Louisiana Biologists Consider Giving Deer Hunters More Options on Individual Limits

If a plan thst's being offered by state biologists is approved by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, deer hunters will have an option when it comes to individual limits for the 2012-2013 season.

As it stands now, each hunter is required to use one of six of their Department of Wildlife and Fisheries-issued tags on deer taken during the more than four-month season.

Three of the tags can be used for the taking of bucks or antlered deer while the other three are reserved for antlerless deer.

The new plan that was discussed at the LWFC's monthly meeting will take one of the three tags allocated to a buck and convert it for use on a buck or a doe.

This will give a hunter the option of taking as many as four doe each season, but would restrict the hunter's take of bucks to two per season. The hunter could use the "choice tag" to take a third buck. The overall season limit of six whitetail deer will not change.

via [The Republic]