2010-11 Arkansas Hunting Guidebook

Arkansas Hunting Guidebook
2010-11
To Be Updated
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Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Main Office Contact Information
2 Natural Resources Drive • Little Rock, Arkansas 72205

501-223-6300 • 800-364-4263 • www.agfc.com
Important Numbers
Stop Poaching Hotline Hunter Education Classes

Toll-free: 800-482-9262 or Replace a Lost Hunter
#TIP (#847) for AT&T users (charges apply) Education Card
24 hours a day, 7 days a week Toll-free: 800-482-5795
(office hours only)
Wildlife Hotline
Toll-free: 800-440-1477 Buy a License
Toll-free: 800-364-4263
Deer, Turkey or Elk Permits 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
501-223-6440 (office hours only) www.agfc.com
Boating Education Classes Replace a Lost License

Toll-free: 877-493-6424 (office hours only) Toll-free: 800-364-4263
(office hours only)
Triple Trophy Program
501-223-6331 (office hours only)
Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation Game Checking

501-223-6396 (office hours only) Toll-free: 866-305-0808
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Regional Office Contact Information
Northwest Office Fort Smith Office Southeast Office

455 Dam Site Road 8000 Taylor Avenue 771 Jordan Drive
Eureka Springs, AR 72631 Fort Smith, AR 72916 Monticello, AR 71655
Toll-free: 866-253-2506 Toll-free: 877-478-1043 Toll-free: 877-367-3559
East Central Office Southwest Office West Central Office

1201 North Highway 49 7004 Highway 67 East 1266 Lock and Dam Road
Brinkley, AR 72021 Perrytown, AR 71801 Russellville, AR 72802
Toll-free: 877-734-4581 Toll-free: 877-777-5580 Toll-free: 877-967-7577
North Central Office Hot Springs Office

1125 Hwy 56 350 Fish Hatchery Road
Calico Rock, AR 72519 Hot Springs, AR 71913
Toll-free: 877-297-4331 Toll-free: 877-525-8606
South Central Office Northeast Office

500 Ben Lane 2920 McClellan Drive, Ste. 1280
Camden, AR 71701 Jonesboro, AR 72401
Toll-free: 877-836-4612 Toll-free: 877-972-5438
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Hunting Guidebook 2010-11 1

Commissioners Administration
Craig Scott Henderson Loren Hitchcock

Campbell Director Deputy Director
Chairman, Little Rock Mike Armstrong
George Assistant Director
Dunklin Jr.
Vice Chairman, Stuttgart
Ron Communications Information Technology
Pierce Nancy Ledbetter, Chief Darla Bryant, Chief
Mountain Home Education Human Resources
Rick Lucy Moreland, Chief Pamela Hickman,
Watkins Chief Personnel Officer
Little Rock Enforcement
Ron Mike Knoedl, Chief Legal
Duncan Engineering Jim Goodhart, Chief Counsel
Springdale Dale Gunter, Chief Operations
Emon Mike Wilson, Chief
Mahony Fiscal
El Dorado Ray Sebren, River Basins
Fred Chief Financial Officer Craig Uyeda, Chief
Brown Fisheries Wildlife
Corning Mark Oliver, Chief David Goad, Chief
Fred W.
Spiegel, Ph.D. Geographic
(ex-officio) Information Systems
University of Arkansas Tracy Moy, Chief
Disclaimer
This publication is an interpretive summary of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s hunting
regulations and contains those rules which affect most hunters. It is not a legal document. Copies of the
official Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Code of Regulations are available at
http://www.agfc.com, by calling 501-223-6351 or writing to the Communications Division of the Arkansas
Game and Fish Commission at 2 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock, AR 72205. The regulations in this
publication are those passed by the Commission as of May 2011. The Commission reserves the right to
close seasons, and all regulations, dates and limits in this guidebook are subject to change. If any variation
occurs at a Commission meeting after this guidebook goes to press, it will be widely publicized. Always
check http://www.agfc.com or call our hotline for the up-to-date information.
Any and all advertisements in this publication are strictly paid advertisements and are in no way to be
construed as an official endorsement by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission of the products and/or
services advertised.
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Table of Contents Categories match section colors
2010 Hunting Guidebook Staff AGFC Contacts and Information ....... 1-2
General Hunting this Year..................5-8
William Merriott: Designer New this Year.....................................................5
Season Dates Summary.................................7
Janet Greenwood: Editor Regulations Schedule.....................................8
Licensing and Permits.................... 12-17
Keith Stephens: Editor License Costs.................................................. 14
Lifetime Licenses............................................ 15
Guidebook Task Force: Reciprocal Licenses...................................... 16
Wildlife: David Goad, Janet Greenwood Deferred Hunter Education Licenses..... 16
Mobility Impaired Access Permits.......... 16
Enforcement: Andy Tackett Leased Lands Permits.................................. 17
Fiscal: Susan Porter Game Tags................. Center Pull-Out Section
Legal: Robert Jackson General Hunting Regulations.........22-30
Violation Points..............................................23
Fisheries: Andrea Daniel Transfer Game Card......................................22
Communications: Nancy Ledbetter, Carcass Importation..................................... 24
Keith Stephens, Randy Zellers, William Merriott Legal Hunting Equipment......................... 24
Hunting Orange Requirements............... 26
Operations: Jack Huckaby Hunting Dogs................................................. 26
Nuisance Animals.......................................... 26
Cover photo by Mike Wintroath. Hunting on Private Property.................... 27
Permission to Hunt Card............................ 27
Hunting Near a Residence.........................28
Posting Land Requirements.....................28
Arkansans with Disabilities USDA Forest Service Regulations
and Permits...................................................28
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Natural Heritage Commission..................30
is committed to providing equal access to Wildlife Regulations.......................33-49
programs and facilities. If you would like to Checking Game.............................................36
suggest how we can better provide more Feral Hogs........................................................ 37
reasonable accommodations for disabled Deer....................................................................38
persons at any AGFC-owned property or Bear....................................................................44
facility, please write to: Other Big Game............................................. 45
Quail, Rabbit and Squirrel..........................46
Compliance Officer - Human Resources Migratory Game Birds.................................46
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Crow...................................................................46
2 Natural Resources Drive Furbearer Hunting........................................ 47
Little Rock, AR 72205. Furbearer Trapping......................................48
Flood Prone Regions.......................55-57
Wildlife Managment Areas .......... 62-125
WMA Zone Index........................................... 63
General WMA Regulations........................ 67
WMA-specific Regulations......................... 71
NWR Regulations........................................120
Index........................................... 126-128

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General Hunting This Year • New This Year
New This Year

● The statewide seasonal bag WMAs that fall within this ● The raccoon hunting bag
limit for deer season has zone. See Page 39. limit on private land has
been increased from four to been increased to four per
● The modern gun deer day from July 1-Nov. 12. See
five deer. See Page 38. season for deer zone 13 Page 48.
● 65+ year old hunters are has been extended by one
● The raccoon hunting bag
allowed to participate in week (Nov. 13-Dec. 19)
the January portion of the and the second portion of limit on WMAs has been
statewide youth season. See muzzleloader season has increased to four per day
Page 42. been moved to Dec. 29-31. from July 1-Feb. 28. See
See pages 40-41. Page 70.
● Archery hunters are allowed
● Allow the use of telescopic
to harvest does during a ● Virginia and Missouri have
firearms bucks only season. been added to the list of or magnifying devices for
For more information prohibited cervid carcass archery hunting. See Page
regarding deer seasons, see importation states. See 20.
pages 38-42. Page 24. ● Maumelle River WMA has
● Youths are allowed to ● Eliminated the current been added into the WMA
harvest either-sex deer elk zone structure and system. See Page 97.
during the January hunt in instituted a county based ● Many changes have been
all deer zones. See Page 42. zone system for the private made to regulations on
● The doe archery bag limit in land elk hunt. Public land specific WMAs. Be sure to
deer zones 2, 6, 6A, 7, 8, 8A hunters will hunt on Buffalo review the WMA-specific
and 10 has been increased National River and Gene regulations on pages 71-125
from up to two does to up Rush WMAs. See Page 45. before hunting.
to three does. See Page 39. ● Reinstated the bear harvest ● Eliminate the leased land
● The doe archery bag limit quota of 200 bears for permit requirement on
in deer zones 1 and 1A has bear zone 1 and the WMAs Moro Big Pine Natural Area
been increased from up to within bear zone 1. See WMA. See Page 100.
two does to up to four does. Page 45. ● Allow bobcat, fox and
See Page 39. ● Decreased the bear harvest coyote to be taken with
● Eliminated the use of check quota for bear zone 5 from firearms of any caliber
sheets for checking deer on 35 to 10 and bear zone 5A on all U.S. Forest Service
WMAs, NWRs and DMAP from 15 to five. See Page 45. lands, including WMAs
clubs. See Page 36. ● Firearms are allowed to be lying within the Ouachita
used during the first two National Forest and the
● The doe muzzleloader and
days of archery season in Ozark-St. Francis National
modern gun bag limit in Forests and Camp Robinson
deer zones 1 and 1A has bear zone 2. See Page 44.
WMA. See Page 68.
been increased from up to ● The 2010 spring and fall
● All caves are closed to
one to up to two does and squirrel seasons have been
allow doe harvesting during merged into one squirrel access on all WMAs.
the entire muzzleloader season that runs May 15-
season. See Page 40. Feb. 28. See Page 46.
● The deer bag limit has been ● The regular furbearer
increased from four to five trapping season has been
deer with no more than two extended to the end of
bucks or up to five does in February. See Page 48.
deer zone 12 and certain

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General Hunting This Year • Season Dates Summary
Season Dates Summary

Deer Page 38
Archery: Deer zone 5: Nov. 13-14 and Nov. 20-21, 2010.
Statewide: Oct. 1, 2010-Feb. 28, 2011. Deer zones 4B and 5B: Nov. 13-21, 2010.
Muzzleloader: Deer zones 4A, 5A, 14 and 15: Nov. 13-Dec. 12,
Deer zones 1, 1A, 2, 3, 4A, 5A, 6, 6A, 7, 8, 8A, 10, 2010.
11, 14 and 15: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20, 2010. Deer zones 9, 12 and 13: Nov. 13-Dec. 19, 2010.
Deer zones 9, 12, 13, 16, 16A and 17: Oct. 16-24
Deer zones 16, 16A and 17: Nov. 13-Dec. 24, 2010.
and Dec. 29-31, 2010.
Deer zones 4, 4B, 5 and 5B: closed. Christmas Holiday Modern Gun Deer Hunt:
Statewide: Dec. 26-28, 2010.
Modern gun:
Deer zones 1, 1A, 2, 3, 6, 6A, 7, 8, 8A, 10 and 11: Special Youth Modern Gun Deer Hunt:
Nov. 13-Dec. 5, 2010. Statewide: Nov. 6-7, 2010 and Jan. 1-2, 2011.
Deer zone 4: Nov. 13-14, 2010.
Bear Page 44
Archery: Bear zone 2: Sept. 15-16 and Nov. 8-30, 2010.
Bear zone 1: Oct. 1-Nov. 30, 2010 (closes earlier Bear zone 5: Dec. 4-12, 2010 (closes earlier if
if quota is reached). quota is reached).
Bear zone 2: Sept. 15-Nov. 30, 2010. Bear zone 5A: Nov. 27-Dec. 12, 2010 (closes
Bear zones 3, 4, 5, 5A, 6 and 7: closed. earlier if quota is reached).
Muzzleloader: Bear zones 3, 4, 6 and 7: closed.
Bear zone 1: Oct. 16-24, 2010 (closes earlier if Special Youth Modern Gun Bear Hunt:
quota is reached). Bear zone 1: Nov. 6-7, 2010 (closes earlier if
Bear zone 2: Oct. 16-24, 2010. quota is reached).
Bear zones 3, 4, 5, 5A, 6 and 7: closed. Bear zone 2: Nov. 6-7, 2010.
Modern Gun: Bear zones 3, 4, 5, 5A, 6 and 7: closed.
Bear zone 1: Nov. 8-30, 2010 (closes earlier if
quota is reached).
Elk Page 45 Quail Page 46

Public Land Nov. 1, 2010-Feb. 6, 2011.
Buffalo National River WMA and Gene Rush
WMA; Elk Compartments 1, 2, 3, and 4: Sept.
20-24 and Dec. 6-10, 2010 (Permit required).
Rabbit Page 46
Sept. 1, 2010-Feb. 28, 2011.
Private Land
Private Land Elk Management Zone (Boone, Squirrel Page 46
Carroll, Madison, and Searcy counties;
May 15, 2010-Feb. 28, 2011.
Excludes Boxley Valley): Dec. 6-10, 2010
(Permit required).
Crow Page 46
Alligator Page 45 Sept. 4, 2010-Feb. 20, 2011. Thursdays-
Alligator zones 1 and 3: Sept. 17-20 and Sept. Mondays only.
24-27, 2010 (Permit required).
Alligator zones 2, 4 and 5: closed.

General Hunting This Year • Season Dates Summary
Furbearers Page 47
Trapping: Raccoon day or night hunting: sunrise, Sept.
Furbearer trapping (other than coyote, 1, 2010-sunset, March 31, 2011.
beaver, muskrat, nutria): sunrise, Nov. 13,
Bobcat hunting: sunrise, Oct. 1, 2010-sunset
2010-sunset, Feb. 28, 2011.
Feb. 28, 2011 and from the first day of Spring
Coyote trapping: sunrise, Aug. 1, 2010-sunset, Turkey Season through June 13.
March 31, 2011.
Coyote hunting: sunrise, July 1, 2010-sunset
Beaver, muskrat, nutria trapping: sunrise, Nov. Feb. 28, 2011 and from the first day of Spring
13, 2010-sunset, March 31, 2011. Turkey Season through June 13.
Hunting: River otter hunting: sunrise, Nov. 13,
Gray fox, mink, opossum, red fox, striped 2010-sunset, Feb. 28, 2011.
skunk hunting: sunrise, Sept. 1, 2010-sunset,
Feb. 28, 2011. Muskrat, nutria, beaver hunting: sunrise, Sept.
1, 2010-sunset, March 31, 2011.
Raccoon night hunting: sunset, July 1-sunrise,
Aug. 31, 2010. Badger, spotted skunk and weasel hunting:
closed.
Regulations Schedule
Commission meetings are usually held on the third Thursday of each month to consider changes
to AGFC regulations. Contact the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission for meeting times and
locations. Information regarding regulation changes is available from www.agfc.com, the Arkansas
Outdoors e-newsletter, newspapers, radio and television or by directly contacting the AGFC.
Meeting
February General hunting regulations public input meetings.
March General hunting regulations proposed.
April General hunting regulations adopted.
April Fishing considerations.
May Fisheries regulations public input meetings.
June Waterfowl public input meetings. Early migratory bird
regulations proposed.
July Early migratory bird regulations adopted. Late migratory bird
regulations proposed.
August Late migratory bird regulations adopted. Fishing regulations
adopted. Spring turkey regulations public input meetings.
September Spring turkey regulations proposed.
October Spring turkey regulations adopted.
November Special fishing regulations adopted.
2011-2012 General Hunting Public Meetings will be held around the state
Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011 from 7-9 p.m. Locations will be publicized prior to the
meetings. Call 800-364-4263, or visit www.agfc.com for details.

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Licensing and Permits • General Information
Licensing and Permits

What kinds of licenses or permits do I How do I replace a lost license?
need to hunt in Arkansas? You may be able to get a replacement for a lost
If you are 16 or older, an Arkansas hunting license at a reduced cost. Call 501-223-6349 or
license is required to hunt wildlife unless you 800-364-4263 during office hours for details.
are on a licensed game-bird shooting resort that
supplies pen-raised birds. The license must be Do I qualify as a resident?
carried with you. You may not possess a license
A resident is any person who physically inhabits
that belongs to someone else or one that has been
a bona fide residence within Arkansas for at
altered, backdated or counterfeited. If you are
least 60 days and declares themselves a full-time
a nonresident, you may not possess a resident
resident of Arkansas.
license. If you guide, aid or assist someone else for
pay or other value, you must have a guide license. Also, the following students (who must carry proof
of full-time enrollment in schools, colleges or
Where can I find a license dealer? universities while hunting or fishing in Arkansas)
are eligible to purchase annual resident licenses:
Sporting goods stores, hunting and fishing resident foreign exchange students attending
supplies stores, some discount chains and AGFC school outside of Arkansas; nonresident foreign
offices listed on Page 1 sell most licenses. exchange students attending school in Arkansas;
residents of Arkansas enrolled as full-time students
How do I buy a license by telephone? in colleges and universities outside of Arkansas;
and nonresidents enrolled as full-time students in
Call 501-223-6349 between 8 a.m. colleges and universities in Arkansas.
and 4:30 p.m. in the Little Rock
area. Or call 800-364-GAME Ownership of Arkansas real estate by a person
(4263) 24 hours a day, 7 days a living outside the state does not qualify the owner
week. Please have your credit card as a resident.
and an identification number ready. Active-duty military personnel assigned to duty
Your identification number can be a stations in Arkansas are granted annual or trip
driver’s license, Social Security number, hunter resident privileges for hunting and fishing. Active-
education number, state ID number or passport duty servicemen and women who were Arkansas
number. Small game and fishing privileges residents at the time of entering service are granted
become effective immediately. A valid license annual or trip resident privileges for hunting and
obtained by mail from the AGFC must be in your fishing, regardless of where they are stationed.
possession before hunting big game (deer, turkey,
bear, elk or alligator). Lifetime and commercial
licenses are not available by phone or online.
Are there any additional residency
requirements for licenses?
How do I buy a license online? The Resident Special Guide License has a
one-year residency requirement. The Non-
Licenses may be purchased online at expiring Lifetime Resident Hunting and Fishing
www.agfc.com. You will be asked to supply personal Sportman’s permits, 65 Plus Lifetime Hunting
information and a credit card number. A receipt and License and the 65 Plus Lifetime Combination
confirmation number will be printed on your home License have a 60-day residency requirement.
printer. A valid license obtained by mail from AGFC
must be in your possession before you may hunt big
game (deer, turkey, bear, elk or alligator). Small game What are disability licenses?
hunting and fishing privileges are effective at the time Resident disabled hunters may purchase a three-year
of purchase. disability hunting license for $25 or a three-year

Licensing and Permits • General Information
combination license for $35.50 (includes fishing Hunting guide licenses expire June 30 and do
privileges). Proof of 60 day’s Arkansas residency not include hunting privileges. These licenses are
and proof of 100 percent disability from the Social available from AGFC offices listed on Page 1.
Security Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs or the Railroad Retirement Board is required. Who needs a hunter education card?
These licenses expire three years from the date of
purchase. These licenses are available through the A hunter born after 1968 must
Little Rock AGFC Office. Other required permits carry a valid hunter education
and stamps must be purchased annually. card, unless ‘HE-VERIFIED’ is
noted on your hunting license.
Hunters under 16 do not need to have a card if
Who needs to register for HIP? they are under the direct supervision of a holder
Hunters 16 or older are required to carry proof of a valid hunting license at least 21 years of age.
of Arkansas Harvest Information Program Arkansas honors the home state hunter education
(HIP) registration when hunting ducks, geese, cards of nonresidents. Call 800-482-5795 or
doves, coots, woodcocks, snipe, rails, gallinules, check www.agfc.com for a class schedule.
moorhens or crows. Available at no charge, HIP
registration can be obtained by completing a short Which commercial or wildlife-related
survey at license dealers or any AGFC office or
online at www.agfc.com and will be noted on the
activities require a license or permit?
license form. Resident Fur Dealer ($50), Nonresident Fur
Dealer ($100), Resident Trappers Permit
Which licenses do hunting (Free), Wildlife Breeder/Dealer’s Permit ($50),
Commercial Wildlife Hunting Resort Permit
guides need? ($500), Special Commercial Quail Permit ($25)
A guide is someone who guides hunters for pay and Game-bird Shooting Resort ($150). A
or other consideration. An Arkansas resident may complete list is available. Call 800-364-4263 ext.
guide hunters on land not owned or leased by the 6386 during business hours. These licenses expire
AGFC with a Resident Guide License ($25). June 30.
An Arkansas resident, who provides proof of at
least one year’s residency, may guide hunters, but Which other wildlife-related activities
not waterfowl hunters, on land owned or leased require a license or permit?
by the AGFC with the Resident Special Guide
These include falconry, alligator or alligator
License ($150). There is no nonresident equivalent
snapping turtle commerce or farming. Call
of this license.
800-364-4263 ext. 6386 during business hours
A nonresident may guide hunters on land for information about these licenses or permits.
not owned or leased by the AGFC with the
Nonresident Guide License/Hunting ($150).
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the Arkansas Weekly Waterfowl Report.
The report is a seasonal newsletter loaded with weather patterns and habitat conditions
on the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Wildlife Management Areas. Biologists
throughout the state submit reports from hunters and locals so you can keep track of
the ducks without leaving the house.
This free weekly e-newsletter is e-mailed to you each Wednesday during
waterfowl season or it can be read online each week. If you would like
to sign up for this free newsletter, just go to www.agfc.com/enews or
send an e-mail to arkansasoutdoors@agfc.com.

Licensing and Permits • License Costs
License Costs
Entitles the holder to hunt all game species using modern
gun, muzzleloader or archery, and to take a total bag limit
Resident Sportsman’s
of deer. Also allows the holder to hunt furbearers. Valid
License (RS) $25
through June 30. Five deer tags and two turkey tags are
included with this license.
Resident Wildlife Entitles the holder to hunt all small game species,
Conservation License furbearers, and take one deer using modern gun. Valid
(HNT) $10.50 through June 30. One deer tag is included with this license.
Entitles a holder of a resident hunting license to trap

Resident Trapper’s furbearers during open seasons. Expires June 30. May be
Permit (TP) Free obtained at www.agfc.com or 800-364-4263, ext. 6359.
Not required to hunt furbearers.
Entitles the holder to hunt all game species using modern

Nonresident Annual All gun, muzzleloader or archery. Valid through June 30. Two
Game Hunting License
tags for bucks and/or does, three for does only and two for
(NBG) $300
spring turkey season are included with this license.
Nonresident 5-Day All Entitles the holder to hunt all game species for the five-day
Game Hunting License period specified. Two deer tags and two turkey tags are
(AG5) $150 included with this license.
Nonresident 3-Day All Entitles the holder to hunt all game species for the three-
Game Hunting License day period specified. One deer tag and one turkey tag are
(AG3) $100 included with this license.
Nonresident Annual Entitles the holder to hunt all species of small game and
Small Game Hunting
furbearers. Valid through June 30.
License (NRH) $80
Nonresident 5-Day Small
Entitles the holder to hunt all species of small game and
Game Hunting License
furbearers for the five-day period specified.
(SG5) $55
Entitles a holder of a nonresident hunting license to trap

Nonresident Trapper’s
furbearers during open seasons. Expires June 30. Not
Permit (NFT) $125
required to hunt furbearers.
Entitles hunting license holders to hunt waterfowl. Not

Arkansas Waterfowl required of youths under 16 or holders of a nonexpiring
Stamp
$1,000 Lifetime Resident Sportsman’s Permit. Stamp must be
$7 (DSR) Resident signed across the face in ink. Valid through June 30. Federal
Duck Stamp and HIP registration are required. Details of the
$20 (DSN) Nonresident 65 Plus Lifetime Waterfowl Permit are on Page 15.
Licenses are nontransferable and nonrefundable.

Licensing and Permits • Lifetime Licenses
Lifetime Licenses
65 Plus Lifetime Hunting License ($25) an Arkansas driver’s license or state I.D. card.
entitles Arkansas residents 65 or older to the Applications and information are available by
privileges of the Resident Sportsman’s License. calling 800-364-4263 in the Little Rock area
A Resident Trapper’s Permit is required to trap Monday-Friday, between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m
furbearers. HIP registration is required to hunt or online at www.agfc.com. Lifetime licenses are
migratory game birds. To hunt waterfowl, a not available by phone or online.
state lifetime waterfowl permit (purchased once
Nonexpiring Lifetime Resident Hunting
after age 65) and federal waterfowl stamps are
and Fishing Sportsman’s Permit ($1,000)
required in addition to HIP. Proof of applicant’s
entitles purchasers of any age to the privileges
age and 60 days of Arkansas residency are
of the Resident Sportsman’s License (hunting)
required to apply for this license. See Page 12.
and the Resident Fisheries Conservation License
65 Plus Lifetime Combination License (fishing). Fees for trout permits, leased lands
($35.50) entitles Arkansas residents 65 or older permits, alligator permits, elk permits, state
to the privileges of the resident Sportsman’s waterfowl stamps and wildlife management
License (hunting) and the Resident Fisheries area permit hunts are waived with this license.
Conservation License. A Resident Trapper’s License holders must apply, however, for
Permit is required to trap furbearers. HIP WMA hunts, be successfully drawn and return
registration is required to hunt migratory notification of acceptance before being issued
game birds. To hunt waterfowl, a state lifetime a permit. HIP registration is required to hunt
waterfowl permit (purchased once after age migratory game birds. To hunt waterfowl,
65) and federal waterfowl stamps are required federal waterfowl stamps are required in
in addition to HIP. A lifetime trout permit addition to HIP.
(purchased once after age 65) must be purchased
This permit is available from the AGFC Little
to fish in certain waters. Proof of age and proof of
Rock Office. If you wish to apply in person,
residency for the past 60 days must be furnished.
bring proof of identification and residency, in
The lifetime waterfowl permit and lifetime trout the form of an Arkansas driver’s license or state
permit are available from the AGFC Little Rock I.D. card. Applications are available at AGFC
Office and AGFC regional offices (Page 1). If regional offices or by calling 800-364-4263 or
you wish to purchase a license in person, bring 501-223-6388 in the Little Rock area. Lifetime
proof of your age, such as a driver’s license, licenses are not available by phone or online.
birth certificate or military record and proof of Proof of 60 days of Arkansas residency is
60 days of Arkansas residency, in the form of required to apply for this license.
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Licensing and Permits • Reciprocal and Deferred Hunter Education
Licenses, Mobility Impaired Access Permits
Reciprocal Licenses
Mississippi and Arkansas recognize the validity of Arkansas resident hunting licenses on Mississippi lands
that lie west of the main channel of the Mississippi River. Mississippi resident hunting licenses are valid on
Arkansas lands that lie east of the main channel. Resident license holders of either state may hunt migratory
waterfowl on flowing waters of the Mississippi River, on waters accessible by boat from the main channel
of the Mississippi River or on state line lakes when the season is open in both states. The St. Francis, White
and Arkansas rivers and their oxbows are excluded from this agreement. Floodwater is not included in this
agreement. Hunters must obey the regulations of the state where they’re hunting. See Page 36 and the
tags insert for tagging requirements.
Tennessee and Arkansas recognize the hunting licenses of both states on the flowing waters of the
Mississippi River, adjacent waters which are accessible by boat from the river proper and the old river chutes
that form a common boundary. Excluded are wildlife management areas established by either state and
the Wolf, Loosahatchie, Hatchie, Forked Deer and Obion rivers. Migratory waterfowl may be hunted on
these waters by a license holder of either state when the season is open in both states. Hunters may not hunt
from, nor attach any device or equipment to, land under the jurisdiction of the state in which they are not
licensed. Hunters must obey regulations of the state that issues the license. Holders of nonresident licenses
issued by either state have the same privileges as a licensed resident.
Deferred Hunter Education Codes

A hunter can apply and use a • is in the immediate presence A DHE Code can be acquired
Deferred Hunter Education Code of an adult hunter who is once in a lifetime. The DHE
as long as the user: at least 21 years of age and license expires June 30. A person
possesses valid hunter education is not eligible if convicted or
• is at least 16 years of age and certification, or who was born forfeited bond for prior violation
born after December 31, 1968 on or before December 31, of Hunter Education Certification
and not hunter education 1968. Requirements or under AGFC-
certified.
sanctioned hunting privilege
• possesses a valid Arkansas revocations.
hunting license.
Mobility Impaired Access Permits

Mobility Impaired access permit holders may use an ATV on AGFC-owned WMAs to travel on graveled,
all-weather roads (unless posted closed to vehicles) and on designated Mobility Impaired access trails. They
may use an ATV during muzzleloader and modern gun deer seasons under the restrictions listed on Page 68.
Hunters with the following conditions may call 800-364-4263 during business hours or visit an AGFC
regional office (Page 1) for a Mobility Impaired access permit application:
• A permanent physical condition requiring the use of • A permanent physical condition requiring portable
a brace, cane, crutch, prosthetic device, wheelchair oxygen
or walker
• A permanent cardiac condition classified as Class III
• Permanent lung disease which severely restricts or IV by the American Heart Association
respiration to the levels stipulated on the application
form

Licensing and Permits • Leased Lands Permits
Leased Lands Permits

BENTON CARROLL FULTON CLAY
BOONE RANDOLPH
BAXTER
MARION
GREENE
IZARD SHARP
MADISON LAWRENCE
WASHINGTON NEWTON SEARCY
STONE
3 INDEPENDENCE CRAIGHEAD MISSISSIPPI
CRAW-
FORD
JOHNSON VAN BUREN CLEBURNE
3
FRANK-
LIN POPE 3 3 3A JACKSON
POINSETT
3 CONWAY
CROSS
CRITTEN-
DEN
SEBAS- LOGAN WHITE
WOOD-
LEASED LANDS 3
TIAN FAULKNER
RUFF
ST. FRANCIS
YELL PERRY PRAIRIE
1— Big Timber WMA 3 SCOTT

PU LASKI
LONOKE
LEE
MONROE PHILLIPS
2— Casey Jones WMA

MONT- GARLAND SALINE
POLK GOMERY
GRANT ARKANSAS
3— Cherokee WMA
HOWARD HOT SPRING
JEFFERSON
6 PIKE
CLARK
DALLAS
3A— Jim Kress WMA SEVIER
1 CLEVELAND LINCOLN
4 DREW
DESHA
4— Gum Flats WMA LITTLE RIVER

HEMPSTEAD NEVADA
OUACHITA
2
CALHOUN
5— Lafayette County WMA LAFAY-

ETTE BRADLEY ASHLEY
MILLER
COLUMBIA 2 CHICOT
6— Provo WMA 5 UNION
Permits are available for $20 which entitle the regulations outlined on Page 69. Youths under
holder to hunt, trap and camp on the leased 16 are not required to have a permit. Permits
lands listed above. Each leased lands WMA are valid for one year from the date of purchase.
requires a separate permit. Maps of leased properties are provided when
Recreational use of all ATVs, motorcycles, permits are purchased.
bicycles and ORVs is prohibited on Cherokee Hunters must get permission from landowners
and Jim Kress WMAs. Hunters in possession to travel through neighboring private lands.
of a valid Cherokee or Jim Kress leased lands Shooting across or hunting within 100 feet
permit are allowed to use ATVs, motorcycles or of any private road controlled by the AGFC
bicycles on open, maintained roads during an through a recreational public hunting lease or
open hunting season while traveling to or from conservation easement agreement on any WMA
a camp site or hunting location only. The use is prohibited (see exceptions on page 68).
of horses and mules must comply with WMA
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Hunting Regulations • General Hunting Regulations
General Hunting Regulations

It is not legal to:
• refuse an officer’s lawful request to inspect your information, refer to AGFC Code of
wildlife, tackle, hunting equipment, devices, Regulations 18.03.
license or any item that can reasonably contain
• hunt 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes
wildlife.
before sunrise, unless legally hunting
• interfere with an officer performing his duties furbearers. Trappers may carry a .22 caliber
or flee from an officer. rimfire firearm while checking sets at night.
Refer to the 2010-11 Arkansas Waterfowl
• aid, accompany or abet someone else in a
Regulations Guidebook for shooting hours for
violation.
migratory game birds and waterfowl.
• hunt or fish after license revocation or
• shoot across, from or within 100 feet of
suspension.
the centerline of any city, county, state or
• transport illegally taken wildlife across state federally maintained road (see exceptions
lines. You may ship wildlife from Arkansas below).
if you display on the package your name, ■
Exception 1: Trappers may use legal
address, the species and quantity of wildlife.
firearms to harvest animals caught in
• waste the edible portions of game, fish or legally set foothold and Conibear (body-
waste marketable fur. gripping) traps.
• fail to comply with the terms of a ■
Exception 2: Licensed/permitted falconers
Commission-issued permit. may hunt with and trap birds of prey in
accordance with state and federal falconry
• buy or sell wildlife (or their parts) except regulations.
for pelts or carcasses of furbearers, squirrel
tails, deer antlers, deer hides or feathers • shine an artificial light from a public
from nonmigratory game birds. For more road, street, highway or within a wildlife
management area.
Transferring fish or wildlife to another person?

