PART IX. HUNTING PRESERVES

§651. License

            Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to establish, maintain, or operate a hunting preserve within the state of Louisiana to permit the releasing and shooting or taking of pen-raised quail and pen-raised mallard by the public for a fee or otherwise may apply to the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission for a license to do so, and said commission is hereby authorized to issue such an applicant a license for that purpose, upon the conditions set out. The licenses for pen-raised mallard shall only be issued to hunting preserves located outside of the coastal zone encompassing the area south of Interstate 10 from the Texas state line to Baton Rouge, south of Interstate 12 from Baton Rouge to Slidell, and south of Interstate 10 from Slidell to the Mississippi state line, with the exception for hunting preserves located within the coastal zone north of Highway 90 that were licensed as a hunting preserve in the 2024 license year.

            Added by Acts 1958, No. 455, §1; Acts 1988, No. 87, §1; Acts 2025, No. 153, §1.