Hunting from Baldwin, LA: land, Deer Areas and dates

Baldwin is a town in St. Mary Parish; the parish seat is Franklin. Baldwin was picked as the base town for Bayou Teche NWR, whose nearest boundary is 3.4 miles away. Census Vintage 2024 estimates put Baldwin at 1,665 residents on 3.2 square miles of land. Within 10 miles of Baldwin the count is 2 listed areas on roughly 28,207 acres. If time is short, aim for Bayou Teche NWR, 3.4 miles as the crow flies to its line. Allow a half-hour drive or so and Baldwin hunters can pick among 4 areas totalling about 40,461 acres. The parish GIS total for St. Mary Parish is 29,952 public acres, with 18,421 acres of LDWF WMA land, 10,913 acres of national wildlife refuge and 2,281 acres of Corps of Engineers land.

Town point and land area from the Census 2024 Gazetteer, population from the Census Vintage 2024 estimates; public acreage and boundary miles within 10 and 25 miles are a GIS measure over the LDWF WMA layer and USFS, USFWS, Corps and NPS boundaries (places.json; area counts are within 25 miles). LDWF field office from the LDWF Contact Us page. Checked November 4, 2026.

Baldwin: Deer Area, turkey, bear and bird zones

Read across a row to see which Deer Area, turkey area, bear area and bird zones apply in that parish.

Deer Area lines follow roads and rivers, and more than one crosses St. Mary Parish: by the LDWF GIS layer, Area 7 about 72%, Area 9 about 21%, Area 5 about 7%. (Deer Area 7, Deer Area 9, Deer Area 5; LDWF deer area map.) In Deer Area 7, archery runs September 19 to January 15, 2027, still-hunt firearms October 17 to November 29, 2026 and the season with or without dogs November 30 to January 3, 2027. Muzzleloader-type primitive firearms: October 10 to October 16; January 4 to January 10. LDWF season limits for these areas: Area 7: 6 deer, no more than 3 antlered or 4 antlerless; Area 9: 6 deer, no more than 3 antlered or 4 antlerless; Area 5: 6 deer, no more than 3 antlered or 4 antlerless. No private-land turkey season in St. Mary Parish: it is on the closed list. Bear permits for Bear Area 1, which includes St. Mary Parish, were drawn by lottery; permit holders also need the $25 bear license and the training course. (Bear Area 1) St. Mary Parish is West and East zone for ducks, coots and mergansers: West zone November 14 to December 6 and December 19 to January 24; East zone November 21 to December 6 and December 19 to January 31. St. Mary Parish is South dove zone country; the three segments are South: September 5-20, October 17-November 29, December 12-January 10. Recreational alligator hunting (lottery, October 1-31, 2026) covers St. Mary Parish as Zone F.

Deer Areas, limits and dates from the 2026-2027 Louisiana Hunting and WMA Regulations (LDWF map); GIS shares from the LDWF DeerManagementAreas layer; turkey from LDWF, bear from LDWF, ducks and doves from LDWF, CWD from LDWF, alligator zones from LDWF. Checked November 4, 2026.

LDWF offices and agents for Baldwin

Before driving 40 miles to the LDWF Lafayette Field Office, call (337) 262-2080. Call the LDWF Lafayette Field Office at (337) 262-2080 about WMAs near Baldwin. Joey Thompson captains the enforcement agents of Region 6, St. Mary Parish among them.

Offices and field office parish lists from the LDWF Contact Us page, enforcement regions and captains from LDWF local law enforcement contacts (counties.json, services.json). Checked November 4, 2026.

Towns around Baldwin

Lodging, ice and fuel may be easier in Charenton, Franklin, Centerville and Patterson, each with a page of its own. St. Mary Parish also has pages for Centerville, Charenton, Franklin and Patterson.