All 64 Louisiana parishes, 2026-27

Louisiana Hunting by Parish

Every Louisiana parish with its LDWF field office, Deer Areas from the 2026-27 pamphlet, Turkey Area or closed, Bear Area, duck and dove zones, CWD Management Zone status, alligator lottery zone, LDWF deer harvest rank and mapped public acres. Filter the table by parish, area or office.

Parish table Six field offices Top deer parishes

64Parish pages

2,301,402Public acres (GIS)

25Split by Deer Areas

16Turkey closed

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Louisiana parishes side by side

Deer seasons in Louisiana are set by ten Deer Areas; 25 parishes are split between two or more of them. Sixteen parishes are closed to turkey hunting, and every parish sits in one of seven Bear Areas, where bears may be taken only by lottery permit. LDWF prints deer harvest only for the top 20 parishes, so most rows show no rank.

Parish	Field office	Deer Areas	Turkey	Bear	Ducks	Doves	CWD zone	Gator	Deer rank 24-25	Public acres
Acadia	Lake Charles	3/10	Closed	1	West	North and South	—	E	—	0
Allen	Lake Charles	3/2	A	1/6	West	North and South	—	E	—	60,962
Ascension	Hammond	9	C	1/7	East	South	—	G	—	19,214
Assumption	Lafayette	9	Closed	1	East	South	—	F	—	2,815
Avoyelles	Lafayette	6/2	C	3	East	North	Part	C	#17	51,115
Beauregard	Lake Charles	3/8	A	6	West	North and South	—	E	#18	0
Bienville	Minden	2	A	6	West and East	North	—	A	#3	47
Bossier	Minden	2	A	6	West	North	—	A	#7	33,058
Caddo	Minden	2	B	6	West	North	—	A	—	7,773
Calcasieu	Lake Charles	10/8/3	A	1/6	West	North and South	—	E	—	8,597
Caldwell	Monroe	2	A/C	5	East	North	Part	B	—	45,255
Cameron	Lake Charles	10	Closed	1	West	South	—	E	—	168,893
Catahoula	Pineville	1/2	A/C	3/4	East	North	Part	C	#11	48,248
Claiborne	Minden	2	A	6	West and East	North	—	A	#4	18,490
Concordia	Lafayette	1	C	3	East	North	Part	C	—	85,188
De Soto	Minden	2	B	6	West	North	—	A	—	2,624
East Baton Rouge	Hammond	4/6	A	7	East	North and South	—	G	—	0
East Carroll	Monroe	1	A/C	4	East	North	—	B	—	7,224
East Feliciana	Hammond	4/6	A	7	East	North	—	G	—	0
Evangeline	Lake Charles	2/6	A	6	West and East	North and South	—	E	—	988
Franklin	Monroe	1	C	4	East	North	Part	B	—	6,682
Grant	Pineville	2/1	A	6	West and East	North	—	C	#15	153,470
Iberia	Lafayette	7/9/5/10	C	1	West and East	South	—	D	—	3,591
