Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Rule 002.00.05-011 - Approved 2005-2006 Waterfowl Code: Section 12.00 - Migratory Game Birds and Waterfowl Regulations

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
Section 12.00
Migratory Game Birds and Waterfowl Regulations
12.09
COMMON SNIPE SEASON RESTRICTIONS.
It shall be unlawful to take or attempt to take common snipe other than
		  from
November 1, 2005-February 15, 2006
.
PENALTY:
$200.00 to $1,000.00.
12.18
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE SEASON
		  RESTRICTIONS
. It shall be unlawful to take or attempt to take
		  White-fronted geese other than from November 19 - December 4, 2005 and December
		  12, 2005 - February 5, 2006.
PENALTY
: $200.00 to $1,000.00.
12.19
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE DAILY BAG
		  AND POSSESSION RESTRICTIONS
. It shall be unlawful to take or attempt to
		  take more than two (2) white-fronted geese or to possess more than twice the
		  daily limit.
PENALTY
: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
12.20
SNOW, BLUE, ROSS' GOOSE SEASON
		  RESTRICTIONS. It shall be unlawful to take or attempt to take Snow, Blue and
		  Ross' geese other than from
November 10 - December 9, 2005 and
		  December 12, 2005 - February 5, 2006.
EXCEPTION:
(1)
In compliance with the Snow, Blue
		  and Ross' Goose Conservation Order starting from
February 6 - April
		  30, 2006
.
PENALTY: $200.00 to
			 $1,000.00.
12.21
SNOW, BLUE AND ROSS' GOOSE DAILY
		  BAG AND POSSESSION
RESTRICTIONS. It shall be unlawful to take or
		  attempt to take more than twenty (20) Snow, Blue or Ross' geese with no
		  possession limit.
EXCEPTION:
(1)
In compliance with the Snow, Blue
		  and Ross' Goose Conservation Order starting from
February 6 - April
		  30, 2006 .
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
25.02
HUNTING OR TRESPASSING
		  PROHIBITED WITHIN CERTAIN WMAs AND LAKES .
It shall be unlawful to duck
		  hunt or trespass on the following areas and lakes as specified herein:
(1)
BAYOU METO - The Wrape Plantation
		  WRA is closed to access 30 days before the first duck season until February 15
		  except open to duck hunting all day during the last 3 days of the last duck
		  season and during the special youth waterfowl hunt. Halowell WRA is closed to
		  access 30 days before the first duck season until February 15.
(2)
BELL SLOUGH
-
Palarm Creek Waterfowl Rest Areas closes to access 30 days before the
		  first duck season until 30 days after the last duck season.
(3)
BIG LAKE
- Mallard Lake is
		  closed to hunting. Fishing and non-hunting activities are allowed.
(4)
DR. LESTER SITZES, III BOIS D'ARC
-
Red Slough Waterfowl Rest Area is open all day the last three
		  days of the last duck season, open to archery deer hunting October 1-November
		  11 and open to small game hunting until October 15. Dr. Lester Sitzes, III Bois
		  d'Arc Lake is closed to waterfowl hunting except open to hunting all day the
		  last three days of the last duck season.
(5)
BREWER LAKE
- Closed to
		  waterfowl hunting.
(6)
CAMP
		  ROBINSON WDA
- Closed to waterfowl hunting.
(7)
CAMP ROBINSON WMA
-
		  Waterfowl hunting ends at noon although hunting is allowed all day the last
		  three days of the last duck season. Duck blinds are prohibited.
(8)
CASEY JONES
- Waterfowl
		  hunting ends at noon although hunting is allowed all day the last three days of
		  the last duck season.
(9)
CEDAR CREEK -
Closed to waterfowl hunting.
(10)
CUT-OFF CREEK
- Closed to
		  all trespassing (except in designated campsites, parking areas and boat launch
		  ramps) from 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. during duck season.
Pigeon Creek
		  Waterfowl Rest Area will be closed to access following the last day of the
		  modern gun deer season until the end of the last duck season except is open to
		  hunting during the special youth waterfowl hunt.
Travel by boat is
		  prohibited on Latin Drain, Firehunt Slough and Third Slough except during high
		  water periods when boating access is possible to the Deep Slough Dam. In this
		  case, boats may be used area-wide, however, boat motors may only be used on
		  Cut-Off Creek and Deep Slough.
(11)
DAGMAR
- Apple Lake WRA is closed to access
30 days before
		  the first duck season
through the last day of duck season, except open
		  all day the last three days of the last duck season and during the special
		  youth waterfowl hunt.
(12)
DARDANELLE
- Waterfowl hunting is not allowed on that part of Big
		  Spadra and Little Spadra Creeks lying north of the Missouri Pacific Railroad,
		  east of Crawford Street, south of I-40, and west of State Hwy 103, or all park
		  boundaries, state highways and all waterfowl rest areas. Dogs, hunting or
		  trapping devices are prohibited on Johnson County, Horsehead Creek and Bob
		  Young WRAs. Access prohibited during waterfowl seasons and during the Mobility
		  Impaired Permit Gun Deer hunt. Exceptions: Archery deer hunting October 1-31
		  and February 1-15 and Mobility Impaired Permit Gun deer hunt by permit holders.
		  The WRAs are closed to access during waterfowl seasons except for archery deer
		  hunting October 1-31 and February 1-15. Horsehead Creek and Bob Young WRAs are
		  closed to access November 1 through the last day of duck season, except open
		  during the Special Youth Waterfowl Hunt.
(13)
DAVE DONALDSON BLACK RIVER
- The waterfowl rest area (part of Section 16 and all of Section 21,
		  T19N, R3E lying south of Black River) and the Brookings Moist Soil Unit closes
		  to all hunting and trespassing November 1 through the last day of duck season.
