For everyone that hunts the Delta and other listed WMA's, this applies to us.






L.W.F.C. PASSES 2010-12 HUNTING SEASONS, 2010-11 W.M.A. RULES, NOTICES OF INTENT
Release Date: 02/04/2010

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopted notices of intent for the 2010-12 hunting seasons and the 2010-11 Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) General Rules and Regulations at their Feb. 4 meeting.

The notices of intent include proposed hunting season dates and changes from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) for the upcoming fall hunting season.

The proposed changes are as follows:

-- Area six hunters participating in the Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) and Landowner Antlerless Deer Tag (LADT) Program would have to adhere to the bucks-only requirement during the first 15 days of the archery-only season.
-- Adding mandatory deer checks to Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) and allowing hunters to validate deer during mandatory deer check hunts.
-- Properly licensed youths 16-17 years old and youths 12 years of age and older who have successfully completed a hunter safety course would be able to hunt without a supervising adult for private lands and WMA youth hunts. Furthermore, LDWF proposes to remove the rule restricting an adult to supervision one youth only. -- Active and retired law enforcement officers in compliance with POST requirements, federal law enforcement officers and holders of Louisiana concealed handgun permits who are in compliance with other state and federal firearms regulations would be able to possess firearms on WMAs provided these firearms are not used for hunting.
[size=150]-- New Limited Access Areas (LAA) are proposed on the Pass-a-Loutre, Pointe-Aux-Chenes, Atchafalaya Delta and Salvador WMAs. LAAs mean no internal combustion engines are allowed from September through January in these areas.[/size]-- Since snipe are commonly hunted in wetland habitat where the deposition of lead is of concern to waterfowl species, LDWF is proposing to add snipe to the list of species that must be hunted with non-toxic shot on WMAs.
-- To add one day of either-sex hunting on Big Lake, Boeuf, Red River/Three Rivers and Sicily Islands WMAs the Sunday after Thanksgiving. LDWF also proposes to add 11 days of either sex hunting on Sherburne WMA from Nov. 28 to Dec. 10.
-- To cancel the youth lottery rabbit hunt on Floy Ward McElroy WMA on the first weekend of January.
-- Pearl River WMA regulations currently prohibit any hunting when the Pearl River gauge reaches 16 1/2 feet, except waterfowl hunting south of HWY 90. LDWF is proposing to allow waterfowl hunting on the entire Pearl River WMA when the river gauge exceeds 16 1/2 feet during the open waterfowl season on the WMA.
-- To establish a youth and physically challenged either sex hunt on the north tract of Sandy Hollow WMA on Nov. 6-7.
-- To establish a feral hog season on Joyce, Maurepas Swamp and Tangipahoa Parish School Board WMAs from Oct. 1 to Feb. 28. In addition, a hog dog season will be added to Attakapas WMA by permit only from Feb. 1 to Feb. 28.
-- To add option that feral hogs may be taken with archery equipment during the special feral hog seasons on Atchafalaya Delta, Pointe-Aux-Chenes, Pass-a-Loutre and Salvador WMAs.
-- To establish a fall turkey lottery season on Peason Ridge WMA at the request of the U.S. Army from Oct. 2-8.

To view the notices of intent and proposed hunting season dates for the upcoming hunting season, please visit http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/educati...missionactions.

Public comment can be submitted to Randy Myers, Wildlife Division, LDWF, PO Box 98000, Baton Rouge, LA 70898-9000 until May 6.

The public meeting schedule for the proposed 2010-11 hunting season is as follows:

-- March 9 at 6 p.m. in the cafeteria of the Hammond High School located at 45168 River Road.
-- March 9 at 6 p.m. at the Ruston Civic Center located at N. Trenton St.
-- March 10 at 6 p.m. at the Alexandria Convention Hall located at 915 Third St.
-- March 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the LDWF Office in Minden located at 9961 Hwy. 80.
-- March 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the LSU AgCenter next to Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles.
-- March 18 at 6 p.m. in room 119 of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service building located at 646 Cajundome Blvd. in Lafayette.

For more information, contact Randy Myers at 225-765-2359 or rmyers@wlf.la.gov.
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You've got to be shittin?

These are the people we need to email, call, and write to so they don't pass this law!!!!!!! Please at least send a email to them!!! We have to speak up so they don't pass this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1





Steve Oats
100 E. Vermillion St., Suite 400
Lafayette, LA 70501
Phone: (337) 233-1100
E-mail: wildlife@oatshudson.com


Patrick C. Morrow
P.O. Drawer 1787
Opelousas, LA 70570
Phone: (337) 948-4483
E-mail: pmorrow@mmrblaw.com


Stephen Sagrera
17801 Theall Road
Abbeville, LA 70510
Phone: (337) 893-7709
Fax: (337) 893-7703
E-mail: sws@us.com


Earl P. King, Jr
1090 Susan Court
Morgan City, LA 70380
Phone: (985) 518-9426
FAX: (985) 631-3330
E-mail: earlking@petronet.net