Stay legal. Make sure you provide this information with the transfer.
I,
Hunting, Fishing or Driver’s License No.*
give possession to
✁
the following wildlife (quantity and type) ,

taken on .
Date Today’s Date

Signature of Giver

Address of Giver
* A hunter education card number or date of birth

Check Station Number (required for big game) may be substituted for hunters under 16.

Hunting Regulations • Violation Points
• hunt or possess a hunting device in state or taker, stating name, address, species, date
national parks. Exceptions are Buffalo National taken and license number. This requirement
River WMA (Page 76) and Hobbs State Park- also applies to deer camps, commercial
Conservation Area (Page 92). storage/processing facilities, fur buyers and
taxidermists. See example on previous
• possess wildlife taken by someone else, unless
page.
accompanied by a signed statement from the
Violation Points
Violation points are assigned to hunters turkey, alligator, waterfowl or elk permits. A
convicted of fish and wildlife violations. The conviction for selling wildlife may result in
accumulation of 18 points for violations within lifetime revocation of hunting and fishing
three years may result in the revocation of licenses. Double points are assessed: when an
hunting and fishing privileges for one year. The adult 21 or older is convicted of committing a
accumulation of 30 points within five years may violation while accompanying a youth under
result in the loss of licenses and privileges for 16; for violations committed by a Guide License
three years. Access to AGFC-owned lands will holder; for any violation of trout harvest
be prohibited if hunting privileges are revoked regulations committed in a trout catch-and-
as a result of violations. Boating violations are release area; for bass-related violations on lakes
not considered toward revocation. Monticello, Lower White Oak, Columbia,
SWEPCO, Pickthorne and Austell.
A hunter who has accumulated 12 points within
three years will be ineligible to apply for deer,
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Hunting Regulations • Carcass Importation Restrictions
Carcass Importation Restrictions

Currently, 35 states and 2
Canadian provinces have It is unlawful for hunters to import, transport or possess
adopted regulations affecting in Arkansas any portion of a cervid carcass other than the
the transportation of hunter- items listed below from any state or Canadian province
harvested cervids. In October listed below, or considered taken from a captive facility
or from within any enclosure. Deer or elk harvested in
2005, the Arkansas Game and commercial wildlife hunting resorts in Arkansas may be
Fish Commission approved a transported or possessed provided that a Chronic Wasting
carcass importation restriction Disease sample is collected.
to further increase Arkansas’s
protection against chronic Hunters may bring the following items back into
Arkansas:
wasting disease (CWD).
• Antlers and/or antlers • Cleaned teeth
One theoretical mode of disease attached to clean skull
transmission is through infected plates or cleaned skulls • Finished taxidermy
carcasses. Since the suspected (where no meat or tissues products
infectious agent (prion) is are attached to skull) • Hides and
concentrated in the brain, spinal tanned products
• Meat with bones removed
cord and lymph glands, it is
important to keep these items
from CWD-positive states out of Arkansas.
A cervid is any member of the Cervidae family, including white-tailed deer, elk, moose, red deer, sika
deer, fallow deer, mule deer and caribou.
The following U.S. states and Canadian provinces are CWD positive:
Alberta Michigan* New York Virginia

Colorado Missouri* Saskatchewan West Virginia
Kansas Nebraska South Dakota Wisconsin
Illinois New Mexico Utah Wyoming
*States and provinces where CWD has been found in captive cervids only.
This list also includes any other state or province where a positive case of CWD has been detected as
confirmed by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) or Canadian Food Inspection
Agency (CFIA).
Legal Hunting Equipment

Archery
Long, recurve and compound bows: Must have at least a 40-pound pull. Scopes may be used. String
locks and mechanical string releases may be used. Deer, turkey and bear hunters are required to use
arrowheads at least 7/8-inches wide. Poison may not be used on arrows. Mechanical broadheads allowed.
Long, recurve and compound bows are allowed for taking elk.
Crossbow: Crossbows must have at least a 125-pound pull and a mechanical safety. Deer, turkey and
bear hunters are required to use arrowheads at least 7/8-inches wide. Poison may not be used on arrows.
Scopes may be used. Mechanical broadheads allowed. Crossbows are not allowed for taking elk.

Hunting Regulations • Legal Hunting Equipment
Muzzleloader
To be used for deer hunting, muzzleloading Hunters may use muzzleloading handguns as
rifles must have a barrel at least 18 inches long long as the barrels are at least 9 inches long and
and be at least .40 caliber. Magnifying sights at least .45 caliber if they shoot conical bullets
may be used. The use of shot is not legal. Legal (200 grains or heavier). If round balls are used,
muzzleloaders use flintlock, percussion cap or the minimum caliber is .530. A hunter may
primers, are loaded through the muzzle and carry a muzzleloading handgun of any caliber as
are not capable of firing a cartridge. Electronic backup to a muzzleloading rifle.
pulse ignition muzzleloaders are allowed.
Modern Gun
All modern guns may be used for deer hunting during modern
gun season with the following exceptions. You may not use:
• buckshot in a .410 shotgun.
• shot smaller than No. 4 buckshot in any shotgun.
• rimfire cartridges, military or full metal jacketed ammunition.
• any centerfire rifle or pistol smaller than .22 caliber. A B
• handguns with barrels shorter than 4 inches. See
illustration, right.
In zones 4, 4B, 5 and 5B, modern guns are restricted to
shotguns .410 or larger with slugs. Pistols having barrels that
are no less than 4 inches nor longer than 10 inches in length
chambered specifically for straight wall centerfire cartridge A B
cases and hunting with lead, lead alloy, soft nose and/or hollow The barrel of a handgun
point bullets no less than .30 caliber in diameter also may be must be at least 4 inches
used. Muzzleloading rifles also are allowed. measured from A to B
Deer or Bear Hunting Equipment

Modern guns, muzzleloaders or archery equipment may be used during modern gun hunts.
When muzzleloader deer or bear seasons are open and modern gun deer or bear seasons are
closed, deer or bear hunters may only carry or use legal muzzleloading firearms or archery
equipment, but not modern guns. Modern guns may not be carried when modern gun seasons
are closed unless hunter is a member of a deer camp that has enrolled in the Deer Management
Assistance Program and has been issued an unrestricted weapon doe permit or management buck
permit.*
When archery deer or bear seasons are open and muzzleloader or modern gun deer or bear seasons
are closed, deer and bear hunters may only carry and use legal archery equipment, but not firearms.
Firearms may not be carried during archery seasons unless hunter is a member of a deer camp that
has enrolled in the Deer Management Assistance Program and has been issued an unrestricted
weapon doe permit or management buck permit.*
Concealed Weapon Permit Holders

* Concealed weapon permit holders may carry a modern handgun, except in places where
otherwise prohibited under federal, state or local law or where not allowed by the landowner.
Concealed weapon permit holders are not allowed to use their concealed weapon for any hunting
purpose. All concealed handgun permit holders must identify themselves to a wildlife officer
when complying with an inspection pertaining to birds, fish, game or other wildlife resources.

Hunting Regulations • Hunter Orange, Hunting Dogs, Nuisance Animals
Hunter Orange Requirements

Hunter orange, chartreuse or blaze addition, a hunter orange or chartreuse head
camouflage must be worn by all hunters garment must be worn. If you are hunting in an
during modern gun or muzzleloader deer, area closed to firearms deer, elk and bear seasons
elk and bear seasons. or if you are hunting migratory birds, these
safety colors are not required.
The colored area of the garment must total
at least 400 square inches above the waist. In
Hunting Dogs
Each hunting dog must have a collar with its owner’s name, phone number and address. Waterfowl
retrievers do not need to wear collars while hunting or retrieving so long as the collar bearing the
owner’s name, address and phone number is carried. Handguns or shotguns with blank ammunition
may be used while training bird dogs.
Individuals or organizations may hold captive on a temporary basis raccoons, foxes, coyotes or pen-
raised quail for the purposes of dog training or sanctioned field trials with the approval of the AGFC
Chief of Wildlife Management.
Using dogs to chase wildlife for pleasure is prohibited April 1-May 15 with these exceptions: 1)
hunting within fox and coyote enclosures, 2) during sanctioned field trials, and 3) chasing for pleasure
is allowed from 60 minutes after sunset until 60 minutes before sunrise, from April 1-May 15.
Coyotes and foxes may not be chased for pleasure during a firearms deer season where dogs are
prohibited.
When chasing wildlife for pleasure, killing devices may only be possessed in compliance with declared
open seasons for the taking of game or fubearing animals.
During the spring youth turkey hunt, the use of dogs to chase wildlife is prohibited from 60 minutes
before sunrise until 60 minutes after sunset.
Dogs may be used to chase deer for training purposes Oct. 1-Dec. 31, from 30 minutes before
sunrise until 30 minutes after sunset, only in deer zones where dogs can legally be used for hunting
deer during the modern gun deer seasons. Possession of a killing device is prohibited when using
dogs to chase wildlife for pleasure or when training/allowing dogs to chase deer unless a modern gun
deer season is open when and where dogs are allowed.
Nuisance Animals
Beaver, coyote, muskrat, nutria, striped skunk of the trapping season. A Depredation Permit is
and nongame wildlife other than migratory birds required to shoot any nuisance wildlife at night.
and endangered species that are causing damage Landowners or their designees with Depredation
to property may be taken during daylight hours Permits may use any trapping method legal
or trapped the entire year. for use in the fur-trapping season. Conibear or
comparable body-gripping traps with jaw spreads
A Depredation Permit from the AGFC, 501-223-
of up to 10 inches may be used inside buildings.
6381 or available from all AGFC regional offices
Cage-style live traps may be used. Traps set in
(found on Page 1), is required to kill, trap or
the outdoors must be marked with name and
shoot nuisance game animals other than beaver,
address, vehicle operator’s license number or
muskrat, nutria, coyote and striped skunk outside

Hunting Regulations • Nuisance Animals, Hunting on Private Property
current vehicle license number (registered to traps. Trapping in towns must be in compliance
the trapper). Firearms may be used day or night with municipal ordinances. Wildlife must be
if specifically approved by the Commission released unharmed outside the municipality’s
employee issuing the Depredation Permit. boundaries within 24 hours. Live traps must
have the trapper’s name and address or his vehicle
Live traps: Nuisance animals may also be
operator’s license number or the current vehicle
removed by landowners (or their designees) at
license number registered to the trap user.
any time without a Depredation Permit using live
Hunting on Private Property

Find out who owns the land or water and get verbal or written permission from the landowner or
leaseholder before hunting, fishing, trapping or releasing hunting dogs or pursuing wildlife with
dogs on private property.
If the property is not posted, verbal permission is required. If posted, each person must carry written
permission (see below for an example).
Written permission is not required if the person hunting is a relative of the landowner or lessee and
permission can be verified.
Permission to Hunt Card

I have given
sportman’s name
permission to on my land
✁
hunt, fish, trap, release dogs or pursue wildlife with dogs
( ) for this period of time.

location

state beginning and ending days, months and years
Signed,
landowner or lessee signature

landowner or lessee name, printed
Phone Today’s date
The AGFC Hunting Guidebook only covers

the basics.
Be an informed hunter! The official AGFC code of regulations is available at
http://www.agfc.com/enforcement/Pages/EnforcementRegulations.aspx

Hunting Regulations • Near a Residence, Posting Land, USDA Forest Service Regs
Hunting Near a Residence

To hunt within 150 yards of a residence, hunters Written permission is not required of the
using firearms must have written permission from landowner or members of their family on the
the owner or occupant. landowner’s property.
For archery hunting, hunters must have written
permission to hunt within 50 yards of a residence.
Posting Land Requirements

Who may post property? The owner or lessee.
How should property be posted? By enclosing land with a fence.
If you are posting forest land:
1 Signs may be placed not more than 100 feet apart and at each road entrance. The signs shall bear the
words “POSTED” and/or “NO TRESPASSING” in letters at least 4 inches tall. Signs shall be readily
visible to a person approaching the property.
2 Vertical paint marks at least 8 inches in length may be placed on trees or posts no more than 100 feet
apart and at each road entrance. The paint marks shall not be less than three feet nor more than five
feet high, and shall be readily visible to a person approaching the property.
If you are posting cultivated land, orchards, pasture land, impoundments or anything other:
Same as (1) or (2) but the distance between signs or paint marks may be up to 1,000 feet.
Which paint should be used? Posting paint is purple tree-marking paint prescribed by the Arkansas
Forestry Commission at 501-296-1940. Most paint stores can help.
USDA Forest Service Regulations www.aokforests.com
Ozark - St. Francis National Forest

605 West Main Street • Russellville, AR 72801 • 479-964-7200
Ouachita National Forest
P.O. Box 1270 • 100 Reserve Street • Hot Springs, AR 71902 • 501-321-5202
For controlled burn information and to receive a schedule of controlled burns on USFS lands,
please call 501-321-5232. Checking on controlled burns before visiting a USFS area is advised.
State and federal game and fish laws are applicable campsites. Undeveloped campsites may not be
to National Forest lands. Forest Service law reserved by any method. Camping or operating/
enforcement officers enforce these laws. Listed parking motorized vehicles is not allowed in
below are additional regulations that apply to these wildlife openings/food plots.
forests. For more information, contact the offices
The following acts are prohibited and
above or the local district ranger.
are located within the 36 Code of Federal
Camping facilities are provided in designated sites. Regulations (36 CFR):
Some campgrounds require a fee. Camping in
Leaving a campfire without extinguishing it.
primitive campsites with no facilities is allowed on
This includes leaving a fire unattended, or allowing
a first come/first served basis. Starting the day the
a fire to escape. Note: The person or persons
camp is set up, campsite use is restricted to 30 days
responsible for allowing a fire to escape could be
in undeveloped campsites and 14 days in developed
liable for suppression and damage costs.

Hunting Regulations • USDA Forest Service Regs
Removing any forest product without permit Interfering with the use of a road, trail or gate.
or contract. The gathering of firewood that is dead This includes placing a campsite, vehicle or other
and down for camp use is allowed. structure in front of a gate or open road.
Damaging a natural feature or other property Violation of any state traffic law. This regulation
of the U.S. This includes any vegetation, soil, applies to all National Forest roads and any state
timber or other property. highways or county roads within the transportation
Removing a natural feature or other property system crossing National Forest lands.
of the U.S. Digging in, excavating, disturbing, Possessing a beverage defined by state law as
injuring or destroying any prehistoric, historic or an alcoholic beverage. This includes possessing
archaeological resource, structure, site or artifact. an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle, or
(The possession or use of metal detectors within while in the act of hunting.
a prehistoric, historic or archaeological site is On Ouachita National Forest:
prohibited.) Operating any motorized vehicle on a forest
Constructing roads or structures without development road or any portion thereof that is
authorization. This includes using All Terrain posted as closed, or closed by an earthen mound,
Vehicles (ATVs), Off Highway Vehicles (OHVs) gate or other object is prohibited. This includes all
or other vehicles to make new trails or roads. motorized vehicles including ATVs and OHVs. All
Permanent structures such as permanent tree stands trails going around the gate, sign or over an earthen
or buildings are prohibited. Portable tree stands mound are not legal trails and are in violation of
are allowed but must be removed by season’s end. this regulation. The Ouachita National Forest has
Note: The Ouachita National Forest requires all a designated system of roads and trials for public
tree stands to be moved within 14 days of their motor vehicle use. Once maps are published, it
original placement. will be unlawful to travel off designated routes.
Baiting of game species is prohibited. Check with the Forest Service to obtain these
motor vehicle use maps.
Discharging a firearm or other implement
capable of taking human life on or across a On Ozark National Forest:
Forest Service road or within 150 yards of a Operating any motorized vehicle on a forest
campsite, residence or occupied area. development road or any portion thereof that is
posted as closed, or closed by an earthen mound,
Abandoning personal property. This includes gate or other object is prohibited. This includes all
deer stands, campsites or other personal property. motorized vehicles including ATVs and OHVs.
Placing a vehicle or other object as an All trails going around the gate, sign or over an
impediment or hazard to others. earthen mound are not legal trails and are in
violation of this regulation. The Ozark National
Failing to properly dispose of all garbage,
Forest has a designated system of roads and trials
including any paper, can, bottle or sewage.
for public motor vehicle use. Any road or trail in
Sanitary dump stations are at the following
the Ozark National Forest not classified as a
recreation areas: Albert Pike, Blanchard Springs,
designated route or trail is closed to motorized
Cedar Lake, Charlton, Lake Sylvia, Lake
vehicle use, including ATVs and OHVs. Maps
Wedington, Little Pines, Long Pool and Shady
of the designated routes are available at www.
Lake.
AOKForests.com or at any Forest Service office.
Leaving the road or trail in a damaged
condition. Forest Service maps can be purchased from the
Forest Supervisor’s and District Ranger’s Offices.
Who needs a permit?

Any individual, business, outdoor organization, interpretive venture or educational group providing
commercial outfitting or guiding services on National Forest lands for profit or nonprofit. This includes
businesses whose clients use National Forest lands, such as horse camps adjacent to federal lands. Contact
the National Forest or Ranger District office in the area where you propose to conduct your operations.
On the Web, see http://www.fs.fed.us/passespermits/ for information about the permitting process.

Hunting Regulations • Natural Heritage Commission
Natural Heritage Commission

The Arkansas these properties in the System of Natural Areas.
Natural Heritage Management activities (prescribed burns, site
Commission’s monitoring, nonnative species removal) may
system of occur during various hunting seasons.
natural areas
Travel within these natural areas is limited to
represents some
foot traffic to minimize erosion and disturbance
of the best, and
to sensitive habitats. Motorized vehicles, horses,
last, remnants of
camping and construction of permanent
Arkansas’s original
hunting stands are prohibited on ANHC
natural landscape. Lands
natural areas. The Arkansas Natural Heritage
within the System of Natural Areas provide
Commission regulates removal of vegetation and
vital habitat for imperiled plant and animal
nongame animals through collection permits.
species. Inclusion and recognition of some
Natural Areas in the Wildlife Management Area Some areas have limited access and it is the
system ensures these lands are protected, while hunter’s responsibility to obtain permission to
providing opportunities for public use. access adjacent private landowner’s property.
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Wildlife Regulations • General Regulations
Wildlife Regulations
You may not hunt wildlife:
• except during open • from a moving motorized • using electronic tracking
hunting seasons. land vehicle. or telemetry equipment to
locate wildlife.
• from a boat at night. • from or across the main
levee of the Mississippi • using computer-assisted
• from an aircraft.
River and Arkansas River hunting equipment.
• that is fleeing from floods from the Louisiana border
or fires. to the intersection of state
• using deadfalls, drugs, Highway 11 (north of
chemicals, poisons, booby Grady in Lincoln County).
traps or explosives.
Closed Seasons 
There are no open seasons for any species not discussed in this or any other Arkansas Game and Fish
Commission regulations guidebook.
Feeding and Baiting Wildlife

Baiting is defined as the direct or indirect • Baiting is not allowed on wildlife
placing, exposing, depositing, distributing, or management areas.
scattering of salt, grain, or other feed that could
• Migratory birds, wild turkeys, waterfowl
serve as a lure or attraction for wildlife to, on or
or crows may not be hunted over bait if the
over any areas where hunters are attempting to
hunter knows, or should reasonably know, the
take them. It is legal to feed wildlife, with these
area is baited.
exceptions:
• An area is considered baited for 10 days
• Bears may not be fed or baited for any reason,
following removal of the bait.
including photography or viewing, unless it is
30 days before bear season through the end of • Hunting deer over bait is prohibited Feb. 1-28.
bear season on private land in bear zones 1, 2,
• Alligators may not be hunted over bait.
5 and 5A. See Page 45.
Possession of Game Taken Outside Arkansas 

Carcasses of game animals legally taken in other states (except cervid carcasses) may be possessed in
Arkansas with documentation of their origin. However, taking game illegally in another state and
then transporting it across state lines is a violation of the federal Lacey Act. For more information
concerning carcass importation see Page 24.

the basics.

Importing Wildlife
It is illegal to import native or exotic wildlife into Arkansas without an Arkansas Game and Fish
Commission Wildlife Importation Permit. Permits will not be issued to import the following wildlife:
Members of the cervid family, including white-tailed deer, black-tailed deer, mule deer or elk; raccoons;
bats; skunks; coyotes that originate or have lived in Alaska, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota,
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin, Wyoming or
Canada; gray and red foxes that originate or have lived in Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Ohio,
South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming or Canada; and rodents captured in the wild
from Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma,
Oregon, Texas, Utah or Wyoming.
Captive Wildlife and Wildlife

Importation Permits Rehabilitators
Regulations concerning hunting captive wildlife, breeding Individuals or organizations who have
and importing of wildlife or permit requirements are in their care sick, injured, orphaned or
available from the Wildlife Management Division at 800- impaired native wildlife (other than
364-4263, extension 6359; www.agfc.com or any of the migratory birds) must first obtain a
offices listed on Page 1. Wildlife Rehabilitation Permit from
the AGFC. Rehabilitators handling
Owners of mountain lions in Arkansas must have
migratory birds must obtain a U.S. Fish
obtained a Wildlife Breeder/Dealer permit by June 30,
and Wildlife Service migratory bird
2006. Owners of lions, tigers and bears must possess a
permit. Wildlife rehabilitators are not
permit from their county sheriff or AGFC unless exempt
allowed to possess or rehabilitate black
by state law. No new permits will be issued for ownership
bears. Further information about this
of mountain lions, African lions, bears or tigers in
permit is available from the Wildlife
Arkansas.
Management Division at 800-364-4263,
extension 6359 or www.agfc.com.
Wildlife Pets 
Wildlife species make poor pets. However, up to six individual bobcats, coyotes, deer, gray foxes, red
foxes, opossums, rabbits, raccoons or squirrels may be kept per household if taken by hand from the
wild in Arkansas. Up to six individuals of a species that is neither hunted nor trapped may be kept
per household if taken by hand from the wild so long as they are not birds (such as songbirds, hawks
and owls), bats, ornate box turtles, alligator snapping turtles, hellbenders, cave-dwelling creatures or
endangered species. Once taken, the animal must remain in the owner’s custody, except pets other than
white-tailed deer may be turned over to a permitted wildlife rehabilitator for release back into the wild.
When game animals are kept as pets, individuals of different sexes must be kept in separate pens or the
males must be neutered to prevent reproduction. All wildlife kept as pets must be kept in cages that
keep them from escaping and keep other wildlife from entering.
Adult deer originally caught in the wild must be kept in pens that are at least eight feet in height and
meet minimum cage size requirements. These animals may not be sold or transferred to a different
owner and may only be taken from the state with the permission of the Chief of Wildlife Management.
Individuals may purchase and own up to six per household of captive-born, commercially-obtained
native wildlife species, except for cervids such as deer or elk, from permitted Wildlife Breeder/Dealers
and keep them as personal pets. Owners must have proof of legal purchase. If the number of animals
possessed exceeds six, the owner must obtain a Wildlife Breeder/Dealer permit. Those who purchased
deer or elk as pets prior to June 30, 2005 may keep them in any number provided they have proof of
legal ownership and are registered with the Commission by June 30, 2008. Such animals may not be
hunted, sold, otherwise distributed or allowed to breed.

Release of Animals Into the Wild

Wildlife may not be released • Raccoons, foxes, coyotes or • Landowners and nuisance
into the wild without prior pen-raised quail used for wildlife control operators
approval of the AGFC with AKC, UKC and ACHA- may livetrap nuisance
these exceptions: sanctioned field trials wildlife outside the legal
• A licensed Gamebird may be released with the harvest season and release
Shooting Resort may approval of the Chief of to the wild. Traps must
release captive-raised Wildlife Management. be marked with the user’s
quail, pheasant, chukar or • Pen-raised quail and identification. More
mallards in accordance with pheasants may be taken by information about nuisance
the terms of their permit. holders of a Shoot-to-kill wildlife trapping is on pages
Bird Dog Field Training 26-27.
• A licensed wildlife
rehabilitator may release Permit or a Shoot-to-kill
native wildlife other than Bird Dog Field Trial Permit.
mountain lions.
Endangered Species
State and federal laws prohibit the importing, MOLLUSKS: Curtis’ pearly mussel (Epioblasma
transporting, possessing, disturbing or taking florentina curtisi), fat pocketbook pearly mussel
of threatened and endangered species or (Potamilus capax), pink mucket mussel (Lampsilis
destruction of their habitat. Fines can range up abrupta), turgid blossom mussel (Epioblasma
to $100,000. For more information about the turgidula), speckled pocketbook mussel
threatened and endangered species of Arkansas, (Lampsilis streckeri), Arkansas fatmucket mussel
visit www.agfc.com. The threatened and (Lampsilis powelli), Ouachita rock pocketbook
endangered species of Arkansas: mussel (Arkansia wheeleri), winged mapleleaf
MAMMALS: gray bat (Myotis grisescens), mussel (Quadrula fragosa), scaleshell mussel
Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), Ozark big-eared bat (Leptodea leptodon) and Magazine Mountain
(Corynorhinus townsendii ingens) shagreen land snail (Inflectarius magazinensis)
BIRDS: ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus ARTHROPODS: cave crayfish (Cambarus

principalis), least tern (Sterna antillarum), zophonastes) and (Cambarus aculabrum),
Bachman’s warbler (Vermivora bachmanii), red- American burying beetle (Nicrophorus
cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) americanus)
REPTILES: American alligator (Alligator PLANTS: Geocarpon minimum (no common

mississippiensis) name), pondberry (Lindera melissifolia), Missouri
Bladderpod (Lesquerella filiformis), harperella
FISHES: Ozark cavefish (Amblyopsis rosae), (Ptilimnium nodosum), eastern prairie fringed
leopard darter (Percina pantherina), pallid orchid (Platanthera leucophaea) and running
sturgeon (Scaphirhyncus albus) buffalo clover (Trifolium stoloniferum).
Want to know where the fish are biting?

Find all the hot spots in Arkansas by signing up for the Arkansas Game and Fish
Commission’s free weekly fishing report. The weekly fishing report covers most
waters in the state. The information is supplied by guides, marina workers and bait
shop owners who make their living on the water.
Sign up for the weekly e-mail report by visiting www.agfc.com/enews or sending an
e-mail to arkansasoutdoors@agfc.com.

Wildlife Regulations • Checking Game
Checking Game
Tagging and Checking a Deer
Step 1. Immediately upon taking a deer (before Step 2. Call 866-305-0808, visit www.agfc.com
moving it), remove the appropriate deer tag from the or use our iPhone app to check your deer within 24
license and complete all information, except Check #, hours of harvest.
legibly and in ink. Fasten the tag to the ear or antler
• After checking game, record the check number on
of a deer. The tag must remain with the animal until
your tag.
final processing and storage.
• Entrails may be removed, but evidence of the
• Hunters with disability licenses, 65 Plus Lifetime
animal’s sex must remain until checked. Deer may
hunting licenses, hunters under 16 years of age
be quartered in the field, but the head must be kept
and Mississippi license holders hunting under the
with the rest of the animal until checked.
reciprocal hunting license agreement (Page 16) may
use the game tags in this guidebook or substitute a • No big game animal may be transported across state
piece of paper with their name, the date, time and lines before being checked.
zone number of harvest written legibly in ink.
• If you choose to give away all or a portion of your
• Use the deer zone map on Page 38 for deer zone game after it has been checked, you must use a
numbers. game transfer form (Page 23).
• Use the table on pages 65-68 for WMA zone
numbers for deer harvested on WMAs.
Tagging and Checking a Bear

Step 1. After harvesting a bear and before moving it, fill out the game tag provided in this guidebook
(insert) in ink. You may substitute a piece of paper for this tag if it includes the hunter’s name, the date
and bear zone of harvest written legibly in ink.
Step 2. Call 800-440-1477 within 24 hours of harvest to check a bear. An AGFC employee will explain
how to extract and mail a premolar tooth for aging.
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Remember that three deer tags supplied with the Sportsman’s license are
for tagging does only. The other deer tags may be used for bucks or does.

