Sherburne Wildlife Management Area for hunters

Sherburne WMA from the agency description

The LDWF area page gives Sherburne WMA 43,637 acres. Size rank: 11th of 52 wildlife management areas in Louisiana. Ownership, as LDWF prints it: LDWF, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.. In the regulations the owner line is "LDWF (11,800 acres, Lafayette Office); U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (15,220 acres); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (16,618 acres)". Established: 1983, per the LDWF shapefile.

The area page says: Sherburne WMA is located in the Morganza Floodway system of the Atchafalaya Basin between the Atchafalaya River and the East Protection Guide Levee. LDWF owns Sherburne WMA (11,800 acres) but manages the area as one unit along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge (15,220 acres) and another 16,618 acres owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The area is classified as bottomland hardwoods with four dominant tree species groups: cottonwood-sycamore, oak-gum-hackberry-ash, willow-cypress-ash, and overcup oak-bitter pecan. Midstory species include seedlings of dominant species along with boxelder, maple, red mulberry, and rough-leaf dogwood.

LDWF has managed the timber in some areas to improve habitat; ground cover in these areas is very dense and provides excellent habitat for many game and non-game species. Common ground cover species include rattan, greenbrier, Rubus sp., trumpet creeper, Virginia creeper, poison ivy, elderberry, and milkweed.

Hunting section: Deer, squirrel, and woodcock hunting are good; rabbit hunting is fair. Waterfowl hunting is seasonal, depending on many factors, but the opportunities to hunt waterfowl are excellent. Turkey populations are small, so turkey hunting has been closed. There are general and youth waterfowl hunts, youth deer and squirrel seasons, a youth deer lottery hunt , and a small game emphasis area. In addition, physically challenged wheelchair-confined deer and waterfowl hunting areas are available on this WMA.

Listed game: White-tailed deer, Ducks and geese, Snipe, Rails, Gallinules, Small game, Raccoon, Squirrels, Rabbits, Woodcock.

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

Sherburne WMA deer harvest on record

LDWF recorded 641 hunter efforts and 61 deer on Sherburne WMA in its 2024 managed hunts. Statewide on WMAs the 2024 managed hunts took 1,768 deer at 7.7 efforts each.

* self-clearing only; ** combined mandatory check and self-clearing; ^ bucks only (marks kept in names).

Annual Louisiana Deer Report 2024-25 (WMA managed either-sex hunts, 2024); checked November 4, 2026.

Resupply stops around Sherburne WMA

Sherburne WMA is 6 miles from Maringouin. The 2024 estimate puts Henderson at 1,605 people. Iberville Parish falls under its LDWF enforcement office, captain Scott Dupre.

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.

Sherburne WMA legal shooting light

Whistling ducks in the October season may be taken only from sunrise to sunset in Sherburne WMA.

WMA waterfowl ends at noon.

Hours rules from the 2026-2027 Louisiana Hunting and WMA Regulations and La. R.S. 56:116.1; sunrise and sunset worked out for this location with the NOAA solar formula (Central Time); checked November 4, 2026. Legal hours for every parish.

Sherburne WMA: the common questions