Ann L. Taylor
P.O. Box 1199
Boutte, LA 70039
E-mail: annt@heraldguide.com
ph. 985-758-2795


Ronald "Ronny" Graham
P.O. Box 400
Ruston, LA 71273
Phone: 318-232-7021
Fax: 318-232-7051
E-mail: ronnygraham@lincolnbuilders.com


Michael C. Voisin
P.O. Box 3916
Houma, LA 70361-3916
E-mail: mike.voisin@motivatit.com
Fax: 985-868-7472
Phone: 985-868-7191

Here are the upcoming meetings. I will be at the one in Lafayette on March 18th







The public meeting schedule for the proposed 2010-11 hunting season is as follows:

-- March 9 at 6 p.m. in the cafeteria of the Hammond High School located at 45168 River Road.
-- March 9 at 6 p.m. at the Ruston Civic Center located at N. Trenton St.
-- March 10 at 6 p.m. at the Alexandria Convention Hall located at 915 Third St.
-- March 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the LDWF Office in Minden located at 9961 Hwy. 80.
-- March 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the LSU AgCenter next to Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles.
-- March 18 at 6 p.m. in room 119 of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service building located at 646 Cajundome Blvd. in Lafayette.

Everyone needs to get together on this one! Power in numbers.

Good start. It would be nice to pack the hall with people opposing this when it came time to have the meetings. Like I said, it's gonna take a lot of people.

sounds like a bad deal. hopefully if yall get enough people to voice their opinion against it then you can put a stop to it. good luck!

That sucks! Do you know if they are talkin about the entire WMA. or just a certain part of it? Either way it aint wort a chit.

With all the bitching about boats running the birds off it might not be a bad idea. Id say until you have all the facts about how it will be handled don't get to bent out shape and stay open minded about it until you do.

Glad I gave up duckin

I don't hunt the Wax or Delta but what would you suggest to bring birds back? Seems most agree that they believe boat traffic is a big cause. It would suck if it cut off deer or small game hunters. Placement of the zone is what you need to be concerned about. But we deal with the same thing on all other WMAs north of the coast. Try hunting some northern WMAs, only access is by foot (except certain atv trails). Those trails are very limited and to get away from crowds that can mean a couple mile hike.

I hunt the wax some, but my buddy that hunts it a lot says it is only a certain area for now to see how well it will work. So i am assuming that it is the same on the other wma's listed.

If you look at Big Branch in Slidell they can only hunt 4 days a week,I think thats correct I know its not 7 days for sure. No hunting after 12:00 and there are no MUD MOTORS allowed.Most of the interior is too low to run with an outboard. The hunting can be good,I've paddled in from a friends place but it was not really any better than what I've seen any place else in SE La.

What you do see is die hards that are willing to work for the birds and not roll around in a boat with a blind and pop up on top of ya.

If they are not looking to ban motors from the entire wma and it would improve hunting than it may be a good thing to try. But none of those areas mentioned are ones that I hunt anyway.

It would knock out alot of weekend warriors if the state did that. Make designated boat trails that disect the WMA and then pirogue in from there. Like Sabine and others do in the south west part of the state. Thats my style hunting anyway and I don't mind working for a hunt if it helps bring in the birds and keeps barney at the house. And while they at it there needs to be a ban on all permanent type blinds unless on private land. Nothing left out over night.

I see nothing wrong with the changes.Hell if you don't like the changes get a lease.Problem solved!!!!!!!

it's all about control.
there's already a 36hp limit on mudboats and no airboats on wma's.

now they want to keep sum of it for kayakers only.

next it will be off limits to all hunting.

either get off your ass and stop it now or your kids won't have a place to hunt by the time they are old enough.

ladwf don't give a damn about the environment or u killing a limit of ducks, they just want to be sure they can catch u and give u tickets to justify their jobs. that's all this is.

Looks like I sold my mudboat just in time. They don't stop you from using your motorized boat to get to the area, they just don't want you entering with it. Just go buy a pirouge and paddle in. It will probably increase your chances of killing a deer anyway.

Or just fight it and if you win then you can so what you want. Good luck.

I would wait and see how they map out the Limited access areas before everyone goes off the deep end. I know its hard to beleve but it may be for the better. I cant say that i disagree with the rest of the changes. It may give the birds a santuary zone so all the yahoos dont run em up all day. Think positive but go apeshit if the zones take up most of the wna's!

It says its proposed ON them not all of them

Might be time to look into some hi power electric motors on top of a horizontal frame.

I was surveyed by the biologists. For the Wax, they are proposing a 2000 acre area to be pirogue only. My opinion to them is that won't change the bird's patterns. The real problem is da folks that run around the whole area all day and not allow the birds any rest. It just pushes them further offshore earlier each day.

Waiting to see where the 2000 acres will be before getting all undone.

