Deer Area 1 — Archery — Either-Sex
Oct. 1 - Jan. 31
2026-10-01 → 2027-01-31 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 1 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Archery |
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deer · 2026
huntregs is not the law and is not an official edition of any state’s regulations: no state agency writes, reviews, publishes or approves it, and where a page here differs from the agency document it cites, the agency document is the regulation and this page is wrong.
It is an editorial compilation of state agency regulation documents: every row is carried verbatim out of one named document, cited by title, identified by the sha256 of the exact bytes we read, and printed beside the source lines it was read from.
That is the direction that ends in a citation, or in a hunter on ground the state has closed. Read the signals below before you use any row on this page.
Derived by rule from this record's own declared gaps, its own integrity fields and its own rows. It is not a score and there is no confidence number: the counts below count signals, nothing more.
overOVER: the gap names a restriction, requirement, closure or supersession the record does not carry [overriding_regime='follows those instead']; a row read without it is broader than the regulation
overOVER: the gap names a restriction, requirement, closure or supersession the record does not carry [closure='closure']; a row read without it is broader than the regulation
unknowncannot be determined: the gap carries regulation but its description names neither a restriction nor an opportunity in terms this rule can read (kind='cross-references'). Boundary, map and definition gaps land here and belong here — not knowing which unit you are in cuts both ways
unknown1 page boundary/boundaries beside the cited range were never inspected. A table that continues past a citation loses whole rows — the missing rows could be further seasons (under) or the restrictions on the ones published (over), and this is the check five states went OFFLINE for skipping.
carries_regulation flag at face value. A gap mis-declared as non-regulatory is a silent miss.Current through — the document this record was read from, and nothing later than it:
Louisiana 2026-2027 Hunting & WMA Regulations (updated July 7, 2026), the ten Deer Area schedules
We fetched it on 2026-08-08. That is our retrieval date, not a publication date. This record carries no date on which its publisher issued, adopted, amended or last revised that document, so this page states none. Any effective, issue or adoption date the document states of itself is inside the citation above, in the publisher’s own words — nothing here lifts it out or restates it as a fact of ours.
Do not take our word for it. The document every row on this page was read out of is one tap away, and checking us against it is exactly what the citation, the sha256 and the source lines under each row are for.
Open the source document → https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/assets/Resources/Publications/Regulations/26LAHD.pdf#page=18If that document says something this page does not, the document is the regulation and this page is wrong. The copy we read is the one whose sha256 is above; if the publisher has replaced the file since 2026-08-08, yours will not match ours, and that difference is the thing worth knowing.
derived Louisiana declares 4 gaps, of which 3 are regulation this compilation does not carry.
cross-references
**Which parishes are in which Deer Area is not carried.** Each area's schedule is followed by two lists — parishes wholly open, and parishes open only in part, the latter with written boundary descriptions running to several lines each. Those lists are on the same pages and are not read into rows. **A hunter cannot use a Deer Area season without knowing whether their ground is in that area.**
derived family: cross-reference
Who does have it
Not us. Louisiana’s agency publishes the document this record was read from, and that document — not this page — is where the material above has to be chased:
https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/assets/Resources/Publications/Regulations/26LAHD.pdf#page=18Where the description above names some other document, register, office or telephone number, that naming is the record’s own and is printed in full above. Nothing here has followed it up for you, and nothing here has re-typed it.
cross-references
**Wildlife Management Areas are not carried.** Roughly a third of this booklet is WMA-specific seasons, lottery hunts and self-clearing permit rules which differ from the Deer Area schedules, and a hunter on a WMA follows those instead of these.
derived family: cross-reference
Who does have it
Not us. Louisiana’s agency publishes the document this record was read from, and that document — not this page — is where the material above has to be chased:
https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/assets/Resources/Publications/Regulations/26LAHD.pdf#page=18Where the description above names some other document, register, office or telephone number, that naming is the record’s own and is printed in full above. Nothing here has followed it up for you, and nothing here has re-typed it.
callout
**A high-water closure that converts a firearms season to archery only is not carried as a row.** Deer hunting in part of Madison and East Carroll parishes becomes archery-only once the Mississippi at Vicksburg reaches 43.0 feet MSL. It is printed beside the Area 1 schedule and is a condition on a date this compilation publishes flatly.
derived family: figure/diagram/chart
Who does have it
Not us. Louisiana’s agency publishes the document this record was read from, and that document — not this page — is where the material above has to be chased:
https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/assets/Resources/Publications/Regulations/26LAHD.pdf#page=18Where the description above names some other document, register, office or telephone number, that naming is the record’s own and is printed in full above. Nothing here has followed it up for you, and nothing here has re-typed it.
figure
**A Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry fire-prevention advertisement — "Woods arson is a crime against our community! To report an arsonist call 225-925-4500" — fills the lower left of PDF page 22**, below the Area 5 parish lists. `page_graphics` reads 32.1% image and 77.6% curve for that page and BOTH numbers are this one ad: the 32.1% is its raster flame background, sliced into eight stacked bands plus the department seal, and the 77.6% is 38 filled bezier paths in flame colours (orange, amber, yellow, ember) painted inside a clipping path. Their unclipped bounding boxes run thousands of points past the page — y from -5314 to +6496 on a 756-point page — so clipped to the page they smear across the whole of it, while the curves that genuinely lie within the page total 1.6%. **There is no map, chart or diagram on this page.** It carries no regulation: the Deer Area 5 and Area 6 schedules, their parish lists and Area 5's high-water benchmark closure are all live text on this page, and are read, ruled out or declared above. Which parishes fall in which Deer Area is still not carried, but that is the missing cross-reference declared above, not this picture.
derived family: figure/diagram/chart
100.0% of drawn table cells across the four Deer Area schedule pages, plus every word outside a cell
derived: this percentage is over the units named above, on the pages this record cites. It is not a percentage of the state's regulation. The gaps above are what a full percentage would have to count and cannot.
Oct. 1 - Jan. 31
2026-10-01 → 2027-01-31 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 1 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Archery |

