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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 166 / Tuesday, August 31, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
participating in the refuge nighttime raccoon hunt.
v We allow all-terrain vehicle ATV
travel on designated trails for access typically from October 1 to the last day of the refuge squirrel season.
vi We prohibit field dressing of game within 150 feet 45 meters of parking areas, maintained roads, and trails.
vii An adult age 18 or older must supervise youth hunters age 17 and younger during all hunts. One adult may supervise two youths during small game and migratory bird hunts, but may supervise only one youth during big game hunts. Youth must remain within normal voice contact of the adult who is supervising them.
viii We allow the incidental take of coyote, beaver, raccoon, opossum, feral hog, armadillo, and nutria during authorized hunts with firearms and archery equipment legal for use during the hunt.
2 Upland game hunting. We allow hunting of raccoon, squirrel, and rabbit, and the incidental take of coyote, beaver, raccoon, opossum, armadillo, and nutria, on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:
i The conditions set forth at paragraphs t1i, ii, and iv through viii of this section apply.
ii A nighttime raccoon hunt will be conducted during December, January, and/or February, usually in conjunction with the adjacent State Wildlife Management Area WMA raccoon hunting season.
iii We allow the use of dogs when squirrel and rabbit hunting subject to the following conditions:
A We allow hunting without dogs from the beginning of the State season to December 31.
B From the beginning of the State season to December 31, we do not require hunters to wear hunter orange.
C We allow squirrel and rabbit hunting with or without dogs from January 1 to the last day of February.
D From January 1 to the last day of February, squirrel and rabbit hunters are required to wear a minimum solid hunter orange cap.
E We allow no more than three dogs per hunting party.
iv We close squirrel and rabbit hunting during the following gun hunts for deer: Refuge-wide youth hunt, primitive firearms hunt, and modern firearms hunts.
3 Big game hunting. We allow hunting of white-tailed deer and turkey, and the incidental take of feral hogs, on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:

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i The conditions set forth at paragraphs t1i, ii, and iv through viii of this section apply.
ii We require a valid Quota Modern Firearm Permit FWS Form 32439 to hunt during a Deer Quota Modern Firearm Hunt. You must complete and submit an application for all Deer Quota Hunts, and hunters will be notified of their drawing status. If selected, hunters are required to purchase the Annual Public Use Permit FWS Form 32439
to claim their Quota Modern Firearm Permit for the selected hunt. Hunters must carry a signed paper copy or electronic version of the permit with them on their person while hunting.
iii Deer archery season will begin the first Saturday in November and will conclude on January 31, except for during the youth gun hunt and modern firearms hunts, when archery is prohibited.
iv The deer primitive firearms season will occur between November 1
and January 31. We allow all legal primitive firearms as governed by State regulations.
v During the deer primitive firearms season, hunters may fit any legal primitive firearms with magnified scopes.
vi We allow hunters using primitive weapons to hunt reforested areas.
vii We prohibit youth hunters from using modern firearms during the primitive weapon hunt.
viii During modern firearm hunts, all firearm hunting, even hunting with primitive weapons or muzzleloaders, is governed by applicable Federal and State regulations. We require a quota hunt permit FWS Form 32439 for these hunts.
ix During modern firearm hunts, we prohibit hunting in reforested areas. We prohibit hunting and/or shooting into or across any reforested area during the quota hunt for deer.
x For the guided quota youth hunts, we consider youth to be ages 8 through 15.
xi We will conduct a refuge-wide youth deer hunt that will coincide with the State youth hunt weekend.
xii Hunters may take only one deer one buck or one doe per day during refuge deer hunts, except that during guided youth and wheelchair-bound hunts, the limit will be one antlerless and one antlered deer per day.
xiii We allow turkey hunting in designated areas during the State turkey hunt season not to exceed 16 days.
xiv We allow a youth turkey hunt weekend in conjunction with the State youth turkey hunt weekend.
xv We allow muzzleloader hunters to discharge their primitive firearms at
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the end of each hunt safely into the ground at least 150 feet 45 meters m from any designated public road, maintained road, trail, fire break, dwelling, or aboveground oil and gas production facility. We define a maintained road or trail as one that has been mowed, disked, or plowed, or one that is free of trees.
xvi We prohibit deer hunters leaving deer stands unattended before the opening day of the refuge archery season. Hunters must remove stands from the refuge by the end of the last day of the refuge archery season see 27.93 of this chapter. Hunters must remove portable stands from trees at the end of each days hunt and place freestanding stands in a nonhunting position when unattended. Hunters must clearly mark stands left unattended on the refuge with the hunters last name, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries license number, and I-Sportsman Permit Number.
xvii We allow hunting with slugs, rifle, or pistol ammunition larger than .22 caliber rimfire only during the quota hunts for deer. We prohibit use of buckshot when hunting.
4 Sport fishing. We allow sport fishing on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:
i The conditions set forth at paragraphs t1i and ii of this section apply.
ii We allow anglers to enter the refuge no earlier than 4 a.m., and they must depart no later than 2 hours after legal sunset.
iii We prohibit the taking of turtle see 27.21 of this chapter.
iv We prohibit fish cleaning within 150 feet 45 m of parking areas, maintained roads, and trails.
u Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge1 Migratory game bird hunting. We allow hunting of duck, goose, coot, dove, rail, gallinule, snipe, and woodcock on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:
i You must carry a signed refuge public use brochure and must carry and fill out daily a Visitor Check-In Permit and Report FWS Form 32405.
ii Hunters may only hunt during designated refuge seasons as listed in the signed refuge public use brochure.
iii We allow waterfowl hunting until 12 p.m. noon during the State season.
Waterfowl hunters must exit the refuge no later than 1:30 p.m.
iv Hunters may enter the refuge no earlier than 4 a.m.
v We prohibit hunting within 100
feet 30 meters m of the maintained rights-of-way of roads and from or
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