We'll be talking about this on MMT Radio this Wednesday night with special guest Brooks (Basinhunter) Bourque

Don't miss it!

guys I can only say you all need to fight this tooth and nail. Listen to DA. government will whittle at your rights every chance they get until you are either off the water or have to swim everywhere. I have worked with some people you wouldnt believe within wildlife/fishery management in Texas. THESE people are making the decisions that effect your way of life. there are anti fishing/hunting types within state and federal wildlife and fishery positions. they abhor our way of life and will push their agenda to no end.

in SETX (yeah i know we r a buncha fags ), it started long ago, now we are at 25hp limit on aircooled with a 9 inch prop on the chenier plain (fed). a local WMA manager tried to put a 25hp limit on outboards a few years back and thankfully had his butt handed to him by the state. only because enough people complained. NOW, the feds have put in place a 25hp outboard limit on the chenier plain. no one heard about it, and there was no outcry! the local wma manager is lookin at nonmotorized access in some areas as well. CAN YOU READ THE WRITING ON THE WALL??

remember this, when they take something away from us, they never give it back. its that simple.

BasinHunters ~ You gots to git yore mind thankin' in riddles ......

Remembers .... one of them thangs we learnt in school ..... evertime you gots actions .... you gits re-actions !!! Somethin' like that .. ??

What is the purpose of the new laws ..... somebody has somthin' to gain from it ... is what I'm bettin' !!!! But what ??? Is the querston.

Targit the fellers that have somethin' to gain will be the answers ... not the fellers who is loosin' out !!! Surely someone can figure it out.

Let Yore Voice be heard is what I say !!! Fight this thang as hard as yore internet strengh will allow !!! .... 'cause ifin' thangs like this git passed ... it just makes it easier next time .... mabe someday even git yore gun !!!!

Mabe even contact NRA or Ted Nudgent .... git some big names behind this and make a statement that the whole nation will here !!!

BasinHunters ~ You can go down in History ifin' you just take upon yoreself the chanlenges thats been laid out be-fo you !!!! Do Not let this opertuneity slip by you ...... You the Man !!! ... Be the Man !!!!

For the record, these are just my opinions. Regarding the LWFC proposals for WMA's, I don't necessarily think that this is all Wildlife and Fisheries BS.

These are some proposals from certain groups of hunters that hunt these areas. It is a fact that alot of areas in South LA has seen a decline in good duck hunting for at least 5 years. The groups on the management areas are crying that the mud motors are running all the birds off. In alot of these places, you don't have any better access than a non-mudmotor guy because there is hard sand there. And WE ALL KNOW SAND IS THE DEVIL.

WMA's in LA I beleive are a strange monster. Up until a few years ago, you had somm serious jamm up boss hunting for ducks. What you have are alot of guys that are territorial and don't like to share spots. This is all a reaction to hunting that has gotten crappy. Whether its a good idea or not, I don't know.

My opinions are this about some of these management areas, and not just the Atchafalaya Delta, but also Pointe Aux chenes and other areas. There is somebody out there everyday, all day, and just too many people in general. To me its not about combustible engines riding around scaring up birds. Its just trying to jamm too many people into one confined spot. Guys are crying because of no birds, but they are using the same tactics as 20 years ago. The ducks obviously didn't get the memo to do the same thing as their ancestors did 15 years ago. I know guys that hunt some serious open water far out, and they do damn good. It sjust changing tactics. I will see a buddy this weekend and get a full rundown on how they did. They work hard, and if they did bad, then something is wrong.

I don't know if the proposals are good ideas or not. I do agree something should be done, I just don't know if this will limit things too much. I also understand the concept of not letting someone take away your rights. I am prone to leave it as is.

Basin, You are entering into a realm where you should prepare yourself mentally. I am not kidding. Prepare yourself to see some dirty stuff, and alot of selfishness and stupidity. If you ask the right questions, and talk to the right people you may even find out the main person(s) that are behind this proposal, and you could end up knowing them.

I used to follow all the bills in the House and Senate that were going to affect hunting and fishing. About 6-7 years ago they increased the fees which was necessary. I got a hold of the bill which was up for approval. The way the thing was written, even if someone had a lifetime license you would still have had to pay for the WMA stamp. Nobody that was in charge would listen to what I was telling them. I finally was able to get thru to Butch Gautreaux and he fixed the thing. Just alot of inefficiency and people that don't know what they are doing.

I don't think this prposal will affect the deer hunting on the River because most people drive up on the bank and walk in right? Even if not, I would follow it closely.

Up until now the MM manafacturers don't seem like they get involved in politics. I wonder where they stand on this one? We all know alot of guys own these rigs for hunting and fishing. Its kind of an expensive toy to just run on the mud rides for Sundays. If this crap passes I bet you might see some rigs up for sale.

I don't post on here much, but I do read a lot on here. I do hunt at the Atchafalaya Delta and have a 36hp Prodrive, and i really believe the the proliferation of surface drive outboards has had a major impact on the ducks behavior at the delta. I am for them restricting areas so that the ducks do have a place (other than 40 miles offshore) to rest, I'm not sure 2000 acres is enough.

Justinla