Sept. 12-20
2026-09-12 → 2026-09-20 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 1 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Bucks Only |
| method | Archery (Only within the CWD Management Zone) |

Nov. 14-20
2026-11-14 → 2026-11-20 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 1 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Primitive Firearms |

Jan. 25-31
2027-01-25 → 2027-01-31 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 1 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Primitive Firearms |

Nov. 21 - Dec. 11
2026-11-21 → 2026-12-11 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 1 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (Still-Hunt Only) |

Jan. 4-24
2027-01-04 → 2027-01-24 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 1 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (Still-Hunt Only) |

Dec. 12 - Jan. 3
2026-12-12 → 2027-01-03 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 1 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (With or Without Dogs) |

Oct. 31 - Nov. 6
2026-10-31 → 2026-11-06 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 1 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Youth and Honorably Discharged Veterans |

Oct. 1 - Jan. 31
2026-10-01 → 2027-01-31 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 2 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Archery |

Aug. 29 - Sept. 6
2026-08-29 → 2026-09-06 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 2 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Bucks Only |
| method | Archery (Only within the CWD Management Zone) |

Oct. 24-30
2026-10-24 → 2026-10-30 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 2 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Primitive Firearms |

Jan. 18-24
2027-01-18 → 2027-01-24 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 2 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Primitive Firearms |

Oct. 31 - Dec. 9
2026-10-31 → 2026-12-09 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 2 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (Still-Hunt Only) |

Dec. 10 - Jan. 17
2026-12-10 → 2027-01-17 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 2 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (With or Without Dogs) |

Oct. 10-16
2026-10-10 → 2026-10-16 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 2 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Youth and Honorably Discharged Veterans |

Sept. 19 - Jan. 15
2026-09-19 → 2027-01-15 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 3 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Archery |

