2026-2027 FEDERAL LANDS HUNTING SCHEDULES
FEDERAL LANDS
KISATCHIE NATIONAL FOREST
Kisatchie National Forest is spread across seven parishes and con-
sists of approximately 604,000 acres.
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Contact Information:
Website: www.fs.usda.gov/kisatchie
Forest Supervisor’s Office (Pineville): 318-473-7160
Calcasieu Ranger District Office (Boyce): 318-793-9427
Kisatchie Ranger District Office (Kisatchie): 318-472-1840
Catahoula Ranger District Office (Bentley): 318-765-3554
Winn Ranger District Office (Winnfield): 318-628-4664
Caney Ranger District Office (Homer): 318-927-2061
All Seasons for KNF are for 2026-2027 only.
Vehicles:
Motorized travel off designated roads and trails and outside des-
ignated areas is prohibited on the entire KNF. Motor Vehicle Use
Maps (MVUM) showing designated roads and trails and associat-
ed vehicles and travel seasons are available in all Forest Service
offices and on the Kisatchie website: www.fs.usda.gov/kisatchie.
ATV/UTV (50-inch maximum width) operation is prohibited on
public roads and road right-of-way. Use is allowed on KNF roads
designated as open seasonally to ATV/UTV use. Use is prohibited
in some campsites and recreation areas; see bulletin boards for
additional information (also see MVUM).
Nighttime ATV/UTV travel is prohibited. ATV/UTV travel is allowed
between one hour before sunrise and one hour after sunset.
Game retrieval with an ATV/UTV is only allowed along specifically
designated 300-foot corridors (see MVUM).
Camping:
Camping corridors for highway-legal vehicles to drive within 100
feet of the road and camp are designated on the Caney District
and in the Red Dirt National Wildlife Management Preserve (see
MVUM).
Contact your local ranger district office for additional information
about camping.
Hunter Orange or Blaze Pink: LDWF WMA regulations for Hunter
Orange/Blaze Pink apply.
General: Hunting or discharging a firearm in or within 150 yards of a
residence, building, campsite, developed recreation site or occupied
area, across/on a NFSR (National Forest System Road) legally open to
motorized use, across a body of water where any person/property is
exposed to injury/damage as a result of such discharge, is prohibited.
KISATCHIE NATIONAL FOREST (cont.)
Firearms (For a full description of USFS regulations, consult the Title 36 of
the Code of Federal Regulations):
Hunting or discharging a firearm or any other implement capable
of taking human life, causing injury, or damaging property is pro-
hibited as follows:
1. In or within 150 yards of a residence, building, campsite,
developed recreation site or occupied area, or
2. Across or on a National Forest System road or a body of
water adjacent thereto, or in any manner or place whereby
any person or property is exposed to injury or damage as a
result in such discharge.
3. Hunting within 50 feet of the centerline of any road on KNF
lands. It is prohibited to possess a firearm having live ammu-
nition in the chamber, magazine, cylinder or clip (when
attached to a firearm), or crossbow cocked and in the ready
position in or on any type vehicle while on KNF.
Active and retired law enforcement officers in compliance with
POST requirements, Federal Law Enforcement Officers, holders of
Louisiana concealed handgun permits or permit holders from a
reciprocal state, who are in compliance with all other state and fed-
eral firearms regulations, may possess firearms while on KNF lands,
provided these firearms are not used for any hunting purposes.
The following cannot be carried while hunting on KNF lands
except during modern and primitive deer seasons.
Centerfire rifles
Break-action centerfire and bolt-action centerfire hand guns
Scoped centerfire handguns
Shotgun slugs or shot larger than BB lead or F steel
Deer Hunting:
Bag Limit = 1 deer per day up to the statewide seasonal limit.
All deer hunting is still hunting only.
All deer must be tagged as required by LDWF regulations.
Hunting stand, blind, tripod, baiting, spot-lighting etc. regulations
applicable to LDWF WMAs are in effect on KNF unless otherwise
specified (refer to “Methods of Taking Game” section of the
2026-2027 LDWF WMA Regulations) excluding the “Bag Limit”
and “Horses and Mules” sections.
Hunting from a permanent stand is prohibited. Placing or leaving
a temporary stand is limited to 24 hours.
The training of deer dogs is prohibited year-round.
See separate schedule for Catahoula and Red Dirt National
Wildlife Management Preserves.
LDWF Youth Deer Hunt Regulations apply for all KNF lands
EXCEPT that archery and open seasons for small game hunting is
allowed (excluding those portions of the Vernon Unit within Fort
Polk-Vernon WMA [formerly Fort Johnson-Vernon]).
LDWF WMA regulations for using dogs on leash to recover
downed deer are in effect on KNF (unless otherwise specified,
refer to “Dogs” section of the LDWF WMA regulations). No dogs
allowed to hunt deer or hogs.
Archery - Deer Hunting:
General: Either-sex deer may be taken at any time by archers
during the archery season EXCEPT when bucks-only firearms sea-
sons are in progress on KNF (archers must hunt only bucks
during bucks-only firearm seasons).
Archers must adhere to the full Hunter Orange/Blaze Pink
requirements during any firearm season for deer.
Vernon Unit of the Calcasieu Ranger District (Vernon Parish,
excluding Fort Polk-Vernon WMA [formerly Fort Johnson-
Vernon]): Sept. 19 - Jan. 15
www.wlf.louisiana.gov
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