Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
Part V - Wild Quadrupeds and Wild Birds
Chapter 1 - Wild Quadrupeds
Section V-103 - Field Trials on Wildlife Management Areas
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code V-103
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The Wildlife and Fisheries Commission does hereby authorize field trials by recognized bird dog association to be held on selected wildlife management areas but only under the following conditions.
1. The season framework for conducting field
trials involving the use of bird dogs is from October 1 through March 30 of
each year. Specific season dates, however, will be set annually, management
area by management area.
2. No
trial will be allowed during managed deer hunts or opening weekends of other
deer gun seasons.
3. No shooting of
wild bobwhites will be allowed during the closed quail season.
4. Pen-reared bobwhites cannot be used for
field trial purposes without first obtaining health certification as prescribed
by the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission. Failure of bobwhite to pass the
certification will result in the postponement (cancellation) of the field
trial.
5. Applications must be
submitted well in advance (a period established by the Wildlife and Fisheries
Commission) by field trial associations specifying the date and precise
location for the proposed field trial.
6. Only two trials per field trial
organization will be allowed each season.
7. Applications will be approved only after
the field trial association has met these conditions.
8. All bobwhites released for field trial
purposes must be banded with a numbered band furnished by the Department of
Wildlife and Fisheries. A list of the band numbers of birds released and birds
recovered as well as any unused bands must be returned to the Department of
Wildlife and Fisheries within two weeks after a field trial is held.
9. All pen-reared bobwhites can be inspected
by Department of Wildlife and Fisheries personnel for evidence of diseases
before they are released on the wildlife management areas for field trial
purposes. Evidence of diseased birds can result in the cancellation of the
field trial.
10. Applications
received for the Fort Polk Wildlife Management Area must be approved by the
U.S. Army.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 56:141.
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