Iberville	Lafayette	9/6/5	C	1/2/7	East	South	—	D	—	18,523
Jackson	Minden	2	A	6	West and East	North	Part	B	#8	0
Jefferson	Hammond	9	Closed	1/7	West and East	South	—	H	—	17,382
Jefferson Davis	Lake Charles	3/10/2	A	1/6	West	North and South	—	E	—	13
LaSalle	Pineville	2/1	A	3	East	North	Part	C	#16	58,678
Lafayette	Lafayette	10/3/6/9	Closed	1	West and East	South	—	D	—	0
Lafourche	Hammond	9	Closed	1	West and East	South	—	F	—	24,288
Lincoln	Minden	2	A	6	East	North	Part	B	#19	0
Livingston	Hammond	9/4	A	7	East	North and South	—	G	—	29,943
Madison	Monroe	1	A/C	4	East	North	Part	B	—	65,937
Morehouse	Monroe	1/2	A	5	East	North	—	B	—	31,331
Natchitoches	Pineville	2	A	6	West	North	—	C	#6	146,757
Orleans	Hammond	9	Closed	1/7	West and East	South	—	H	—	26,481
Ouachita	Monroe	2/1	A	5	East	North	Part	B	#14	43,340
Plaquemines	Hammond	9	Closed	1/7	West	South	—	H	—	62,813
Pointe Coupee	Lafayette	6	C	2	East	North and South	—	D	—	9,259
Rapides	Pineville	2/1/6/3	A	6	West and East	North	—	C	#9	120,786
Red River	Minden	2	B	6	West	North	—	A	—	5,938
Richland	Monroe	1	C	4/5	East	North	—	B	—	3,504
Sabine	Pineville	2	A	6	West	North	—	C	#13	17,690
St. Bernard	Hammond	9	Closed	7	West	South	—	H	—	38,751
St. Charles	Hammond	9	Closed	1/7	West and East	South	—	H	—	44,776
St. Helena	Hammond	4	A	7	East	North	—	G	—	132
St. James	Hammond	9	Closed	1/7	East	South	—	F	—	32,487
St. John the Baptist	Hammond	9	Closed	1/7	East	South	—	H	—	46,321
St. Landry	Lafayette	6/3	C	2/6	West and East	North and South	—	D	#20	30,619
St. Martin	Lafayette	5/9/6	C	1/2	East	South	—	D/F	—	37,414
St. Mary	Lafayette	7/9/5	Closed	1	West and East	South	—	F	—	29,952
St. Tammany	Hammond	4/9	A	7	West and East	North and South	—	H	—	82,270
Tangipahoa	Hammond	4/9	A	7	East	North and South	—	G	—	42,854
Tensas	Monroe	1	A/C	4	East	North	Part	B	#12	37,681
Terrebonne	Lafayette	9	Closed	1	West and East	South	—	F	—	15,286
Union	Monroe	2	A	5	East	North	Part	B	#1	36,731
Vermilion	Lake Charles	10	Closed	1	West	South	—	E	—	0
Vernon	Lake Charles	3/2	A	6	West	North	—	C	#2	265,032
Washington	Hammond	4	A	7	East	North	—	G	—	2,512
Webster	Minden	2	A	6	West	North	—	A	#10	20,055
West Baton Rouge	Lafayette	6	C	1/2	East	North and South	—	D	—	0
West Carroll	Monroe	1	Closed	4	East	North	—	B	—	938
West Feliciana	Hammond	6	A	2	East	North	—	G	—	18,456
Winn	Pineville	2	A	6	West and East	North	—	C	#5	112,238

