Louisiana
Sportsman’s Paradise. Coastal marsh waterfowl, trophy alligator tags, and bottomland hardwood deer.
State Field Guide
Small Game & Upland Hunting in Louisiana
Official Regulatory Authority
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF)
Bayou State Dove Shoots
Mourning & White-winged Dove
Opening weekend in September brings Louisiana hunters into agricultural fields across the delta and prairies for fast-flying migratory doves.
Bottomland Swamp Squirrels
Eastern Fox & Grey Squirrel
Hunting "cat squirrels" and fox squirrels in hardwood swamps from flat-bottom pirogues is an iconic Louisiana outdoor tradition.
Cane Cutter Swamp Rabbits
Swamp Rabbit & Cottontail
The mighty swamp rabbit thrives in coastal marshes and river bottoms, pursued with beagles or still-hunted along bayou ditch banks.
Coastal Marsh Snipe
Wilson's Snipe
Louisiana's vast coastal marshes and wet rice fields hold the highest wintering snipe populations in the Mississippi Flyway.