State & Provincial Information

Contact Information Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries P.O. Box 98000 Baton Rouge , Louisiana 70898-9000 Phone: 225-765-2932 Fax: 225-763-3568 Replacement Hunter Safety Card Information: http://www.wlf.state.la.us/hbscards/hbscards1.asp

Main Web Site:  (http://www.wlf.state.la.us/)
Hunter Education Web Site:  (http://www.wlf.state.la.us/hunting/education/)

Any person born on or after Sept. 01, 1969 must have proof of completion of a hunter education course to purchase a hunting license. A person 15 years of age and younger may hunt without hunter education if they are accompanied by and under the direct supervision of a person who is 18 years of age or older and has a valid hunting license or proof of successfully completed a hunter education course. Minimum age for certification is 10.

Any person hunting deer shall display on his head, chest, and/or back a total of not less than four hundred square inches of material of a daylight fluorescent orange color known as "hunter orange" during the open gun deer hunting season. Persons hunting on privately owned, legally posted land may wear a cap or a hat that is completely covered with hunter orange material in lieu of the foregoing requirements to display four hundred square inches of hunter orange. These provisions shall not apply to persons hunting deer from elevated stands on property which is privately owned and legally posted, or to archery deer hunters, hunting on legally posted land where firearm hunting is not permitted by agreement of the owner or lessee. On Wildlife Manage Areas all hunters except waterfowl and dove hunters must display 400 square inches of hunter orange and wear a hunter orange cap during the open gun season for deer. Hunters participating in special dog seasons for rabbit and squirrel are required to wear a minimum of a hunter orange cap.

Louisiana Hunter Education Instructor Association
1417 Leon Landry Rd.
New Iberia , Louisiana 70560
Contact:Paul Tornblom
Phone: 337-369-7643
Email: pgtornblom@cox.net