		  No hunting is allowed on Hubble Lake during duck season. Lake Ashbaugh is
		  closed to all hunting. The waterfowl rest area, Brookings Moist Soil Unit and
		  Hubble Lake are open for early teal season and youth waterfowl hunts and to
		  hunting all day the last three days of the last duck season. On Lake Ashbaugh
		  and Hubble Lake, only fishing and non-hunting activities are allowed.
(14)
ED GORDON POINT REMOVE
-
		  The Steve Frick Waterfowl Rest Area is closed to all hunting and trespassing
		  from
November
15
- February 28
.
(15)
FT. CHAFFEE
- The Ft.
		  Chaffee Waterfowl Rest Area in Sportsmen Compartment 3 closes to access
		  November 1 through the last day of duck season.
(16)
FROG BAYOU
- Waterfowl
		  hunters may not access inundated areas until 4:00 a.m. and must exit inundated
		  areas by 12:00 p.m., except open to access from 4:00 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. the
		  last three days of the last duck season.
(17)
HARRIS BRAKE
- Open to
		  waterfowl hunting only Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. All day hunting
		  is allowed the last two days of the last duck season. During duck season, other
		  hunters must abide by same hours and days as duck hunters, except for those
		  trapping and hunting furbearers at night. Only shotguns and archery equipment
		  are allowed for hunting. Harris Brake Lake is closed to hunting.
(18)
HENRY GRAY HURRICANE LAKE
- Waterfowl hunters may not access inundated area until 4:00 a.m. and
		  must exit inundated areas by 12:00 p.m., except open to access from 4:00 a.m.
		  until 6:30 p.m. all day the last three days of the last duck season.
(19)
HOLLAND BOTTOMS
- Lake
		  Pickthorne Waterfowl Rest Area is closed to access November 1 through the last
		  day of duck season.
(20)
LITTLE BAYOU
- Closed to all trespassing (except in designated
		  campsites, parking areas and boat launch ramps) from 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m.
		  during duck season and open during the special youth waterfowl hunt and to
		  hunting all day the last three days of the last duck season.
(21)
NIMROD LLOYD MILLWOOD
-
		  Nimrod Lloyd Millwood Waterfowl Rest Area is closed to waterfowl hunting except
		  during the last three days of the last duck season.
(22)
PETIT JEAN RIVER WMA
-
		  Waterfowl impoundments are closed to trespass from one hour after sunset until
		  4:00 a.m.
from November 19-January 29
.
(23)
REX HANCOCK BLACK SWAMP
-Lee LeBlanc WRA is closed to access November 1 through the last day of
		  duck season, except the WRA is open during the special youth waterfowl hunt.
		  Waterfowl hunters may not access inundated area until 4:00 a.m. and must exit
		  inundated areas by 12:00 p.m., except open to access from 4:00 a.m. until 6:30
		  p.m. all day the last three days of the last duck season.
(24)
RICK EVANS GRANDVIEW PRAIRIE
- Waterfowl hunting closed on all lakes and ponds.
(25)
SHIREY BAY/RAINEY BRAKE
-
		  The waterfowl rest area in Sections
3
, 7, 8,
and 18
T13N, R2W; Sections 21 and 28, T16N, R2W; Section 3, T15N, R2W; and
		  Section 32, T16N, R2W closes to access November 1 through the last day of duck
		  season, except the waterfowl rest areas and MSUs (Moist Soil Units) are open to
		  the early teal season and youth waterfowl hunts and all day hunting the last
		  three days of the last duck season.
(26)
STEVE N. WILSON RAFT CREEK BOTTOMS
- Waterfowl hunters may not access inundated area until 4:00 a.m. and
		  must exit inundated areas by 12:00 p.m., except open to access from 4:00 a.m.
		  until 6:30 p.m. all day the last three days of the last duck season.
(27)
ST. FRANCIS FOREST
-
		  Waterfowl hunting ends at noon. Boat motors over 10 hp are
		  prohibited.
(28)
ST. FRANCIS
		  SUNKEN LANDS
- Waterfowl hunting ends at noon although hunting is
		  allowed all day the last three days of the last duck season. The Payneway Moist
		  Soil Unit Sections 8,9,16 and 17, T11N, R6E and Snowden Field Moist Soil Unit
		  in Sections 20 and 21, T12N, R6E is closed to all hunting from November 1
		  through the last day of duck season, except the Snowden Field (MSU) levee is
		  open to foot traffic around the north end of the unit to allow access to public
		  lands, the MSUs are open for the early teal and the special youth waterfowl
		  hunt and to hunting all day the last three days of the last duck
		  season.
(29)
SULPHUR RIVER
- Trespassing is prohibited
from October 1
through the last
		  day of duck season only on the Henry Moore Waterfowl Rest Area, except the last
		  three days of the last duck season and the special youth waterfowl
		  hunt.
(30)
LAKE CONWAY
- Closed to waterfowl hunting except on the Pierce Creek and Dixs Creek
		  Bays, waterfowl hunting ends at noon.
(31)
CANE CREEK LAKE
(Lincoln
		  County) - Waterfowl hunting ends at noon.
(32)
U OF A PINE TREE EXPERIMENTAL
		  STATION WDA
: North of Hwy 306 closed to waterfowl hunting.
(33)
Lake Pickthorne
- Closed to
		  waterfowl hunting.
EXCEPTION:
(1) Employees or agents of the Arkansas Game
		  and Fish Commission in the performance of their duties.
PENALTY
:
		  $100.00 to $1,000.00.