Wildlife Regulations • Feral Hogs
Feral Hogs
A Growing Threat to Arkansas Wildlife
Feral hogs are not native to North America, but many feral hogs live in Arkansas because of illegal releases
and high reproductive success. Hogs compete directly with many native game animals for food and destroy
habitat for many other wildlife species. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission tries to eradicate feral
hogs from its wildlife management areas and encourages private landowners to kill all free-ranging feral
hogs on their property.
Problems Caused by Feral Hogs

Habitat destruction – Feral hogs root for food Direct competition with native wildlife – Deer,
and wallow, which destroys vegetation, ruins water squirrels, ducks, turkeys, bears and many other
holes used by other wildlife and contributes to species depend on acorns. Hogs also eat acorns and
erosion. are very efficient at finding them (often tearing up
Damage to endangered or sensitive plant/ wildlife habitat in the process).
animal communities – Feral hogs can cause Crop loss – Hogs often cause heavy damage to
major, sometimes irreparable, damage to small, row crops, gardens, flower beds, pine plantations,
fragile habitats, such as acid seeps in the Ouachitas orchards, tree farms and pastures.
and cedar glades in the Ozarks. Trespass – It is illegal to release hogs or pigs
Disease – Feral hogs can carry brucellosis on any public land. Feral hogs may be released
and pseudorabies, both of which can spread to only onto private land that is adequately fenced
livestock. Some diseases carried by feral hogs can to prevent them from escaping. The Arkansas
be transmitted to humans. Gloves should always be Livestock and Poultry Commission has additional
worn when handling feral hogs. regulations regarding disease testing, slaughter and
identification of all hogs, including feral hogs.
Shooting Feral Hogs

On private land, feral hogs may be killed or trapped year-round, by a landowner or anyone with the
landowner’s permission (except anyone who has had his or her hunting license revoked). All general
regulations for hunting safety should be observed.
Hogs on Wildlife Management Areas

The AGFC encourages hunters to shoot all feral hogs they see on WMAs. Hunters may kill feral hogs on
WMAs during daylight hours during any open hunting season as long as they are using a weapon legal
for that season. Only permit holders may hunt feral hogs during special permit hunts. Feral hogs killed on
WMAs can be taken for processing or left where they were shot. Hunters may not use dogs, bait or traps to
hunt feral hogs on WMAs and may not hunt at night.

the basics.

Wildlife Regulations • Deer
Deer
If you are hunting on public land in Arkansas refer to pages 71-125 for season and bag limit infor-
mation. Regulations on public lands vary from statewide regulations.
Deer Zone Map
Seasonal Statewide Bag Limit

The seasonal bag limit is five deer per individual. and one doe may be taken with firearms (doe may be
taken with muzzleloader Oct. 16-20 or with modern
Deer zones 1 and 1A: Seasonal bag limit of four
gun Nov. 6-7, (youths and 65 years of age or older
deer, no more than two legal bucks. No more than
only while accompanying a youth) or Nov. 13-14,
two legal bucks or up to four does may be taken with
2010 or Jan. 1-2, 2011 (youths and 65 years of age or
archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks or up
older only while accompanying a youth)).
to two does may be taken with firearms (doe may be
taken during the muzzleloader season or with modern Deer zone 3: Seasonal bag limit of three deer, no
gun Nov. 6-7 (youths and 65 years of age or older more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal
only while accompanying a youth), Nov. 13-17, Dec. bucks or up to three does may be taken with archery
26-28, 2010 and Jan. 1-2, 2011 (youths and 65 years tackle. No more than two legal bucks and one doe
of age or older only while accompanying a youth)). may be taken with firearms (doe may be taken with
muzzleloader Oct. 16-20 or with modern gun Nov.
Deer zones 2, 6, 7 and 8: Seasonal bag limit of three
6-7 (youths and 65 years of age or older only while
accompanying a youth), Nov. 13-14 or Dec. 26-28,
two legal bucks or up to three does may be taken
2010 or Jan. 1-2, 2011 (youths and 65 years of age or
with archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks
older only while accompanying a youth)).

Deer zones 4, 4B, 5 and 5B: Seasonal bag limit of 6-7 (youths and 65 years of age or older only while
three deer, no more than two legal bucks. No more accompanying a youth) or Nov. 13-17, Dec. 26-28,
than two legal bucks or up to three does may be 2010 or Jan. 1-2, 2011 (youths and 65 years of age or
taken with archery tackle. No more than two legal older only while accompanying a youth)).
bucks and one doe may be taken with firearms. Deer zone 11: Seasonal bag limit of three deer, no
Deer zones 4A and 5A: Seasonal bag limit of three more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal
deer, no more than two legal bucks. No more than bucks or up to three does may be taken with archery
two legal bucks or up to three does may be taken tackle. No more than two legal bucks and one doe
with archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks may be taken with firearms (doe may be taken with
or up to two does may be taken with firearms. muzzleloader Oct. 16-20 or with modern gun Nov.
6-7 (youths and 65 years of age or older only while
Deer zones 9, 16 and 16A: Seasonal bag limit of
accompanying a youth) or Nov. 13-14, 2010 or Jan.
three deer, no more than two legal bucks. No more
1-2, 2011 (youths and 65 years of age or older only
than two legal bucks or up to three does may be
while accompanying a youth)).
taken with archery tackle. No more than two legal
bucks or up to two does may be taken with firearms. Deer zone 12: Seasonal bag limit of five deer, no
more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal
Deer zones 6A and 8A: Seasonal bag limit of three
bucks or up to five does may be taken with archery
tackle. No more than two legal bucks or up to five
two legal bucks or up to three does may be taken with
does may be taken with firearms.
archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks and one
doe may be taken with firearms (doe may be taken Deer zones 13, 14 and 15: Seasonal bag limit of four
with muzzleloader Oct. 16-20 or with modern gun deer, no more than two legal bucks. No more than
Nov. 6-7 (youths and 65 years of age or older only two legal bucks or up to four does may be taken with
while accompanying a youth) or Nov. 13-17, 2010 or archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks and
Jan. 1-2, 2011 (youths and 65 years of age or older two does may be taken with firearms.
only while accompanying a youth)).
Deer zone 17: Seasonal bag limit of four deer, no
Deer zone 10: Seasonal bag limit of three deer, no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal
more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to four does may be taken with archery
bucks or up to three does may be taken with archery tackles. No more than two legal bucks or up to four
tackle. No more than two legal bucks and one doe does may be taken with firearms.
may be taken with firearms (doe may be taken with
muzzleloader Oct. 16-20 or with modern gun Nov.
Statewide Deer Season Zone Regulations

For specific Wildlife Management Area regulations, see Page 71.
Archery Season
Zones 1, 1A, 13, 14, 15 and 17: Zones 2, 3, 4, 4A, 4B, 5, 5A, Zone 12: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. Limit
Oct. 1-Feb. 28. Limit four, no 5B, 6, 6A, 7, 8, 8A, 9, 10, 11, 16 five, no more than two legal
more than two legal bucks. No and 16A: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. Limit bucks. No more than two legal
more than two legal bucks or up three, no more than two legal bucks or up to five does may be
to four does may be taken with bucks. No more than two legal taken with archery tackle. Dogs
archery tackle. Dogs may not be bucks or up to three does may may not be used. Hunting deer
used. Hunting deer over bait is be taken with archery tackle. over bait is prohibited from Feb.
prohibited from Feb. 1-28. Dogs may not be used. Hunting 1-28.
deer over bait is prohibited from
Feb. 1-28.

Muzzleloader Season
Zones 1 and 1A: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20 Zone 12: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 29-31 Limit of five
Limit of four deer, no more than two legal bucks. deer, no more than two legal bucks. No more than
No more than two legal bucks or up to two does two legal bucks or up to five does may be taken
may be taken with muzzleloaders (doe may be taken with muzzleloaders. Dogs may not be used.
any time during the muzzleloader season). Dogs
Zone 13: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 29-31 Limit of four
may not be used.
Zones 2, 3, 6, 6A, 7, 8, 8A, 10 and 11: Oct. 16-24 two legal bucks and two does may be taken with
and Dec. 18-20 Limit of three deer, no more than muzzleloaders. Dogs may not be used.
two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks and
Zones 14 and 15: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20
one doe may be taken with muzzleloaders (doe may
Limit of four deer, no more than two legal bucks.
be taken with muzzleloader Oct. 16-20). Dogs may
No more than two legal bucks and two does may be
not be used.
taken with muzzleloaders. Dogs may not be used.
Zones 4, 4B, 5 and 5B: closed
Zone 17: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 29-31 Limit of four
Zones 4A and 5A: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20 deer, no more than two legal bucks. No more than
Limit of three deer, no more than two legal bucks. two legal bucks or up to four does may be taken
No more than two legal bucks or up to two does with muzzleloaders. Dogs may not be used.
may be taken with muzzleloaders. Dogs may not
be used.
Zones 9, 16 and 16A: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 29-31
Limit of three deer, no more than two legal bucks.
No more than two legal bucks or up to two does
may be taken with muzzleloaders. Dogs may not
be used.
Modern Gun Season

Zones 1 and 1A: Nov. 13-Dec. 5 with modern guns (doe may be than two legal bucks and one doe
Limit of four deer, no more than taken with modern gun Nov. 13- may be taken with modern guns.
two legal bucks. No more than 14). Dogs are not allowed. Modern guns are restricted to
two legal bucks or up to two does Zone 4: Nov. 13-14 Limit of shotguns with slugs and certain
may be taken with modern guns three deer, no more than two legal revolvers and pistols (see Page 25).
(doe may be taken with modern bucks. No more than two legal Dogs are not allowed.
gun Nov. 13-17). Dogs are allowed bucks and one doe may be taken Zone 5: Nov. 13-14 and Nov.
in deer zone 1A, but not in deer with modern guns. Modern guns 20-21: Limit of three deer, no
zone 1. are restricted to shotguns with more than two legal bucks. No
Zones 2, 6, 7, 8 and 11: Nov. slugs and certain revolvers and more than two legal bucks and one
13-Dec. 5 Limit of three deer, no pistols (see Page 25). Dogs are not doe may be taken with modern
more than two legal bucks. No allowed. guns. Modern guns are restricted
more than two legal bucks and one Zones 4A and 5A: Nov. 13-Dec. to shotguns with slugs and certain
doe may be taken with modern 12 Limit of three deer, no more revolvers and pistols (see Page 25).
guns (doe may be taken with than two legal bucks. No more Dogs are not allowed.
modern gun Nov. 13-14). Dogs than two legal bucks or up to two Zones 6A and 8A: Nov. 13-Dec.
allowed in deer zones 6, 7, 8 and does may be taken with modern 5 Limit of three deer, no more
11, but not deer zone 2. guns. Dogs are not allowed. than two legal bucks. No more
Zone 3: Nov. 13-Dec. 5 Limit of Zones 4B and 5B: Nov. 13-21 than two legal bucks and one doe
three deer, no more than two legal Limit of three deer, no more may be taken with modern guns
bucks. No more than two legal than two legal bucks. No more (doe may be taken with modern
bucks and one doe may be taken gun Nov. 13-17). Dogs allowed.

Zone 9: Nov. 13-Dec. 19 Limit legal bucks or up to five does Zones 16 and 16A: Nov. 13-
of three deer, no more than two may be taken with modern guns. Dec. 24 Limit of three deer, no
legal bucks. No more than two Dogs allowed. more than two legal bucks. No
legal bucks or up to two does Zone 13: Nov. 13-Dec. 19 Limit more than two legal bucks or up
may be taken with modern guns. of four deer, no more than two to two does may be taken with
Dogs are not allowed. legal bucks. No more than two modern guns. Dogs allowed in
Zone 10: Nov. 13-Dec. 5 Limit legal bucks and two does may be deer zone 16A, but not in deer
of three deer, no more than two taken with modern guns. Dogs zone 16.
legal bucks. No more than two allowed. Zone 17: Nov. 13-Dec. 24 Limit
legal bucks and one doe may be Zones 14 and 15: Nov. 13-Dec. of four deer, no more than two
taken with modern guns (doe 12 Limit of four deer, no more legal bucks. No more than two
may be taken with modern gun than two legal bucks. No more legal bucks or up to four does
Nov. 13-17). Dogs allowed. than two legal bucks and two may be taken with modern guns.
Zone 12: Nov. 13-Dec. 19 Limit does may be taken with modern Dogs allowed.
of five deer, no more than two guns. Dogs allowed.
legal bucks. No more than two
All concealed handgun permit holders must identify themselves to a Wildlife Officer when
complying with an inspection pertaining to birds, fish, game or other wildlife resources.
Christmas Holiday Modern Gun Deer Hunt - Dec. 26-28

Zones 1, 1A, 13, 14 and 15: Limit of four deer, Zones 4A, 5A, 9, 16 and 16A: Limit of three deer,
no more than two legal bucks. No more than two no more than two legal bucks. No more than two
legal bucks or up to two does may be taken with legal bucks or up to two does may be taken with
firearms. Dogs are not allowed. firearms. Dogs are not allowed.
Zones 2, 6, 6A, 7, 8, 8A and 11: Limit of two deer, Zone 12: Limit of five deer, no more than two legal
no more than two legal bucks. No does. Dogs are bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to five
not allowed. does may be taken with firearms. Dogs are not
allowed.
Zones 3 and 10: Limit of three deer, no more than
two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks and Zone 17: Limit of four deer, no more than two
one doe may be taken with firearms. Dogs are not legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up
allowed. to four does may be taken with firearms. Dogs are
not allowed.
Zones 4, 4B, 5 and 5B: Limit of three deer, no
more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal
bucks and one doe may be taken with firearms.
Modern guns are restricted to shotguns with slugs
and certain revolvers and pistols (see Page 25). Dogs
are not allowed.

the basics.

Special Youth Modern Gun Deer Hunt

BOWHUNTERS! Don’t forget to wear hunter orange during the Special
Youth Modern Gun Deer Hunt, Nov. 6-7 and Jan. 1-2.
All zones: Nov. 6-7 and Jan 1-2. Youths 15 or younger may harvest deer during the special youth
modern gun deer hunt. Youths who have completed hunter education must be accompanied by an
adult at least 18 years old. Youths who have not completed hunter education must be under the direct
supervision of an adult at least 21. Youths may harvest their entire seasonal bag limit during the hunt,
but must follow deer zone and WMA zone restrictions. Youth hunters may harvest any buck without
regard to antler size or points (except Freddie Black Choctaw Island WMA Deer Research Area East
Unit). Youths may harvest does statewide. All deer harvested during the youth hunt will count toward the
youth’s seasonal bag limit. No dogs allowed.
Exceptions:
• A hunter 65 years of age or older with a valid Arkansas hunting license accompanying youths 15
years old or younger may harvest deer. These deer must meet antler restrictions and doe quota permit
restrictions for the zone and/or WMA where harvested.
• Archery tackle may be used by legal hunters during the youth hunt, but all hunters must wear
hunter orange.
• Some WMAs with permit-based deer hunts (check pages 71-119) are closed to the Special Youth
Modern Gun Deer Hunt.
The special modern gun youth hunt is closed during a deer permit hunt (unless
otherwise specified).
What is a Legal Buck?

When counting the number of points, the end of the
main beam constitutes one point. Points must be at
least one inch long to count.
Youth hunters: Hunters 15 years old and younger
may harvest any buck without regard to antler size
or points, except on Freddie Black Choctaw Island
WMA Deer Research Area East Unit, where they
must follow antler restrictions.
Three-point rule: A legal buck must have both
antlers shorter than two inches or have three or more Legal Buck: This buck has four points on
points on one side of his rack. The three-point rule both sides. It is legal under the three-point
applies statewide unless mentioned below. rule, the four-point rule and the 4x4 slot.
Button bucks may be taken. Illustration by Bruce Cook.
Four-point/18 inch main beam rule: A legal buck in
deer zones 16, 16A and 17 must have either: Four-point rule: A legal buck in Lafayette County
• both antlers under two inches, or and St. Francis National Forest WMAs is required to
have either:
• one antler with at least four points including the tip
of the main beam, or • both antlers under two inches, or
• at least one beam 18 inches or more in length. • one antler with at least four points including the tip
Button bucks may be taken. of the main beam.

4x4 slot: Cut-off Creek, Bayou Meto, Sheffield 2 inches (button buck included) or an inside spread of
Nelson Dagmar, Henry Gray Hurricane Lake, Little 15 inches or more in width or at least one main beam
Bayou, Rex Hancock Black Swamp, Trusten Holder, 18 inches or more in length.
Seven Devils, Mike Freeze Wattensaw WMAs and UA
On Moro Big Pine Natural Area WMA a buck must
Pine Tree Experimental Station WDA require that a
have both antlers under two inches (button buck
legal buck must have:
included), an inside spread of 12 inches or more in
• four or more points on one side of the deer’s rack, or width or at least one main beam 15 inches or more in
length.
• four or fewer total points on both sides of the deer’s
rack (button bucks included). On Greers Ferry Lake and DeGray Lake WMAs
any buck may be legally harvested during the deer
Other legal definitions
muzzleloader Mobility Impaired hunt.
On Freddie Black Choctaw Island WMA Deer
On Hobbs State Park Conservation Area any buck
Research Area East Unit (including youths during the
may be legally harvested during the deer modern gun
youth permit hunt) and Rick Evans Grandview Prairie
Mobility Impaired hunt.
WMA, a legal buck is a buck with both antlers under
Special Deer Regulations

• Swimming deer may not be hunted. Deer may • Deer may not be hunted over bait from Feb. 1-28
not be driven or captured from a boat. Deer may if the hunter knows, or should reasonably know,
not be hunted from watercraft on public waters. the area is baited. An area is considered baited
for 10 days following complete removal of the
bait. Baiting is discussed on Page 33.
2011 Deer Season Opening Dates

Archery: Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011
Muzzleloader: Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011
Modern Gun: Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011
Need Help With the Herd?

The Deer Management Assistance
Program offers technical assistance for
landowners and hunting clubs. Tap into
a wealth of information from AGFC
biologists who can answer questions
and offer solutions. Contact your
nearest AGFC office to find out
more about DMAP.

Wildlife Regulations • Bear
Bear
Bear Zone Map
Statewide Bear Season Zone Regulations

For specific Wildlife Management Area regulations, see Page 71.
Archery Season require a deer permit to harvest a bear. Only youths,

15 years of age or younger, may harvest a bear.
Zone 1: Oct. 1-Nov. 30 (closes earlier if zone Youths who have completed a hunter education
quota is reached). course must be accompanied by an adult mentor
Zone 2: Sept. 15-Nov. 30. who is 18 years of age or older. Youths who have not
Zones 3, 4, 5, 5A, 6 and 7: closed. completed a hunter education course must be under
the direct supervision of an adult mentor who is 21
Muzzleloader years of age or older.
Zone 1: Oct. 16-24 (closes earlier if zone quota Zones 3, 4, 5, 5A, 6 and 7: closed.
is reached). Modern Gun
Zone 2: Oct. 16-24.
Zone 1: Nov. 8-30. Closes earlier if quota is reached.
Zones 3, 4, 5, 5A, 6 and 7: closed.
Zone 2: Sept. 15-16 and Nov. 8-30.
Special Youth Modern Gun Bear Hunt Zone 5: Dec. 4-12. Closes earlier if quota is
Zones 1: Nov. 6-7 (closes earlier if zone quota is reached.
reached). See notes. Zone 5A: Nov. 27-Dec. 12. Closes earlier if quota
Zone 2: Nov. 6-7. See notes. is reached.
Notes for Zone 1 and 2: Excludes WMAs that Zones 3, 4, 6 and 7: closed.

Wildlife Regulations • Bear, Other Big Game
Baiting Seasonal Bag Limit

Bait, foodstuffs or the use of any kind of lure to Season bag limit is one statewide in bear zones
attract bears is not allowed except on private lands 1, 2, 5 and 5A by any method.
in bear zone 1 from Sept. 1 until Nov. 30, in bear
zone 2 from Aug. 15 until Nov. 30, in bear zone Harvest Quota
5 from Nov. 4 until Dec. 12 and bear zone 5A
In bear zone 1 (including all WMAs in zone
from Oct. 27 until Dec. 12. Bears may be hunted
1) the total quota of bears is not to exceed 200
over bait where baiting is legal. Baiting ends when
for all combined seasons. In bear zone 5 quota
either the quota is reached in bear zones 5 and 5A
is 10 bears. The bear zone 5A quota is 5 bears.
or the season ends.
Bear hunters hunting in bear zones 1, 5 and
5A must call 800-440-1477 the evening before
hunting the next day to inquire whether the
quota has been reached.
Checking Requirements
See Page 36.
Special Bear Regulations
• It is unlawful to take a denned bear or one
that is being pursued by dogs.
• Hunting equipment legal for taking bear is
the same as that legal for taking deer (Page
24) except that shotguns must be 20-gauge or
Please don’t shoot bears with cubs or collars. larger and use rifled slugs.
Other Big Game

Elk Alligator
• A permit is required. Nonresidents are ineligible • A permit is required. Nonresidents are ineligible
to take or attempt to take elk using a public to take or attempt to take alligator. Youths under
land permit obtained through the permit draw 16 years of age are ineligible.
process.
• The application period starts June 21 and lasts
• The application period for public land is May through July 9.
1-June 1 with permits selected by random draw
• All WMAs are closed except Dr. Lester Sitzes III
in late June. The application period for private
Bois d’Arc WMA and Trusten Holder WMA.
land permits is June 1-July 15.
• Information and applications can be found
• All WMAs are closed to elk hunting except for
at www.agfc.com or by calling any AGFC
Gene Rush and Buffalo National River WMAs.
regional office.
• Information and applications can be found
at www.agfc.com or by calling any AGFC
regional office.
The AGFC Hunting Guidebook only covers the basics.


Wildlife Regulations • Quail, Rabbit, Squirrel, Crow and Migratory Game Birds
Quail, Rabbit and Squirrel

Quail season or coyote season is open. Rabbits may
not be hunted with shotguns using rifled slugs
Statewide: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. or shot larger than T shot. Up to eight box traps
Daily limit - 6, possession limit - 12. (with interior dimensions up to 8 inches wide
and 10 inches tall) may be used.
While training bird dogs, you may use
handguns or shotguns with blank ammunition.
Pen-raised quail may be taken with a Shoot- Squirrel  
To-Kill Bird Dog Field Training Permit. This Statewide: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed.
permit is available from your local wildlife
officer. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 32.
Squirrels may not be hunted with rifles or
Rabbit pistols larger than .22 caliber rimfire or with
muzzleloaders larger than .40 caliber unless a
Statewide: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. modern gun or muzzleloading deer season, bear
Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16. season or coyote season is open. Squirrels may
not be hunted with shotguns using rifled slugs
Rabbits may not be hunted with rifles or or shot larger than T shot.
pistols larger than .22 caliber rimfire or with
muzzleloaders larger than .40 caliber unless a
modern gun or muzzleloading deer season, bear
Migratory Game Birds

Coots, crows, doves, ducks, gallinules, moorhens, geese, rails, snipe and woodcocks
are regulated as migratory game birds.
Migratory game birds are regulated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 501-324-5643. Waterfowl
season dates for Arkansas are set according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service guidelines –
provided in August. Dove and other migratory game bird seasons are usually available a month
earlier. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission provides complete statewide and wildlife
management area season dates and regulations in a separate waterfowl publication
available in October.
Crow
Statewide: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through Mondays.
No limit.
Crows may not be hunted with rifles or pistols larger than .22 caliber rimfire or with muzzleloaders
larger than .40 caliber unless a modern gun or muzzleloading deer season, bear season or coyote
season is open. Crows may not be hunted with shotguns using rifled slugs, or shot larger than T
shot. Crows may not be hunted over bait.

Wildlife Regulations • Furbearer Hunting
Furbearer Hunting
Badger, beaver, bobcat, coyote, gray fox, red fox, mink, muskrat, nutria, opossum,
raccoon, river otter, spotted skunk, striped skunk and weasel are regulated as
furbearers.
Gray Fox, Red Fox, Mink and Striped Skunk

Statewide: sunrise, Sept. 1-sunset, Feb. 28. Day hunting only.
Bag limit is two per day. No bag limit for striped skunk. Foxes may be taken during daylight hours with
firearms no larger than .30 caliber.
Opossum
Statewide: sunrise, Sept. 1-sunset, Feb. 28. Day or night hunting; dogs are required for hunting at
night.
Bag limit is two per day.
Bobcat
Statewide: sunrise, Oct. 1-sunset, Feb. 28. Dogs allowed to hunt bobcats during the day. Dogs
required to hunt bobcats at night.
Statewide: first day of spring turkey season through June 13. Day hunting only. No dogs allowed.
Bag limit is two per day. Dogs are not allowed in deer zones where a firearms deer season is in progress
that prohibits the use of dogs. During youth turkey hunts, only youths may take bobcats.
Bobcats may be taken during daylight hours with archery equipment, firearms no larger than .30 caliber
or shotguns with shot no larger than T shot. Refer to Page 68 for hunting equipment legal on WMAs.
Bobcats also may be taken during daylight hours of any open deer, bear, or spring turkey season with
hunting equipment legal for that season.
Coyote
Statewide: sunrise, July 1-sunset, Feb. 28. Dogs allowed to hunt coyote during the day. Coyote may
not be hunted at night.
Statewide: first day of spring turkey season through June 13. Day hunting only – No dogs allowed.
No bag limit on coyote. Dogs are not allowed in deer zones where a firearms deer season is in progress
that prohibits the use of dogs. During youth turkey hunts, only youths may take coyotes.
Coyotes may be taken during daylight hours with archery equipment, firearms no larger than .30 caliber
or shotguns with shot no larger than T shot. Refer to Page 68 for hunting equipment legal on WMAs.
Coyotes may also be taken during daylight hours of any open deer, bear, or spring turkey season with
hunting equipment legal for that season.
River Otter
Statewide: sunrise, Nov. 13-sunset, Feb. 28. Day hunting only.
Bag limit is two per day.

Wildlife Regulations • Furbearer Hunting and Trapping
Raccoon
Statewide: sunset, July 1-sunrise, Aug. 31. Night hunting only. Dogs required. Bag limit four per day.
Statewide: sunrise, Sept. 1-sunset, Nov. 12. Day or night hunting. Dogs required to hunt at night. Bag
limit four per day.
Statewide: sunrise, Nov. 13-sunset, March 31. Day or night hunting. Dogs required to hunt at night.
No bag limit.
Muskrat, Nutria and Beaver
Statewide: sunrise Sept. 1-sunset Mar. 31.
Day hunting only.
No bag limit.
Badger, Spotted Skunk and Weasel
Statewide hunting: closed.
Furbearer Hunting Methods
Unless otherwise specified, furbearers may be taken with archery equipment, firearms no larger than
.22 caliber rimfire or shotguns with shot no larger than T shot. Bobcats, opossums and raccoons may be
taken at night when treed by dogs.
Furbearer Trapping
Badger, beaver, bobcat, coyote, gray fox, red fox, mink, muskrat, nutria, opossum,
raccoon, river otter, spotted skunk, striped skunk and weasel are regulated as
furbearers.
It shall be unlawful for any resident 16 years of age or older to trap or
attempt to trap any furbearing animals without first obtaining a current
Resident Trapper Permit in addition to a hunting license. Permits are valid
during open seasons for the year period July 1-June 30 and may be ordered
from www.agfc.com or by calling 800-364-GAME, ext. 6359.
Furbearer Trapping Checking Requirements

Statewide: sunrise, Nov.13-sunset, Feb. 28. Nondrowning sets with foothold traps, snares
Excludes coyote, beaver, muskrat and nutria. and box traps must be checked daily. Kill traps
must be checked at least every 72 hours.
No bag limit.
Coyote Foothold Traps
Foothold traps must be smooth jawed. Foothold
Statewide: sunrise, Aug. 1-sunset, March 31.
traps on land must have a jaw spread no greater
No bag limit. than 6 inches. Foothold traps with a jaw spread
greater than 5 inches must have offset or rubber
Beaver, Muskrat and Nutria padded jaws. For water sets, traps may have a
Statewide: sunrise, Nov. 13-sunset, March 31. jaw spread up to 8½ inches. Traps are measured
from the inside edge at the dog.
No bag limit.

