Migratory Birds Seasons
Shooting & Hawking Hours
- Ducks, Geese, Teal, Rail, Gallinule, Snipe and Woodcock: One-Half Hour before sunrise to sunset, EXCEPT
- Shooting hours for Snipe at the Spanish Lake Recreation Area in Iberia Parish, including the Conservation Order, shall end at 2 p.m.
- Mourning Dove: One-Half Hour before sunrise to sunset EXCEPT for opening day of the first split on WMAs and LDWF leased dove fields where shooting hours will be 12 p.m. (noon) to sunset, EXCEPT for Elbow Slough WMA, which will be open one-half hour before sunrise to 12 p.m. (noon) on opening weekend of the first split.
2022-2023 Migratory Game Bird Schedule |
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Species |
Season Dates |
Daily Bag Limit |
Possession Limit |
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Mourning and White-winged Doves and fully-dressed Eurasian Collared and Ringed Turtle Doves |
North Zone: Sept. 3-25 Oct. 8 - Nov. 13 Dec. 24 - Jan. 22 |
South Zone: Sept. 3-18 Oct. 15 - Nov. 27 Dec. 17 - Jan. 15 |
15 in the aggregate |
45 in the aggregate |
Woodcock |
Dec. 18 - Jan. 31 |
3 |
9 |
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Sept. 10-25 |
6 |
18 |
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King and Clapper Rails |
Sept. 10-25 Nov. 12 - Jan. 4 |
15 in the aggregate |
45 in the aggregate |
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Sora and Virginia Rails |
Sept. 10-25 Nov. 12 - Jan. 4 |
25 in the aggregate |
75 in the aggregate |
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Gallinules |
Sept. 10-25 Nov. 12 - Jan. 4 |
15 |
45 |
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Snipe |
Nov. 2 - Dec. 4 Dec. 17 - Feb. 28 |
8 |
24 |
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Canada Geese* |
East Zone: Nov. 5 - Dec. 4 Dec. 17 - Jan. 29 |
West Zone: Nov. 5 - Dec. 4 Dec. 17 - Jan. 1 Jan. 9 - Feb. 5 |
1 |
3 |
Light Geese (Snow, Blue and Ross’) |
20 |
None |
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White-fronted Geese |
3 |
9 |
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Conservation Order for Light Geese (Snow, Blue and Ross’) |
East Zone: Dec. 5-16 Jan. 30 - March 5 |
West Zone: Dec. 5-16 Jan. 2-8 Feb. 6 - March 5 |
No bag or possession limit. See “Geese” section for more detail |
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Falconry for Ducks |
Nov. 3 - Jan. 31 |
Falconry daily bag and possession limit for all permitted migratory game birds must not exceed 3 and 9 birds respectively, singly or in aggregate, during the extended falconry seasons and regular hunting seasons. |
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Falconry for Rails and Gallinules |
Nov. 3 - Jan. 31 |
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Falconry for Woodcock |
Nov. 3 - Jan. 31 |
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Extended Falconry for Mourning Doves |
Sept. 15 - Oct. 1 |
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Ducks, Coots and Mergansers |
East Zone: Nov. 12 (youth and veterans only) Nov. 19 - Dec. 4 Dec. 17 - Jan. 29 Feb. 4 (youth and veterans only) |
West Zone: Nov. 5-6 (youth and veterans only) Nov. 12 - Dec. 4 Dec. 17 - Jan. 1 Jan. 9-29 |
See Ducks, Coots and Mergansers section for more details |
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