2013 Louisiana Turkey Season Dates Clarified

Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries 01.30.13

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is alerting turkey hunters about a discrepancy in dates listed in the 2012-13 Louisiana Hunting Regulations booklet and the 2013 Louisiana Turkey Regulations pamphlet. The dates pertain to US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) property in Concordia, Pointe Coupee and West Feliciana parishes.

The dates listed for the upcoming turkey season within the USACE Old River Control and Lock Area on page 86 of the Hunting Regulations booklet are incorrect. The dates printed in the Turkey Regulations pamphlet, which specify a March 23 to April 7, 2013 turkey season within the Corps’ Old River property, are correct. The correct dates have been inserted into the Hunting Regulations booklet document available on line at http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/hunting/regulations .

For more information, contact LDWF’s Jimmy Stafford at 225-765-2361or jstafford@wlf.la.gov or USACE’s Joe Harvey at 225-492-2169.

Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries – Enforcement Division(LDWF) is the fish & game regulatory agency of Louisiana. It has jurisdictionanywhere in the state, and in state territorial waters. The agency enforces both state and federal laws dealing with hunting, fishing, and boating safety. The agency also enforces criminal laws in rural areas including DWI enforcement both on highways and waterways. Most of the Department’s Wildlife Agents also carry Federal law enforcement commissions issued from the United States Department of the Interior - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and United States Department of Commerce - U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). These federal commissions allow these state officers to enforce federal migratory waterfowl laws and federal marine fisheries laws in state and federal waters off the coast of Louisiana. Besides their traditional role as a “game warden”, Louisiana Wildlife Enforcement Agents also have a number of other responsibilities, including conducting board of health inspections on some portions of the state’s commercial fishing industry. Agents are trained in and conduct numerous search and rescue operations, both in remote land areas and on the state’s waterways. Agents ensure that hunters, anglers, boaters, dealers, breeders, farmers, and transporters are in compliance with regulations governing equipment, quotas, licenses, and registrations. Agents also assist other State departments and law enforcement agencies in the coordination of educational and professional endeavors, as well as national and state emergency alerts by the Federal Office of Emergency Preparedness. In addition, agents perform search and rescue missions alone or in conjunction with other local, state, and federal agencies.