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.