Oct. 10-16
2026-10-10 → 2026-10-16 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 3 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Primitive Firearms |

Jan. 4-10
2027-01-04 → 2027-01-10 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 3 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Primitive Firearms |

Oct. 17 - Nov. 29
2026-10-17 → 2026-11-29 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 3 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (Still-Hunt Only) |

Nov. 30 - Jan. 3
2026-11-30 → 2027-01-03 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 3 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (With or Without Dogs) |

Sept. 26 - Oct. 2
2026-09-26 → 2026-10-02 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 3 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Youth and Honorably Discharged Veterans |

Oct. 1 - Jan. 31
2026-10-01 → 2027-01-31 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 4 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Archery |

Nov. 14-20
2026-11-14 → 2026-11-20 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 4 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Primitive Firearms |

Jan. 25-31
2027-01-25 → 2027-01-31 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 4 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Primitive Firearms |

Nov. 21 - Dec. 11
2026-11-21 → 2026-12-11 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 4 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (Still-Hunt Only) |

Jan. 4-24
2027-01-04 → 2027-01-24 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 4 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (Still-Hunt Only) |

Dec. 12 - Jan. 3
2026-12-12 → 2027-01-03 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 4 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (With or Without Dogs) |

Oct. 31 - Nov. 6
2026-10-31 → 2026-11-06 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 4 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Youth and Honorably Discharged Veterans |

Oct. 16 - Feb. 15
2026-10-16 → 2027-02-15 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 5 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Archery (Either-sex, unless a Bucks Only season is in progress) |

Oct. 1-15
2026-10-01 → 2026-10-15 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 5 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Bucks Only |
| method | Archery (Either-sex, unless a Bucks Only season is in progress) |

Nov. 14-20
2026-11-14 → 2026-11-20 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 5 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Primitive Firearms |

Jan. 25-31
2027-01-25 → 2027-01-31 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 5 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Bucks Only |
| method | Primitive Firearms |

Nov. 21-22
2026-11-21 → 2026-11-22 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 5 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (Still-Hunt Only) |

Nov. 27-29
2026-11-27 → 2026-11-29 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 5 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (Still-Hunt Only) |

Nov. 23-26
2026-11-23 → 2026-11-26 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 5 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Bucks Only |
| method | Firearms (Still-Hunt Only) |

Nov. 30 - Dec. 11
2026-11-30 → 2026-12-11 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 5 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Bucks Only |
| method | Firearms (Still-Hunt Only) |

Dec. 12-13
2026-12-12 → 2026-12-13 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 5 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (With or Without Dogs) |

Dec. 19-20
2026-12-19 → 2026-12-20 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 5 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (With or Without Dogs) |

Dec. 14-18
2026-12-14 → 2026-12-18 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 5 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Bucks Only |
| method | Firearms (With or Without Dogs) |

Dec. 21 - Jan. 24
2026-12-21 → 2027-01-24 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 5 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Bucks Only |
| method | Firearms (With or Without Dogs) |

Oct. 31 - Nov. 6
2026-10-31 → 2026-11-06 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 5 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Youth and Honorably Discharged Veterans |

Oct. 16 - Feb. 15
2026-10-16 → 2027-02-15 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 6 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Archery |

Oct. 1-15
2026-10-01 → 2026-10-15 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 6 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Bucks Only |
| method | Archery |

Sept. 12-20
2026-09-12 → 2026-09-20 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 6 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Bucks Only |
| method | Archery (Only within the CWD Management Zone) |

Nov. 14-20
2026-11-14 → 2026-11-20 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 6 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Primitive Firearms |

Jan. 25-31
2027-01-25 → 2027-01-31 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 6 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Primitive Firearms |

Nov. 21 - Dec. 11
2026-11-21 → 2026-12-11 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 6 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (Still-Hunt Only) |

Dec. 12 - Jan. 24
2026-12-12 → 2027-01-24 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 6 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (With or Without Dogs) |

