Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Rule 002.00.19-004 - 2019-2020 Hunting Regulations

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
B1.01
		  MOURNING, WHITE WINGED, AND EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE SEASON AND LIMITS
First
day of
September to 4th Sunday in
			 October and for 33 days prior to and including January 15
EXCEPTION:
In compliance with WMA regulations
LIMIT: Mourning dove and White-winged Dove: Daily limit 15,
			 possession limit 45.
Eurasian collared-doves: No daily or possession limit. Eurasian
			 collared-doves must remain fully feathered in the field and while being
			 transported from the field.
B1.08 DUCK, COOT AND MERGANSER SEASON AND
		  LIMITS
First segment starting on the Saturday before Thanksgiving
			 closing first
Monday
after Thanksgiving,
Second segment
opening
second
Wednesday in December through the day
			 before Christmas Eve,
Third segment op
ening
the
day after Christmas and closing on the last day in
			 January for 60 days
EXCEPTION:
Ducks, coots and mergansers may be taken during the Special Youth
			 Waterfowl Hunt
(Code 11.04V
LIMIT DUCKS: Daily limit six. No more than four mallards (no more
			 than two of which may be females),
one
pintail, one
			 mottled duck, three scaup, three wood ducks, two redheads,
two
black duck and
two
canvasback.
Possession limit: no more than three daily limits.
MERGANSERS: Daily limit of five (no more than two of which may be
			 hooded mergansers).
Possession limit: no more than three daily limits.
COOT: Daily limit 15, possession limit 45.
MERGANSERS: Daily limit of five (no more than two of which may be
			 hooded mergansers).
Possession limit: no more than three daily limits.
COOT: Daily limit 15, possession limit 45.
B1.09 WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE SEASON AND LIMITS
Fourth Saturday in October for five
(5)
days,
			 Saturda
y prior to Thanksgiving
for fourteen (14) days, First Sunday in December through the last
			 day in January for fifty-five (55) days statewide. LIMIT: Daily limit three,
			 possession limit nine.
B1.10 SNOW, BLUE AND ROSS' GOOSE SEASON AND
		  LIMITS
Fourth Saturday in October for
five
(5)
			 days, Saturda
y prior to Thanksgiving
for fourteen (14) days, First Sunday in December through the last
			 day in January for fifty-five (55) days statewide.
EXCEPTION:
In compliance with the
Addendum
			 B1.14
.
LIMIT: Daily limit 20, no possession limit.
B1.11 CANADA GOOSE SEASON AND LIMITS
Early Canada Goose Statewide Season: Sept.1-30, annually
Fourth Saturday in October for
five
(5)
			 days, Saturda
y prior to Thanksgiving
for fourteen (14) days, First Sunday in December through the last
			 day in
January for fifty-five
(55
) days
			 statewide. Shooting hours are from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset
			 statewide.
EXCEPTION:
Holla Bend NWR is closed.
LIMIT: Daily limit two. Possession limit six
EXCEPTION:
The daily limit is five Canada geese from Sept. 1-30, annually,
			 possession limit 15.
B1.13
		  SPECIAL YOUTH WATERFOWL HUNTING SEASON AND LIMITS
First Saturday in December and the
Second
Saturday in February statewide
LIMIT: Same as statewide.
B1.14 SNOW, BLUE AND ROSS' GOOSE CONSERVATION
		  ORDER SEASON
AND LIMITS
First Saturday in October for twenty-one (21) days;
Thursday
after the first snow,
blue and Ross's goose regular season segment for through the day
			 before the first day of the second Snow,
Blue,
and Ross' goose
			 season (4-8);
Saturday
after the last day of regular
			 duck season for seven (7) days;
second
Sunday in
			 February through April 25 (77) days statewide. LIMIT: No limit.
24.09 NON-RESIDENT WATERFOWL
		  HUNTING PERMIT REQUIREMENTS
ON CERTAIN WMAs
It is unlawful for any non-resident hunters who does not possess
			 a valid Non-
resident WMA Waterfowl Hunting Permit to take or attempt to take
			 waterfowl without during regular duck season on the following WMAs: Bell Slough
			 Camp
Robinson WMA, Beryl Anthony Lower Ouachita, Big Lake, Dr. Lester
			 Sitzes III
Bois d'Arc, Cut-Off Creek, Sheffield Nelson Dagmar, Dave
			 Donaldson Black River, Earl Buss Bayou DeView, Ed Gordon Point Remove, Freddie
			 Black Choctaw Island East Unit, Frog Bayou, Galla Creek, George H. Dunklin Jr
			 Bayou Meto, Harris Brake, Henry Gray Hurricane Lake, Holland Bottoms, Ozan,
			 Petit Jean River, Rex Hancock Black Swamp, Seven Devils, Shirey Bay Rainey
			 Brake;-St. Francis Sunken Lands, Steve N. Wilson
			 Raft Creek Bottoms, Sulphur River, Trusten Holder, and Craig D. Campbell Lake
			 Conway Reservoir (Camp Robinson WDA).
As of the 2019-2020 season:
Permits may be purchased for the following dates only:
First ten (10) days of the first segment: Second
(2nd)
day after Christmas for ten
			 (10) days; last ten (10) days of the third segment
Each permit
			 will allow the non-resident to hunt waterfowl on a specified WMA for up to five
			 (5) consecutive days. The desired WMA and hunting dates must be selected from
			 the options available at the time of purchase and all selections are final.
			 Permit purchases are nonrefundable and nontransferable to other persons, dates,
			 or WMAs.
This permit is in addition to hunting and/or guide license
			 requirements as stated in
Chapter 03.00
. This permit
			 must be in the person's possession while taking or attempting to take waterfowl
			 on these WMAs. PENALTY: Class 2