Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.22-074 - 20.24 Feral Hog Restrictions on WMAs

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
Code Book
The regulations in this Code Book are hereby adopted by
				the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission under authority of Amendment 35 to
				the Constitution of the State of Arkansas. All laws, rules, regulations, or
				orders in conflict with the regulations in this Code Book are hereby repealed
				by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission.
20.24
Feral Hog Restrictions On
			 WMAs
It is unlawful to:
A.
			 Hunt feral hogs on WMAs;
B. Hunt
			 feral hogs on WMAs by the use of dogs or trapping; or
C. Possess or release live hogs on WMAs.
EXCEPTIONS:
A. Feral hogs may only be taken by a hunter
			 who is hunting bear, deer, or elk during a firearm season for these big game
			 species with a weapon legal for bear, deer, or elk firearm season and in
			 compliance with all hunting license and permit requirements, on the following
			 WMAs and NWRs:
1. Bearcat Hollow
			 WMA,
2. Beaver Lake WMA,
3. Beryl Anthony Lower Ouachita
			 WMA,
4. Big Lake WMA,
5. Big Timber WMA,
6. Blevins WMA,
7. Blue Mountain WMA,
8. Buck Island WMA,
9. Buffalo National River WMA,
10. Camp Robinson WMA,
11. Camp Robinson SUA,
12. Caney Creek WMA,
13. Casey Jones WMA,
14. Cherokee WMA,
15. Crossett Experimental Forest
			 WMA,
16. Cut-Off Creek
			 WMA,
17. Dardanelle WMA,
18. DeGray Lake WMA,
19. Departee Creek WMA,
20. DeQueen Lake WMA,
21. Devil's Knob Natural Area WMA,
22. Dr. Lester Sitzes III Bois D'Arc
			 WMA,
23. Ed Gordon Point Remove
			 WMA,
24. Freddie Black Choctaw
			 Island Deer Research Area,
25. Ft.
			 Chaffee WMA,
26. Galla Creek
			 WMA,
27. Gene Rush WMA,
28. George H. Dunklin Jr. Bayou Meto
			 WMA,
29. Greers Ferry Lake
			 WMA,
30. Gum Flats WMA,
31. Harold E. Alexander Spring River
			 WMA,
32. Henry Gray Hurricane Lake
			 WMA,
33. Hope Upland WMA,
34. Howard County WMA,
35. J. Perry Mikles Blue Mountain
			 SUA,
36. Jack Mountain
			 WMA,
37. Jamestown Independence
			 County WMA,
38. Jim Kress
			 WMA,
39. Jones Point WMA,
40. Lafayette County WMA,
41. Lake Greeson WMA,
42. Lee Creek WMA,
43. Little Bayou WMA,
44. Little Rive WMAr,
45. Loafer's Glory WMA,
46. McIIroy Madison County WMA,
47. Moro Big Pine Natural Area WMA,
48. Mt. Magazine WMA,
49. Muddy Creek WMA,
50. Nimrod Lloyd Millwood WMA,
51. Norfork Lake WMA,
52. Ozan WMA,
53. Ozark Lake WMA,
54. RESERVED
55. Petit Jean River WMA,
56. Piney Creeks WMA,
57. Poison Springs WMA,
58. Provo WMA,
59. RaineyWMA,
60. Scott Henderson Gulf Mountain
			 WMA,
61. Seven Devils
			 WMA,
62. Shirey Bay Rainey Brake
			 WMA,
63. Spring Bank WMA,
64. St. Francis National Forest
			 WMA,
65. St. Francis Sunken Lands
			 WMA,
66. Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek
			 Bottoms WMA,
67. Sulphur River
			 WMA,
68. Sylamore WMA,
69. Trusten Holder WMA,
70. U of A Pine Tree Experimental Station
			 WDA,
71. Village Creek
			 WMA,
72. Wedington WMA,
73. White Rock WMA, and
74. Winona WMA;
75. Bald Knob NWR,
76. Big Lake NWR,
77. Dale BumpersWhite River NWR,
78. Felsenthal NWR,
79. Overflow NWR,
80. Pond Creek NWR, and
81. Wapanocca NWR.
B. Feral hogs may be taken on a WMA by a
			 legal archery hunter only during the portion of an open bear, deer, or elk
			 archery season on that WMA that falls in the month of November or December.
PENALTIES:
For violation of (A) or (B): Class 3
For violation of (C): Class 4