Pomme de Terre Wildlife Management Area for hunters

Pomme de Terre WMA: size, owner and ground

Pomme de Terre WMA covers 6,434 acres by the count in the LDWF area page. Sorted by acres, Pomme de Terre WMA comes 33rd of the 52 wildlife management areas. The area page names LDWF as owner or manager. The 2026-27 schedule heading reads: LDWF (6,434 acres, Lafayette Office). The LDWF boundary file dates it to 1975.

LDWF describes it this way: Pomme de Terre WMA is a bottomland hardwood forest. The terrain is primarily low and flat, but several ridges transect the property, primarily running from east to west. These ridges border and intersect Sutton Lake, a rain-dependent wetland that is popular for wintering waterfowl and waterfowl hunters.

The overstory consists mostly of hackberry, locust, elm, ash, maple, and sweetgum. Nuttall and overcup oaks are scattered throughout the WMA. Willow is dominant in the low lying areas, and bald cypress is found toward the ridges. Box elder and sycamore are also common.

The understory consists of haws, deciduous holly, dogwood, elderberry, and seedlings of the overstory. Other understory plants include poison ivy, peppervine, greenbrier, and blackberry. Open water and marshy areas, which comprise about 60 percent of the total WMA, contain water hyacinth, duckweed, lotus, cutgrass, and buttonbush.

LDWF hunting note: Popular game species on Pomme de Terre WMA include white-tailed deer, turkey, squirrel, waterfowl, and rabbit. There is a youth deer season and a youth turkey season. Wintering waterfowl populations vary annually. Trapping for furbearers is allowed. Interior access by water is limited; however, there are about 6 miles of ATV trails that provide access to the majority of the WMA.

Huntable species on file: White-tailed deer, Wild turkey, Ducks and geese, Small game, Raccoon, Squirrels, Rabbits, Furbearer trapping.

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

Next-door public land to Pomme de Terre WMA

Grassy Lake WMA sits 9 miles northeast of here.

Point: LDWF WMA/Refuge/Conservation Area boundary shapefile (09/26/2025) (polygon centroid). Straight-line distances. Statewide public land map.

Pomme de Terre WMA photo row

Pomme de Terre WMA: last-minute checks

Schedules, closures and lottery dates on Pomme de Terre 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.