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Ryanralston12 · Aug 7, 2014

Hey everybody! My wife and I are students here in New Orleans, Louisiana (originally from Georgia where we hunt on our private land). We found out about a hunting license for out-of-state students and we want to try and bag some Louisiana deer this year. Where are some places that we can hunt on public land within an hour to 2 hour drive? We aren't looking for trophies, but we are looking for meat for the freezer. Thanks everyone!

tbone · Aug 7, 2014

It's 2 hrs. 12 min. to Happytown Rd., Sherburne WMA on the north side of I-10 in the Atchafalaya Basin.

Emperor · Aug 7, 2014

Use the search engine here to try (and I mean this generously), to find some threads about that very subject. Also, go to the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries website. It's chock full of info pertaining to that endeavor.

James Thibodeau · Aug 7, 2014

Each public land hunting area is listed in louisiana dept of wildlife and fisheries website ,ldwf, with season dates listed.

Ryanralston12 · Aug 9, 2014

Thanks everyone. I had looked on the website, but I didn't know if there was one that was more preferable over the other public land areas.

Gator 45/70 · Aug 9, 2014

What ? You really think you and your wife are going to bale off in one of our swamps.. and resurface ? Make friends first with a local and work out the details...Oh and Welcome, You can thank me later.

Ryanralston12 said:
Hey everybody! My wife and I are students here in New Orleans, Louisiana (originally from Georgia where we hunt on our private land). We found out about a hunting license for out-of-state students and we want to try and bag some Louisiana deer this year. Where are some places that we can hunt on public land within an hour to 2 hour drive? We aren't looking for trophies, but we are looking for meat for the freezer. Thanks everyone!

frankinola · Aug 10, 2014

if you go into honey island, suggest the north side of old hwy 11, it is more hardwood than the south side. if you go before the 1st cold snap be aware there are lots of snakes.

madwabbit · Aug 28, 2014

frankinola said:
if you go into honey island, suggest the north side of old hwy 11, it is more hardwood than the south side. if you go before the 1st cold snap be aware there are lots of snakes.

Sherburne is my vote.

But hunting on public land is just plain scary. Good luck!

mike84z28 · Aug 28, 2014

frankinola said:
if you go into honey island, suggest the north side of old hwy 11, it is more hardwood than the south side. if you go before the 1st cold snap be aware there are lots of snakes.

Bring a compass and a GPS, along with the knowledge to use it if you plan on going more than 50 yards off a road.

madwabbit · Aug 28, 2014

mike84z28 said:
Bring a compass and a GPS, along with the knowledge to use it if you plan on going more than 50 yards off a road.

and bring a firearm and pleny of patience for stupidity if you stay close to roads. verify that your target has 4 legs before you pull the trigger- there's a lot of dumb hunters out there.

hunter5567 · Aug 28, 2014

And bring a climbing stand to get off the forest floor and out of the line of fire.

Bayouhunting · Aug 29, 2014

madwabbit said:
there's a lot of dumb hunters out there.

That's an understatement! Lol! I hunt Thistlewaite mainly and that place is a zoo the day after Thanksgiving. So many idiots doing dumb and dangerous things.

I'm glad that after a hunt or two in the sea of palmettos most of them get discouraged and don't come back till the next year.

mike84z28 · Aug 29, 2014

madwabbit said:
and bring a firearm and pleny of patience for stupidity if you stay close to roads. verify that your target has 4 legs before you pull the trigger- there's a lot of dumb hunters out there.

^^^^^ This too, but if your like me and get in early and dont mind walking a mile or two its fairly idiot free. Most wont go far enough back in the swamp to really have a nice hunt.

Bayouhunting · Aug 29, 2014

Exactly

frankinola · Aug 29, 2014

that is why i only go on non holiday weekdays. had two close calls with idiots with 10/12's hunting on weekends. one was trying to hit a running rabbit, thank God I was sitting with my back to an Oak tree and bullets came flying by. the other time was when some kids decided to try and take a hog with .22's and they were under adult supervision.

sandman7925 · Aug 29, 2014

Tunica hills is the most idiot free WMA. The terrain is brutal and it's bow only. Except during primitive fire arms week.

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