Biloxi Wildlife Management Area: hunting and access

The Biloxi WMA record

Biloxi WMA covers 35,644 acres by the count in the LDWF area page. Sorted by acres, Biloxi WMA comes 14th of the 52 wildlife management areas. The area page names Owned by Biloxi Marsh Lands Corporation, leased to LDWF; Manager: LDWF as owner or manager. The 2026-27 schedule heading reads: Biloxi Marsh Land Corporation (35,644 acres, Hammond Office). The LDWF boundary file dates it to 1986.

LDWF describes it this way: Biloxi Marsh Lands Corporation, the owner of over 88,000 acres of marsh, swamp and other overflowed lands in eastern St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana commonly known as the Biloxi Marsh, has continually and proudly leased over 35,000 of its private property to the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF). The series of leases has and continues to permit controlled and orderly public access to Biloxi Mash Land Corporation private property for more than 70 years. The operation of the Biloxi WMA by the LDWF has provided and continues to provide member of the Louisiana public the opportunity to use, enjoyed and experience the Biloxi Marsh in a responsible manner.

Biloxi WMA is a low brackish to saline marsh. Major vegetation includes marsh hay cordgrass, black rush, hog cane, smooth cordgrass, saltgrass, glasswort, and three square. There are a few oak trees on old ridges. Widgeon grass is the main submerged aquatic plant.

LDWF hunting note: Popular game species on Biloxi WMA include rabbits, rails, gallinules, snipe, ducks (lesser scaup, teal, wigeon, gadwall, shoveler, mottled, pintail, and mallard), and geese (blue and snow). There is an archery-only deer season as well.

Huntable species on file: White-tailed deer, Ducks and geese, Small game, Rabbits, Snipe, Rails, Gallinules.

From the area page, 2026-27 regulations (Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries); checked November 4, 2026.

Biloxi WMA: towns and stores close by

The first stop out of Biloxi WMA is Delacroix, about 20 miles. New Orleans counted 362,701 residents in 2024. Enforcement agents for St. Bernard Parish work out of the regional office; the captain is Tim Fox.

Towns from places.json (Census 2024 estimates); LDWF offices from the LDWF Contact Us page; businesses from services.json listings; straight-line miles. Checked November 4, 2026.

Biloxi WMA: last-minute checks

Schedules, closures and lottery dates on Biloxi WMA can change mid-season; posted signs and the agency page have the last word.

Sources: source 1 · source 2 · source 3 · source 4 · source 5; seasons from the 2026-2027 Louisiana Hunting and WMA Regulations. Checked November 4, 2026.