§103. License required

            A. No person shall at any time hunt, take, possess, or cause to be transported by any other person any wild bird or any wild quadruped unless he is at the time of such act the lawful holder of a valid license for that purpose issued to him by authority of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission.

            B. Basic hunting licenses which do not authorize deer, turkey, bobcat, or migratory waterfowl hunting may be issued beginning June first of each calendar year and shall expire on the following June thirtieth.

            C.(1) In order to hunt, take, possess, or transport deer or turkey, in Louisiana, in addition to a basic hunting license, a person shall be required to purchase and have on his person either a deer license or a turkey license, whichever is the appropriate license. In order to hunt, take, possess, or transport waterfowl in Louisiana, in addition to a basic hunting license, a resident shall be required to purchase and have on his person a waterfowl license.

            (2) In addition to all other licenses required by law, a special primitive firearms license may be authorized to take deer during the special deer hunting season for primitive firearms. A fee may be charged for the issuance of such license as provided in R.S. 56:104(A)(3), and the fees therefrom shall be dedicated to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to be used for the development and study of the deer herds within the state after costs for the administration of the licensing program have been deducted.

            D. Repealed by Acts 2000, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 1, §4, eff. June 26, 2000.

            E., F. Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 356, §6, eff. June 1, 2022.

            Added by Acts 1981, No. 736, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 420, §1, eff. July 1, 1983; Acts 1989, No. 240, §1, eff. June 26, 1989; Acts 1993, No. 73, §1, eff. July 1, 1993; Acts 1997, No. 1234, §1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 164, §2, eff. Sept. 21, 1998; Acts 2000, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 1, §§3, 4, eff. June 26, 2000; Acts 2003, No. 1248, §1; Acts 2006, No. 283, §1; Acts 2008, No. 51, §1, eff. June 5, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 100, §1; Acts 2021, No. 356, §§3, 6, eff. June 1, 2022.