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Chronic wasting buffer zone now reaches Pointe Coupee Parish, prompting deer hunter restrictions
Posted 2:24 PM 2/4/2026 by WBRZ Staff
BATON ROUGE — State wildlife officials have imposed restrictions on baiting fields closer into Pointe Coupee Parish after a deer killed in a neighboring parish last month was found to be infected with chronic wasting disease.
The northern portions of Pointe Coupee Parish are now in a (More)
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