Where can I hunt nutria in Louisiana?

The coastal-wide nutria program for Louisiana has a boundary. If you plan to hunt nutria and sell their tails, you have to hunt south of I-10 on the I-12 corridor. Interstate 10 runs from the Texas border to Baton Rouge, and I-12 runs from Baton Rouge to Slidell, Louisiana.

Can I shoot nutria?

Once shooting has been approved by the proper authorities, nutria can be shot from the banks of waterways and other bodies of water or from boats. In some cases, 80% of the nutria in an area can be removed by shooting with a shotgun or small caliber rifle, such as the . 22 rimfire.

Is there still a bounty on nutria in Louisiana?

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has a bounty program in which trappers are paid $6 per nutria tail during a designated season each year. The bounty was upped from $5 before the 2019-20 harvest.

Where can I find nutria?

Search around your property especially near bodies of water. Look in your yard, in gardens, crops, fields, and where vegetables are planted. Look also in water-retaining levees, in crawl spaces, and near marshes. You’re looking for signs of Nutria activity.

Is there a bounty on nutria in Louisiana?

The goal of the program is to remove up to 400,000 nutria each season from coastal Louisiana to reduce nutria-induced marsh damage. We accomplish this by paying a bounty of $6/nutria tail to hunters and trappers registered in the CNCP. The program season runs Nov 20 – Mar 31.

Do you need a hunting license to hunt nutria in Louisiana?

Participants must acquire a valid Louisiana Trapping License. Participants must obtain permission to trap/hunt in the Program Area from an appropriate private, state, or federal landowner. Participants are also required to send a map outlining each property to be trapped / hunted.

How many Nutrias are in Louisiana?

25 million nutria
It is estimated that at least 25 million nutria are now inhabiting southern Louisiana, and this large mass of rodents is quickly moving north within the state.

How much is the bounty on nutria in Louisiana?

Are there nutria in Louisiana?

Nutria, native to South America, is an introduced and invasive semi-aquatic rodent in coastal Louisiana resulting from escapes and possible releases from nutria farms in the 1930s. The decline in fur trapping activity since the mid-1980s has resulted in over population of nutria.

Who brought nutria to Louisiana?

“Nutria first came to Louisiana from South America in 1937, when E.A. McIlhenny brought 13 of them to Avery Island. … In 1940, some of the nutria escaped during a hurricane and quickly populated coastal marshes, inland swamps and other wetland areas.”

Is there a nutria season in Louisiana?

The program was established in 2002 to combat nutria in coastal Louisiana. Its goal is to remove up to 400,000 nutria each season to reduce marsh damage. The program season runs each year from Nov. 20-March 31.

Does Louisiana still have a nutria problem?

Nutria were brought to Louisiana in the 1930s for fur farming and somehow escaped to the coastal wetlands of southern Louisiana, where they rapidly grew in population. Despite a slowed rate of coastal wetland loss in Louisiana since 2010, the U.S. has still lost about half of its wetlands over the past 200 years.