self-Clearing Permit required for all activities. Camping limited to tents
only in designated area. Refer to WMA map.
AREA CLOSED: Nov. 7-8, to all users EXCEPT youth deer hunters,
and CLOSED to all users Friday through Sunday before opening day
of statewide turkey season EXCEPT youth hunters, and remained
CLOSED through the first nine days of the statewide turkey season
EXCEPT for turkey hunters.
Deer Archery (bucks only): Oct. 1-15 and Feb. 1-15
Deer Archery (either-sex): Oct. 16 - Jan. 31
Deer Youth (either-sex): Nov. 7-8
Deer Primitive Firearms (either-sex): Nov. 27-29 and Dec. 12-20
Turkey: April 3-11
Turkey Lottery: Hunting by pre-application lottery only. Visit www.wlf.
la.gov/page/lottery-hunts to apply online.
Youth Lottery: March 27-28
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TUNICA HILLS (cont.)
Small Game and Waterfowl: Same as outside EXCEPT WATERFOWL
CLOSED after 12 noon, and EXCEPT CLOSED Nov. 7-8 & 27-29 and
Dec. 12-20 and OPEN to squirrel hunting during the spring season
on the South Tract only, May 1-9, with or without dogs. Beagles
allowed for rabbits and dogs allowed for squirrel hunting Oct. 17-23
and Feb. 1-28 on South Tract Only. On that portion designated as
Small Game Emphasis Area (South Tract Only), training of beagles for
rabbits and dogs for squirrel allowed June 1 - Aug. 31.
Raccoon (nighttime): Feb. 1-28 (South Tract Only)
WALNUT HILL
Owner: LDWF (595 acres, Lake Charles Office)
Self-Clearing Permit required for all activities.
Deer Archery (either-sex): Same as outside.
Turkey: Same as outside.
Small Game: Same as outside and OPEN to squirrel hunting during
the spring season, May 1-9, with or without dogs. Beagles allowed
for rabbits and dogs allowed for squirrel hunting Jan. 2 - Feb. 28. On
that portion designated as Small Game Emphasis Area, beagles are
allowed for rabbit and dogs are allowed for squirrel Oct. 3 - Feb. 28,
and training of beagles for rabbit and dogs for squirrel allowed
June 1 - Aug. 31.
Raccoon (nighttime): Sept. 12-27 and Jan. 2 - Feb. 28
WEST BAY
Owner: Manulife Investment Management, Roy O. Martin, AgVictus
Capital Management, and Rayonier (59,189 acres, Lake Charles Office)
Self-Clearing Permit required for all activities.
Limited Use Area: Small game same as outside EXCEPT shotgun only.
Deer hunting restricted to archery ONLY. See WMA map for specific
location.
PCHP Limited Use Area (PCHP Wheelchair Bound Hunting Area): Access
restricted. Check WMA map for location and call Lake Charles or
Baton Rouge office for details and applications. Hunting by reserva-
tion for wheelchair confined PCHP permittees only. Same deer sea-
son as listed below.
AREA CLOSED: Oct. 24-25, to all EXCEPT youth and physically chal-
lenged deer hunters.
Deer Archery (either-sex): Sept. 19 - Jan. 15, either-sex when bucks
only firearms is closed
Deer Youth and Physically Challenged (either-sex): Oct. 24-25, for youth
and physically challenged hunters only.
Deer Firearms (either-sex): Oct. 31 - Nov. 1, mandatory deer check.
Nov. 27-29, self-clearing permit.
Deer Firearms (bucks only): Nov. 9-26 and Dec. 12 - Jan. 1
Deer Primitive Firearms (either-sex): Nov. 2-8
Turkey Lottery: Hunting by pre-application lottery only. Visit www.wlf.
la.gov/page/lottery-hunts to apply online.
Youth Lottery: March 26-27
General Lottery: April 3-4, 10-11 & 17-18
Small Game and Waterfowl: Same as outside EXCEPT WATERFOWL
CLOSED after 12 noon, and EXCEPT CLOSED Oct. 24-25 and Oct. 31 -
Nov. 1 and Nov. 27-29. . Beagles allowed for rabbits and dogs allowed
for squirrel hunting from Nov. 1 - Feb. 28, EXCEPT CLOSED during any
gun deer season (modern or primitive firearms). OPEN to squirrel
hunting during the spring season, May 1-9, with or without dogs.
Youth Squirrel Hunt: Sept. 26-27
Raccoon (nighttime): Jan. 2 - Feb. 28