Oct. 31 - Nov. 6
2026-10-31 → 2026-11-06 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 6 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Youth and Honorably Discharged Veterans |

Oct. 16 - Feb. 15
2026-10-16 → 2027-02-15 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 9 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Archery (Either-sex, unless a Bucks Only season is in progress) |

Oct. 1-15
2026-10-01 → 2026-10-15 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 9 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Bucks Only |
| method | Archery (Either-sex, unless a Bucks Only season is in progress) |

Nov. 14-20
2026-11-14 → 2026-11-20 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 9 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Primitive Firearms |

Jan. 25-31
2027-01-25 → 2027-01-31 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 9 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Bucks Only |
| method | Primitive Firearms |

Nov. 21-22
2026-11-21 → 2026-11-22 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 9 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (Still-Hunt Only) |

Nov. 27-29
2026-11-27 → 2026-11-29 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 9 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (Still-Hunt Only) |

Nov. 23-26
2026-11-23 → 2026-11-26 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 9 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Bucks Only |
| method | Firearms (Still-Hunt Only) |

Nov. 30 - Dec. 11
2026-11-30 → 2026-12-11 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 9 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Bucks Only |
| method | Firearms (Still-Hunt Only) |

Dec. 12-13
2026-12-12 → 2026-12-13 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 9 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (With or Without Dogs) |

Dec. 19-20
2026-12-19 → 2026-12-20 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 9 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (With or Without Dogs) |

Dec. 14-18
2026-12-14 → 2026-12-18 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 9 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Bucks Only |
| method | Firearms (With or Without Dogs) |

Dec. 21 - Jan. 24
2026-12-21 → 2027-01-24 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 9 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Bucks Only |
| method | Firearms (With or Without Dogs) |

Oct. 31 - Nov. 6
2026-10-31 → 2026-11-06 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 9 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Youth and Honorably Discharged Veterans |

Sept. 19 - Jan. 15
2026-09-19 → 2027-01-15 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 7 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Archery |

Oct. 10-16
2026-10-10 → 2026-10-16 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 7 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Primitive Firearms |

Jan. 4-10
2027-01-04 → 2027-01-10 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 7 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Primitive Firearms |

Oct. 17 - Nov. 29
2026-10-17 → 2026-11-29 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 7 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (Still-Hunt Only) |

Nov. 30 - Jan. 3
2026-11-30 → 2027-01-03 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 7 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (With or Without Dogs) |

Sept. 26 - Oct. 2
2026-09-26 → 2026-10-02 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 7 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Youth and Honorably Discharged Veterans |

Sept. 19 - Jan. 15
2026-09-19 → 2027-01-15 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 8 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Archery |

Oct. 10-16
2026-10-10 → 2026-10-16 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 8 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Primitive Firearms |

Jan. 4-10
2027-01-04 → 2027-01-10 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 8 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Primitive Firearms |

Oct. 17 - Nov. 29
2026-10-17 → 2026-11-29 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 8 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (Still-Hunt Only) |

Nov. 30 - Jan. 3
2026-11-30 → 2027-01-03 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 8 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (With or Without Dogs) |

Sept. 26 - Oct. 2
2026-09-26 → 2026-10-02 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 8 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Youth and Honorably Discharged Veterans |

Sept. 19 - Jan. 15
2026-09-19 → 2027-01-15 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 10 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Archery |

Oct. 10-16
2026-10-10 → 2026-10-16 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 10 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Primitive Firearms |

Jan. 4-10
2027-01-04 → 2027-01-10 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 10 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Primitive Firearms |

Oct. 17 - Jan. 3
2026-10-17 → 2027-01-03 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 10 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Firearms (Still-Hunt Only) |

Sept. 26 - Oct. 2
2026-09-26 → 2026-10-02 derived (year inferred)
| area | Area 10 |
|---|---|
| harvest | Either-Sex |
| method | Youth and Honorably Discharged Veterans |