Deer, turkey, bear, duck and dove area lines follow roads and rivers, so a parish can sit in more than one area or zone; each parish page links the LDWF maps. CWD zone parishes are read from the June 2, 2026 map.

Deer Areas from the 2026-2027 Louisiana Hunting & WMA Regulations; turkey from the turkey pages; bear from the LDWF bear lottery page; ducks from the waterfowl pages; doves from the dove page; CWD from the June 2, 2026 map; alligator zones from the recreational alligator page; deer rank from the 2024-25 deer report; public acres from LDWF, USFS, USFWS and Corps layers. Checked November 4, 2026.

Louisiana parishes by LDWF field office

The LDWF Wildlife Division works from six field offices: Minden, Monroe, Pineville, Lafayette, Lake Charles and Hammond. Each parish page also names its Enforcement Division region and captain and the nearest LDWF office.

LDWF Minden field office area (9)

9 parishes covering the northwest corner: Caddo Lake, the Red River valley, the Kisatchie hills of Claiborne and Webster and the pine and hardwood country around Shreveport. Office: 9961 Hwy 80, Minden ((318) 371-3050). Mapped public land in these parishes comes to about 87,985 acres.

Bienville Parish

47 public acres

Deer 2

Bossier Parish

33,058 public acres

Deer 2

Caddo Parish

7,773 public acres

Deer 2

Claiborne Parish

18,490 public acres

Deer 2

De Soto Parish

2,624 public acres

Deer 2

Jackson Parish

0 public acres

Deer 2

Lincoln Parish

0 public acres

Deer 2

Red River Parish

5,938 public acres

Deer 2

Webster Parish

20,055 public acres

Deer 2

LDWF Monroe field office area (10)

10 parishes covering the northeast: the Ouachita and Boeuf river bottoms, the Mississippi Delta farmland of the Tensas basin and the pine hills around Ruston. Office: 368 Century Link Drive, Monroe ((318) 343-4044). Mapped public land in these parishes comes to about 278,623 acres.

Caldwell Parish

45,255 public acres

Deer 2

East Carroll Parish

7,224 public acres

Deer 1

Franklin Parish

6,682 public acres

Deer 1

Madison Parish

65,937 public acres

Deer 1

Morehouse Parish

31,331 public acres

Deer 1/2

Ouachita Parish

43,340 public acres

Deer 2/1

Richland Parish

3,504 public acres

Deer 1

Tensas Parish

37,681 public acres

Deer 1

Union Parish

36,731 public acres

Deer 2

West Carroll Parish

938 public acres

Deer 1

LDWF Pineville field office area (7)

7 parishes covering central Louisiana: Kisatchie National Forest, the Red River, Catahoula Lake and the longleaf pine hills around Alexandria. Office: 1995 Shreveport Hwy., Pineville ((318) 487-5885). Mapped public land in these parishes comes to about 657,867 acres.

Catahoula Parish

48,248 public acres

Deer 1/2

Grant Parish

153,470 public acres

Deer 2/1

LaSalle Parish

58,678 public acres

Deer 2/1

Natchitoches Parish

146,757 public acres

Deer 2

Rapides Parish

120,786 public acres

Deer 2/1/6/3

Sabine Parish

17,690 public acres

Deer 2

Winn Parish

112,238 public acres

Deer 2

LDWF Lafayette field office area (12)

12 parishes covering Acadiana and the Atchafalaya Basin: cypress swamp, sugarcane and rice fields, and the bottomland hardwoods along the Mississippi. Office: 200 Dulles Drive, Lafayette ((337) 262-2080). Mapped public land in these parishes comes to about 283,762 acres.

Assumption Parish

2,815 public acres

Deer 9

Avoyelles Parish

51,115 public acres

Deer 6/2

Concordia Parish

85,188 public acres

Deer 1

Iberia Parish

3,591 public acres

Deer 7/9/5/10

Iberville Parish

18,523 public acres

Deer 9/6/5

Lafayette Parish

0 public acres

Deer 10/3/6/9

Pointe Coupee Parish

9,259 public acres

Deer 6

St. Landry Parish

30,619 public acres

Deer 6/3

St. Martin Parish

37,414 public acres

Deer 5/9/6

St. Mary Parish

29,952 public acres

Deer 7/9/5

Terrebonne Parish

15,286 public acres

Deer 9

West Baton Rouge Parish

0 public acres

Deer 6

LDWF Lake Charles field office area (9)

9 parishes covering the southwest: coastal marsh and chenier ridges, rice and crawfish prairie, and the longleaf pine flats of Beauregard and Allen. Office: 1025 Tom Watson Road, Lake Charles ((337) 491-2575). Mapped public land in these parishes comes to about 504,485 acres.

