State-Specific Notes

Master falconers only. NOT allowed for Apprentice/General. Requires written department authorization and at least 2 letters of reference from people with large raptor experience per LAC 76:V.301. Not native to Louisiana - captive-bred or legally transferred only. No US wild population. Federally legal per 50 CFR 21.82. Sea eagle from eastern Russia. Master: counts toward 5 wild raptor limit.