Wildlife Regulations • Furbearer Trapping
Conibear-type Traps Identification

For land sets, the maximum jaw spread for Traps, including snares, must have either
Conibear-type traps is 6 inches. For water sets, the trapper’s name and address, their vehicle
the maximum jaw spread is 10 inches. operator’s license number or their vehicle license
number.
Box Traps
Pelts: Untanned pelts must belong to species
Box traps may be used for land-sets and water- of furbearers that have an open season in
sets. Arkansas. Shipments of untanned green pelts
originating in Arkansas must display the name,
Snares address and license number of shipper, date of
Leg snares are prohibited. Snares are allowed in shipment and the words “Fur Pelts.”
water sets. Snares are allowed on land, but land
Bobcat and river otter pelts must be tagged by
snares set farther than 20 feet from a permanent
an AGFC employee before being shipped out
body of water must have a functional “deer
of state. Possession of untagged river otter pelts
lock” that prevents them closing smaller than
from April 1 to the beginning of the river otter
2½ inches. Land snares must have a single-piece
hunting season is not allowed except for those
lock and must be braided cable with a loop no
taken with a depredation permit.
larger than 12 inches in diameter (from side-to-
side) and the bottom of the loop no higher than Fur Dealers
10 inches from the ground. No snare may be set
or maintained in a public road right-of-way or Anyone purchasing furbearer pelts or carcasses
touch any fence when fully extended. is required to have a fur dealer permit and
complete the AGFC Fur Dealer Report daily
Bait unless they are an Arkansas resident purchasing
tanned pelts, taxidermy mounts or whole
Animal matter may not be used as bait within
carcasses of legally taken furbearers for personal
20 feet of a trap set unless it is covered. Bait
use. The Fur Dealer Report must be made
must be covered in such a way as to withstand
available for inspection by AGFC employees and
wave action, wind action or other normal
be submitted to the AGFC by May 5.
environmental conditions that could cause it to
become visible.
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Flood Prone Regions
Flood Prone Regions

Current gauge readings and flood prone region closures are available by calling
AGFC toll-free, 800-440-1477, or by checking www.agfc.com. Readings are updated
by 3 p.m. daily.
Black River Flood Prone Region closes to deer hunting when the Black River gauge at Corning
exceeds 11 feet and reopens when it falls below 9.5 feet. This region includes Dave Donaldson Black
River WMA.
62
Corning
Reyno
67 135
62
Pocahontas Knobel
90
90
Delaplaine
304
67
St. Francis River Flood Prone Region closes to deer Paragould 412
hunting when the St. Francis River gauge at Oak Donnick
reaches 216 msl and reopens when it falls below 215 msl. This
135
region includes St. Francis River Sunken Lands WMA. 139
Dixie Monette
18
Lester
Black Oak
158 135
Caraway
69
Trumann 135
63 Lepanto
140
Payneway
Marked Tree
Shirey Bay Rainey Brake Flood Prone Region closes to deer hunting when the gauge at Black
Rock on the Black River reaches 23 feet and reopens when the gauge falls below 19 feet. This region
includes Shirey Bay Rainey Brake WMA.
Black Rock
Powhatan
25 Hoxie
Lynn Lauratown
Strawberry
Clover Bend
Strawberry Big Running
River Water Creek

Flood Prone Regions
Alicia 91
18 63
230
67
226
384 18
1
67 A
Harrisburg
37
17 42
33
67 Tupelo
Augusta
Bald
Flood Prone Region A closes to deer hunting 1
when the Cache River gauge at Patterson

Knob
C Wynne
B
36 33 64
reaches 12 feet. This restriction is lifted when 323
Cotton
the Cache River gauge at Patterson falls to or Plant
49
below 11 feet. WMAs in this region include 11
Brushy Creek WMA, Earl Buss Bayou DeView 11
Des Arc 38
Brinkley
WMA and Whitehall WMA.
D
Flood Prone Region B closes to deer hunting 302
when the White River gauge at Augusta reaches 70 Clarendon
33
31 feet. This restriction is lifted when the gauge at Roe
86
Augusta falls below 30 feet and the White River gauge 33

79
17
at Georgetown falls to or below 19 feet. WMAs in this E 316
region include Bayou Des Arc WMA, Departee Creek 318
WMA, Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek WMA and portions 153 20
of Bald Knob and Cache River NWRs Ethel

Elaine
17
Flood Prone Region C closes to deer hunting when 44
the Cache River gauge at Patterson reaches 11 feet. This
17
F 85
restriction is lifted when the gauge falls to or below 9.5 Tichnor
feet. This region includes portions of Cache River NWR.
Flood Prone Region D closes to deer hunting when Arkansas
the White River gauge at Clarendon reaches 28 feet. River
This restriction is lifted when the gauge falls to or below
27 feet. WMAs in this region include Mike Freeze
Wattensaw WMA, Benson Creek Natural Area WMA,
Sheffield Nelson Dagmar WMA and portions of Cache
River NWR.
Flood Prone Region E closes to deer hunting when the
White River gauge at St. Charles reaches 26 feet. This
restriction is lifted when the gauge falls to or below 23.5
feet.
Flood Prone Region F closes to deer hunting when the
White River gauge at St. Charles reaches 23.5 feet and the
gauge at Lock and Dam No. 1 (Norrel) on the Arkansas
River reaches 145 feet msl. This restriction is lifted when
the White River gauge at St. Charles falls to or below
21.5 feet and the gauge at Lock and Dam No. 1 on the
Arkansas River falls to or below 143 feet msl. This region
includes portions of Trusten Holder WMA.

Flood Prone Regions
20
Elaine
44
44
G
85
Tichnor
165
Arkansas
1 River
Flood Prone Region G closes to deer hunting when 1
the Mississippi River gauge at Helena reaches 44 feet. 1
This restriction is lifted when the gauge falls to or
below 42 feet. H
Flood Prone Region H closes to deer hunting when
the Mississippi River gauge at Arkansas City reaches 65
37 feet. This restriction is lifted when the gauge falls 257

to or below 35 feet. This region includes portions of
Trusten Holder WMA. I
65
Flood Prone Region I closes to deer hunting when
the Mississippi River gauge at Greenville reaches 48
feet. This restriction is lifted when the gauge falls to State Line
or below 46 feet.
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WMAs • WMA Region Map, Region Contact Numbers
Wildlife Management Areas

Wildlife Management Regions and Refuges
Wildlife
Management
Area (WMA)
Natural
Area WMA
National Wildlife
Refuge (NWR)
Special Use
Area (SUA)
Contact Numbers:
Region 1 Region 6
2920 McClellan Drive, Ste. 1280 • Jonesboro, AR 72401 350 Fish Hatchery Road • Hot Springs, AR 71913
870-972-5438 • Toll-free: 877-972-5438 501-525-8606 • Toll-free: 877-525-8606
Region 2 Region 7
1201 N. Highway 49 • Brinkley, AR 72021 8000 Taylor Avenue • Fort Smith, AR 72916
Region 3 Region 8
771 Jordan Drive • Monticello, AR 71655 1266 Lock and Dam Road • Russellville, AR 72802
Region 4 Region 9
500 Ben Lane • Camden, AR 71701 1125 Hwy 56 • Calico Rock, AR 72519
Region 5 Region 10
7004 Highway 67 East • Perrytown, AR 71801 455 Dam Site Road • Eureka Springs, AR 72631

WMAs • WMA Zone Index
WMA WMA Mobility

Zone Name County Region Impaired
Access?
002 Bald Knob NWR White 2
005 Bayou Des Arc WMA Prairie 2
010 Bayou Meto WMA Arkansas, Jefferson 3
020 Beaver Lake WMA Benton, Carroll, Madison 10
022 Bell Slough WMA Faulkner 6
023 Benson Creek Natural Area WMA Monroe 2
025 Beryl Anthony Lower Ouachita WMA Ashley, Union 4
027 Big Creek WMA Lee 2
030 Big Lake NWR Mississippi 1
040 Big Lake WMA Mississippi 1
045 Big Timber WMA Clark 4
055 Blevins WMA Hempstead 5
060 Blue Mountain WMA Logan 7
075 Brewer Lake/Cypress Creek WMA Conway 8
077 Brushy Creek WMA Cross 2
080 Buffalo National River WMA Baxter, Marion, Newton, Searcy 8

Jackson, Monroe, Prairie,
095 Cache River NWR 2
Woodruff
100 Camp Robinson SUA Faulkner 6
110 Camp Robinson WMA Faulkner, Pulaski 6
120 Caney Creek WMA Howard, Montgomery, Pike, Polk 7
125 Casey Jones WMA Ashley, Drew 3
126 Cattail Marsh WMA Greene 1
127 Cedar Creek WMA Scott 7

Cleburne, Conway, Independence,
128 Cherokee WMA Logan, Pope, Scott, Stone, Van 9
Buren
130 Cherokee Prairie Natural Area WMA Franklin 7
134 Cove Creek Natural Area WMA Faulkner 6
136 Crossett Experimental Forest WMA Ashley 3
138 Cut-Off Creek WMA Drew 3
140 Cypress Bayou WMA Lonoke, White 6

Franklin, Johnson, Logan,
160 Dardanelle WMA 7
Pope, Yell
170 Dave Donaldson Black River WMA Clay, Greene, Randolph 1
173 DeGray Lake WMA Clark, Hot Spring 4

WMA WMA Mobility

Access?
175 Departee Creek WMA White 2
177 Devil’s Knob Natural Area WMA Izard 9
180 Dr. Lester Sitzes, III Bois D’Arc WMA Hempstead 5
210 Earl Buss Bayou Deview WMA Poinsett 1
213 Ed Gordon Point Remove WMA Conway, Pope 8
215 Electric Island WMA Garland 6
217 Ethel WMA Arkansas 3
219 Falcon Bottoms Natural Area WMA Columbia, Lafayette, Nevada 4
220 Felsenthal NWR Ashley, Bradley, Union 3
230 Fort Chaffee WMA Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian 7

Freddie Black Choctaw Island WMA
232 Desha 3
Deer Research Area - West
Freddie Black Choctaw Island WMA
233 Desha 3
Deer Research Area - East
235 Frog Bayou WMA Crawford 7
240 Galla Creek WMA Pope 8
245 Garrett Hollow Natural Area WMA Washington 10
250 Gene Rush WMA Newton, Searcy 8
270 Greers Ferry Lake WMA Cleburne, Van Buren 9
280 Gulf Mountain WMA Van Buren 9
282 Gum Flats WMA Little River 5
284 H.E. Flanagan Prairie Natural Area WMA Franklin 7
290 Harold E. Alexander Spring River WMA Sharp 9
300 Harris Brake WMA Perry 6
310 Henry Gray Hurricane Lake WMA White 2
320 Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area Benton, Carroll, Madison 10
330 Holla Bend NWR Pope 8
340 Holland Bottoms WMA Lonoke 6
360 Hope Upland WMA Hempstead 5
370 Howard County WMA Howard 5
372 Howard Hensley Searcy County WMA Searcy 8
375 Iron Mountain Natural Area WMA Polk 7
380 J. Perry Mikles Blue Mountain SUA Logan 7

Jamestown Independence County
385 Independence 9
WMA

WMA WMA Mobility

Access?
387 Jim Kress WMA Cleburne 9
390 Jones Point WMA Marion 8
400 Lafayette County WMA Lafayette 5
410 Lake Greeson WMA Howard, Pike 5
412 Lee County WMA Lee 2
415 Little Bayou WMA Ashley 3
417 Little River WMA Hempstead 5
420 Loafer’s Glory WMA Searcy 8
425 Maumelle River WMA Pulaski 6
430 McIlroy Madison County WMA Madison 10
433 Mike Freeze Wattensaw WMA Prairie 2
445 Moro Big Pine Natural Area WMA Calhoun 4
450 Mount Magazine WMA Logan, Yell 7
460 Muddy Creek WMA Montgomery, Scott, Yell 7
465 Nacatoch Ravines Natural Area WMA Hempstead 5
470 Nimrod/Lloyd Millwood WMA Yell 8
480 Norfork Lake WMA Baxter 9
490 Overflow NWR Ashley 3
495 Ozan WMA Hempstead 5
500 Ozark Lake WMA Crawford, Franklin 7

Conway, Crawford, Franklin,
7, 8, 9
505 Ozark National Forest WMA Johnson, Madison, Newton, Pope,
and 10
Searcy, Van Buren, Washington
507 Palmetto Flats Natural Area WMA Little River 5
510 Petit Jean River WMA Yell 8
516 Pine City Natural Area WMA Monroe 2
520 Piney Creeks WMA Johnson, Newton, Pope 8
530 Poison Springs WMA Ouachita, Nevada 4
532 Pond Creek NWR Sevier 5
535 Prairie Bayou WMA Lonoke 6
537 Provo WMA Sevier 5
539 Railroad Prairie Natural Area WMA Prairie 2
540 Rainey WMA Pope 8
550 Rex Hancock Black Swamp WMA Woodruff 2
551 Rick Evans Grandview Prairie WMA Hempstead 5

WMA WMA Mobility

Access?
552 Ring Slough WMA Clay 1
553 River Bend WMA Perry 6
555 Robert L. Hankins Mud Creek WMA Randolph 1
560 Roth Prairie Natural Area WMA Arkansas 3
590 St. Francis National Forest WMA Lee, Phillips 2
600 St. Francis Sunken Lands WMA Craighead, Greene, Poinsett 1
562 Sandhills Natural Area WMA Miller 5
570 Seven Devils WMA Drew 3
575 Sheffield Nelson Dagmar WMA Monroe 2
580 Shirey Bay Rainey Brake WMA Lawrence 1
583 Slippery Hollow Natural Area Marion 8
603 Smoke Hole Natural Area WMA Lonoke, Prairie 2
585 Spring Bank WMA Lafayette 5

Stateline Sandponds Natural Area
604 Clay 1
WMA
Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek Bottoms
605 White 2
WMA
610 Sulphur River WMA Miller 5
615 Sweden Creek Natural Area WMA Madison 10
620 Sylamore WMA Baxter, Marion, Searcy, Stone 9
625 Terre Noire Natural Area WMA Clark 4
630 Trusten Holder WMA Arkansas, Desha 3

633 Two Bayou Creek WMA Ouachita 4
U of A Pine Tree Experimental Station
635 St. Francis 2
WDA
675 W. E. Brewer Scatter Creek WMA Greene 1
640 Wapanocca NWR Crittenden 2
645 Warren Prairie Natural Area WMA Bradley, Drew 3
653 Wedington WMA Benton, Washington 10
654 White Cliffs Natural Area WMA Little River 5
655 Whitehall WMA Poinsett 1
660 White River South NWR Arkansas, Desha, Monroe, Phillips 3
661 White River North NWR Arkansas, Monroe 2 and 3
Crawford, Franklin, Johnson,

670 White Rock WMA 7
Madison, Washington
680 Winona WMA Garland, Perry, Saline 6

677 Wittsburg Natural Area WMA Cross 2

WMAs • General WMA Regulations
General WMA Regulations

Hunters should review specific WMA regulations for the area they plan to hunt.
On property owned, leased or cooperatively managed by the Arkansas Game and Fish
Commission, you may not:
• disobey official signs. • burn materials containing nails, • cut trees.
• damage AGFC buildings, screws or other metal objects. • post signs.
structures, signs or property. • leave a fire unattended or allow • use or possess alcohol or
• remove rocks, fruits, nuts, one to escape from control. controlled substances while
acorns, artifacts, plants or any • bait wildlife, except when bait hunting.
other objects. or lures are used in legally set • construct, place or occupy a
• burn timber, brush or grass. traps during an open furbearer permanent hunting stand,
trapping season. building, shelter or moored
houseboat.
Hunting Stands
Portable hunting stands and associated equipment using Deer stands may not be placed more than seven days
no metal objects (such as screw-in steps) to be screwed or before deer archery season and must be removed within
driven into trees may be used, but must have the owner’s seven days after the close of deer archery season.
name and address permanently attached. Stands must On USDA Forest Service lands, portable stands must
be moved at least 200 yards after seven days. comply with Forest Service regulations on Page 28.
Vehicles
On AGFC-owned WMAs, all-terrain vehicles, dune buggies and amphibious vehicles are prohibited. Vehicles
may not be operated off any open access road or parking area, behind gated, cabled or earthen barriers, or on
levees, dams, food plots, fire lanes or roads that have been developed for wildlife.
Mobility Impaired access permit-holders may use an ATV on AGFC-owned WMAs to travel on graveled, all-
weather roads (unless posted closed to vehicles) and on designated Mobility Impaired access trails. They may use
an ATV during muzzleloader and modern gun deer seasons with the following restrictions:
• Permit holders riding ATVs • ATVs may be used only for • Permit holders must be able to
must deer hunt at least 100 feet stand placement and hunting. see their ATV at all times while
but no more than 300 feet from hunting.
graveled, all-weather roads. • ATVs may be used beyond 300
ATVs may be operated within feet from a road or Mobility • Firearms must be unloaded and
300 feet of designated Mobility Impaired access trail only to cased while being transported
Impaired access trails. retrieve big game taken by the by ATV.
permit holder.
Hunters may get an application for a Mobility Impaired access permit by following the directions listed on Page 16.
On leased lands WMAs: Lafayette County, Casey Jones and Big Timber
• ATVs, motorcycles and bicycles are allowed on open, leased lands WMAs.
maintained roads within Cherokee and Jim Kress • Hunters with a Mobility Impaired Access Permit
WMAs by hunters in possession of a valid leased may hunt from the two designated abandoned
lands permit for the purposes of traveling to and railroad rights-of-way on Moro Big Pine Natural
from hunting locations and/or camping sites only. Area WMA.
• Motorized vehicles, except for ATVs on main access On Ouachita National Forest:
roads, may not be used on Big Timber Upland
Demonstration Area. Operating any motorized vehicle on a forest
development road or any portion thereof that is
• ATVs are allowed on open roads and trailways on posted as closed, or closed by an earthen mound, gate
Gum Flats, Provo, Lake Greeson, Howard County,
continued on Page 70

or other object is prohibited. This includes all motorized vehicles including ATVs and OHVs. All trails going
around the gate, sign or over an earthen mound are not legal trails and are in violation of this regulation. In
April 2009, the Ouachita National Forest will have a designated system of roads and trails for public motor
vehicle use. Once maps are published, it will be unlawful to travel off designated routes. Check with the Forest
Service to obtain these motor vehicle use maps.
On Ozark National Forest:
Operating any motorized vehicle on a route not designated in the Motor Vehicle Use Map is prohibited. Any
road or trail in the Ozark National Forest not classified as a designated route or trail is closed to motorized
vehicle use., including ATVs and OHVs. Maps of the designated routes are available at www.AOKForests.com
or at any Forest Service office. Wildlife may not be hunted from a motorized vehicle.
Shooting From Roads

Shooting across, from or hunting within 100 feet of Natural Area and Provo WMAs provided the road is
a road on any WMA is prohibited (see exceptions not city, county, state or federally maintained.
below). See page 17 for Leased Land WMAs. • Exception 2: Trappers may use legal firearms to
• Exception 1: Small game (excluding fox, bobcat and harvest animals caught in legally set foothold and
coyote) being pursued or treed by a dog or under the Conibear (body-gripping) traps.
point of a dog may be taken within 100 feet from • Exception 3: Licensed/permitted falconers may hunt
the centerline of a road on Big Timber, Casey Jones, with and trap birds of prey in accordance with state
Cherokee, Gum Flats, Howard County, Jim Kress, and federal falconry regulations.
Lafayette County, Lake Greeson, Moro Big Pine
Hunting Equipment
Killing devices or traps may not be possessed on WMAs unless a season is open. Rifles and pistols larger
than .22 caliber rimfire, buckshot or rifled slugs may be used only during modern gun deer or bear seasons.
Muzzleloaders may be used during firearms season, except for muzzleloaders larger than .40 caliber, which
may not be used on any WMA unless a muzzleloading or modern firearm deer, bear or elk season is open.
Firearms may be carried to and from firing ranges on WMAs. Unless otherwise prohibited, bobcat, fox and
coyote may be taken during daylight hours with firearms of any caliber during bobcat, fox and coyote seasons
on AGFC-owned WMAs and all U.S. Forest Service lands including WMA’s lying within the Ouachita
National Forest and the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest.
Concealed weapon permit holders may carry a modern handgun, except in places where otherwise prohibited
under federal, state or local law or where not allowed by the landowner. Concealed weapon permit holders are
not allowed to use their concealed weapon for any hunting purpose. All concealed handgun permit holders
must identify themselves to a wildlife officer when complying with an inspection pertaining to birds, fish,
game or other wildlife resources.
Mobility Impaired Hunts

Licensed sportsmen who are permanently Mobility Special deer hunts are available for Mobility
Impaired may be eligible for special access privileges Impaired hunters on Choctaw Island, Dardanelle,
on AGFC-owned WMAs. Contact wildlife regional DeGray Lake, Greers Ferry, Hobbs State Park-
offices for information (Page 1). Conservation Area, Lake Greeson and Trusten
These privileges allow persons with certain medical Holder WMAs and White River NWR.
conditions to receive a Mobility Impaired Access
Permit. There is no charge for the initial card.
Permit Deer Hunts 

Each year, applications for permit deer hunts on WMAs are available in June. Drawings are held in July and
successful applicants are notified in August.
Hunters shall comply with the terms of a AGFC-issued permit. Other hunting seasons, except waterfowl,
are closed during permit hunts, unless otherwise noted on the back of the permit.

Camping
Unless otherwise noted under a specific WMA, camping is limited to no more than 14 consecutive days and
must be in a designated camping area. Camps may not remain unoccupied for more than 48 hours. Creating
a disturbance after 10 p.m. is not allowed.
Camping is restricted to permit holders during permit hunts. Waterfowl hunters and nonhunters camping
with a permit holder do not need to have a permit while camping. Loaded firearms are not allowed in
camping areas.
On USDA Forest Service lands, campers must comply with Forest Service camping regulations. See pages 28-29.
Horses and Mules 

Pleasure riding and organized trail rides are allowed during February, March and June through September
on AGFC-owned land. Permits for organized events involving 10 or more horses or mules are available by
request from wildlife management area headquarters and must be obtained at least two weeks in advance of
the event. Horses and riders are restricted to established trails or roads. Horses and mules are allowed only
in camping areas that are designated for equestrian use. Horses in camping areas may be tied to trailers or
to a highline using tree saver straps. Horses or mules may not be allowed to damage trees or other woody
vegetation. Soil disturbance must be restored, manure must be scattered and excess feed, hay and any trash
must be removed. These requirements do not apply to Ozark National Forest lands.
Unless otherwise noted for specific WMAs or SUAs, hunters may use horses or mules during open seasons
on most WMAs or at night during furbearer season.
Vegetation Destruction
On property owned by the AGFC and Maumelle Hunting knives, pocketknives and pocket saws are
River WMA, with the exception of campers in allowed. Chemical defoliants are prohibited.
designated campgrounds, it is illegal to use or The gathering of firewood that is dead and down for
possess chainsaws, handsaws, hatchets, axes, weed camp use is allowed.
trimmers, string trimmers or other cutting devices.
Hunting Dogs
Unless noted on specific areas, wildlife management areas are closed to dogs, except in the following instances:
• Quail and rabbit dog training • Woodcock hunting is allowed • Dogs are required for raccoon
is allowed Sept. 1-April 1, with bird dog breeds when hunting at night from July 1
except during firearms deer woodcock season is open. until March 31.
hunts when dogs are not • UKC, AKC and ACHA • Dogs may be used for hunting
allowed. field trials are allowed when squirrel and rabbit in season
• Quail hunting is allowed with approved by the AGFC. except during firearms deer
bird dog breeds when quail • Waterfowl retrievers may be hunts when dogs are not
season is open. used during open migratory allowed.
bird seasons.
Feral Hogs
For information on feral hogs in Arkansas, please see page 37.
Waterfowl Rest Areas

All WRAs are closed to access Nov. 1-Feb. 15 unless otherwise noted.

WMA Furbearer Regulations

Gray Fox, Red Fox, Mink and Striped Skunk No bag limit. Dogs are not allowed in deer zones
Hunting: Sunrise, Sept. 1-sunset, Feb. 28. Day where a firearms deer season is in progress that
hunting only. Bag limit is two per day per species. prohibits the use of dogs. During youth turkey hunts,
only youths may take coyotes. Closed on WMAs
Unless otherwise prohibited, fox may be taken during without spring turkey or squirrel seasons.
daylight hours with firearms no larger than .30 caliber
during fox season on AGFC-owned WMAs. Refer to Page 68 for hunting equipment legal on
WMAs. Coyote may also be taken during daylight
Trapping: Sunrise, Nov. 13-sunset Feb. 28. No hours of any open deer, bear, spring turkey or
bag limit. squirrel season with hunting equipment legal for
that season and where not prohibited by other
Opossum WMA regulations. Unless otherwise prohibited,
Hunting: Sunrise, Sept. 1-sunset, Feb. 28. Day coyote may be taken during daylight hours with
or night hunting; dogs are required for hunting at firearms no larger than .30 caliber during coyote
night. Bag limit is two per day. season on AGFC-owned WMAs.
Trapping: Sunrise, Nov. 13-sunset, Feb. 28. No Trapping: Aug. 1-March 31. No bag limit.
bag limit.
River Otter
Bobcat Hunting: Sunrise, Nov. 13-sunset, Feb. 28. Day
Hunting: Sunrise, Oct. 1-sunset, Feb. 28. Dogs hunting only. Bag limit is two per day.
required to hunt bobcat at night.
Trapping: Sunrise, Nov. 13-sunset Feb. 28. No
First day of spring turkey season through June bag limit.
13. Day hunting only – No dogs allowed.
Raccoon
Bag limit is two per day. Dogs are not allowed in deer
zones where a firearms deer season is in progress that Hunting: Sunset, July 1-sunrise, Aug. 31. Night
prohibits the use of dogs. During youth turkey hunts, hunting only. Dogs required, limit four.
only youths may take bobcats. Closed on WMAs Sunrise, Sept. 1-sunset, Feb. 28. Day or night
without spring turkey or squirrel seasons. hunting. Dogs are required for hunting at night.
Refer to Page 68 for hunting equipment legal on Limit four per day.
WMAs. Bobcat may also be taken during daylight March 1-31. Night hunting only. Dogs are required.
hours of any open deer, bear, spring turkey or No limit.
squirrel season with hunting equipment legal for that
season and where not prohibited by other WMA Trapping: Sunrise, Nov. 13-sunset, Feb. 28. No
regulations. Unless otherwise prohibited, bobcat bag limit.
may be taken during daylight hours with firearms of
any caliber during bobcat season on AGFC-owned Muskrat, Nutria and Beaver
WMAs and all U.S. Forest Service lands, including Hunting: Sunrise Sept. 1-sunset, Feb. 28. Day
WMAs lying in the Ouachita National Forest and hunting only. No bag limit.
the Ozark - St. Francis National Forest. Trapping: Sunrise, Nov. 13-sunset, March 31.
Trapping: Sunrise, Nov. 13-sunset, Feb. 28. No No limit.
bag limit.
Badger, Spotted Skunk and Weasel
Coyote Hunting: closed.
Hunting: Sunrise, July 1-sunset, Feb. 28. Coyote Trapping: Sunrise, Nov. 13-sunset, Feb. 28. No
may not be hunted at night. bag limit.
First day of spring turkey season through June
13. Day hunting only – No dogs allowed.

WMAs • WMA-specific Regulations
WMA-specific Regulations
Bayou Des Arc WMA Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): Nov. 13-17.
AGFC 877-734-4581 • 450 acres (plus 503 acre lake) • Prairie Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
County, WMA zone 005 of three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No
more than two legal bucks or up to three does may
CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, be taken with archery tackle. No more than one
bear modern gun, alligator and elk. legal buck or one doe may be taken during the
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. muzzleloader permit hunt. No more than one legal
buck and one doe may be taken during the modern
Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 29-31. gun permit hunt.
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 19 and Dec. Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
26-28. limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
Nov. 6-7 and Jan. 1-2. during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit possession limit - 16.
of three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
more than two legal bucks or up to three does may during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
be taken with archery tackle. No more than two possession limit - 32.
legal bucks or up to two does may be taken during
the muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. Bag Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
limit during the modern gun special youth hunt Mondays. No limit.
is three deer, no more than two bucks (no antler Area Notes: Check antler restrictions on pages 42-43
restrictions) or up to two does. These are not bonus for important additional information. Wrape Plantation
deer and will count towards the seasonal bag limit. Waterfowl Rest Area and Halowell Reservoir are closed
to access November 1 and will reopen to access Feb.
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession 16. Check the latest Arkansas Waterfowl Regulations
limit -12. Bird dogs allowed. Guidebook for details. Bayou Meto WMA is closed
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except to the public (except in designated campsites, parking
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, areas and boat launch ramps) from 2 a.m.-4 a.m.
possession limit - 16. during duck season. No boats allowed on Bayou Meto
WMA from 1 p.m.-4 a.m. during the duck season
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except except as follows: (1) during the last three days of the
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, last duck season and during the special youth waterfowl
possession limit - 32. hunts when boats may be used from 4 a.m.-6:30
p.m. daily; (2) boating access during the duck season
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through only from 1 p.m.-6:30 p.m. at the following streams
Mondays. No limit. - Mulberry Access (including all of the Salt Bayou
Area Notes: Check flood prone region B on Page 56 Ditch to the confluence of Little Bayou Meto) and
for important additional information. Buckingham Flats Access (including Big Bayou Meto
and Cannon Brake Access including Little Bayou Meto
only within the Cannon Brake Impoundment).
Bayou Meto WMA
AGFC 877-367-3559 • 33,832 acres • Arkansas, Jefferson counties, Beaver Lake WMA
WMA zone 010 Corps of Engineers 866-253-2506 • 5,827 acres • Benton, Carroll,
CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, Madison, Washington counties, WMA zone 020
bear modern gun, alligator and elk. CLOSED: alligator and elk.
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
Deer Muzzleloader (permit hunt): Oct. 23-27.

Consult pages 67-69 for additional WMA general regulations and Page 70 for furbearer WMA regulations.
Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20. Bell Slough WMA
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 5 and Dec. AGFC 877-525-8606 • 2,040 acres • Faulkner county, WMA zone 022
26-28. This area has special firearms restrictions; see
Area Notes. CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun,
bear muzzleloader, bear modern gun, alligator
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. and elk.
6-7 and Jan. 1-2. This area has special firearms
restrictions; see Area Notes. Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
two deer; no more than one legal buck. No more than of two deer; no more than one legal buck. No more
one legal buck or up to two does may be taken with than one legal buck or up to two does may be taken
archery tackle. No more than one legal buck may with archery tackle only.
be taken during the muzzleloader and modern gun Bear Archery: Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Statewide bag limit.
seasons. Bag limit during the modern gun special No dogs.
youth hunt is two deer, no more than one buck (no
antler restrictions) or one doe. These are not bonus Bear Notes: Bear seasons close earlier if bear zone
deer and will count toward the seasonal bag limit. quota is reached.
Bear Archery: Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Statewide bag limit. Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
No dogs. limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
Bear Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24. Statewide bag Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit -
limit. No dogs. 8, possession limit - 16.
Bear Modern Gun: Nov. 8-30. Statewide bag limit. Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily
No dogs. This area has special firearms restrictions; limit - 8, possession limit - 32.
see Area Notes. Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7. Mondays. No limit.
Statewide bag limit. No dogs. This area has special Area Notes: The Palarm Creek Waterfowl Rest Area
firearms restrictions; see Area Notes. closes to access Nov. 1 and reopens to access Feb. 16.
Bear Notes: Bear seasons close earlier if bear zone Firearms are restricted to shotguns and rimfire rifles.
quota is reached.
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession Benson Creek Natural
limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
Area WMA
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, Natural Heritage Comm. 877-734-4581 • 610 acres • Monroe county,
possession limit - 16. WMA zone 023
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun,
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern
possession limit - 32. gun, alligator and elk.
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
Mondays. No limit. Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of
Area Notes: Includes lands within the Corps of Engineers three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more
boundary, including islands and shoreline acreage. than two legal bucks or up to three does may be taken
Hunting with dogs is not allowed on islands during deer with archery tackle only.
season. Use of bird dogs is restricted to quail season; Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession limit
retrievers to waterfowl season. Only shotguns (.410 and -12. Bird dogs allowed.
larger) with slugs (no buckshot allowed) or muzzleloading
rifles shooting a single projectile are allowed. Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit -
8, possession limit - 16.

Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily Big Creek WMA
limit - 8, possession limit - 32.
AGFC 877-734-4581 • 280 acres • Lee county, WMA zone 027
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
Mondays. No limit. CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear
modern gun, alligator and elk.
Area Notes: Motorized vehicles, horses, camping
and construction of hunting stands are prohibited. Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
Check flood prone region D on Page 56 for important Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20.
additional information.
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 12 and Dec. 26-28.
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7
Beryl Anthony Lower and Jan. 1-2.
Ouachita WMA Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of
AGFC / Natrual Heritage Comm. 877-836-4612 • 7,020 acres (includes three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more
Coffee Prairie Natural Area) Ashley, Union counties, WMA zone 025 than two legal bucks or up to three does may be taken
CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear and no more than one doe may be taken during the
modern gun, alligator and elk. muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. Bag limit
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. during the modern gun special youth hunt is three
deer, no more than two bucks (no antler restrictions)
Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 29-31. and one doe. These are not bonus deer and will
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 19 and Dec. 26-28. count towards the seasonal bag limit.
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7 Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
and Jan. 1-2. limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
of five deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
than two legal bucks or up to five does may be taken possession limit - 16.
with archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
and three does may be taken during the muzzleloader during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
and modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the possession limit - 32.
modern gun special youth hunt is five deer, no
more than two bucks (no antler restrictions) and Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
three does. These are not bonus deer and will count Mondays. No limit.
towards the seasonal bag limit.
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession Big Lake WMA
AGFC 877-972-5438 • 12,320 acres • Mississippi county, WMA
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except zone 040
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
possession limit - 16. CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, bear archery, bear
muzzleloader, bear modern gun, alligator and elk.
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
possession limit - 32.
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-14. This area has
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through special firearms restrictions; see Area Notes.
Mondays. No limit.
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov.
Area Notes: Only Arkansas-approved nontoxic shot 6-7 and Jan. 1-2. This area has special firearms
must be possessed and used while hunting small game restrictions; see Area Notes.
with shotguns.

Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more of five deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more
than two legal bucks or up to three does may be than two legal bucks or up to five does may be taken
taken with archery tackle. No more than two legal with archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks
bucks may be taken during the modern gun season. and three does may be taken during the muzzleloader
Bag limit during the modern gun special youth and modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the
hunt is two deer, no more than two bucks (no antler modern gun special youth hunt is five deer, no more
restrictions) or up to one doe. These are not bonus than two bucks (no antler restrictions) and three does.
deer and will count towards the seasonal bag limit. These are not bonus deer and will count towards the
seasonal bag limit.
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
limit -12. Bird dogs allowed. Bear Archery: Sept. 15-Nov. 30 (only on that part of
the area that lies in zone 2). Statewide bag limit. No
dogs.
possession limit - 16. Bear Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 (only on that part
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except of the area that lies in zone 2). Statewide bag limit. No
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, dogs.
possession limit - 32. Bear Modern Gun: Sept. 15-16 and Nov. 8-30 (only
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through on that part of the area that lies in zone 2). Statewide
Mondays. No limit. bag limit. No dogs.
Furbearers: Ditch 28 closed to all trapping. Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7 (only on
that part of the area that lies in bear zone 2). Statewide
Area Notes: Deer hunting is closed when the water level bag limit. No dogs.
exceeds 236 msl. at Seven Mile access gauge. Mallard
Lake is closed to hunting. Any firearm being transported Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Quail permit required. Free Bird
in Ditch 28 must be dismantled or unloaded and cased. Dog Training/Quail Hunting Permit is required to
Ungravelled roads are closed to traffic from October 1 hunt quail or train dogs on the Upland Demonstration
to May 31. Only shotguns (.410 and larger) with slugs Area. Contact Camden Regional Office. Must
(no buckshot allowed) or muzzleloading rifles shooting a complete a Hunter Report Form after each hunt.
single projectile are allowed. Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during
firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16.
Big Timber WMA Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily
Private 877-836-4612 • 41,111 acres • Clark county, WMA zone 045
CLOSED: alligator and elk. Mondays. No limit.
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. Area Notes: The Upland WDA is closed to motor
Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20. vehicles (except ATVs, which may be used on the main
road). After each hunt on the Upland WDA, hunters
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 12 and Dec. 26-28. must complete a Hunter Report Form available at the
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7 north and south gates. Hunters, trappers and campers
and Jan. 1-2. aged 16 years or older must purchase a Big Timber
WMA leased lands permit. See Page 17.

Blevins WMA Deer Notes: Seasonal bag limit of three deer; no

more than two legal bucks. No more than two
AGFC 877-777-5580 • 128 acres • Hempstead county, WMA zone 055 legal bucks or up to three does may be taken with
CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks and
modern gun, alligator and elk. one doe may be taken during the muzzleloader and
modern gun seasons. A Blue Mountain WMA doe
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. quota permit is required to harvest a doe during the
Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 29-31. muzzleloader and modern gun deer seasons. Bag
limit during the modern gun special youth hunt
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 19 and Dec. 26-28. is three deer, no more than two bucks (no antler
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7 restrictions) and one doe (a WMA doe quota permit
and Jan. 1-2. is not required). These are not bonus deer and will
count towards the seasonal bag limit.
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
Bear Archery: Sept. 15-Nov. 30. Statewide bag
of five deer; no more than two legal bucks. No
more than two legal bucks or up to five does may limit. No dogs.
be taken with archery tackle. No more than two Bear Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24. Statewide bag
legal bucks and three does may be taken during the limit. No dogs.
muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. Bag limit
during the modern gun special youth hunt is five Bear Modern Gun: Sept. 15-16 and Nov. 8-30.
deer, no more than two bucks (no antler restrictions) Statewide bag limit. No dogs.
and three does. These are not bonus deer and will Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7.
count towards the seasonal bag limit. Statewide bag limit. No dogs.
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
limit -12. Bird dogs allowed. limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Daily limit - 8, possession
firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16. limit - 16. Dogs allowed except during muzzleloader deer
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except hunts, modern gun special youth hunt and Dec. 26-28.
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during
possession limit - 32. muzzleloader deer hunts, modern gun special youth hunt
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through and Dec. 26-28. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 32.
Mondays. No limit. Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
Mondays. No limit.
Blue Mountain WMA
Corps of Engineers 877-478-1043 • 8,200 acres • Logan county, Brewer Lake/Cypress
WMA zone 060 Creek WMA
CLOSED: alligator and elk. City of Conway 877-967-7577 • 1,200 acres • Conway county, WMA
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. No dogs. zone 075
Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20. CLOSED: deer archery, deer muzzleloader, deer
No dogs. modern gun, bear archery, bear muzzleloader,
bear modern gun, alligator and elk.
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 5 (dogs allowed)
and Dec. 26-28 (no dogs). Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
and Jan. 1-2. No dogs. Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit -

Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily Buffalo National River WMA
limit - 8, possession - 32.
National Park Service 870-365-2700 • 95,730 acres • Marion Baxter,
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20, open Thursday through Newton, Searcy counties, WMA zone 080
Monday, no limit.
CLOSED: alligator and furbearer trapping.
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
Brushy Creek WMA
Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20.
AGFC 877-734-4581 • 215 acres • Cross county, WMA zone 077
CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, bear archery, bear
muzzleloader, bear modern gun, alligator and elk. Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7
and Jan. 1-2.
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit two
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-21 and Dec. 26-28. This deer; no more than one legal buck. No more than one
area has special firearms restrictions; see Area Notes. legal buck or up to two does may be taken with archery
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. tackle. No more than one legal buck may be taken
6-7 and Jan. 1-2. This area has special firearms during the muzzleloader deer season and no more than
restrictions; see Area Notes. one doe may be taken from Oct. 16-20 during the
muzzleloader deer season. No more than one legal buck
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of may be taken during the modern gun seasons. Bag limit
three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more during the modern gun special youth hunt is one deer,
than two legal bucks or up to three does may be taken buck (no antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus
with archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks deer and will count towards the seasonal bag limit.
and one doe may be taken during the modern gun
season. Bag limit during the modern gun special youth Bear Archery: Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Statewide bag
hunt is three deer, no more than two bucks (no antler limit. No dogs.
restrictions) and one doe. These are not bonus deer and Bear Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24. Statewide bag
will count towards the seasonal bag limit. limit. No dogs.
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession Bear Modern Gun: Nov. 8-30. Statewide bag
limit -12. Bird dogs allowed. limit. No dogs.
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7.
firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16. Statewide bag limit. No dogs.
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except Bear Notes: Bear seasons close earlier if bear
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, zone quota is reached.
Elk (permit hunt): Sept. 20-24 and Dec. 6-10.
Mondays. No limit. Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
Area Notes: Check flood prone region A on Page 56
for important additional information. Modern guns are Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
restricted to shotguns with slugs and certain revolvers during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
and pistols. Archery equipment and muzzleloader rifles possession limit - 16.
may also be used.
Mondays. No limit.

Area Notes: Chase for pleasure and dog training are Area Notes: Dog trainers and people horseback
not allowed. Discharging firearms across, into or from riding for pleasure must register at the Headquarters
the Buffalo River and its gravel bars is not allowed. Information Station prior to utilizing the area.
Hunting is not allowed in developed areas. Firearms and Horseback riding for pleasure is allowed year-round;
crossbows must be unloaded and cased or broken down except during scheduled events, including field trials,
when carried in or on a vehicle or boat and when in a in which the public use compartments are reserved.
developed campground. The operation of unlicensed Bird dog, rabbit dog, and waterfowl retriever training
off-road motor vehicles is not allowed on roads, lands is allowed Sept. 15-April 1 except during firearm deer
and waters within the Buffalo National River. Vehicles hunts and after supplemental quail releases. A current
may not travel off-road. Campsites may not remain Arkansas hunting license is required for dog training.
unattended for more than 24 hours. Sylamore WMA Trainers are restricted to eight dogs and may not train
seasons and regulations apply to Buffalo National River more than 3 days per week nor more than 2 consecutive
lands in Marion and Baxter counties lying east of Big days in a two week period. Waterfowl retriever training
Creek and south and east of the Buffalo River. is allowed year-round in Compartment 5. Live
ammunition is prohibited for dog training. Camping
is limited to 7 days and campers must register at the
Camp Robinson SUA sign in booth in the campground upon arrival. Please
check the current public use schedule prior to accessing
AGFC 877-525-8606 • 4,029 acres • Faulkner county, WMA zone 100 the area. A public use schedule can be obtained at the
CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, bear information station or online at www.agfc.com.
muzzleloader, bear modern gun, alligator, elk,
quail and rabbit.
Camp Robinson WMA
National Guard 501-212-5155 • 19,648 acres • Faulkner, Pulaski
Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): Nov. 13-15. counties, WMA zone 110
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit CLOSED: bear muzzleloader, bear modern gun,
of two deer; no more than one legal buck. No more alligator, elk and furbearer trapping.
than one legal buck or up to two does may be taken
with archery tackle. No more than one legal buck Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
or one doe may be taken during the modern gun Deer Muzzleloader (permit hunt): Nov. 20-21.
permit hunt.
Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): Nov. 25-26
Bear Archery: Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Statewide bag
and Nov. 27-28.
limit. No dogs.
Deer Modern Gun Youth Hunt (permit hunt):
Bear Notes: Bear seasons close earlier if bear
Oct. 30-31.
zone quota is reached.
Squirrel: May 15-Sept. 29. Dogs allowed. Daily of two deer; no more than one legal buck. No more
limit - 8, possession limit - 32. than one legal buck or up to two does may be taken
Crow: Sept. 4-29. No limit. with archery tackle. No more than one legal buck
and one doe may be taken during the muzzleloader
Furbearer Trapping: Only enclosed, pull-activated and modern gun permit hunts. Bag limit during the
dog-proof traps may be utilized. modern gun youth permit hunt is one deer, buck (no
antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer
and will count towards the seasonal bag limit.
limit. No dogs.

Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of
limit -12. Bird dogs allowed. three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more
than two legal bucks or up to three does may be taken
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except with archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, and one doe may be taken during the muzzleloader
possession limit - 16. and modern gun seasons. A Caney Creek WMA doe
Squirrel: Sept. 4-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except quota permit is required to harvest a doe during the
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, during the modern gun special youth hunt is three
possession limit - 32. deer, no more than two bucks (no antler restrictions)
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through and one doe (a WMA doe quota permit is not
Mondays. No limit. required). These are not bonus deer and will count
Fox, Bobcat and Coyote: In Jan.-Feb. during the
daylight hours, fox, bobcat and coyote may be taken Bear Archery: Sept. 15-Nov. 30. Statewide bag
with firearms of any caliber. limit. No dogs.
Area Notes: All areas south of Declination Road Bear Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24. Statewide bag
and east of Cato Road, south of the pipeline and west limit. No dogs.
of Cato Road, the impact area and the drop zone Bear Modern Gun: Sept. 15-16 and Nov. 8-30.
are closed. All hunters including permit hunters are Statewide bag limit. No dogs.
required to obtain and present a sportsman’s pass upon
entry and will be required to adhere to the policy set Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7.
by the Military Department. Military Department Statewide bag limit. No dogs.
activities take precedence over recreational activities
and may cause changes to access requirements, dates Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
and available training areas without notice. Scouting is limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
prohibited. Feral hogs can be killed during any other Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during
open season. Vehicular access is limited to designated firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16.
roads and trails. If you have a question concerning
a sportsman’s pass please call 501-212-5155. Other Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
questions can be answered by the Department of Public during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
Safety at 501-212-5280. possession limit - 32.
Mondays. No limit.
Caney Creek WMA
Area Notes: Refer to Page 28 for additional USDA
USDA Forest Service 877-478-1043 • 85,000 acres • Howard, Forest Service information.
Montgomery, Pike, Polk counties, WMA zone 120
CLOSED: alligator and elk.
Casey Jones WMA
Plum Creek, Inc. 877-367-3559 • 54,472 acres • Ashley, Drew
Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20. counties, WMA zone 125
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 5 and Dec. 26-28. CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7 modern gun, alligator and elk.
and Jan. 1-2. Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
and Jan. 1-2.

Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
of five deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more Mondays. No limit.
than two legal bucks or up to five does may be taken
and three does may be taken during the muzzleloader Cedar Creek WMA
and modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the
modern gun special youth hunt is five deer, no AGFC 877-478-1043 • 103 acres • Scott county, WMA zone 127
more than two bucks (no antler restrictions) and CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern
three does. These are not bonus deer and will count gun, bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear
towards the seasonal bag limit. modern gun, alligator, elk, furbearer hunting and
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession furbearer trapping.
limit -12. Bird dogs allowed. Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of
firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16. three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily than two legal bucks or up to three does may be taken
limit - 8, possession limit - 32. with archery tackle only.
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
Mondays. No limit. limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
Furbearers: Dogs allowed for coyote, fox and Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit -
bobcat hunting on Casey Jones WMA during the 8, possession limit - 16.
declared furbearer season when a firearms deer Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily
season is closed. Dogs are required to hunt bobcat, limit - 8, possession limit - 32.
opossum and raccoon at night.
Area Notes: Hunters, trappers and campers 16 years Mondays. No limit.
of age or older must purchase a Casey Jones WMA
leased lands permit.
Cherokee WMA
Green Bay Packaging, Inc. 877-297-4331 • 62,203 acres • Cleburne,
Cattail Marsh WMA Conway, Independence, Logan, Pope, Stone, Van Buren, Scott
AGFC 877-972-5438 • 78 acres • Greene county, WMA zone 126 counties, WMA zone 128
CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun, CLOSED: alligator and elk.
bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern
gun, alligator and elk.
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of
three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7
than two legal bucks or up to three does may be taken and Jan. 1-2.
with archery tackle only.
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of two
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession limit deer; no more than one legal buck. No more than one
-12. Bird dogs allowed. legal buck or up to two does may be taken with archery
tackle. No more than one legal buck may be taken
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit -
during the muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. Bag
limit during the modern gun special youth hunt is one
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a
limit - 8, possession limit - 32. bonus deer and will count towards the seasonal bag limit.

Bear Archery: Sept. 15-Nov. 30 (only on that Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of
part of the area that lies in bear zone 2). Oct. three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more
1-Nov. 30 (only on that part of the area that lies in than two legal bucks or up to two does may be taken
bear zone 1). Statewide bag limit. No dogs. with archery tackle only.
Bear Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24. Statewide bag Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
limit. No dogs. limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
Bear Modern Gun: Sept. 15-16 (only on that Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit -
part of the area that lies in bear zone 2). Nov. 8-30 8, possession limit - 16.
(only on the part of the area that lies in bear zone Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily
1). Statewide bag limit. No dogs. limit - 8, possession limit - 32.
Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7. Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
Statewide bag limit. No dogs. Mondays. No limit.
zone quota is reached (for the lands that lie
within Bear Zone 1).
Cove Creek Natural Area WMA
Natural Heritage Comm. 877-525-8606 • 228 acres • Faulkner
county, WMA zone 134
CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun,
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
possession limit - 32. of two deer; no more than one legal buck. No more
Mondays. No limit.
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession limit
Area Notes: Permanent deer stands are not allowed. A
-12. Bird dogs allowed.
Cherokee WMA leased lands permit is required to hunt
or trap wildlife on the area. Hunters in possession of a Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit -
valid Cherokee WMA leased lands permit are allowed 8, possession limit - 16.
to use ATVs, motorcycles or bicycles only on open,
maintained roads during an open hunting season while Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit
traveling to or from a campsite or hunting location. - 8, possession limit - 32.
Dogs may be used for coyote, fox and bobcat hunting Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
when furbearer hunting season is open and firearms Mondays. No limit.
deer season is closed.
Crossett Experimental
Cherokee Prairie Natural Forest WMA
Area WMA
USDA Forest Service 870-364-8730 • 1,675 acres • Ashley county,
Natural Heritage Commission 877-478-1043 • 566 acres • Franklin WMA zone 136
CLOSED: deer modern gun, bear archery, bear
CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun, muzzleloader, bear modern gun, alligator and elk.
gun, alligator and elk. Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 29-31.

Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
five deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than Mondays. No limit.
two legal bucks or up to five does may be taken with
archery tackle. No more than three legal bucks and two Area Notes: Check antler restrictions on pages 42-43
does may be taken during the muzzleloader season. for important additional information. The Pigeon
Creek Waterfowl Rest Area closes to access after the
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession last day of the modern gun quota deer hunt on the
limit -12. Bird dogs allowed. area and reopens to access Feb. 1. Check the latest
Arkansas Waterfowl Regulations Guidebook for details.
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except Travel by boat is not allowed on Latin Drain, Firehunt
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, Slough and Third Slough except during high-water
possession limit - 16. periods when boating access is possible to the Deep
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except Slough Dam. In this case, boats may be used area wide;
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, however, boat motors may only be used on Cut-off
possession limit - 32. Creek and Deep Slough. Cut-Off Creek WMA is
closed to all trespassing (except in designated campsites,
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through parking areas and boat launch ramps) from 2 a.m. to 4
Mondays. No limit. a.m. during duck season.
Area Notes: Free permit is required to hunt on the
area and is available after Aug. 1 from the Southern
Research Station. USDA Forest Service, P. O. Box 3516, Cypress Bayou WMA
Monticello, AR 71656-3516, or from the headquarters AGFC 877-525-8606 • 1,503 acres • Lonoke, White counties, WMA
of the Crossett Experimental Forest. Refer to Page 28 zone 140
for additional USDA Forest Service information.
CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear
Cut-Off Creek WMA Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
AGFC / Natural Heritage Comm. 877-367-3559 • 9,314 acres (includes Deer Muzzleloader (permit hunt): Oct. 23-27.
Cut-Off Creek Ravines Natural Area) Drew county, WMA zone 138
Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): Nov. 13-17.
modern gun, alligator and elk. Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
of three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. more than two legal bucks or up to three does may
Deer Muzzleloader (permit hunt): Oct. 23-27. be taken with archery tackle. No more than one
legal buck or one doe may be taken during the
Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): Nov. 13-17. muzzleloader or modern gun permit hunts.
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession limit
of four deer; no more than two legal bucks. No -12. Bird dogs allowed.
more than two legal bucks or up to four does may
be taken with archery tackle. No more than one Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during
legal buck and one doe may be taken during the firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession
muzzleloader or modern gun permit hunts. limit - 16.
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
limit -12. Bird dogs allowed. during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
possession limit - 16. Mondays. No limit.

Dardanelle WMA Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except

during muzzleloader deer hunt, modern gun special
Corps of Engineers 877-478-1043 • 42,500 acres • Franklin, Johnson, youth hunt, Dec. 26-28 or on the islands during
Logan, Pope, Yell counties, WMA zone 160 any firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession
CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear limit - 32.
modern gun, alligator and elk. Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. Johnson County Mondays. No limit.
Waterfowl Rest Area: Oct. 1-31 and Feb. 1-28. Area Notes: The WMA boundary includes lands
No dogs. within the Corps of Engineers boundary, including
Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20. islands and shoreline acreage. Additional Corps
No dogs. of Engineers regulations apply. Contact Corps of
Engineers, P.O. Box 1087, Russellville, AR 72801,
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 5 (dogs allowed 479-968-5008. Dogs, hunting or trapping equipment
except on islands) and Dec. 26-28 (no dogs). are not allowed on Johnson County Waterfowl Rest
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7 Area, except as noted above. Horsehead Creek and Bob
and Jan. 1-2. No dogs. Young WRAs are closed to all hunting and trespassing
from Nov. 1-Feb. 15 and will reopen Feb. 16. Johnson
Deer Special Modern Gun Mobility Impaired County WRA closes to access Nov. 9 and reopens to
(permit hunt): Johnson County Waterfowl Rest access Feb. 1. Horsehead Creek and Bob Young WRAs
Area only: Nov. 6-7. Five permits for Johnson close to access Nov. 1 and will reopen to access for
County Waterfowl Rest Area. No dogs allowed. archery deer hunting Feb. 1.
Call the Corps of Engineers at 479-968-5008
ext. 268. Shotguns with slugs and muzzleloaders
shooting a single projectile may be used for the Dave Donaldson Black
hunt on the Johnson County WRA. River WMA
Deer Notes: Seasonal bag limit of three deer; no AGFC 877-972-5438 • 27,000 acres • Clay, Greene, Randolph
more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal counties, WMA zone 170
bucks or up to two does may be taken with archery
tackle. No more than two legal bucks may be taken CLOSED: deer modern gun, bear archery, bear
during the muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. muzzleloader, bear modern gun, alligator and elk.
No more than two bucks (no antler restrictions) or up Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Jan. 31.
to two does may be taken during the Johnson County
WRA Special Mobility Impaired Permit season. Deer Muzzleloader (permit hunt): Oct. 30-Nov. 3.
Bag limit during the modern gun special youth Deer Modern Gun Youth Hunt (permit hunt):
hunt is two deer, no more than two bucks (no antler Nov. 6-7. This area has special firearms restrictions;
restrictions) and one doe. These are not bonus deer see Area Notes.
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession of three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No
limit -12. Johnson County Waterfowl Rest Area is more than two legal bucks or up to three does may
closed. Bird dogs allowed. be taken with archery tackle. No more than one
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Daily limit - 8, legal buck or one doe may be taken during the
possession limit - 16. Closed on Johnson County muzzleloader permit hunt. Bag limit during the
Waterfowl Rest Area. Dogs allowed except during modern gun youth permit hunt is one deer, buck (no
muzzleloader deer hunt, modern gun special youth antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer
hunt, Dec. 26-28 or on the islands during any and will count towards the seasonal bag limit.
firearms deer hunts. Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession

Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except Bear Archery: Sept. 15-Nov. 30. Statewide bag
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, limit. No dogs.
Bear Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24. Statewide bag
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except limit. No dogs.
possession limit - 32. Bear Modern Gun: Sept. 15-16 and Nov. 8-30.
Statewide bag limit. No dogs.
Mondays. No limit. Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7.
Area Notes: Check Black River Flood Prone Region
on Page 55 for important additional information. For Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession limit
all hunters except deer muzzleloaders permit holders, -12. Bird dogs allowed.
the Winchester Waterfowl Rest Area (all of Section 21, Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except for
Township 11N, Range 3E lying south of Black River) muzzleloader deer hunts, modern gun special youth
and Brookings Moist Soil Units are closed to access hunt and Dec. 26-28. Daily limit - 8, possession
Nov. 1 and reopens to access Feb. 16. Lake Ashbaugh limit - 16.
is closed to hunting. Modern guns are restricted to
shotguns with slugs and certain revolvers and pistols. Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit -
Archery equipment and muzzleloader rifles may also 8, possession limit - 32.
be used. Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
Mondays. No limit.
DeGray Lake WMA Area Notes: Contact the Corps of Engineers for a
Mobility Impaired Hunt Application at 870-246-5501.
Corps of Engineers 877-836-4612 • 14,000 acres • Clark, Hot Spring
counties, WMA zone 173
CLOSED: alligator and elk. Departee Creek WMA
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28 (no dogs). AGFC 877-734-4581 • 450 acres • White county, WMA zone 175
Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20 CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear
(no dogs). modern gun, alligator and elk.
Deer Muzzleloader Mobility Impaired (permit Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
hunt): Oct. 25-27 (no dogs). Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 29-31.
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 12 (dogs allowed) Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 19 and Dec. 26-28.
and Dec. 26-28 (no dogs).
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7 and Jan. 1-2.
and Jan. 1-2 (no dogs).
Deer Notes: Seasonal bag limit of four deer; no more of three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No
than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or more than two legal bucks or up to three does may
up to four does may be taken by archery tackle. No more be taken with archery tackle. No more than two
than two legal bucks and two does may be taken during legal bucks or up to two does may be taken during
the muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. No more the muzzleloader or modern gun seasons. Bag limit
than one buck (no antler restrictions) or one doe may be during the modern gun special youth hunt is three
taken during the muzzleloader mobility impaired permit deer, no more than two bucks (no antler restrictions)
hunt. Bag limit during the modern gun special youth or up to two does. These are not bonus deer and will
hunt is four deer, no more than two bucks (no antler count towards the seasonal bag limit.
restrictions) and two does. These are not bonus deer and Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
will count towards the seasonal bag limit. limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.

Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16. during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
possession limit - 32. during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
Mondays. No limit. Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
Mondays. No limit.
Area Notes: Check flood prone region B on Page 56
for important additional information.
Dr. Lester Sitzes III Bois D’Arc WMA
Devil’s Knob Natural Area WMA AGFC 877-777-5580 • 13,646 acres • Hempstead county, WMA
zone 180
Natural Heritage Commission 877-297-4331 • 519 acres • Izard
county, WMA zone 177 CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear
modern gun, and elk.
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. Red Slough
Waterfowl Rest Area: Oct. 1-Nov. 5.
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 5 and Dec.
26-28.
of four deer; no more than two legal bucks. No
and Jan. 1-2.
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of be taken with archery tackle. No more than one
three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more legal buck and two doe may be taken during the
than two legal bucks or up to three does may be muzzleloader or modern gun permit seasons.
taken with archery tackle. No more than two legal
bucks may be taken during the muzzleloader and Alligator (permit hunt): Sept. 17-20 and Sept.
modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the modern 24-27.
gun special youth hunt is two deer, no more than Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession limit
two bucks (no antler restrictions) or up to one doe. -12. Bird dogs allowed.
These are not bonus deer and will count towards
the seasonal bag limit. Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during
Bear Archery: Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Statewide bag firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16.
limit. No dogs. Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
limit. No dogs.
Bear Modern Gun: Nov. 8-30. Statewide bag Mondays. No limit.
limit. No dogs.
Area Notes: Red Slough Waterfowl Rest Area closes
Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7. to access Nov. 6 and will reopen to access Feb. 16,
Statewide bag limit. No dogs. although it is open to archery deer hunting Oct. 1-Nov.
Bear Notes: Bear seasons close earlier if bear 5. Dr. Lester Sitzes III Bois D’Arc Lake is open for
zone quota is reached. fishing and non-hunting access.

Earl Buss Bayou DeView WMA Bear Modern Gun: Oct. 30-31 and Nov. 6-7
(deer permit holders only). Statewide bag limit.
AGFC 877-972-5438 • 4,435 acres • Poinsett county, WMA zone 210 No dogs.
CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun, Bear Notes: Bear seasons close earlier if bear
bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern zone quota is reached.
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Weekends only. Limit 4.
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Jan. 31. Bird dogs allowed.
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
than two legal bucks or up to three does may be possession limit - 16. Closed on Wylie Cox Special
taken with archery tackle only. Use Area.
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit - possession limit - 32. Closed on Wylie Cox Special
8, possession limit - 16. Use Area.
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
limit - 8, possession limit - 32. Mondays. No limit.
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through Bobcat and Coyote: Closed to hunting unless other
Mondays. No limit. hunting seasons are open.
Area Notes: Check flood prone region A on Page 56 Area Notes: Check antler restrictions on pages 42-43
for important additional information. Lake Hogue is for important additional information. The Steve Frick
closed to hunting. Waterfowl Rest Area is closed to access the day after
the modern gun deer hunt and will reopen to access
Feb. 1. The Wylie Cox SUA is closed to hunting except
Ed Gordon Point Remove WMA for dove hunting the first week of the statewide season.
Dog training is from Sept. 1-April 1. Dog trainers
AGFC / Natural Heritage Comm. 877-967-7577 • 8,694 acres (includes must possess a current Arkansas hunting license. The
Goose Pond Natural Area) Conway, Pope counties, WMA zone 213 area closes to dog training during field trials. Signs
CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, bear are posted when a field trial is in progress. The SUA
muzzleloader, alligator and elk. includes 140 acres east of Cargile Lake and south and
west of County Road 26. Boats are not allowed from
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. 1 p.m. until 4 a.m. during duck season although boats
Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): Oct. 30-31 and boat motors may be used from 4 a.m. until 6:30
p.m. during the statewide youth waterfowl hunt and
and Nov. 13-14.
during the last three days of the last duck season.
two deer; no more than one legal buck. No more than
one legal buck or up to two does may be taken with Electric Island WMA
archery tackle. No more than one buck (no antler
restrictions) and one doe may be taken during the AGFC 877-525-8606 • 118 acres • Garland county, WMA zone 215
modern gun permit hunts. Doe harvested during the CLOSED: all hunting, trapping, camping, dogs and
modern gun permit hunts are bonus deer and do not fires of any kind. Possession of firearms prohibited.
count against the statewide seasonal bag limit. A doe
must be harvested and checked before a buck may be
harvested during both modern gun permit hunts.
limit. No dogs.

Ethel WMA Fort Chaffee WMA

AGFC 877-367-3559 • 176 acres • Arkansas county, WMA zone 217 U.S. Army 877-478-1043 • 66,000 acres • Crawford, Franklin,
Sebastian counties, WMA zone 230
bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear
gun, alligator and elk. modern gun, alligator and elk.
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of Deer Muzzleloader (permit hunt): Nov. 27
three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more and 28.
taken by archery tackle only. Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): Nov. 20 and 21.
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
limit -12. Bird dogs allowed. of three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No
more than two legal bucks or up to two does may
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit - be harvested with archery tackle. No more than
8, possession limit - 16. one legal buck or one doe may be taken during the
muzzleloader or modern gun permit hunts.
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily
limit - 8, possession limit - 32. Quail: Dec. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession limit
Mondays. No limit. Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
Falcon Bottoms Natural Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
Area WMA during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
Natural Heritage Comm. 877-836-4612 • 2,787 acres • Columbia, possession limit - 32.
Lafayette, Nevada counties, WMA zone 219 Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun, Mondays. No limit.
of five deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more
than two legal bucks or up to five does may be taken
by archery tackle only.
Mondays. No limit.

