La. Admin. Code tit. 76 § V-103

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 8, August 20, 2024

Section V-103 - Field Trials on Wildlife Management Areas

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.

La. Admin. Code tit. 76, § V-103

Promulgated by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, LR 2:459 (December 1976), amended LR 14:364 (June 1988).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 56:141.