Louisiana WMAs: 2026-27 seasons, acres and maps
These 51 LDWF wildlife management areas cover 1,351,537 acres, by LDWF's stated acres for each area. The largest are Atchafalaya Delta WMA (137,695 acres), Pass-a-Loutre WMA (115,000 acres) and Maurepas Swamp WMA (112,615 acres). 20 of them open a turkey season in spring 2027. Each page carries the area's own 2026-27 schedule and map.
Data updated October 2026. Seasons: LDWF's 2026-27 individual WMA schedules. Boundaries: LDWF's WMA layer.
WMAs with a page
Which WMAs are in Louisiana?
| WMA | Acres | Parishes | Archery deer | Turkey |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acadiana Conservation Corridor | 2,285 | St. Landry, Avoyelles, Rapides and Evangeline | Oct. 1-15 (bucks only); Oct. 16-Feb. 15 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Alexander State Forest WMA | 8,158 | Rapides | Oct. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex), except bucks only Nov. 27-29 | Closed |
| Atchafalaya Delta WMA | 137,695 | St. Mary and Terrebonne | Oct. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Attakapas WMA | 27,962 | St. Mary, St. Martin and Iberia | Oct. 1-15 (bucks only); Oct. 16-Feb. 15 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Bayou Macon WMA | 6,919 | East Carroll | Oct. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Bayou Pierre WMA | 2,799 | Red River and De Soto | Oct. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Big Colewa Bayou WMA | 899 | West Carroll and Morehouse | Oct. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Big Lake WMA | 19,231 | Tensas, Franklin and Madison | Oct. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex) | Open |
| Biloxi WMA | 35,644 | St. Bernard | Oct. 1-15 (bucks only); Oct. 16-Jan. 31 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Bodcau WMA | 33,766 | Bossier and Webster | Oct. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex) | Open |
| Boeuf WMA | 51,110 | Caldwell, Catahoula and Franklin | Oct. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Bogue Chitto WMA | 1,643 | Washington | Oct. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex) | Open |
| Buckhorn WMA | 11,121 | Tensas | Oct. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Camp Beauregard WMA | 12,500 | Rapides and Grant | Oct. 1-Dec. 25 and Jan. 2-31 (either-sex); Dec. 26-Jan. 1 (bucks only) | Open |
| Clear Creek WMA | 52,559 | Vernon | Sept. 19-Jan. 15 (either-sex except bucks only during bucks-only firearms dates) | Open |
| Dewey W. Wills WMA | 63,984 | LaSalle, Catahoula and Rapides | Oct. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex), except bucks only Dec. 12-13 and Dec. 26-Jan. 10 | Closed |
| Elm Hall WMA | 2,839 | Assumption | Oct. 1-15 (bucks only); Oct. 16-Feb. 15 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Flatwoods Savanna WMA | 426 | Allen | Sept. 19-Jan. 15 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Floy Ward McElroy WMA | 681 | Richland | Lottery hunts only | Closed |
| Fort Polk North WMA | 74,309 | Vernon, Sabine and Natchitoches | Sept. 19-Jan. 15 (either-sex except bucks only during bucks-only firearms dates) | Open |
| Fort Polk-Vernon WMA | 105,545 | Vernon | Sept. 19-Jan. 15 (either-sex on Archery Only Areas; elsewhere bucks only during bucks-only firearms dates) | Open |
| Grassy Lake WMA | 12,983 | Avoyelles | Oct. 1-15 (bucks only); Oct. 16-Feb. 15 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Hutchinson Creek WMA | 129 | St. Helena | Oct. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex) | Open |
| J.C. “Sonny” Gilbert WMA | 7,524 | Catahoula | Oct. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex) | Open |
