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re: LDWF needs move deer and duck hunting season dates 30 days later.

Posted on 1/17/24 at 1:21 pm to
Posted by Boudreaux35
BR
Member since Sep 2007
22147 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 1:21 pm to
quote:

LDWF needs move ..... duck hunting season dates 30 days later.


This complaint has been around since AT LEAST the early 1980's. It hasn't changed yet. Stop wasting your effort.
This post was edited on 1/17/24 at 2:19 pm
Posted by Tigerzfan76
Ragley
Member since May 2013
79 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 1:43 pm to
If anything, they need to shorten the season.
Posted by Big Bill
Down da Bayou
Member since Sep 2015
1451 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 2:54 pm to
you look at the estimated deer breeding season for any of our deer areas they coincide almost perfectly with to maximize your time afield for
The rut

Deer in st mary parish are primarily marsh deer and Will rut earlier than the bottomland hardwood deer along major rivers

If you start the season a month later in st mary parish you are missing out on the rut

Literally no one is deer hunting anywhere around us for the first 30 days of bow season and only a very few are hunting the first 20 days or so of gun season. Rut or not, it does no good to have the season open if no one is hunting. We are within a couple miles of the west bank of the Atchafalaya river with the same marshy/pipeline bank hunting as is being done on the east side in area 9. We still begging on deaf ears for them to switch the dates later.
Posted by White Bear
Yonnygo
Member since Jul 2014
15218 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 3:01 pm to
quote:

If anything, they need to shorten the season.
To what end?
Posted by Ron Cheramie
The Cajun Hedgehog
Member since Aug 2016
5259 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 3:59 pm to
quote:

Literally no one is deer hunting anywhere around us for the first 30 days of bow season and only a very few are hunting the first 20 days or so of gun season. Rut or not, it does no good to have the season open if no one is hunting.


No one hunts the first 50 days of the season? You got an opening in this unicorn club?
Posted by OGhunter777
Member since Mar 2012
836 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 4:09 pm to
Ducks begin finding their mates in mid-late January.

They will not ever push the season back.
Posted by headedwest21
Member since Dec 2016
1121 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 5:51 pm to
quote:

Literally no one is deer hunting anywhere around us for the first 30 days of bow season and only a very few are hunting the first 20 days or so of gun season. Rut or not, it does no good to have the season open if no one is hunting


Ah the truth. Your personal preference to sit in box stand starting Thanksgiving should outweigh biologist.
Posted by White Bear
Yonnygo
Member since Jul 2014
15218 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 5:55 pm to
quote:

Literally no one is deer hunting anywhere around us for the first 30 days of bow season and only a very few are hunting the first 20 days or so of gun season. Rut or not, it does no good to have the season open if no one is hunting. We are within a couple miles of the west bank of the Atchafalaya river with the same marshy/pipeline bank hunting as is being done on the east side in area 9. We still begging on deaf ears for them to switch the dates later.
A lot of you baws need to be locked in a padded room.
Posted by Big Bill
Down da Bayou
Member since Sep 2015
1451 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 6:30 pm to
Obviously a lot of yall have not tried to hunt in the marsh. This aint box blinds on a pipeline looking 500 yards in 4 directions. And yes Mr Cheramie, we have 3 sections that no one hunts until early November. What good does it do to hunt them when you can't see them? All we want is to be on the same dates as the guys hunting the same area/conditions less than 3 miles from us
Posted by White Bear
Yonnygo
Member since Jul 2014
15218 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 6:50 pm to
quote:

Rut or not, it does no good to have the season open if no one is hunting.
10-4 I misinterpreted what you’re saying per quote. And no I don’t hunt marsh.
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
Member since Feb 2008
84517 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 7:12 pm to
Cool.

Y'all lobby to have your Area pushed back.

Leave north LA alone.
Posted by Ron Cheramie
The Cajun Hedgehog
Member since Aug 2016
5259 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 7:18 pm to
quote:

What good does it do to hunt them when you can't see them?


