HLS 20RS-1000 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 831
BY REPRESENTATIVE MAGEE
HUNTING: Allows the use of blowguns for hunting
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 56:116.1(A)(6), relative to methods of hunting; to authorize the
3 use of a blowgun for hunting wild birds and wild quadrupeds; and to provide for
4 related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 56:116.1(A)(6) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง116.1. Wild birds and wild quadrupeds; times and methods of taking; penalties
8 A. Resident game birds, outlaw birds, game quadrupeds, and outlaw
9 quadrupeds may be taken only in accordance with all of the following:
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11 (6) With a blowgun, bow and arrow, crossbow, or rifle, or a handgun, or
12 falconry or a shotgun not larger than a No. 10 gauge fired from the shoulder without
13 a rest, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 831 Original 2020 Regular Session Magee
Abstract: Allows the use of blowguns for hunting.
Present law provides for authorized methods of taking wild birds and wild quadrupeds.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 20RS-1000 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 831
Proposed law adds blowguns to the list of authorized methods of taking wild birds and wild
quadrupeds.
(Amends R.S. 56:116.1(A)(6))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.