| John Franks WMA | 3,664 | Caddo | Oct. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Joyce WMA | 42,292 | Tangipahoa and Livingston | Oct. 1-15 (bucks only); Oct. 16-Feb. 15 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Lake Boeuf WMA | 800 | Lafourche | Oct. 1-15 (bucks only); Oct. 16-Jan. 31 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Lake Ramsay Savannah WMA | 796 | St. Tammany | Oct. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex) | Open |
| Little River WMA | 6,045 | Grant and LaSalle | Oct. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex), except bucks only Oct. 31-Nov. 15 | Open |
| Loggy Bayou WMA | 6,558 | Bossier and Bienville | Oct. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Manchac WMA | 8,328 | St. John the Baptist | Oct. 1-15 (bucks only); Oct. 16-Feb. 15 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Marsh Bayou WMA | 655 | Evangeline | Oct. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Maurepas Swamp WMA | 112,615 | St. John the Baptist, St. James, Livingston and Ascension | Oct. 1-15 (bucks only); Oct. 16-Feb. 15 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Pass-a-Loutre WMA | 115,000 | Plaquemines | Oct. 1-Feb. 15 (bucks only) | Closed |
| Pearl River WMA | 35,619 | St. Tammany | Oct. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex) | Open |
| Pointe-aux-Chenes WMA | 33,488 | Lafourche and Terrebonne | Oct. 1-15 (bucks only, outside Point Farm Unit and Restricted Areas); Oct. 16-Feb. 15 (either-sex, outside Point Farm Unit and Restricted Areas); Oct. 16-Jan. 14 (either-sex, Point Farm Unit) | Closed |
| Pomme de Terre WMA | 6,434 | Avoyelles | Oct. 1-15 (bucks only); Oct. 16-Feb. 15 (either-sex) | Open |
| Richard K. Yancey WMA | 70,872 | Concordia, West Feliciana and Avoyelles | Oct. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Russell Sage WMA | 38,213 | Ouachita, Morehouse, Richland and Caldwell | Oct. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Sabine Island WMA | 8,343 | Calcasieu | Deer: same as the deer area's outside seasons, still hunt only | Closed |
| Sabine WMA | 7,571 | Sabine | Oct. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex), except bucks only Nov. 2-25 and Dec. 5-13 | Open |
| Salvador and Timken WMAs | 39,314 | St. Charles | Nov. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Sandy Hollow WMA | 4,655 | Tangipahoa | Oct. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex) | Open |
| Sherburne WMA | 43,637 | Iberville, St. Martin, Pointe Coupee and St. Landry | Oct. 1-15 (bucks only); Oct. 16-Feb. 15 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Soda Lake WMA | 2,391 | Caddo | Oct. 1-Jan. 31 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Spring Bayou WMA | 12,506 | Avoyelles | Oct. 1-15 (bucks only); Oct. 16-Feb. 15 (either-sex) | Open |
| Tangipahoa Parish School Board WMA | 1,643 | Tangipahoa | Deer: same as the deer area's outside seasons, still hunt only | Open |
| Thistlethwaite WMA | 11,100 | St. Landry | Oct. 1-15 (bucks only); Oct. 16-Feb. 15 (either-sex) | Closed |
| Tunica Hills WMA | 6,503 | West Feliciana | Oct. 1-15 and Feb. 1-15 (bucks only); Oct. 16-Jan. 31 (either-sex) | Open |
| Walnut Hill WMA | 595 | Vernon | Same as the deer area's outside season (either-sex) | Open |
| West Bay WMA | 59,189 | Allen | Sept. 19-Jan. 15 (either-sex except bucks only during bucks-only firearms dates) | Open |
Acres: the figure LDWF states for each area on its schedule (for Big Colewa Bayou, whose legal acres on the schedule are twice its owner acres and its mapped size, the owner acres); maps: LDWF Wildlife Management Area boundaries, September 2025. Seasons: LDWF 2026-27 individual WMA hunting schedules, A to K (eRegulations edition); LDWF 2026-27 individual WMA hunting schedules, L to Z (eRegulations edition). 2 more LDWF areas are not listed: no deer season on their schedule or no mapped boundary.
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Sources: LDWF Wildlife Management Area boundaries, September 2025; LDWF 2026-27 WMA regulations. FilledTag is not part of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.