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CWD found in Ouachita Parish

Posted on 3/15/26 at 11:21 am
Posted by TigerDeacon
West Monroe, LA
Member since Sep 2003
29893 posts
Posted on 3/15/26 at 11:21 am
SIAP

LDWF issues Declaration of Emergency

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The DE includes all of Ouachita Parish and portions of Lincoln, Jackson, Union, Morehouse, Caldwell and Richland parishes. The existing CWD control area is being expanded to include these new areas.


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While the DE is effective now, the implementation of the supplemental feeding and baiting prohibition will begin April 1.




Here we go.
Posted by KemoSabe65
70605
Member since Mar 2018
6837 posts
Posted on 3/15/26 at 12:57 pm to
Saw that last week but didn’t want to be that guy again
Posted by sta4ever
Member since Aug 2014
17561 posts
Posted on 3/15/26 at 4:27 pm to
RIP to the best hunting in this state. NELA.
Posted by AFtigerFan
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2008
3712 posts
Posted on 3/15/26 at 5:55 pm to
This is where I mainly hunt public at. I’m curious as to how it will impact the hunting over the next few years. Maybe some more of the young ones will have a chance to grow. I’d assume the private land harvest numbers will go down due to the feed ban.
Posted by jimjackandjose
Member since Jun 2011
6727 posts
Posted on 3/15/26 at 8:58 pm to
Nope. The yats from down south will shoot first horned thing they see thinking they wont get another chance all season with no corn pile
Posted by AFtigerFan
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2008
3712 posts
Posted on 3/15/26 at 10:42 pm to
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The yats from down south will shoot first horned thing they see thinking they wont get another chance all season with no corn pile
I mainly hunt the archery only NWR, and the WMAs don’t have long rifle seasons at all, with one of them only being a couple weekends. You can’t bait there anyway.

I think this might keep more of the deer on the refuges instead of them being lured onto private due to baiting. I’m hoping this leads to more mature deer overall. But if it does, word would get out and the public land could get pretty crowded. Either way, has a baiting ban worked anywhere else to keep CWD contained? If so, I’m ignorant to it.
This post was edited on 3/15/26 at 10:43 pm
Posted by Sparty3131
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2019
937 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 7:33 am to
If they ban feeding in the state will the price of a hunting lease go down drastically?
Posted by bayouteche
The Beaches of Wham Brake
Member since Nov 2012
1785 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 7:38 am to


Naw baw.
Posted by Ron Cheramie
The Cajun Hedgehog
Member since Aug 2016
5619 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 7:43 am to
I know quite a few folks that hunt that area and I can guarantee they are not going to stop feeding
Posted by Ron Cheramie
The Cajun Hedgehog
Member since Aug 2016
5619 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 8:02 am to
The center of the new mitigation zone looks to be Darbonne NWR. Anyone know anything about where the deer was killed?
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
34514 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 8:31 am to
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If they ban feeding in the state will the price of a hunting lease go down drastically?
nope when ducks went to 3 and 30 lease prices still increased at the same rate as before
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
34514 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 8:32 am to
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The yats from down south will shoo
Most yats don't go that far north - they like going east more.
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
16493 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 8:59 am to
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If they ban feeding in the state will the price of a hunting lease go down drastically?


The dudes hunting corn piles in piney woods will start claiming that all the deer have been killed
Posted by Purple Spoon
Hoth
Member since Feb 2005
20700 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 9:03 am to
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RIP to the best hunting in this state.



Do you think CWD is new to that area?
Posted by Jim Hopper
Ocean Springs Mississippi
Member since Sep 2019
4890 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 9:53 am to
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Either way, has a baiting ban worked anywhere else to keep CWD contained? If so, I’m ignorant to it.
No it’s a waste of time. You have fools trying to regulate this all throughout the US.
Posted by White Bear
Deer-Thirty
Member since Jul 2014
17498 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 9:56 am to
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Either way, has a baiting ban worked anywhere else to keep CWD contained?
It will be contained when the LDWF slap dicks stop testing for it.
Posted by TigerDeacon
West Monroe, LA
Member since Sep 2003
29893 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 10:07 am to
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If they ban feeding in the state will the price of a hunting lease go down drastically?


Nope, now hunters have money they would have spent on feeding that they can now put toward leases.

If feeding bans worked then you wouldn't have new areas testing positive for CWD.

Possible upside: Deer should move around more looking for acorns and browse and less food available for hogs.
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