Acadia Parish

0 public acres

Deer 3/10

Allen Parish

60,962 public acres

Deer 3/2

Beauregard Parish

0 public acres

Deer 3/8

Calcasieu Parish

8,597 public acres

Deer 10/8/3

Cameron Parish

168,893 public acres

Deer 10

Evangeline Parish

988 public acres

Deer 2/6

Jefferson Davis Parish

13 public acres

Deer 3/10/2

Vermilion Parish

0 public acres

Deer 10

Vernon Parish

265,032 public acres

Deer 3/2

LDWF Hammond field office area (17)

17 parishes covering the Florida Parishes and the southeast: Pearl River and Lake Maurepas swamps, the Lake Pontchartrain basin, Delta marsh and the pine flats north of Lake Pontchartrain. Office: 42371 Phyllis Ann Drive, Hammond ((985) 543-4777). Mapped public land in these parishes comes to about 488,680 acres.

Ascension Parish

19,214 public acres

Deer 9

East Baton Rouge Parish

0 public acres

Deer 4/6

East Feliciana Parish

0 public acres

Deer 4/6

Jefferson Parish

17,382 public acres

Deer 9

Lafourche Parish

24,288 public acres

Deer 9

Livingston Parish

29,943 public acres

Deer 9/4

Orleans Parish

26,481 public acres

Deer 9

Plaquemines Parish

62,813 public acres

Deer 9

St. Bernard Parish

38,751 public acres

Deer 9

St. Charles Parish

44,776 public acres

Deer 9

St. Helena Parish

132 public acres

Deer 4

St. James Parish

32,487 public acres

Deer 9

St. John the Baptist Parish

46,321 public acres

Deer 9

St. Tammany Parish

82,270 public acres

Deer 4/9

Tangipahoa Parish

42,854 public acres

Deer 4/9

Washington Parish

2,512 public acres

Deer 4

West Feliciana Parish

18,456 public acres

Deer 6

Field offices and parish lists from the LDWF Contact Us page. Checked November 4, 2026.

Louisiana parishes with the most deer reported

By the Annual Louisiana Deer Report for 2024-25, these eight parishes reported the most deer. LDWF prints only a top-20 table, so the other parishes have no published total.

Rank 1Union Parish6,686 deer, 2024-25 Rank 2Vernon Parish5,896 deer, 2024-25Rank 3Bienville Parish5,625 deer, 2024-25Rank 4Claiborne Parish5,552 deer, 2024-25 Rank 5Winn Parish4,913 deer, 2024-25 Rank 6Natchitoches Parish4,775 deer, 2024-25 Rank 7Bossier Parish4,293 deer, 2024-25Rank 8Jackson Parish4,252 deer, 2024-25

Louisiana parish questions

Is there a guide for every Louisiana parish?

Yes: 64 parish guides, each linked from the first column of the table.

How are deer seasons set in Louisiana?

By ten Deer Areas on private land, each with its own archery, primitive, still-hunt, dog and youth dates. Area lines follow roads and rivers, so a parish can be split. WMAs and federal lands have their own schedules.

Which parishes are closed to turkey hunting?

Acadia, Assumption, Cameron, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Mary, Terrebonne, Vermilion and West Carroll.

Which parishes are in the CWD Management Zone?

Parts of Avoyelles, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln, Madison, Ouachita, Tensas and Union, read from the June 2, 2026 map.

Can black bears be hunted in every parish?

Every parish lies in one of seven Bear Areas, but bears may be taken only with a lottery permit, December 5-20, 2026 (41 permits statewide plus one auctioned).

Which parishes have no mapped public hunting land?

Acadia, Beauregard, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Jackson, Lafayette, Lincoln, Vermilion and West Baton Rouge.

Do the parish pages show deer harvest?

Only where LDWF lists the parish in its top-20 tables for 2022-23 or 2024-25; other pages say plainly that no figure is published.

Do the parish pages show turkey harvest?

Yes, the spring 2026 validated harvest read from the LDWF parish map, labelled as map-read; ambiguous labels are not assigned.

From the 2026-2027 Louisiana Hunting & WMA Regulations, the LDWF CWD page, the Annual Louisiana Deer Report, the 2026 turkey report and the data cited above. Checked November 4, 2026.

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