MONDAY

RED STICK FLY FISHERS FLY TYING: 7 p.m., Bluebonnet Library, 9200 Bluebonnet Boulevard, Baton Rouge. Open to public. Hands-on clinic covering basics of fly tying. Materials and tools provided. Website:

THURSDAY

THANKSGIVING DAY

HUNTING SEASONS

DOVES: South Zone, through Nov. 30. North Zone closed.

DEER/MODERN FIREARMS: Through Nov. 30, State Deer Areas 3, 7, 8 & 10.

DEER/MODERN FIREARMS: Dec. 1-Jan. 4, State Deer Areas 3, 7, 8, with/without dogs.

DEER/MODERN FIREARMS: Through Dec. 2, State Deer Area 2, still-hunt only.

DEER/MODERN FIREARMS: Dec. 3-Jan. 11, State Deer Area 2, with/without dogs.

DEER/MODERN FIREARMS: Through Dec. 5, State Deer Areas 1, 4 & 6.

DEER/MODERN FIREARMS: Through Dec. 5, State Deer Areas 5 & 9, bucks only except either-sex take allowed Nov. 28-30.

DEER/MODERN FIREARMS: Dec. 6-Jan. 4, State Deer Areas 1 &4, with/without dogs.

DEER/MODERN FIREARMS: Dec. 6-Jan. 18, State Deer Areas 5 & 9, with/without dogs, bucks only except either-sex take allowed Dec. 6-7 & Dec. 13-14.

DEER/MODERN FIREARMS: Dec. 6-Jan. 18, State Deer Areas 6, with/without dogs.

DUCKS/WEST ZONE: Through Dec. 7, includes coots & mergansers.

GEESE: Through Dec. 7, West Waterfowl Zone. Includes Canada, blue, snow & Ross' & specklebellies. Take of Canada geese prohibited in portions of Cameron & Vermilion parishes.

SNIPE: Through Dec. 7, first split, statewide.

DUCKS/EAST ZONE: Through Dec. 8, includes coots & mergansers.

GEESE/EAST ZONE: Through Dec. 8.

RAILS/GALLINULES: Through Jan. 7, statewide.

DEER/ARCHERY: Through Jan. 15, State Deer Areas 3, 7, 8 & 10. Either-sex take allowed.

DEER/ARCHERY: Through Jan. 31, State Deer Areas 1, 2 & 4. Either-sex take allowed.

DEER/ARCHERY: Through Feb. 15, State Deer Areas 5, 6 & 9, either-sex take allowed.

QUAIL, RABBITS & SQUIRRELS: Through Feb. 28, statewide, private lands only.

AROUND THE CORNER

DEC. 1-2โ€”STATE COMMERCIAL FISHING LICENSE RENEWAL: 9 a.m.-noon & 1-3:30 p.m., LDWF office, 1025 Tom Watson Road, Lake Charles. Also: 9 a.m.-noon & 1-3:30 p.m., Dec. 3-4, LDWF office, 200 Dulles Drive, Lafayette; 8 a.m.-noon & 1-3:30 p.m., Dec. 8-10, LDWF office, 2045 Lakeshore Drive, Suite 438, New Orleans; 8 a.m.-noon & 1-3:30 p.m., Dec. 15-17, LDWF office, 468 Texas Gulf Road, Bourg. Call (225) 765-2898.

DEC. 4โ€”LA. WILDLIFE & FISHERIES COMMISSION MEETING: 9:30 a.m., Joe Herring Room, state Wildlife and Fisheries headquarters, Quail Drive, Baton Rouge.

FISHING/SHRIMPING

SHRIMP: Fall inshore & outside waters open statewide.

OPEN RECREATIONAL SEASONS: Gray triggerfish; lane, blackfin, queen and silk snappers & wenchmen among other snapper species; all groupers except closed for goliath & Nassau groupers in state/federal waters.

CLOSED SEASONS: Red snapper; flounder (recreational/commercial take closed through Nov. 30); greater amberjack; bluefin tuna; gag, goliath & Nassau groupers in state/federal waters. Commercial greater amberjack season closed.

LDWF UPDATES

Woodworth & Bodcau shooting ranges closed Thursday & Friday.

Closed: Hope Canal Road/boat launch (Maurepas Swamp WMA, levee construction).

Road Closure: Section of La. 975 through Sherburne WMA closed through June 12, 2026 (replace bridge) access from U.S. 190 and I-10 open.

Drawdowns: Underway on Henderson Lake, Lake Bistineau, Saline, Kepler, Iatt, Black & Clear lakes, Clear-Smithport Lake & Lake Martin.

Email: jmacaluso@theadvocate.com

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