Other emergency deer-hunting rules renewed for portions of Atchafalaya Basin
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission today (Nov. 3) changed muzzleloader regulations for Attakapas Wildlife Management Area, making it legal to shoot bucks only during the special season, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced.
Commissioners also extended the declaration of emergency approved in July to modify deer-hunting regulations in a portion of the Atchafalaya Basin. All changes came as a result of the historic flooding connected with the opening of the Morganza Spillway earlier this year, the LDWF said.
The Attakapas WMA change means hunters utilizing the area during the Jan. 23-29 special season cannot shoot does.
Among the already-announced changes that were extended today include alterations to the deer season on Sherburne Wildlife Management Area
• Archery: Oct. 1 to 15 (bucks only)
• Archery: Oct. 16-Feb. 15 (either sex)
• Youth & physically challenged: Oct. 29 and 30 (either sex, all other season closed, self-clearing permits)
• Youth Lottery: Oct. 29 and 30, and Dec. 23, 26, 28 & 30 (either sex)
• Firearms: Nov. 25-26 (either sex, mandatory deer check)
• Firearms: Dec. 24-Jan. 1 (bucks only)
• Primitive Firearms: Jan. 7-8 (either sex)
Regulations also have been changed for all property within the Morganza floodway, from the Morganza control structure south to Interstate 10 and from I-10 south within the protection levees of the Atchafalaya Basin:
• Archery: Oct. 1-15 (bucks only)
• Archery: Oct. 16-Feb. 15 (either sex)
• Primitive Firearms: Jan. 23-29 (bucks only)
• Still Hunt: Nov. 19-27 (either sex)
• Still Hunt: Nov. 28-Dec. 9 (bucks only)
• With or without dogs: Dec. 10-11 (either sex)
• With or without dogs: Dec. 12-Jan. 15 (bucks only)