Area Notes: The Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Deer Modern Gun Youth Hunt:
Center (FCMTC) has updated the Policy Statement East Unit: Nov. 26-28.
and the Sportsman’s Map. The updated documents
are available from the Environmental Office (Building West Unit: Nov. 20-21, Nov. 26-28, Dec. 4-5 and
1370) on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 a.m. to 3 Dec. 11-12.
p.m. and are displayed on the legal access gate bulletin Deer Modern Gun Mobility Impaired
boards. Persons entering FCMTC must attend a (permit hunt):
Sportsman’s Orientation class and comply with post East Unit: Oct. 30-Nov. 1.
regulations. Class schedule and locations are available
by calling 479-484-3995, ext 2. Consumptive users West Unit: Closed.
must purchase a biannual sportsman’s permit ($20) Deer Notes:
while nonconsumptive or recreational users are required East: Unit: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of four
to have a biannual recreational permit ($5 charge). Both deer; no more than two legal bucks. The combined doe
are available at the class. Renewals or replacements bag limit per person for the archery, muzzleloader and
are available Tuesdays and Thursdays from the modern gun seasons is two. A doe must be harvested
Environmental Office from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. FCMTC’s and checked before a legal buck may be harvested during
modern gun and muzzleloader special hunt permit any hunt, except during the modern gun youth permit
holders are required to have a current, valid recreational hunt. Bag limit during the modern gun youth permit
or sportsman’s permit in order to participate. Renewals hunt is four deer, one legal buck and up to three does.
will no longer be made on the day of the hunt. Gates For all hunts, a legal buck must have both antlers under
16 and 22 open at 4:30 a.m. for the special hunts. 2 inches (button buck included) or an inside spread of
Public use compartments may be closed due to military 15 inches or more in width or at least one main beam 18
training.Legal access gates are posted with maps of inches or more in length.
compartments and calendars of compartment closures. West Unit: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of
To contact the post for compartment closures, call three deer; no more than one buck and two does. These
479-484-3995, ext.1. Check Legal Access Gate bulletin
deer are not bonus deer and will count towards the
boards each day.
seasonal bag limit. No antler restrictions.
Freddie Black Choctaw Island limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
WMA Deer Research Area Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during
AGFC 877-367-3559 • 9,475 acres • Desha county, WMA west zone firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16.
132, WMA east zone 133 Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
modern gun, alligator and elk. possession limit - 32.
Deer Archery: Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through

East Unit: Oct. 1-Dec. 31. Mondays. No limit.
West Unit: Closed. Area Notes: See Page 42 for special antler restrictions.
Freddie Black Choctaw Island WMA Deer Research
Deer Muzzleloader (permit hunt): Area East Unit closes to deer hunting when the
East Unit: Oct. 23-25. Mississippi River gauge at Arkansas City reaches 31 feet
and remains closed until the gauge falls to 29 feet or
West Unit: Closed. below. The West Unit does not flood and should remain
Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): independent of the East Unit. Horses and mules are
East Unit: Dec. 4-6. prohibited during deer season.
West Unit: Closed.

Frog Bayou WMA limit - 8, possession limit - 32.
AGFC 479-478-1043 • 790 acres • Crawford county, WMA zone 235 Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun, Mondays. No limit.
Garrett Hollow Natural
Area WMA
of three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No Natural Heritage Comm. 866-253-2506 • 670 acres • Washington
more than two legal bucks or up to two does may be county, WMA zone 245
taken with archery tackle only. CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun,
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern
limit -12. Bird dogs allowed. gun, alligator and elk.
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit - Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
8, possession limit - 16. Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily of two deer; no more than one legal buck. No more
limit - 8, possession limit - 32. than one legal buck or up to two does may be taken
Mondays. No limit. Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
Galla Creek WMA 8, possession limit - 16.
AGFC 877-967-7577 • 3,329 acres • Pope county, WMA zone 240 Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily
CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, bear muzzleloader, limit - 8, possession limit - 32.
alligator and elk. Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. Mondays. No limit.
Deer Modern Gun Youth Hunt (permit hunt): Nov. 6-7.
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit Gene Rush WMA
of three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No AGFC 877-967-7577 • 19,949 acres • Newton, Searcy counties, WMA
more than two legal bucks or up to two does may zone 250
be taken with archery tackle. Bag limit during the
modern gun youth permit hunt is one deer, buck (no CLOSED: alligator.
antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24.
limit. No dogs. Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-21 and Dec. 26-28.
Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7 (deer Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7
permit holders only). Statewide bag limit. No dogs. and Jan. 1-2.
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Weekends only. Limit 4.
Bird dogs allowed.

Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit Deer Muzzleloader Mobility Impaired (permit
two deer; no more than one legal buck. No more than hunt): Nov. 2-4.
one legal buck or up to two does may be taken with
archery tackle. No more than one legal buck may Deer Muzzleloader Special Youth Hunt: Dec.
be taken during the muzzleloader and modern gun 28-29.
seasons and no more than one doe may be taken from Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
Oct. 16-20. Bag limit during the modern gun special of two deer; no more than one legal buck. No more
youth hunt is two deer, no more than one buck (no than one legal buck or up to two does may be taken
antler restrictions) and one doe. These are not bonus with archery tackle. No more than one buck (no
deer and will count towards the seasonal bag limit. antler restrictions) or one doe may be taken during
Bear Archery: Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Statewide bag the muzzleloader mobility impaired permit hunt.
limit. No dogs. Bag limit during the modern gun youth permit
hunt is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or doe.
Bear Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24. Statewide bag This is not a bonus deer and will count towards the
limit. No dogs. seasonal bag limit.
Bear Modern Gun: Nov. 13-21. Statewide bag Bear Archery: Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Statewide bag limit.
limit. No dogs. No dogs.
Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7. Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession limit
Statewide bag limit. No dogs. -12. Bird dogs allowed.
Bear Notes: Bear seasons close earlier if bear Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during
zone quota is reached. firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16.
Elk (permit hunt): Sept. 20-24 and Dec. 6-10. Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except for
-12. Bird dogs allowed. Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
Mondays. No limit.
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during
firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession Area Notes: Contact the Corps of Engineers for a
limit - 16. Mobility Impaired Hunt Application at 870-246-5501.
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, Gulf Mountain WMA
AGFC 877-297-4331 • 11,683 acres • Van Buren county, WMA
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through zone 280
Mondays. No limit.
Area Notes: Horses and mules are not allowed for
any use on that portion of Gene Rush WMA lying Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
east of Searcy County Road 14 and west of the Buffalo
National River property line from Woolum Ford to
the intersection of Searcy County roads 12 and 14. All Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): Nov. 13-17.
caves closed to public access.
Greers Ferry Lake WMA one legal buck or up to two does may be taken with
archery tackle. No more than one legal buck or one
Corps of Engineers 877-297-4331 • 9,914 acres • Cleburne, Van Buren doe may be taken during the muzzleloader or modern
counties, WMA zone 270 gun permit hunts.
CLOSED: deer modern gun, bear muzzleloader, Bear Archery: Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Statewide bag
bear modern gun, alligator and elk. limit. No dogs.
Bear Muzzleloader (deer permit holders only): Deer Notes: Seasonal bag limit of four deer; no
Oct. 9-13. Statewide bag limit. No dogs. more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal
bucks or up to four does may be taken with archery
Bear Modern Gun (deer permit holders only): tackle. No more than one legal buck and one doe
Nov. 6-10. Statewide bag limit. No dogs. may be taken during the muzzleloader or modern
Bear Notes: Bear seasons close earlier if bear gun seasons. Bag limit during the modern gun special
zone quota is reached. youth hunt is two deer, no more than one buck (no
antler restrictions) and one doe. These are not bonus
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6 in Compartment A (no deer and will count towards the seasonal bag limit.
permit required). Dec. 1, 4, 8, 11 and 15 in
Compartments 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 within Gulf Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
Mountain Quail Demonstration Area (permit limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
required). One hunting party per permitted
compartment per day. No more than 3 persons per Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
party. Bag limit of 5 birds per person. Bird dogs during muzzlelaoder deer hunt, deer modern gun
allowed. Drawings for quail hunt permits must special youth hunt, Nov. 13-24 and Dec. 26-28.
be submitted on a 3x5 postcard and postmarked Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16.
by Sept. 30. Print or type name, address, hunting Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
license (or hunter education number if under 16) during muzzlelaoder deer hunt, deer modern gun
and a first and second choice of dates. No more
than 3 applicants per card. Each person or group special youth hunt, Nov. 13-24 and Dec. 26-28.
may submit only one application to Gulf Mountian Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 32.
WMA. Send card to: AGFC, Gulf Mountain Quail Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
Hunt, P.O. Box 729, Calico Rock, AR 72519-0729. Mondays. No limit.
Successful applicants will be notified by Nov. 1.
Area Notes: Hunters, trappers and campers 16 years
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except of age or older must purchase a Gum Flats WMA
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, leased lands permit.
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, H. E. Flanagan Prairie Natural
possession limit - 32. Area WMA
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through Natural Heritage Comm. 877-478-1043 • 257 acres • Franklin county,
Mondays. No limit. WMA zone 284
Gum Flats WMA bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern
Weyerhaeuser 877-777-5580 • 16,661 acres • Little River county,
WMA zone 282 Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of
modern gun, alligator and elk. three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more
than two legal bucks or up to two does may be taken
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. No dogs. with archery tackle only.
Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20. Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession limit
No dogs. -12. Bird dogs allowed.
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-24 (no dogs), Dec. Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit -
4-15 (dogs allowed) and Dec. 26-28 (no dogs). 8, possession limit - 16.
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7 Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit
and Jan. 1-2. No dogs. - 8, possession limit - 32.

Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through Harris Brake WMA
Mondays. No limit.
AGFC 877-525-8606 • 2,700 acres • Perry county, WMA zone 300
Harold E. Alexander Spring bear muzzleloader, bear modern gun, alligator
River WMA and elk.
AGFC / Natural Heritage Comm. 877-297-4331 • 13,859 acres Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
(includes Rock Creek Natural Area) Sharp County, WMA zone 290 Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
CLOSED: alligator and elk. of two deer; no more than one legal buck. No more
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. with archery tackle only.
Deer Muzzleloader (permit hunt): Oct. 23-27. Bear Archery: Sept. 15-Nov. 30. Statewide bag
Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): Nov. 13-17. limit. No dogs.
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
of three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
more than two legal bucks or up to three does may Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit -
be taken with archery tackle. No more than one 8, possession limit - 16.
legal buck or one doe may be taken during the
muzzleloader or modern gun permit hunts. Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily
limit. No dogs. Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
Mondays. No limit.
Bear Muzzleloader: Oct. 9-13 (deer permit
holders only). Statewide bag limit. No dogs. Area Notes: Harris Brake Lake is closed except for
the early Canada Goose season, Sept. 1-15. During
Bear Modern Gun: Nov. 6-10 (deer permit duck season, other hunters may hunt only during the
holders only). Statewide bag limit. No dogs. same hours and days as duck hunters except for those
Bear Notes: Bear seasons close earlier if bear trapping and hunting furbearers at night.
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Hunting ends at noon. Daily Henry Gray Hurricane
limit - 6, possession limit -12. Bird dogs allowed. Lake WMA
AGFC 877-734-4581 • 17,524 acres • White county, WMA zone 310
possession limit - 16. CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear
Squirrel: Sept. 4-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
Mondays. No limit. Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): Nov. 13-17.
Area Notes: All caves closed to public access. Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
more than two legal bucks or up to three does may
be taken with archery tackle. No more than one
legal buck and one doe may be taken during the
muzzleloader or modern gun permit hunts.

Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession Bear Notes: Bear seasons close earlier if bear
limit -12. Bird dogs allowed. zone quota is reached.
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16. limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
possession limit - 32. possession limit - 16.
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
Mondays. No limit. during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
Area Notes: Check antler restrictions on pages 42-43
for important additional information. Area closes to Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
deer hunting when the White River exceeds 26 feet on Mondays. No limit.
the Augusta gauge and reopens when the Georgetown
gauge has fallen below 14 feet. Area Notes: Camping is restricted to five primitive
backpack sites on Pigeon Roost Trail. The area south
of Highway 12, east of War Eagle Road and north of
Bettis Hill Road is closed to hunting. The area north of
Hobbs State Park-Conservation Page Sawmill Road and Rambo Road is only open to
Area WMA archery and squirrel hunting.
Arkansas State Parks 866-253-2506 • 12,055 acres • Benton, Carroll,
Madison counties, WMA zone 320
Holland Bottoms WMA
AGFC / Natural Heritage Comm. 877-525-8606 • 6,190 acres
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. (includes Holland Bottoms Natural Area Willow Oak Forest Preserve) •
Deer Muzzleloader (permit hunt): Nov. 13-17. Lonoke county, WMA zone 340
Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): Dec. 4-8.
Nov. 6-7.
Deer Muzzleloader (permit hunt): Oct. 23-25
Deer Modern Gun Mobility Impaired Hunt
(permit hunt): Oct. 23-24. and Nov. 26-28.
two deer; no more than one legal buck. No more of three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No
than one legal buck or up to two does may be taken more than two legal bucks or up to two does may
with archery tackle. No more than one legal buck be taken with archery tackle. No more than one
or one doe may be taken during the muzzleloader legal buck or one doe may be taken during the
or modern gun permit hunts. Bag limit during the muzzleloader permit hunt.
modern gun youth permit hunt and the modern gun Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Tuesdays and Saturdays only.
mobility impaired permit hunt is one deer, buck (no Daily limit - 6, possession limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
and will count towards the seasonal bag limit. Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
during muzzleloader deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
Bear Archery: Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Statewide bag limit. possession limit - 16.
No dogs.
Bear Muzzleloader: Nov. 13-17 (deer permit during muzzleloader deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
holders only). Statewide bag limit. No dogs. possession limit - 32.
Bear Modern Gun: Dec. 4-8 (deer permit Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
holders only). Statewide bag limit. No dogs. Mondays. No limit.

Area Notes: The Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): Nov. 13-21
through the area is considered part of the WMA for and Dec. 4-12.
season and regulations purposes. Lake Pickthorne
WRA closes to access Nov. 1 and reopens to access Feb. Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7
16. The WMA access gate near Lake Pickthorne will be and Jan. 1-2.
open from May 15-June 15 and Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
of four deer; no more than two legal bucks. No
Hope Upland WMA be taken with archery tackle. No more than one
AGFC 877-777-5580 • 2,115 acres • Hempstead county, WMA
muzzleloader or modern gun permit hunts. Bag
zone 360
limit during the modern gun special youth hunt
CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, bear archery, bear is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or doe.
muzzleloader, bear modern gun, alligator and elk. This is not a bonus deer and will count towards the
seasonal bag limit.
Deer Modern Gun Youth Hunt (permit hunt): limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
Nov. 6-7.
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16.
four deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than
two legal bucks or up to four does may be taken with Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
archery tackle. Bag limit during the modern gun youth during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
permit hunt is two deer, no more than one buck (no possession limit - 32.
antler restrictions) or up to two does. This is not a bonus Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
deer and will count towards the seasonal bag limit. Mondays. No limit.
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Tuesdays only. Limit 4.
Bird dogs allowed.
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Howard Hensley Searcy
Saturdays only. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16. County WMA
Dogs allowed except during firearms deer hunts. AGFC 877-967-7577 • 170 acres • Searcy county, WMA zone 372
Squirrel: Sept. 4-Feb. 28. Tuesdays, Thursdays and CLOSED: alligator and elk.
Saturdays only. Dogs allowed except during firearms
deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 32. Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20, Thursdays and Saturdays Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20.
only. No limit. Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 5 and Dec. 26-28.
Area Notes: The area is closed to vehicles. Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7
and Jan. 1-2.
Howard County WMA Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
two deer; no more than one legal buck. No more
Weyerhaeuser 877-777-5580 • 26,000 acres • Howard county, WMA than one legal buck or up to two does may be
zone 370 taken with archery tackle. No more than one legal
CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear buck may be taken during the muzzleloader and
modern gun, alligator and elk. modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the modern
gun special youth hunt is one deer, buck (no antler
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer and will
Deer Muzzleloader (permit hunt): Oct. 16-24 count towards the seasonal bag limit.
and Dec. 18-20.

Bear Archery: Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Statewide bag J. Perry Mikles Blue
limit. No dogs.
Mountain SUA
Bear Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24. Statewide bag Corps of Engineers 877-478-1043 • 4,000 acres • Logan county,
limit. No dogs. WMA zone 380
Bear Modern Gun: Nov. 8-30. Statewide bag CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, bear archery, bear
limit. No dogs. muzzleloader, bear modern gun, alligator, elk,
Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7. quail and rabbit.
Statewide bag limit. No dogs. Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
Bear Notes: Bear seasons close earlier if bear Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): Nov. 17-18.
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession limit Oct. 9-10.
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more
firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16. than two legal bucks or up to three does may be taken
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except with archery tackle. No more than one legal buck or
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, one doe may be taken during the modern gun permit
hunt. Bag limit during the modern gun youth permit
possession limit - 32. hunt is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or doe.
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through This is not a bonus deer and will count towards the
Mondays. No limit. seasonal bag limit.
Squirrel: May 15-Oct. 31. Dogs allowed except
Iron Mountain Natural possession limit - 32.
Area WMA Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
Natural Heritage Comm. 877-478-1043 • 260 acres • Polk county, Mondays. No limit.
WMA zone 375 Furbearers: closed to all trapping and raccoon
CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun, hunting. Chase for pleasure or training purposes only
bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern is permitted year-round. Closed during field trails.
Area Notes: All organized horse and mule events on
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. J. Perry Mikles Blue Mountain SUA are required to be
scheduled/reserved annually by July 1 through the Area
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit Manager. All pleasure riding is restricted to dates when
of two deer; no more than one legal buck. No more
than one legal buck or up to two does may be taken no field trials are being conducted. Annual field trial
with archery tackle only. schedule will be posted at area headquarters.

limit -12. Bird dogs allowed. Jamestown Independence
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit - County WMA
AGFC 877-297-4331 • 971 acres • Independence county, WMA
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily zone 385
Mondays. No limit.

Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7 Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
and Jan. 1-2. of two deer; no more than one legal buck. No
more than one legal buck or up to two does may be
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit taken with archery tackle. No more than one legal
of two deer; no more than one legal buck. No buck may be taken during the muzzleloader and
more than one legal buck or up to two does may be modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the modern
taken with archery tackle. No more than one legal gun special youth hunt is one deer, buck (no antler
buck may be taken during the muzzleloader and restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer and will
modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the modern count towards the seasonal bag limit.
restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer and will Bear Archery: Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Statewide bag
count towards the seasonal bag limit. limit. No dogs.
Bear Archery: Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Statewide bag Bear Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24. Statewide bag
limit. No dogs. limit. No dogs.
Bear Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24. Statewide bag Bear Modern Gun: Nov. 8-30. Statewide bag
Bear Modern Gun: Nov. 8-14. Statewide bag Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7.
limit. No dogs. Statewide bag limit. No dogs.
Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7. Bear Notes: Bear seasons close earlier if bear
Statewide bag limit. No dogs. zone quota is reached.
Bear Notes: Bear seasons close earlier if bear Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
zone quota is reached. limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession limit Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during
-12. Bird dogs allowed. firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16.
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
possession limit - 32. Mondays. No limit.
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through Area Notes: Permanent deer stands are not allowed.
Mondays. No limit. A Jim Kress WMA leased lands permit is required to
hunt or trap wildlife on the area. Hunters in possession
of a valid Jim Kress WMA leased lands permit are
Jim Kress WMA allowed to use ATVs, motorcycles or bicycles on open,
maintained roads during an open hunting season while
Green Bay Packaging / Natural Heritage Comm. 877-297-4331 • traveling to or from a campsite or hunting location. A
14,527 acres (includes Big Creek Natural Area) Cleburne county, WMA Jim Kress WMA leased lands permit is not required to
zone 387 operate a vehicle on state highways or county roads. All
ATVs are prohibited on Big Creek Natural Area.
and Jan. 1-2.

Jones Point WMA Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
Corps of Engineers 877-967-7577 • 1,200 acres • Marion county, more than two legal bucks or up to five does may
WMA zone 390 be taken with archery tackle. No more than two
CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun, legal bucks and three does may be taken during
bear muzzleloader, bear modern gun, alligator the muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. Bag
and elk. limit during the modern gun special youth hunt
is five deer, no more than two bucks (no antler
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. restrictions) and three does. These are not bonus
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of deer and will count towards the seasonal bag limit.
three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
than two legal bucks or up to three does may be limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
taken with archery tackle only.
Bear Archery: Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Statewide bag during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
limit. No dogs. possession limit - 16.
Bear Notes: Bear seasons close earlier if bear Squirrel: Sept. 4-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
zone quota is reached. during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession limit possession limit - 32.
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit - Mondays. No limit.
8, possession limit - 16. Area Notes: Check antler restrictions on pages 42-43
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily for important additional information. Hunters and
limit - 8, possession limit - 32. trappers 16 or older are required to purchase a Lafayette
County WMA leased lands permit. See Page 17.
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through Roads may be closed due to wet or flooded conditions.
Mondays. No limit. Vehicles must stay on maintained or graveled roads.
Buckshot may not be used.
Lafayette County WMA

Private 877-777-5580 • 16,739 acres • Lafayette county, WMA
Lake Greeson WMA
zone 400 Weyerhaeuser / Private 877-777-5580 • 38,000 acres • Howard, Pike
modern gun, alligator and elk. CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. No dogs.
Deer Muzzleloader (permit hunt): Oct. 16-24
and Dec. 18-20. No dogs.
Deer Muzzleloader Mobility Impaired (permit
and Jan. 1-2.
hunt): Oct. 9-10. No dogs.
Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): Nov. 13-24
(no dogs allowed) and Dec. 4-15 (dogs allowed).
and Jan. 1-2. No dogs.

Deer Notes: Seasonal bag limit of four deer; no more Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
up to four does may be taken with archery tackle. No
more than one legal buck and one doe may be taken Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
during the muzzleloader hunt or muzzleloader mobility during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
impaired hunt or the modern gun permit hunts. Bag possession limit - 16.
limit during the modern gun special youth hunt is one Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or doe. This is not during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
a bonus deer and will count towards the seasonal possession limit - 32.
bag limit.
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession Mondays. No limit.
during deer muzzleloader hunts, modern gun Little Bayou WMA
special youth hunt and Nov. 13-24. Daily limit - 8, AGFC 877-367-3559 • 1,284 acres • Ashley county, WMA zone 415
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except muzzleloader, bear modern gun, alligator and elk.
during deer muzzleloader hunts, modern gun
special youth hunt and Nov. 13-24. Daily limit - 8, Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
possession limit - 32. Deer Muzzleloader (permit hunt): Oct. 23-27.
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
Mondays. No limit. of four deer; no more than two legal bucks. No
Area Notes: Other hunting seasons remain open more than two legal bucks or up to four does may
during permit hunts. be taken with archery tackle. No more than one
muzzleloader permit hunt.
Lee County WMA Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
AGFC 877-734-4581 • 200 acres • Lee county, WMA zone 412 limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during
modern gun, alligator and elk. firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16.
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20. possession limit - 32.
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 12 and Dec. 26-28. Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7 Mondays. No limit.
and Jan. 1-2. Area Notes: Check antler restrictions on pages 42-43
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of for important additional information.
three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more
taken with archery tackle. No more than two legal Little River WMA
bucks or up to two does may be taken during the AGFC 877-777-5580 • 597 acres • Hempstead county, WMA zone 417
during the modern gun special youth hunt is three CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear
deer, no more than two bucks (no antler restrictions) modern gun, alligator and elk.
or up to two does. These are not bonus deer and will Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.

Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 19 and Dec. 26-28. Bear Modern Gun: Nov. 13-21. Statewide bag
limit. No dogs.
and Jan. 1-2. Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7.
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of Statewide bag limit. No dogs.
four deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more Bear Notes: Bear seasons close earlier if bear
than two legal bucks or up to four does may be taken zone quota is reached.
and two does may be taken during the muzzleloader Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
and modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
modern gun special youth hunt is four deer, no
more than two bucks (no antler restrictions) and Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
two does. These are not bonus deer and will count during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
towards the seasonal bag limit. possession limit - 16.
firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16. Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
Mondays. No limit.
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, Area Notes: All caves closed to public access.
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through Maumelle River WMA
Mondays. No limit.
Central Arkansas Waterworks 877-525-8606 • 17,370 acres • Pulaski
Loafer’s Glory WMA CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun,
AGFC 877-967-7577 • 2,686 acres • Searcy county, WMA zone 420 bear muzzleloader, bear modern gun, alligator,
elk, quail, rabbit and crow.
Deer Archery (permit hunt): Oct. 1-31, Nov. 1-30
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. and Dec. 1-31.
Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24. Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-21. three deer; no more than one legal buck. No more
than one legal buck and two does may be taken by
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7 permit with archery tackle only.
and Jan. 1-2.
Bear Archery: Oct. 1-31, Nov. 1-30 and Dec. 1-31
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit (deer permit holders only). Statewide bag limit.
of two deer; no more than one legal buck. No more
than one legal buck or up to two does may be taken Squirrel: Sept. 4-Feb. 28 (on Tuesdays, Thursdays
with archery tackle. No more than one legal buck may and Saturdays). Dogs allowed. Shotguns using legal,
be taken during the muzzleloader and modern gun non-toxic ammunition may be used to take squirrel
seasons. Bag limit during the modern gun special youth on the portion of the WMA lying west of Arkansas
hunt is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or doe. Highway 10 bridge and west of Arkansas Highway
This is not a bonus deer and will count towards the 113 as designated on the public use map. During
seasonal bag limit. permit deer hunts, squirrel hunting is allowed
without a permit (shotgun only; non-toxic shot)
on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays west of the
limit. No dogs. Arkansas Highway 10 bridge.
Bear Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24. Statewide bag Furbearers: closed to all hunting and trapping.
limit. No dogs.

Area Notes: Camping is prohibited. A permit is Mike Freeze Wattensaw WMA

required from the Central Arkansas Water to remove
objects. Horses and mules are prohibited unless a AGFC 877-734-4581 • 19,184 acres • Prairie county, WMA zone 433
special permit required by Central Arkansas Water is CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear
acquired. Only Arkansas-approved nontoxic shot must modern gun, alligator and elk.
be possessed and used while hunting small game with
shotguns. Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
McIlroy Madison County WMA Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): Nov. 13-17.
AGFC 866-253-2506 • 14,496 acres • Madison county, WMA zone 430 Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7
and Jan. 1-2.
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. of three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No
Deer Muzzleloader (permit hunt): Oct. 23-27. more than two legal bucks or up to three does can
Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): Dec. 13-17. legal buck and one doe may be taken during the
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of muzzleloader or modern gun permit hunts. Bag
two deer; no more than one legal buck. No more than limit during the modern gun special youth hunt
one legal buck or up to two does may be taken with is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or doe.
archery tackle. No more than one legal buck or one This is not a bonus deer and will count towards the
doe may be taken during the muzzleloader or modern seasonal bag limit.
gun permit hunts. Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
Bear Archery: Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Statewide bag limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
limit. No dogs. Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during
Bear Muzzleloader: Nov. 20-24 (deer permit
holders only). Statewide bag limit. No dogs. Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
Bear Modern Gun: Dec. 4-8 (deer permit
holders only). Statewide bag limit. No dogs.
Bear Notes: Bear seasons close earlier if bear Mondays. No limit.
Area Notes: Check antler restrictions on Page 42
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession and flood prone region D on Page 56 for important
limit -12. Bird dogs allowed. additional information.
possession limit - 16. Moro Big Pine Natural
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except Area WMA
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, Potlatch 877-836-4612 • 16,000 acres • Calhoun county, WMA
possession limit - 32. zone 445
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear
Mondays. No limit. modern gun, alligator and elk.
Area Notes: All caves closed to public access. Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): Nov. 13-17,
Nov. 26-30, Dec. 11-15 and Dec. 26-30.

Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7, Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7
and Jan. 1-2. and Jan. 1-2. No dogs.
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of Deer Notes: Seasonal bag limit of three deer; no more
five deer; no more than one legal buck. No more than than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or
one legal buck or up to five does may be taken with up to two does may be taken with archery tackle. No
archery tackle. No more than one legal buck or up more than two legal bucks may be taken during the
to five does may be taken during the muzzleloader or muzzleloader deer season and no more than one doe
modern gun permit hunts. A doe must be harvested may be taken from Oct. 16-20 during the muzzleloader
and checked before a buck may be harvested during the deer season. No more than two legal bucks may be
archery season and the firearms permit hunts. Bag limit taken during the modern gun seasons. Bag limit during
during the modern gun special youth hunt is one deer, the modern gun special youth hunt is two deer, no
buck (no antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus more than two bucks (no antler restrictions) or up
deer and will count towards the seasonal bag limit. For to one doe. These are not bonus deer and will count
all hunts except the modern gun special youth hunt, towards the seasonal bag limit.
a legal buck must have both antlers under 2 inches
(button buck included) or an inside spread of 12 inches Bear Archery: Sept. 15-Nov. 30. Statewide bag
or more in width or at least one main beam 15 inches or limit. No dogs.
more in length. Bear Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24. Statewide bag
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession limit. No dogs.
limit -12. Bear Modern Gun: Sept. 15-16 and Nov. 8-30.
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except Statewide bag limit. No dogs.
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7.
during muzzleloader deer hunt, modern gun
Mondays. No limit.
special youth hunt and Nov. 13-24. Daily limit - 8,
Area Notes: All other seasons closed during firearms possession limit - 16.
permit deer hunts. Vehicles, horses, mules and
bicycles may only be used on gravel/graded roads. Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
Any maintained road, open or closed, on Moro Big during muzzleloader deer hunt, modern gun
Pine Natural Area WMA is subject to regulations special youth hunt and Nov. 13-24. Daily limit - 8,
prohibiting hunting from roads (see Page 68). Check possession limit - 32.
antler restrictions on pages 42-43 for important Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
additional information. Mondays. No limit.
Area Notes: Refer to Page 28 for additional USDA
Mount Magazine WMA Forest Service information.
USDA Forest Service 877-478-1043 • 120,000 acres • Logan, Yell
counties, WMA zone 450 Muddy Creek WMA
CLOSED: alligator and elk. USDA Forest Service 877-478-1043 • 146,206 acres • Montgomery,
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. No dogs allowed. Scott, Yell counties, WMA zone 460
Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20. CLOSED: alligator and elk.
No dogs. Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-24 (no dogs), Nov. 25- Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20.
Dec. 5 (dogs allowed) and Dec. 26-28 (no dogs).

Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7 Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of
and Jan. 1-2. four deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more
than two legal bucks or up to four does may be taken
than two legal bucks or up to three does may be taken Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
with archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
and one doe may be taken during the muzzleloader
and modern gun seasons. A Muddy Creek WMA Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit -
doe quota permit is required to harvest a doe during 8, possession limit - 16.
the muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. Bag limit Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily
during the modern gun special youth hunt is three limit - 8, possession limit - 32.
and one doe (a WMA doe quota permit is not Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
required). These are not bonus deer and will count Mondays. No limit.
Bear Archery: Sept. 15-Nov. 30. Statewide bag Nimrod/Lloyd Millwood WMA
limit. No dogs.
Corps of Engineers 877-967-7577 • 3,550 acres • Yell county, WMA
Bear Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24. Statewide bag zone 470
limit. No dogs.
Bear Modern Gun: Sept. 15-16 and Nov. 8-30.
Statewide bag limit. No dogs. Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. No dogs.
Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7. Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20.
Statewide bag limit. No dogs. No dogs.
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 5 (dogs allowed)
limit -12. Bird dogs allowed. and Dec. 26-28 (no dogs allowed).
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7
firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16. and Jan. 1-2. No dogs.
Deer Notes: Seasonal bag limit of three deer; no more
than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks
or up to two does may be taken with archery tackle.
No more than two legal bucks may be taken during
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through the muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. Bag limit
Mondays. No limit. during the modern gun special youth hunt is two
Area Notes: Refer to Page 28 for additional USDA or up to one doe. These are not bonus deer and will
Forest Service information. count towards the seasonal bag limit.
Nacatoch Ravines Natural limit. No dogs.
Area WMA Bear Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24. Statewide bag
Natural Heritage Comm. 877-777-5580 • 645 acres • Hempstead limit. No dogs.
county, WMA zone 465 Bear Modern Gun: Sept. 15-16 and Nov. 8-30.
CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun, Statewide bag limit. No dogs.
bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7.
gun, alligator and elk. Statewide bag limit. No dogs.

Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession limit Bear Modern Gun: Chapin Point and Indian
-12. Bird dogs allowed. Head Units closed. Seward Point, Bennett’s Bayou
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except and Fulton County Units: Nov. 13-21. No dogs.
during muzzleloader deer hunt, modern gun special Bear Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Chapin
youth hunt and Dec. 26-28 deer hunt. Daily limit - Point and Indian Head Units closed. Seward
8, possession limit - 16. Point, Bennett’s Bayou and Fulton County Units:
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except Nov. 6-7. No dogs.
during muzzleloader deer hunt, modern gun special Bear Notes: Bear seasons close earlier if bear
youth hunt and Dec. 26-28 deer hunt. Daily limit - zone quota is reached.
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Hunting ends at noon in
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through Chapin Point and Indian Head units only. Seward
Mondays. No limit. Point, Bennett’s Bayou and Fulton County units
follow statewide schedule and bag limit. Daily
limit - 6, possession limit -12. Bird dogs allowed
Norfork Lake WMA for all units.
Corps of Engineers 877-297-4331 • 10,000 acres • Baxter county, Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. In Chapin Point and
WMA zone 480 Indian Head Units dogs are allowed. Seward
CLOSED: alligator and elk. Point, Bennett’s Bayou and Fulton County units
allow dogs except during firearms deer hunts.
Deer Archery (all units): Oct. 1-Feb. 28. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16.
Deer Muzzleloader: Chapin Point and Indian Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. In Chapin Point and
Head Units closed. Seward Point, Bennett’s Bayou Indian Head Units dogs are allowed. Seward
and Fulton County Units: Oct. 16-24. Point, Bennett’s Bayou and Fulton County units
Deer Modern Gun: Seward Point, Bennett’s allow dogs except during firearms deer hunts.
Bayou and Fulton County Units: Nov. 13-21. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 32.
Chapin Point and Indian Head Units closed. Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
Mondays. No limit.
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Seward
Point, Bennett’s Bayou and Fulton County Units:
Nov. 6-7 and Jan. 1-2. Chapin Point and Indian Ozan WMA
Head Units closed.
AGFC 877-777-5580 • 580 acres • Hempstead county, WMA zone 495
of three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear
more than two legal bucks or up to three does may modern gun, alligator and elk.
legal buck may be taken during the muzzleloader or
modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the modern Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 29-31.
restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer and will Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 19 and Dec. 26-28.
count towards the seasonal bag limit. Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7
Bear Archery: Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Statewide bag and Jan. 1-2.
limit. No dogs.
Bear Muzzleloader: Chapin Point and Indian
Head Units closed. Seward Point, Bennett’s Bayou
and Fulton County Units: Oct. 16-24. No dogs.

Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
of five deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more during muzzleloader deer hunt, modern gun special
than two legal bucks and up to five does may be taken youth hunt, Dec. 26-28 deer hunt or during any
with archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks firearms deer hunts on the islands. Daily limit - 8,
and three does may be taken during the muzzleloader possession limit - 16.
and modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the
modern gun special youth hunt is five deer, no more Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
than two bucks (no antler restrictions) and three during muzzleloader deer hunt, modern gun special
does. These are not bonus deer and will count towards youth hunt, Dec. 26-28 deer hunt or during any
the seasonal bag limit. firearms deer hunts on the islands. Daily limit - 8,
limit -12. Bird dogs allowed. Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
Mondays. No limit.
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except Ozark National Forest WMA
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, USDA Forest Service / Natural Heritage Comm. 877-967-7577 •
possession limit - 32. 678,878 acres (includes Kings River Falls Natural Area) • Conway,
Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Madison, Newton, Pope, Searcy, Van
Buren, Washington counties, WMA zone 505
Mondays. No limit.
Ozark Lake WMA Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
Corps of Engineers 877-478-1043 • 7,834 acres • Crawford, Franklin Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20.
counties, WMA zone 500 Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 5 and Dec. 26-28.
CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7
modern gun, alligator and elk. and Jan. 1-2.
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. No dogs. Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of
Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20. two deer; no more than one legal buck. No more than
No dogs. one legal buck or up to two does may be taken with
archery tackle. No more than one legal buck may be
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 5 (dogs allowed taken during the muzzleloader deer season and no
except on islands) and Dec. 26-28 (no dogs). more than one doe may be taken from Oct. 16-20
during the muzzleloader deer season. No more than
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7 one legal buck may be taken during the modern gun
and Jan. 1-2. No dogs. seasons. Bag limit during the modern gun special
Deer Notes: Seasonal bag limit three deer; no more youth hunt is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or
than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks doe. This is not a bonus deer and will count towards
or up to two does may be taken with archery tackle. the seasonal bag limit.
No more than two legal bucks may be taken during Bear Archery: Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Statewide bag
the muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. Bag limit
limit. No dogs.
during the modern gun special youth hunt is two
deer, no more than two bucks (no antler restrictions) Bear Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24. Statewide bag
or up to one doe. These are not bonus deer and will limit. No dogs.
Bear Modern Gun: Nov. 8-30. Statewide bag
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession limit. No dogs.
Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7.

Bear Notes: Bear seasons close earlier if bear Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7
zone quota is reached. and Jan. 1-2.
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of
limit -12. Bird dogs allowed. three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than
two legal bucks or up to two does may be taken with
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks may be
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, taken during muzzleloader season and no more than one
possession limit - 16. doe may be taken from Oct. 16-20. No more than two
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily legal bucks may be taken during the modern gun seasons.
Bag limit during the modern gun special youth hunt is
limit - 8, possession limit - 32. two deer, no more than two bucks (no antler restrictions)
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through or up to one doe. These are not bonus deer and will count
Mondays. No limit. towards the seasonal bag limit.
Area Notes: Refer to Page 28 for additional USDA Bear Archery: Sept. 15-Nov. 30. Statewide bag
Forest Service information. limit. No dogs.
limit. No dogs.
Palmetto Flats Natural Area WMA
Natural Heritage Commission 877-777-5580 • 1,848 acres • Little Statewide bag limit. No dogs.
River county, WMA zone 507
Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7.
CLOSED: deer modern gun, deer muzzleloader,
gun and elk. Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
four deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more
than two legal bucks or up to four does may be Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
taken with archery tackle. during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
limit - 12. Bird dogs allowed. Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
Mondays. No limit.
8, possession limit - 16. Area Notes: Waterfowl impoundment areas are closed
to trespassing from one hour after sunset until 4 a.m.
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily during duck season.
Mondays. No limit. Pine City Natural Area WMA
Natural Heritage Comm. 877-734-4581 • 714 acres • Monroe county,
WMA zone 516
Petit Jean River WMA
AGFC 877-967-7577 • 15,502 acres • Yell county, WMA zone 510 bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern
CLOSED: alligator and elk. gun, alligator and elk.

Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of Bear Notes: Bear seasons close earlier if bear
three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more zone quota is reached.
with archery tackle only. Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
-12. Bird dogs allowed. Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during
8, possession limit - 16. Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily
limit - 8, possession limit - 32. Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
Mondays. No limit.
Mondays. No limit. Area Notes: Refer to Page 28 for additional USDA
Forest Service information.
Piney Creeks WMA Poison Springs WMA

USDA Forest Service 877-967-7577 • 180,000 acres • Johnson, Forestry Comm. / Natural Heritage Comm. 870-836-5882 • 17,604
Newton, Pope counties, WMA zone 520 acres (includes Arkansas Oak Natural Area, Poison Spring State Forest
CLOSED: alligator and elk. Sand Barren and Oak-Pine Forest Preserve Natural Area) • Nevada,
Ouachita counties, WMA zone 530
Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20. modern gun, alligator and elk.
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 5 and Dec. 26-28. Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7 Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 29-31.
and Jan. 1-2.
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 19 and Dec.
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of 26-28.
one legal buck or up to two does may be taken with Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7
archery tackle. No more than one legal buck may be and Jan. 1-2.
taken during the muzzleloader deer season and no more Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
than one doe may be taken from Oct. 16-20 during the of five deer; no more than two legal bucks. No
muzzleloader deer season. No more than one legal buck more than two legal bucks or up to five does may
may be taken during the modern gun seasons. Bag limit be taken with archery tackle. No more than two
during the modern gun special youth hunt is one deer, legal bucks and three does may be taken during the
buck (no antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. Bag limit
deer and will count towards the seasonal bag limit. during the modern gun special youth hunt is five
Bear Archery: Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Statewide bag deer, no more than two bucks (no antler restrictions)
limit. No dogs. and three does. These are not bonus deer and will
limit. No dogs. Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
Bear Modern Gun: Nov. 8-30. Statewide bag
limit. No dogs. firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16.
Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7. Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
Statewide bag limit. No dogs. during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,

Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7
Mondays. No limit. and Jan. 1-2. No dogs.
Area Notes: Permit from the Arkansas Forestry Deer Notes: Seasonal bag limit of four deer; no
Commission is required to camp. Write: P.O. Box 955, more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal
Camden, AR 71701. bucks or up to four does may be taken with archery
tackle. No more than one legal buck and one doe
may be taken during muzzleloader or modern gun
Prairie Bayou WMA seasons. Bag limit during the modern gun special
youth hunt is two deer, no more than one buck (no
AGFC 877-525-8606 • 453 acres • Lonoke county, WMA zone 535 antler restrictions) and one doe. These are not bonus
CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun, deer and will count towards the seasonal bag limit.
bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession limit
gun, alligator and elk. -12. Bird dogs allowed.
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during
Deer Modern Gun Youth Hunt (permit hunt): muzzleloader deer hunts, the modern gun special
Nov. 6-7. youth hunt, Nov. 13-24 and Dec. 26-28. Daily limit
- 8, possession limit - 16.
three deer, no more than two legal bucks. three deer, Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
no more than two legal bucks or up to three does may during muzzleloader deer hunts, the modern gun
be taken with archery tackle only. Bag limit during special youth hunt, Nov. 13-24 and Dec. 26-28.
the modern gun special youth permit hunt is one deer, Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 32.
buck (no antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
deer and will count towards the seasonal bag limit. Mondays. No limit.
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 4, possession Area Notes: Hunters, trappers and campers 16 years of
limit - 8. Bird dogs allowed. age or older must purchase a Provo WMA leased land
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit - permit. See Page 17.
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit Railroad Prairie Natural
- 8, possession limit - 32.
Area WMA
Mondays. No limit. Natural Heritage Comm. 877-734-4581 • 244 acres • Prairie county,
WMA zone 539
Provo WMA bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern
Weyerhaeuser 877-777-5580 • 11,327 acres • Sevier county, WMA gun, alligator and elk.
zone 537 Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of
modern gun, alligator and elk. three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Jan. 31. No dogs. than two legal bucks or up to three does may be taken
No dogs.
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-24 (no dogs), Dec. Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit -
4-15 (dogs allowed) and Dec. 26-28 (no dogs). 8, possession limit - 16.

Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
limit - 8, possession limit - 32. Mondays. No limit.
Mondays. No limit.
Rex Hancock Black Swamp WMA
AGFC / Natural Heritage Comm. 877-734-4581 • 7,221 acres (includes
Rainey WMA Cache River Natural Area) • Woodruff county, WMA zone 550
AGFC 877-967-7577 • 488 acres • Pope county, WMA zone 540 CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7 of three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No
and Jan. 1-2. more than two legal bucks or up to three does may
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit be taken with archery tackle. No more than one
of three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No legal buck and one doe may be taken during the
more than two legal bucks or up to two does may be muzzleloader or modern gun permit hunts.
taken with archery tackle. No more than two legal Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession limit
bucks may be taken during the muzzleloader and -12. Bird dogs allowed.
modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the modern
gun special youth hunt is two deer, no more than Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during
two bucks (no antler restrictions) or up to one doe. firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession
These are not bonus deer and will count towards the limit - 16.
seasonal bag limit.
Bear Archery: Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Statewide bag during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
limit. No dogs. possession limit - 32.
Bear Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24. Statewide bag Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
limit. No dogs. Mondays. No limit.
Bear Modern Gun: Nov. 8-30. Statewide bag Area Notes: Check antler restrictions on pages 42-43
limit. No dogs. for important additional information. Only Arkansas-
approved nontoxic shot must be possessed and used while
Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7. hunting small game with shotguns. Deer hunting closes
Statewide bag limit. No dogs. when the Cache River gauge at Patterson exceeds 10 feet
Bear Notes: Bear seasons close earlier if bear and reopens when the gauge falls below 8.5 feet. The Lee
zone quota is reached. LeBlanc Waterfowl Rest Area closes to access Nov. 1 and
reopens to access the day after duck season ends.

Rick Evans Grandview Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily
Prairie WMA
AGFC 870-983-2790 • 4,895 acres • Hempstead county, WMA
Mondays. No limit.
zone 551
bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern River Bend WMA
gun, alligator, elk and quail.
AGFC 877-525-8606 • 104 acres • Perry county, WMA zone 553
Deer Archery (permit hunt): Oct. 16-Dec. 5.
three deer; no more than one legal buck. No more than Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
one legal buck and two does may be taken by permit Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20.
with archery tackle only. Doe harvested on this area
are bonus deer and do not count against the statewide Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 5 and Dec. 26-28.
seasonal bag limit. For all hunts, a legal buck must have Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7
both antlers under 2 inches (button buck included) or
an inside spread of 15 inches or more in width or at least and Jan. 1-2.
one main beam 18 inches or more in length. Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Tuesdays, Thursdays of two deer; no more than one legal buck. No more
and Saturdays only. Dogs allowed. Daily limit - 8, with archery tackle. No more than one legal buck
possession limit - 16. may be taken during the muzzleloader and modern
Squirrel: Sept. 4-Feb. 28. Tuesdays, Thursdays gun seasons. Bag limit during the modern gun special
and Saturdays only. Dogs allowed. Daily limit - 8, youth hunt is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or
possession limit - 32. doe. This is not a bonus deer and will count towards
the seasonal bag limit.
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20, Thursdays and Saturdays
only. No limit. Bear Archery: Sept. 15-Nov. 30. Statewide bag
limit. No dogs.
for important additional information. Bear Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24. Statewide bag
limit. No dogs.
Ring Slough WMA Statewide bag limit. No dogs.
AGFC 877-972-5438 • 83 acres • Clay county, WMA zone 552 Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7.
CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun, Statewide bag limit. No dogs.
bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession limit
gun, alligator and elk. -12. Bird dogs allowed.
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during
three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
than two legal bucks and one doe may be taken with during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
archery tackle only. possession limit - 32.
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
limit -12. Bird dogs allowed. Mondays. No limit.

Robert L. Hankins Mud St. Francis National Forest WMA

Creek WMA USDA Forest Service 877-734-4581 • 21,201 acres • Lee, Phillips
AGFC 877-972-5438 • 1,023 acres • Randolph county, WMA zone 555 counties, WMA zone 590
CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun, CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear
bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern modern gun, alligator and elk.
gun, alligator, elk and quail. Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Jan. 31. Deer Muzzleloader (permit hunt): Oct. 23-27
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of and Oct. 30-Nov. 3.
three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): Nov. 13-17.
with archery tackle only. Deer Modern Gun Youth Hunt (permit hunt):
Nov. 6-7.
8, possession limit - 16. Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily than two legal bucks or up to three does may be taken
limit - 8, possession limit - 32. with archery tackle. No more than one legal buck
or one doe may be taken during the muzzleloader
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through or modern gun permit hunts. Bag limit during the
Mondays. No limit. modern gun youth permit hunt is one deer, buck (no
Area Notes: Camping is not allowed. Interior roads antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer
are closed to vehicles. and will count towards the seasonal bag limit.
Roth Prairie Natural Area WMA
Natural Heritage Comm. 877-367-3559 • 41 acres • Arkansas county, firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession
WMA zone 560 limit - 16.
CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun, Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
gun, alligator and elk. possession limit - 32.
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of Mondays. No limit.
three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more Area Notes: Check antler restrictions on pages 42-43
than two legal bucks or up to three does may be taken for important additional information. Refer to Page 28
with archery tackle only. for additional USDA Forest Service information. Boat
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession motors over 10 horsepower are not allowed.
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit - St. Francis Sunken Lands WMA
AGFC / Corps of Engeneers / Natural Heritage Comm. 877-972-5438
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily • 27,360 acres (includes Singer Forest Natural Area) • Craighead,
limit - 8, possession limit - 32. Greene, Poinsett counties, WMA zone 600
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, bear archery, bear
Mondays. No limit. muzzleloader, bear modern gun, alligator and elk.
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Jan. 31.

Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-14 and Dec. 26-28. This Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
area has special firearms restrictions; see Area Notes. limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit -
6-7 and Jan. 1-2. This area has special firearms 8, possession limit - 16.
restrictions; see Area Notes.
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of limit - 8, possession limit - 32.
than two legal bucks or up to three does may be Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
taken with archery tackle. No more than two legal Mondays. No limit.
bucks and one doe may be taken during the modern
gun seasons. Bag limit during the modern gun special
youth hunt is three deer, no more than two bucks (no Seven Devils WMA
antler restrictions) and one doe. These are not bonus
deer and will count towards the seasonal bag limit. AGFC / Natural Heritage Comm. 877-367-3559 • 5,032 acres (includes
Seven Devils Swamp Natural Area) Drew County, WMA zone 570
limit -12. Bird dogs allowed. CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear
possession limit - 16. Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 29-31.
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 19 and Dec. 26-28.
possession limit - 32. Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7
and Jan. 1-2.
Mondays. No limit. Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
Area Notes: Waterfowl rest areas located in Sections more than two legal bucks or up to five does may
8, 9, 16 and 17, Township 11N, Range 6E are closed to be taken with archery tackle. No more than two
access Nov. 1 and will reopen to access Feb. 16. Check legal bucks and three does may be taken during the
the St. Francis River flood prone region on Page 55 muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. Bag limit
for important additional information. Only shotguns during the modern gun special youth hunt is five
(.410 and larger) with slugs (no buckshot allowed) or deer, no more than two bucks (no antler restrictions)
muzzleloading rifles shooting a single projectile are and three does. These are not bonus deer and will
allowed. count towards the seasonal bag limit.
Sandhills Natural Area WMA limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
Natural Heritage Comm. 877-777-5580 • 143 acres • Miller county, Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
WMA zone 562 during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
gun, alligator and elk. during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of Mondays. No limit.
than two legal bucks or up to four does may be taken Area Notes: Check antler restrictions on pages 42-43
with archery tackle only. for important additional information.

Sheffield Nelson Dagmar WMA Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
AGFC 877-734-4581 • 9,720 acres • Monroe county, WMA zone 575 more than two legal bucks or up to three does may
CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear be taken with archery tackle. No more than one
modern gun, alligator and elk. legal buck or one doe may be taken during the
muzzleloader permit hunt. Bag limit during the
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. modern gun youth permit hunt is one deer, buck (no
Deer Muzzleloader (permit hunt): Nov. 23-27. antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
more than two legal bucks or up to three does may Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
be taken with archery tackle. No more than one during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
legal buck or one doe may be taken during the possession limit - 16.
muzzleloader or modern gun permit hunts. Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
limit -12. Bird dogs allowed. possession limit - 32.
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, Mondays. No limit.
possession limit - 16. Area Notes: Check the Shirey Bay Rainey Brake Flood
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except Prone Region on Page 55 for important additional
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, information. For all hunters except deer muzzleloader
possession limit - 32. permit holders and fall turkey firearms hunters, the
moist soil units and the waterfowl rest areas in Sections
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through 3, 7, 8 and 18, Township 15N, Range 2W and Sections
Mondays. No limit. 21, 28, and 32, Township 16N, Range 2W are closed
Area Notes: Check antler restrictions on Page 42 to access Nov. 1 and will reopen to access Feb. 16.
and flood prone region D on Page 56 for important Modern guns are restricted to shotguns (.410 or larger)
additional information. Apple Lake WRA closes to with slugs (no buckshot allowed) and certain revolvers
access Nov. 1 and will reopen to access Feb. 16. and pistols. Archery equipment and muzzleloader rifles
may also be used.
Shirey Bay Rainey Brake WMA Slippery Hollow Natural

AGFC 877-972-5438 • 10,711 acres • Lawrence county, WMA Area WMA
zone 580
Natural Heritage Comm. 877-967-7577 • 705 acres • Marion county,
CLOSED: deer modern gun, bear archery, bear WMA zone 583
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Jan. 31. bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern
Deer Muzzleloader (permit hunt): Oct. 30-Nov. 3. gun, alligator and elk.
Deer Modern Gun Youth Hunt (permit hunt): Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
Nov. 6-7. This area has special firearms restrictions; Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of
see Area Notes. three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more

Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit - Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
8, possession limit - 16. of four deer; no more than two legal bucks. No
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily be taken with archery tackle. No more than two
limit - 8, possession limit - 32. legal bucks and two does may be taken during the
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. Bag limit
Mondays. No limit. during the modern gun special youth hunt is four
and two does. These are not bonus deer and will
Smoke Hole Natural Area WMA count towards the seasonal bag limit.
Natural Heritage Comm. 877-734-4581 • 455 acres • Lonoke, Prairie Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
counties, WMA zone 603 limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun, Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
gun, alligator and elk. possession limit - 16.
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of possession limit - 32.
than two legal bucks or up to three does may be taken Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
with archery tackle only. Mondays. No limit.
limit -12. Bird dogs allowed. Stateline Sandponds Natural
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit - Area WMA
Natural Heritage Comm. 877-972-5438 • 140 acres • Clay county,
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily WMA zone 604
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern
Mondays. No limit. gun, alligator and elk.
Spring Bank WMA Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of
AGFC 877-777-5580 • 701 acres • Lafayette county, WMA zone 585 three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more
CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear with archery tackle only.
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20. Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit -
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 12 and Dec. 26-28. 8, possession limit - 16.
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7 Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily
and Jan. 1-2. limit - 8, possession limit - 32.
Mondays. No limit.

Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of
Bottoms WMA than two legal bucks or up to four does may be taken
AGFC 877-734-4581 • 4,000 acres • White county, WMA zone 605 with archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks
and two does may be taken during the muzzleloader
CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, bear archery, bear and modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the modern
muzzleloader, bear modern gun, alligator and elk. gun special youth hunt is four deer, no more than two
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. bucks (no antler restrictions) and two does. These are
not bonus deer and will count towards the seasonal
Deer Modern Gun Youth Hunt (permit hunt): bag limit.
Nov. 6-7. This area has special firearms restrictions;
see Area Notes. Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during
than two legal bucks or up to three does may be taken firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16.
with archery tackle only. Bag limit during the modern Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
gun youth permit hunt is one deer, buck (no antler during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer and will possession limit - 32.
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession limit Mondays. No limit.
Area Notes: The Henry Moore Waterfowl Rest Area
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit - closes to access Nov. 6 and will reopen to access Feb. 16.
limit - 8, possession limit - 32. Sweden Creek Natural
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through Area WMA
Mondays. No limit. Natural Heritage Comm. 866-253-2506 • 137 acres • Madison
Area Notes: Check flood prone region B on Page 56 county, WMA zone 615
for important additional information. Only shotguns CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun,
(.410 and larger) with slugs (no buckshot allowed) or bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern
muzzleloading rifles shooting a single projectile are gun, alligator and elk.
allowed.
Sulphur River WMA of two deer; no more than one legal buck. No more
AGFC 877-777-5580 • 16,520 acres • Miller county, WMA zone 610 than one legal buck or up to two does may be taken
modern gun, alligator and elk. Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession limit
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. Henry Moore
Waterfowl Rest Area – Oct. 1-Nov. 5. Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit -
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 12 and Dec. 26-28. limit - 8, possession limit - 32.
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7 Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
and Jan. 1-2. Mondays. No limit.

Sylamore WMA Bear Notes: Bear seasons close earlier if bear zone
quota is reached.
USDA Forest Service 877-297-4331 • 170,000 acres • Baxter, Marion,
Searcy, Stone counties, WMA zone 620 Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16.
Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20. Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
Deer Modern Gun: during firearms deer hunt. Daily limit - 8,
North Unit: Nov. 13-21 and Nov. 26-28.
South Unit: Nov. 13-Dec. 5 and Dec. 26-28. Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
Mondays. No limit.
and Jan. 1-2. Area Notes: Dogs, hunting or trapping equipment
are not allowed in Blanchard Springs Recreation Area.
Deer Notes: The North Unit of the WMA includes lands, public
North Unit: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of and private, within the following boundary: north of
two deer; no more than one legal buck. No more than Highway 14 from Allison to Big Creek; Big Creek to
one legal buck or up to two does may be taken with Buffalo River; Buffalo River to White River; White River
archery tackle. No more than one legal buck and one doe to Highway 14 at Allison. The South Unit of the WMA
may be taken during the muzzleloader and modern gun includes all property within the U.S. Forest Service
seasons. A Sylamore WMA doe quota permit is required boundary south of Hightway 14. The same hunting
to harvest a doe during the muzzleloader or modern gun seasons, method of take, bag limits, shooting hours and
seasons. Bag limit during the modern gun special youth permits for hunting which apply to the Sylamore WMA
hunt is two deer, no more than one buck (no antler apply to the private land as well. Refer to Page 28 for
restrictions) and one doe (a WMA doe quota permit is additional USDA Forest Service information.
not required). These are not bonus deer and will count
Terre Noire Natural Area WMA
South Unit: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
of two deer; no more than one legal buck. No more Natural Heritage Comm. 877-836-4612 • 415 acres • Clark county,
than one legal buck or up to two does may be taken WMA zone 625
with archery tackle. No more than one legal buck CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun,
may be taken during the muzzleloader and modern bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern
gun seasons. Bag limit during the modern gun special gun, alligator and elk.
youth hunt is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or
doe. This is not a bonus deer and will count towards Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
the seasonal bag limit. Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of
Bear Archery: Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Statewide bag four deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more
limit. No dogs. than two legal bucks or up to four does may be
limit. No dogs. Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
Bear Modern Gun:
North Unit: Nov. 13-21 and Nov. 25-27. 8, possession limit - 16.
South Unit: Nov. 8-30. Statewide bag limit. No dogs. limit - 8, possession limit - 32.
Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7. Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
Statewide bag limit. No dogs. Mondays. No limit.

Trusten Holder WMA Area Notes: Check antler restrictions on Page 42

and flood prone regions F and H on pages 56-57 for
AGFC 877-367-3559 • 8,173 acres • Arkansas, Desha counties, WMA important additional information. Horses, mules and
zone 630 ATVs are not allowed on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
CLOSED: deer modern gun, bear archery, bear property. The Trusten Holder WMA has been expanded
muzzleloader, bear modern gun and elk. to include U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lands north
and east of the Arkansas River downstream from the
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. Pendleton Bridge to just below Dam 2 (Wilbur D. Mills
Deer Muzzleloader (permit hunt): Oct. 23-27. Dam) and to Lock No. 2, including Merrisach Lake,
Arkansas Post Canal, Moore Bayou to the old Highway
Deer Special Mobility Impaired (permit hunt): 1, one lane bridge and Post Lake to Highway 169.
Jardis Point area only. Noon, Nov. 17-Noon, Nov. Hunting equipment on this portion of Trusten Holder
19. This hunt is administered by the Corps of WMA is limited to archery equipment and shotguns
Engineers. Only muzzleloaders and shotguns with using T-shot or smaller. Muzzleloader deer season is
slugs are allowed. closed on this expanded portion of Trusten Holder
WMA. The National Park Service has made changes to
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of the hunting boundary surrounding the Arkansas Post
four deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more National Memorial. In areas where the park boundary
than two legal bucks or up to four does may be taken follows the shoreline, a marked “no hunting” buffer zone
by archery tackle. No more than one legal buck and (marked with signs or buoys) has been established to
one doe may be taken during the muzzleloader permit insure the safety of visitors to Arkansas Post National
hunt. No more than one legal buck and one doe may Memorial. Possession of a loaded firearm or discharge of
be taken during the mobility impaired muzzleloader a firearm within this boundary or the no hunting buffer
permit hunt. Doe taken during the special mobility zone is prohibited. Portions of Trusten Holder owned by
impaired permit hunt are bonus deer and do not the USFWS are closed to bear hunting.
count towards the seasonal bag limit (Contact Corp of
Engineers at 870-548-2291 or at www.swl.usace.army.
mil/parks/pinebluff/hunting.htm for specific mobility Two Bayou Creek WMA
impaired criteria; application period July 5-Sept. 5).
AGFC 877-836-4612 • 1,250 acres • Ouachita county, WMA zone 633
Bear Archery: Dec. 4-12. Closed on U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service property on Trusten Holder CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun,
WMA. Statewide bag limit. No dogs. bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern
Alligator (permit hunt): Sept. 17-20 and Sept. 24-27.
limit -12. Bird dogs allowed. Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
of five deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except than two legal bucks or up to five does may be taken
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, with archery tackle only.
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
possession limit - 32. Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit -
Mondays. No limit. Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily
Mondays. No limit.