Why can’t you see them?
Posted by DownSouthTiger
downsouth
Member since Jan 2005
2571 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 7:50 pm to
Most people can't understand St Mary Parish though where the rut in marsh is 4 months different even though the deer are only separated by hwy 90. I know the reason why it is like this but not really describing that now.

To the other comments I don't think seasons are set to maximize the kill but I bet most of you get to hunt the rut. Alot of times we don't it is after rifle season.
Posted by Citica8
Duckroost, LA
Member since Dec 2012
3671 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 8:00 pm to
quote:

All we want is to be on the same dates as the guys hunting the same area/conditions less than 3 miles from us
You could go hunt 3 miles away from where you currently hunt.
Posted by Buster Heyman
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2020
969 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 8:15 pm to
What really needs to happen is the limit changed. No one needs to kill six deer a season.

^ This is why you don’t see them! Want the ability to kill bigger bucks and or see more deer, then advocate for reducing the limit down and manage the deer better. There is nothing wrong with the dates of the seasons as it coincides with the RUT!
This post was edited on 1/17/24 at 8:16 pm
Posted by Citica8
Duckroost, LA
Member since Dec 2012
3671 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 8:42 pm to
How many people do you know touching that 6 deer limit? In one state? Even including kids? Those few tilt the scales less than the licensed hunters who don’t pull the trigger in this state.
Posted by Koolazzkat
Behind the Tupelo gum tree
Member since May 2021
1978 posts
Posted on 1/18/24 at 5:57 am to
I’d trade the current season and 6 tags for:

One doe tag
One buck tag
And no closed deer season
Tags expire at 30 minutes after sunset December 31. New tags issued at 30 minutes before sunrise January 1.
Shoot your doe and your big rack when you want, seems simple enough.
Posted by VernonPLSUfan
Leesville, La.
Member since Sep 2007
16637 posts
Posted on 1/18/24 at 7:13 am to
Don't deer hunt so I could give a shite about that. But have been duck hunting for over 40 years seriously, watching the patterns, migrations and what not. Over here in the west zone of La., and not counting the areas in SWLA, we see more ducks in the first split, than the second. And its been that way since the late 80's. I would like to see it open the last week in October and run 45 days straight, and be done with it. And I would also like for Louisiana to let parishes define their own seasons. No sense in lumping Vernon parish with those that border marshes, rice fields and the like. We are killing birds that are migrating and stopping for a rest and water. We have no agricultural land here, the only food we have is acorns and a bit of duck weed. I know areas of food love hunting ducks late, which is fine, but not for this area. And with the drought this year there have been no wooducks whatsoever because the acorn shed was lite. Normally you would see about a hundred wooducks on any given morning. Yesterday I hunted and didn't see a single wooduck.
Posted by Squirrelmeister
Member since Nov 2021
2382 posts
Posted on 1/18/24 at 7:28 am to
quote:

One example is moving archery deer to Nov 1 - Feb 28 etc. Our normal hunting weather conditions are occurring 1 month later now days.


In some areas like the southwestern part of the state, the rut is in early/mid October. You want those poor guys to skip their rut?

It does make sense in other areas like in the Atchafalaya that rut in late January/early Feb.
Posted by Citica8
Duckroost, LA
Member since Dec 2012
3671 posts
Posted on 1/18/24 at 8:25 am to
I think the seasons are pretty spot on for deer in the given areas, maybe there could be some advocating for certain areas moving dates around, but for where I hunt and have hunted it’s great.

I’m not a fan of the state putting more restrictions on hunting limits. I’d rather see a similar model to Mississippi with antler restriction, and eliminating doe days, if that drops the total to 5 deer(2 bucks, 2 does, 1 either) I could live with that. Personally, I’ve never shot 4 deer in a season in Louisiana, in my life, but I don’t want to give up the ability.

It definitely takes a special kind of person to hunt those webfooted marsh deer on a chenier with Roseau cane over your head, but if you’re not happy with how the season aligns with the weather or the rut, you can travel.
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