Public land and parish rules near Georgetown, Louisiana

Grant Parish counts Georgetown among its communities, with parish offices in Colfax. Hunters heading for Little River WMA can stay in Georgetown, 3.4 miles from the boundary. Census Vintage 2024 estimates put Georgetown at 274 residents on 1.3 square miles of land. About 54,901 public acres lie within a 10-mile radius of Georgetown, split among 2 areas. Closest ground of any kind for Georgetown: Kisatchie National Forest, with the boundary 2.1 miles out of Georgetown. Count every area out to 25 miles and Georgetown has 6 choices on some 213,339 acres of public ground. Grant Parish carries roughly 153,470 public acres in all (7,479 acres of LDWF WMA land and 145,992 acres of Kisatchie National Forest).

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.

Grant Parish and neighbouring rules from Georgetown

Rules are set per parish and per area, and land near Georgetown can sit across a parish line, so each parish with nearby public land gets a row.

Deer dates change inside Grant Parish: the GIS overlay shows Area 2 about 91%, Area 1 about 9%, and the boundary roads and rivers decide which applies. (Deer Area 2, Deer Area 1; LDWF map.) The firearms still-hunt segment for Deer Area 2 is October 31 to December 9, 2026 and the season with or without dogs December 10 to January 17, 2027. Kids and veterans get October 10 to October 16 on private land in Deer Area 2. Per area, the season caps read Area 2: 6 deer, no more than 3 antlered or 4 antlerless; Area 1: 6 deer, no more than 2 antlered or 5 antlerless. Deer Area 2 also has a CWD Management Zone archery segment, August 29 to September 6, on private land inside the zone. Grant Parish is turkey country under Turkey Area A (Area A April 3 to May 2); youth and physically challenged hunters get March 26-28. Grant Parish lies in Bear Area 6 for the lottery bear hunt, December 5 to 20, 2026 (Area 6: 2 general permits). (Bear Area 6) For ducks, Grant Parish sits in the West and East zone; the regular splits are 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. The dove calendar for Grant Parish reads North: September 5-27, October 10-November 15, December 19-January 17. Grant Parish lies in Recreational Alligator Zone C.

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 Georgetown

Nearest LDWF door for Georgetown: the LDWF Pineville Field Office in Pineville, roughly 28 miles away. The LDWF Pineville Field Office covers Grant Parish for biologists and WMA staff. John Volentine captains the enforcement agents of Region 3, Grant 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.

Other towns near Georgetown

Should Georgetown not suit, Jordan Hill, Midway, Dry Prong and Jena are the next bases over. Grant Parish also has pages for Colfax, Dry Prong, Montgomery and Pollock.