Tunica Hills WMA Will Be Closed to Public Last Weekend in March, Four Weekends in April for Turkey Hunting

Published 9:03 am Tuesday, March 22, 2022

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Tunica Hills Wildlife Management Area (WMA) will be closed to the public beginning this weekend (March 26-27) and the first four weekends in April, except to those persons properly licensed and permitted for turkey hunting, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced.

The dates of the WMA closure are as follows:

March 26-27, 2022

April 2-3, 2022

April 9-10, 2022

April 16-17, 2022

April 23-24, 2022

Tunica Hills WMA is composed of two separate tracts. The North Tract (2,346 acres) is immediately adjacent to the Louisiana State Penitentiary. The South Tract (4,156 acres) is off Old Tunica Road in West Feliciana Parish approximately nine miles northwest of St. Francisville.

For information on this WMA, go to https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/page/tunica-hills or contact Bradley Breland at bbreland@wlf.la.gov or 985-543-4777.