{"id":154764,"date":"2025-09-13T21:33:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T21:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/154764\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T21:33:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T21:33:13","slug":"five-miss-lou-hunters-cited-during-ldwf-bust-on-dove-season-opening-day-mississippis-best-community-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/154764\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Miss-Lou hunters cited during LDWF bust on dove season opening day &#8211; Mississippi&#8217;s Best Community Newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>              Five Miss-Lou hunters cited during LDWF bust on dove season opening day<\/p>\n<p class=\"pubStamp\">Published 4:49 pm Friday, September 12, 2025<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/091225.web_.Photo_.LDWF_-1024x582.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>VIDALIA, La. \u2013 Five Miss-Lou hunters were among the 32 hunters statewide cited during the opening weekend of dove season in Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) enforcement agents cited a total of 32 subjects for alleged dove hunting violations and agents seized a total of 219 doves in connection with these cases and donated them to local charities.<\/p>\n<p>In Tensas Parish on Sept. 6, agents cited the following:<\/p>\n<p>Edward Kirkland, 50, of Saint Francisville, for hunting migratory game birds with an unplugged gun<br \/>\nRaymond Smith, 50, of Ferriday, for placing bait to take migratory game birds, hunting migratory game birds over a baited area, and hunting migratory game birds with an unplugged gun<br \/>\nRaymond Smith IV, 18, of Ferriday, for hunting migratory game birds over a baited area<br \/>\nDrake Smith, 25, of Ferriday, for hunting migratory game birds over a baited area<br \/>\nLindsey Lee, 23, of Natchez, for hunting without a non-resident hunting license.<\/p>\n<p>In Concordia Parish on Sept. 6, agents cited Sawyer Perkins, 25, of Vidalia, for hunting migratory game birds over a baited area and placing bait to take migratory game birds.<\/p>\n<p>A complete list of all hunters cited can be found here.<\/p>\n<p>Intentional concealment of wildlife carries a $900 to $950 fine and up to 120 days in jail. State charges for hunting over the limit of doves and hunting doves with an unplugged gun brings a $400 to $950 fine and up to 120 days in jail for each offense. Hunting without non-resident hunting licenses and violating non-toxic shot requirements on a WMA carries up to a $350 fine for each offense.<\/p>\n<p>Illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon carries a $1,000 to $5,000 fine and 10 to 20 years of jail. Possession of a stolen firearm brings one to five years in jail.<\/p>\n<p>All migratory game bird baiting cases are filed with the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for prosecution in Federal Court.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five Miss-Lou hunters cited during LDWF bust on dove season opening day Published 4:49 pm Friday, September 12,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":{"0":"post-154764","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}