U of A Pine Tree Experimental Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-14, Nov. 20-21
and Dec. 26-28. This area has special firearms
Station WDA restrictions; see Area Notes.
University of Arkansas 877-734-4581 • 11,850 acres • Saint Francis
county, WMA zone 635 Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov.
CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear restrictions; see Area Notes.
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more
Deer Muzzleloader (permit hunt): Oct. 23-27. with archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks may
Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): be taken during the modern gun seasons. Bag limit
Nov. 13-17 and Nov. 26-30. during the modern gun special youth hunt is two
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7 or up to one doe. These are not bonus deer and will
and Jan. 1-2. count towards the seasonal bag limit.
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
than two legal bucks or up to three does can be taken
with archery tackle. No more than one legal buck Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
and one doe may be taken during the muzzleloader during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
or modern gun permit hunts. Bag limit during the possession limit - 16.
modern gun special youth hunt is one deer, buck (no Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
and will count towards the seasonal bag limit. during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8,
Mondays. No limit.
Area Notes: Check antler restrictions on Page 42
and flood prone region D on Page 56 for important
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except additional information. Only shotguns (.410 and larger)
during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, with slugs (no buckshot allowed) or muzzleloading
possession limit - 32. rifles shooting a single projectile are allowed.
Mondays. No limit.
Warren Prairie Natural Area WMA
Natural Heritage Comm. 877-367-3559 • 2,128 acres • Bradley, Drew
for important additional information. Hunters must
sign and carry a free permit distributed from the Pine
Tree office, regional AGFC office or from www.agfc. CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun,
com. Firearms may not be discharged except in the act bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern
of hunting. Camping is not allowed on the area. gun, alligator and elk.
W. E. Brewer Scatter Creek WMA Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of
AGFC 877-972-5438 • 4,600 acres • Greene county, WMA zone 675 five deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than
two legal bucks or up to five does may be taken with
CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, bear archery, bear archery tackle only.
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28. -12. Bird dogs allowed.

Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit - White Cliffs Natural Area WMA
Natural Heritage Commission 877-777-5580 • 573 acres • Little River
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily county, WMA zone 654
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern
Mondays. No limit. gun, alligator and elk.
Wedington WMA Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of
USDA Forest Service 877-967-7577 • 16,000 acres • Benton, four deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more
than two legal bucks or up to four does may be taken
Washington counties, WMA zone 653 with archery tackle only.
CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, bear archery, bear Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession limit
muzzleloader, bear modern gun, alligator, elk -12. Bird dogs allowed.
and quail.
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Dec. 31.
Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): Nov. 13-14. This
area has special firearms restrictions; see Area Notes. Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov.
restrictions; see Area Notes. Mondays. No limit.

of two deer; no more than one legal buck. No more Whitehall WMA
with archery tackle. No more than one buck or one AGFC 877-972-5438 • 111 acres • Poinsett county, WMA zone 655
doe may be taken during the modern gun permit CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun,
hunt. Bag limit during the modern gun special bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern
youth hunt is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions)
or doe. This is not a bonus deer and will count gun, alligator and elk.
towards the seasonal bag limit. Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Feb. 28.
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit of
firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16. three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more
Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except with archery tackle only.
possession limit - 32. Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
Mondays. No limit. Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily limit -
Area Notes: Refer to Page 28 for additional USDA 8, possession limit - 16.
Forest Service information. Only shotguns (.410 and Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed. Daily
larger) with slugs (no buckshot allowed) or muzzleloading limit - 8, possession limit - 32.
rifles shooting a single projectile are allowed.
Mondays. No limit.
Area Notes: Check flood prone region A on Page 56
for important additional information.

White Rock WMA Winona WMA

USDA Forest Service 877-478-1043 • 280,000 acres • Crawford, USDA Forest Service 877-525-8606 • 160,000 acres • Garland, Perry,
Franklin, Johnson, Madison, Washington counties WMA zone 670 Saline counties, WMA zone 680
CLOSED: alligator and elk. CLOSED: alligator and elk.
Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20. Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24 and Dec. 18-20.
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 5 and Dec. 26-28. Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 13-Dec. 5 and Dec. 26-28.
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7 Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7
and Jan. 1-2. and Jan. 1-2.
of two deer; no more than one legal buck. No more of three deer; no more than two legal bucks. No
than one legal buck or up to two does may be taken more than two legal bucks or up to three does may
with archery tackle. No more than one legal buck be taken with archery tackle. No more than two
may be taken during the muzzleloader deer season legal bucks may be taken during the muzzleloader
and no more than one doe may be taken from Oct. and modern gun seasons and no more than one
16-20 during the muzzleloader deer season. No doe may be taken from Oct. 16-20 or Nov. 13-14.
more than one legal buck may be taken during the Bag limit during the modern gun special youth
modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the modern hunt is three deer, no more than two bucks (no
gun special youth hunt is one deer, buck (no antler antler restrictions) and one doe. These are not
restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer and will bonus deer and will count towards the seasonal
count towards the seasonal bag limit. bag limit.
Bear Archery: Oct. 1-Nov. 30. Statewide bag Bear Archery: Sept. 15-Nov. 30. Statewide bag
Bear Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24. Statewide bag Bear Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24. Statewide bag
Bear Modern Gun: Nov. 8-30. Statewide bag Bear Modern Gun: Sept. 15-16 and Nov. 8-30.
limit. No dogs. Statewide bag limit. No dogs.
Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7. Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7.
Statewide bag limit. No dogs. Statewide bag limit. No dogs.
Bear Notes: Bear seasons close earlier if bear Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession
zone quota is reached. limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Daily limit - 6, possession Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during
limit -12. Bird dogs allowed. firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16.
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except during Squirrel: May 15-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed except
limit - 8, possession limit - 32. Crow: Sept. 4-Feb. 20. Open Thursdays through
Mondays. No limit.
Mondays. No limit. Area Notes: Refer to Page 28 for additional
USDA Forest Service information. Central Arkansas
Area Notes: Refer to Page 28 for additional USDA Water policy restricts ATV use or camping on CAW
Forest Service information. properties immediately surrounding Lake Winona.
CAW lake project office can be reached by calling
501-594-5261.

Wittsburg Natural Area WMA

Natural Heritage Comm. 877-734-4581 • 167 acres • Cross county,
WMA zone 677
Mondays. No limit.
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WMAs • National Wildlife Refuge Regulations
National Wildlife Refuge Regulations

Concealed weapon permit holders: Regulations differ on federally-owned land. Please
contact the NWR you plan on visiting for details.
Bald Knob NWR Area Notes: Additional federal regulations, season

dates and a permit (required) are available from: Cache
U.S. Fish Wildlife Service 501-724-2458 or 870-347-2614 • 15,022 River NWR, 26320 Highway 33 South, Augusta, AR
acres • White county, WMA zone 002 72006. Bald Knob NWR closes to deer hunting when
CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear the White River gauge at Augusta reaches 31 feet.
modern gun, alligator, elk, crow and no trapping This restriction is lifted when the gauge at Augusta
of coyote, beaver, nutria, muskrat, armadillo, falls below 30 feet AND the White River gauge at
Georgetown falls to or below 19 feet.
feral hog, raccoon, opossum or other furbearers.
Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24.
Big Lake NWR
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 870-564-2429 • 11,038 acres •
Deer Modern Gun (quota hunt; permit required;
Mississippi county, WMA zone 030
Farm Unit only): Nov. 13-14. Only shotguns with
slugs, muzzleloaders shooting a single projectile or legal CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun,
pistols may be used. bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern
gun, alligator, elk, quail, crow and no trapping of
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt (Farm coyote, beaver, nutria, muskrat, armadillo, feral
Unit only): Nov. 6-7. hog, raccoon, opossum or other furbearers.
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit Deer Archery: Nov. 1-Jan. 31.
of three deer; no more than two bucks (no antler
restrictions). No more than two bucks (no antler Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit three
restrictions) or up to three does may be taken deer; no more than two bucks (no antler restrictions).
with archery tackle. No more than one buck (no No more than two bucks (no antler restrictions) or up
antler restrictions) or one doe may be taken during to three does may be taken with archery tackle only.
muzzleloader season (all units). No more than one buck
(no antler restrictions) or one doe may be taken during Rabbit: Sept. 1-Dec. 31. Dogs allowed north of Timm’s
the modern gun permit hunt. Bag limit during the Point. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16.
modern gun special youth hunt is one deer, buck (no Squirrel: Sept. 1-Dec. 31. Dogs allowed north of
antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer and Timm’s Point. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 32.
will count towards the seasonal bag limit.
Coyote, Beaver, and Nutria: (hunt) permitted during
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Bird dogs allowed. Daily limit - any refuge hunt with hunting devices appropriate for
6, possession limit -12. that hunt. No trapping.
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed Dec 1-Feb. 28. Raccoon and Opossum: (hunt) Oct. 1-Dec. 31. No
Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16. limit. Dogs required to hunt at night. No trapping.
Squirrel: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed Dec. 1-Feb. Area Notes: Additional federal regulations, season
28. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 32. dates and a permit (required) are available from: Big
Coyote, Beaver, Muskrat, Armadillo, Nutria and Lake National Refuge, Box 67, Manila, AR 72442.
Feral Hog: (hunt) permitted during any refuge hunt
with hunting devices appropriate for that hunt. No
trapping.
Raccoon and Opossum: (hunt) Nov. 1-Dec. 31. No
limit. Dogs required to hunt at night. No trapping.
Other Furbearers: no trapping.

Cache River NWR Furbearers (trap): Dec. 1-Jan. 31. A special use permit
from refuge headquarters is required. Traps must be
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 870-347-2614 • 67,000 acres • Jackson, checked daily.
Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff counties, WMA zone 095
Area Notes: Additional federal regulations, season
CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear dates and a permit (required) are available from:
modern gun, alligator, elk, crow and no trapping Central Arkansas Refuges, Cache River NWR,
of armadillo, feral hog or other furbearers. 26320 Highway 33 South, Augusta, AR 72006.
Deer Archery (all units): Oct. 1-Feb. 28. Cache River NWR closes to deer hunting when
either: (A) the White River gauge at Augusta reaches
Deer Muzzleloader (all units): Oct. 16-20 and Dec. 31 feet. This restriction is lifted when the gauge at
29-31. Augusta falls below 30 feet and the White River
gauge at Georgetown falls to or below 19 feet. (B) the
Deer Modern Gun (all units quota hunt; permit Cache River gauge at Patterson exceeds 10 feet. This
required): Nov. 13-21. Only shotguns with slugs, restriction is lifted when the gauge falls below 8.5 feet.
muzzleloaders shooting a single projectile or legal (C) when the White River gauge at Clarendon reaches
pistols may be used on the Dixie Farm Unit Waterfowl 28 feet. This restriction is lifted when the gauge falls to
Sanctuary and adjacent waterfowl hunt areas and the or below 27 feet. Waterfowl sanctuaries are closed to all
Plunkett Farm Unit Waterfowl Sanctuary. entry and public use.
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt (all units):
Nov. 6-7. Only shotguns with slugs and muzzleloaders Felsenthal NWR
shooting a single projectile may be used on the Dixie
Farm Unit Waterfowl Sanctuary and adjacent waterfowl U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 870-364-3167 • 65,000 acres •
hunt areas and the Plunkett Farm Unit Waterfowl Ashley, Bradley, Union counties, WMA zone 220
Sanctuary. CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit modern gun, alligator, elk and crow.
of three deer; no more than two bucks (no antler Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Jan. 31.
restrictions). No more than two bucks (no antler
restrictions) or up to three does may be taken with Deer Muzzleloader (permit hunt): Oct. 16-17. All
archery tackle (all units). No more than one buck (no other seasons are closed during the hunt.
antler restrictions) or one doe may be taken during Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): Nov. 13-14 and
each muzzleloader season (all units). No more than one Nov. 18-19. All other seasons are closed during the hunt.
buck (no antler restrictions) or one doe may be taken
during the modern gun permit hunt (all units). Bag Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
limit during the modern gun special youth hunt is one of four deer; no more than two bucks (no antler
buck (no antler restrictions) or doe (all units). This is restrictions). A doe must be harvested and checked
not a bonus deer and will count towards the seasonal before a buck may be harvested during any season. No
bag limit. more than two bucks (no antler restrictions) or up to
two does may be taken with archery tackle. No more
Quail: Nov. 1-Feb. 6. Bird dogs allowed. Daily limit - than one buck (no antler restrictions) and one doe may
6, possession limit -12. be taken during muzzleloader permit hunt. No more
Rabbit: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed Dec. 1-Feb. 28. than one buck (no antler restrictions) and one doe may
Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16. be taken during the modern gun permit hunt.
Squirrel: Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed Dec. 1-Feb. Quail: Nov. 1-Jan. 31. Daily limit - 6, possession limit -12.
28. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 32. Rabbit: Sept. 4-Jan. 31. Dogs allowed between
Coyote, Beaver, Nutria, Muskrat, Armadillo and Dec. 1-Jan.31. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16.
Feral Hog: (hunt) permitted during any refuge hunt Squirrel: Sept. 4-Jan. 31. Dogs allowed between Dec.
with hunting devices appropriate for that hunt. 1-Jan. 31. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 32.
Raccoon and Opossum: (hunt) Nov. 1-Feb. 28. No
limit. Dogs required to hunt at night.

Coyote, Beaver, Nutria and Feral Hog: (hunt) may Raccoon and Opossum: (hunt) Feb. 1-28. Thursday,
be taken during any daytime refuge hunt with weapons Friday and Saturday nights. Limited to .22 caliber
legal for that hunt. No limit. Live hogs may not be rimfire ammunition. Hunting only, no trapping. No
transported or possessed. limit. Dogs required for night hunting.
Raccoon and Opossum: (hunt) sunrise, Nov. 15-Jan. Area Notes: Vehicle entrance permit required.
31. Closed during quota deer hunts. Dogs required to Additional federal regulations, season dates and a
hunt at night. permit (required) are available from: Holla Bend
National Wildlife Refuge, 10448 Holla Bend Rd.,
Furbearers: (trap) allowed between sunrise, Nov. Dardanelle, AR 72834.
15-Jan. 31. No limit. For trapping, a Special Use Permit
from refuge headquarters is required. Trapping closed
during quota deer hunts. Overflow NWR
Area Notes: Additional federal regulations, season U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 870-473-2869 • 13,000 acres • Ashley
dates and a permit (required) are available from: county, WMA zone 490
Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge, Box 1157,
Crossett, AR 71635. CLOSED: deer modern gun, bear archery, bear
muzzleloader, bear modern gun, alligator, elk,
quail, crow and Sept. teal.
Holla Bend NWR Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Jan. 31.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 479-229-4300 • 7,057 acres • Pope Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24.
CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, deer modern gun, of four deer; no more than two bucks (no antler
bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear modern restrictions). No more than two bucks (no antler
gun, alligator, elk, quail, crow and no trapping restrictions) and two does may be taken with archery
of coyote, beaver, bobcat, raccoon, opossum, tackle. No more than one buck (no antler restrictions)
nutria, muskrat, armadillo and feral hog. and one doe may be taken during muzzleloader hunt.
Deer Archery (permit required): Oct. 1-Dec. 7. Rabbit: Sept. 4-Jan. 31. Dogs allowed between Dec.
Deer Modern Gun Youth Hunt (permit hunt): Dec. 1-Jan 31. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16.
11. Squirrel: Sept. 4-Jan. 31. Dogs allowed between Dec.
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit three 1-Jan. 31. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 32.
deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than Coyote, Beaver, Nutria and Feral Hog: (hunt) may
two bucks (no antler restrictions) or up to two does be taken during any daytime refuge hunt with weapons
may be taken with archery tackle. Bag limit during the legal for that hunt. No limit. Live hogs may not be
modern gun youth permit hunt is one buck (no antler transported or possessed.
restrictions) or one doe. This is not a bonus deer and
will count towards the seasonal bag limit. Raccoon and Opossum: (hunt) sunrise, Nov. 15-Jan.
31. No limit. Dogs required for night hunting.
Rabbit: Oct. 1-Dec. 7. Archery only. No dogs. Daily
limit - 8, possession limit - 16. Furbearers: (trap) allowed between sunrise, Nov. 21-
Squirrel: Oct. 1-Dec. 7. Archery only. No dogs. Daily Jan. 31. For trapping, a Special Use Permit from refuge
limit - 8, possession limit - 32. headquarters is required.
Coyote, Beaver, Bobcat, Raccoon, Opossum, Area Notes: Additional federal regulations, season dates
and a permit (required) are available from: Felsenthal
Nutria, Muskrat, Armadillo and Feral Hog: (hunt) National Wildlife Refuge, Box 1157, Crossett, AR 71635.
Oct. 1-Dec 7. Permitted during any daytime refuge hunt No boat motors exceeding 25 horsepower are allowed.
with archery equipment. State bag limits and furbearer All boats are prohibited on the refuge from 1:30 p.m. to
regulations apply. No trapping. 4 a.m. during waterfowl season.

Pond Creek NWR Area Notes: Additional federal regulations, season

dates and a permit (required) are available from:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 870-289-2126 • 27,000 acres • Sevier Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge, Box 1157,
county, WMA zone 532 Crossett, AR 71635.
modern gun, alligator, elk, quail and crow.
Wapanocca NWR
Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Jan. 31.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 870-343-2595 • 5,485 acres •
Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 16-24. Crittenden county, WMA zone 640
Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): Dec. 4-5. All other CLOSED: deer muzzleloader, bear archery, bear
seasons are closed during the hunt. muzzleloader, bear modern gun, alligator, elk,
quail, crow and no trapping of coyote, beaver,
nutrea, muskrat, armadillo, feral hog, raccoon,
Oct. 30-31. All other seasons are closed during the hunt. opossum or other furbearers.
Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit Deer Archery: Oct. 1-Jan. 31.
of four deer; no more than two bucks (no antler
restrictions). The first deer harvested can be a buck or Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): Nov. 13-14. Only
doe. A doe must be harvested and checked at the refuge shotguns with slugs, muzzleloaders shooting a single
check station before a second buck may be harvested projectile or legal pistols may be used.
with any weapon. No more than two bucks (no antler
restrictions) or up to four does may be taken with archery Deer Notes: No dogs allowed. Seasonal bag limit
tackle. No more than one buck (no antler restrictions) of three deer; no more than two bucks (no antler
or up to two doe may be taken during muzzleloader restrictions). No more than two bucks (no antler
season; refuge permit required. No more than one buck restrictions) or up to three does may be taken with
(no antler restrictions) or up to two doe may be taken archery tackle. No more than one buck (no antler
during the modern gun youth permit hunt. No more restrictions) or one doe may be taken during the
than one buck (no antler restrictions) or up to two doe modern gun permit hunt.
may be taken during modern gun permit hunt. Does Rabbit: Sept. 1-Dec. 31. Dogs allowed. Daily limit - 8,
tagged with a bonus doe tag, obtained at the refuge possession limit - 16.
headquarters, during any hunt are bonus deer and do not
count towards the statewide seasonal bag limit. Squirrel: Sept. 1-Dec. 31. Dogs allowed. Daily limit -
Rabbit: Sept. 4-Jan. 31. Dogs allowed between Nov.
13-Jan. 31. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16. Closed Coyote, Beaver, Nutria and Feral Hog: (hunt)
during quota deer hunt. permitted during any refuge hunt with hunting devices
appropriate for that hunt. No trapping.
Squirrel: Sept. 4-Jan. 31. Dogs allowed between Nov.
13-Jan. 31. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 32. Closed Raccoon and Opossum: (hunt) Nov. 1-Dec. 31
during quota deer hunt. (excluding Nov. 14 and 15). No limit. Dogs required for
night hunting. No trapping.
Coyote, Beaver, Nutria and Feral Hog: (hunt) may
be taken during any daytime refuge hunt with weapons Furbearers: (trap) closed.
legal for that hunt. No limit. Live hogs may not be Area Notes: Additional federal regulations, season
transported or possessed. dates and a permit (required) are available from:
Raccoon and Opossum: (hunt) sunrise, Nov. 13-Jan. Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge, Box 279, Turrell,
31. No limit. Closed during quota deer hunts. Dogs AR 72384.
required for night hunting.
Furbearers: (trap) allowed between sunrise, Nov. 13-
Jan. 31. For trapping, a Special Use Permit from refuge
headquarters is required. Trapping closed during quota
deer hunts.

White River NWR Deer Notes: No dogs allowed in any section. Season
bag limit of three deer; no more than two bucks (no
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 870-282-8200 • 160,000 acres • antler restrictions). No more than two bucks (no antler
Arkansas, Desha, Monroe, Phillips counties, WMA south zone 660, restrictions) or up to three does can be taken with
WMA north zone 661 archery tackle (both units). No more than 1 buck (no
CLOSED: bear archery, bear muzzleloader, bear antler restrictions) or one doe may be taken during the
modern gun, alligator, elk, quail and crow. Oct. 16-18 muzzleloader permit hunts (both units).
No more than one buck (no antler restrictions) may
Deer Archery: be taken during the Oct. 19-22 muzzleloader hunt
North Unit (north unit only). No more than one buck (no antler
Oct. 1-Jan. 31 and Oct. 1-Nov. 30 (Kansas Lake Area restrictions) or one doe may be taken during the Nov.
only). 13-15 modern gun permit hunt (north and south units).
No more than one buck (no antler restrictions) may
South Unit be taken during the Nov. 16-17 modern gun permit
Oct. 1-Dec. 31. hunt (north unit only). No more than one buck (no
Deer Muzzleloader: antler restrictions) or one doe may be taken during
the Nov. 6-7 modern gun special youth hunt (north
North Unit
and south units). Cooks Lake Area Dec. 4-5: no more
Oct. 16-18 (permit hunt) and Oct. 19-22.
than one buck (no antler restrictions) and one doe
South Unit may be taken during the modern gun permit youth
Oct. 16-18 (permit hunt). hunt. Cooks Lake Area Dec. 10-12: no more than one
Deer Modern Gun: buck (no antler restrictions) and one doe may be taken
during the modern gun permit mobility impaired hunt.
North Unit Cooks Lake Area: deer harvested during the modern
Nov. 13-15 (permit hunt) and Nov. 16-17. The Kansas gun youth permit hunt and mobility impaired permit
Lake Area is closed. hunt are bonus deer and do not count in the hunter’s
South Unit statewide seasonal bag limit.
Nov. 13-15 (permit hunt). Rabbit:
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 6-7. North Unit
Deer: Cook’s Lake Area Youth Hunt (permit hunt): Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16.
Dec. 4-5. Cook’s Lake Area only. South Unit
Deer: Cook’s Lake Area Mobility Impaired Hunt Sept. 1-Nov. 30. No dogs. Daily limit - 8, possession
(permit hunt): Dec. 10-12. Cook’s Lake Area only. limit - 16.
USFWS
Customer
Service Center
1-800-344-WILD (9453)

Squirrel: Furbearers: (trap) must obtain special use permit from

refuge headquarters in North Unit. Trapping closed in
North Unit South Unit.
Sept. 1-Feb. 28. Dogs allowed between Dec. 15-Feb.28.
Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 32. Area Notes: Check flooding information on Page
56 for important additional information. Additional
South Unit federal regulations, season dates and a permit (required)
Sept. 1-Nov. 30. No dogs allowed. Daily limit - 8, are available from: White River National Wildlife
possession limit - 32. Refuge, Box 205, St. Charles, AR 72140. The White
River NWR has stricter closing criteria than the
Beaver, Nutria, Coyote and Feral Hog (both units): surrounding flood prone regions. Check http://www.
(hunt) may be taken without the use of dogs during any fws.gov/whiteriver/ or call 870-282-8200 for current
daytime refuge hunt with weapons legal for that hunt. No status.
limit. Live hogs may not be transported or possessed.
Furbearers: (hunt)
North Unit
Noon, Nov. 20-noon, Jan. 31. Dogs and/or horses may
be utilized from sunset to sunrise only. Limited to
rimfire weapons and shotguns.
South Unit
Noon, Dec. 1-noon, Dec. 15. Dogs and/or horses may
be utilized from sunset to sunrise only. Limited to
rimfire weapons and shotguns.
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Index
A Deer Management Assistance
Arkansas Game and Fish Contact Info 2 Program (DMAP) 43
Deferred Hunter Education License 16
B Disability License 12
Badger F
Hunting 48
Trapping 48 Feeding and Baiting 33
Bear 44–45 Feral Hogs 37
Bag Limit 45 Flood Prone Regions 55–57
Bear Zone Map 44 Forest Service Permit 29
Season Regulations 44 Furbearers 47–49
Beaver Hunting 47
Hunting 48 Hunting Methods 48
Trapping 48 Trapping 48–49
Bobcat G
Hunting 47 General Hunting Public Meetings 8
Trapping 48 Gray Fox
C Hunting 47
Checking Game 36–37 Trapping 48
Bear 36 H
Deer 36 Harvest Information Program 13
Turkey 36 Hunter Education 13
Check Sheet Program 43 Hunting Guide License 13
Closed Seasons 33 Hunting Regulations 22–30
Common Licenses 14 Carcass Importation Restrictions 24
Coyote Hunter Orange Requirements 26
Hunting 47 Hunting Dogs 26–27
Trapping 48 Hunting Near a Residence 28
Crow 46 Hunting on Private Property 27
D Legal Hunting Equipment 24–25
Deer 38–43 Permission to Hunt Card 27
Bag Limits 38–39 Posting Land Requirements 28
Deer Zone Map 38 USDA Forest Service Regulations
Legal Buck Requirements 42–43 28–29
Season Regulations 39–41

Index
L R
Leased Lands Permits 17 Rabbit 46
Licenses, Miscellaneous 13 Raccoon
License Purchasing Options 12 Hunting 48
Licensing and Permits 12–17 Trapping 48
Lifetime Licenses 15 Reciprocal Licenses 16
M Red Fox
Hunting 47
Migratory Game Birds 46 Trapping 48
Mink Regulations Schedule 8
Hunting 47 Resident Qualifications 12
Trapping 48 River Otter
Mobility-Impaired Access Permits 16, Hunting 47
67 Trapping 48
Muskrat
Hunting 48 S
Trapping 48 Season Dates
N Bear 44
Archery 44
National Wildlife Refuges 120–125 Modern Gun 44
Natural Heritage Commission 30 Muzzleloader 44
New This Season 5 Special Youth Modern Gun 44
Nutria Crow 46
Hunting 48 Deer 38–40
Trapping 48 Archery 39–40
O Christmas Holiday Modern Gun 41
Modern Gun 40–41
Opossum
Muzzleloader 40
Hunting 47
Special Youth Modern Gun 42
Trapping 48
Furbearer 48–50
P Hunting 47
Possession of Game Taken Outside Trapping 48–49
Arkansas 33 National Wildlife Refuges 120–125
Quail 46
Q
Rabbit 46
Quail 46 Squirrel 46
Summary 7

Index
Wildlife Management Areas 71–119
Shooting From Roads 22
WMAs 68
Spotted Skunk
Hunting 48
Trapping 48
Squirrel 46
Striped Skunk
Hunting 47
Trapping 48
U
USDA Forest Service
Regulations 28
W
Waterfowl Rest Areas 69
Weasel
Hunting 48
Trapping 48
Wildlife Management Areas 62–128
Camping 69
Furbearer Regulations 70–71
Horses and Mules 69
Hunting Dogs 69
Hunting Equipment 68
Hunting Stands 67
Mobility Impaired Hunts 68
National Wildlife Refuges 120–125
Permit Deer Stands 68
Region Contact Numbers 62
Vehicles 67
Wildlife Management Area Chart
63–66
Wildlife Managment Regions and
Refuges Map 62
WMA-specific Details 71–119
Wildlife Regulations 33–50

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Regional Office Contact Information

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Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Hunting Guidebook 2010-11 1

Craig Scott Henderson Loren Hitchcock

2 Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Hunting Guidebook 2010-11

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Hunting Guidebook 2010-11 3

New This Year

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Hunting Guidebook 2010-11 5

Season Dates Summary

Elk Page 45 Quail Page 46

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Hunting Guidebook 2010-11 7

8 Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Hunting Guidebook 2010-11

Licensing and Permits

12 Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Hunting Guidebook 2010-11

Get the inside scoop on duck populations by signing up for

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Hunting Guidebook 2010-11 13

Entitles a holder of a resident hunting license to trap

Entitles the holder to hunt all game species using modern

Entitles a holder of a nonresident hunting license to trap

Entitles hunting license holders to hunt waterfowl. Not

14 Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Hunting Guidebook 2010-11

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Hunting Guidebook 2010-11 15

Deferred Hunter Education Codes

Mobility Impaired Access Permits

16 Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Hunting Guidebook 2010-11

Leased Lands Permits

1— Big Timber WMA 3 SCOTT

2— Casey Jones WMA

4— Gum Flats WMA LITTLE RIVER

5— Lafayette County WMA LAFAY-

6— Provo WMA 5 UNION

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Hunting Guidebook 2010-11 17

General Hunting Regulations

Transferring fish or wildlife to another person?

the following wildlife (quantity and type) ,

* A hunter education card number or date of birth

22 Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Hunting Guidebook 2010-11

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Hunting Guidebook 2010-11 23

Carcass Importation Restrictions

Alberta Michigan* New York Virginia

Legal Hunting Equipment

24 Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Hunting Guidebook 2010-11

Deer or Bear Hunting Equipment

Concealed Weapon Permit Holders

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Hunting Guidebook 2010-11 25

Hunter Orange Requirements

26 Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Hunting Guidebook 2010-11

Hunting on Private Property

Permission to Hunt Card

hunt, fish, trap, release dogs or pursue wildlife with dogs

( ) for this period of time.

Phone Today’s date

Possession of Game Taken Outside Arkansas 