High Water in Louisiana Maurepas Swamp WMA Forces Closure of Deer Hunting Season
by TBC Press on 11/04/19Rising flood waters in the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area (WMA) have triggered an automatic deer hunting season closure. The benchmark closure, enacted by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, closes deer hunting in the WMA when the flood gauge reaches 3.0 feet. It will remain closed until the gauge falls below 2.5 feet. Maurepas Swamp WMA, with 112,615 acres in Ascension, Livingston, St. John the Baptist and St. James parishes, is approximately 25 miles west of... READ MORE
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