Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Rule 002.00.15-007 - 2015-2016 Early Migratory Bird Regulations

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
Proposed 2015-2016 Early Migratory Bird
			 Regulatio
ns
B1.01
MOURNING AND EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE SEASON AND LIMITS
Sept. 5-Oct. 24 and Dec. 19. 2015-Jan. 7.
			 2016.
EXCEPTION:
In compliance with WMA regulations.
LIMIT:
Mourning 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.
B1.02
TEAL SEASON AND LIMITS
Sept. 12-27. 2015.
EXCEPTION:
Teal may be taken in compliance with
Code
			 04.02
and
Addendum B1.08
.
LIMIT:
Daily limit six, possession limit 18.
B1.03
RAIL (VIRGINIA AND SORA) SEASON
		  AND LIMITS
Sept. 12-Nov. 20,
			 2015.
LIMIT:
Daily limit 25, possession limit
			 75.
B1.04
WOODCOCK
		  SEASON AND LIMITS
Nov. 7. 2015-Dec. 21. 2015.
LIMIT:
Daily limit three, possession limit
			 nine.
B1.05
COMMON
		  SNIPE SEASON AND LIMITS
Nov.1.
2015-Feb.
15.
2016
.
LIMIT:
Daily limit eight, possession limit
			 24.
B1.06
PURPLE
		  GALLINULE SEASON AND LIMITS
Sept. 1-Nov. 9.
2015
.
LIMIT:
Daily limit 15, possession limit
			 45.
B1.07
COMMON
		  MOORHEN SEASON AND LIMITS
Sept. 1-Nov. 9.
2015
.
LIMIT:
Daily limit 15, possession limit
			 45.
B1.11
CANADA GOOSE
		  SEASON AND LIMITS
Early Canada Goose Statewide Season:
Sept.1-15.
2015
.
Northwest Canada Goose Zone Season:
Sept.
			 19-28, 2015
.
Late Canada Goose Statewide Season:
Nov. 13. 2014-Jan. 25. 2015
. 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. 1-15.
2015.
possession limit 15.
09.01
POSSESSION OF CERTAIN WILDLIFE IN
		  CAPTIVITY PROHIBITED
It is unlawful to possess, hold captive, confine or enclose any
			 live wildlife, whether native or non-native, migratory or imported, unless
			 otherwise specified herein.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Accredited members of the American Zoo
		  and Aquarium Association
(2)
		  Persons possessing and holding captive wildlife in compliance with
Chapter 09.00
.
(3) Persons possessing and holding captive
		  fish, bullfrogs, mussels, aquatic turtles and alligators in compliance with
Chapters 29.00
;
30.00
;
31.00
;
32.00
;
33.00
;
34.00
;
35.00
.
(4)
		  Persons may be permitted to possess and hold captive on a temporary basis
		  captive-reared mallards, pen-raised quail, coyote, fox or raccoon for the sole
		  purpose of dog training or conducting field trials sanctioned by the American
		  Kennel Club, National Field Retriever Association, North American Hunting
		  Retriever Association, Hunting Retrievers Club, United Kennel Club,
		  Professional Kennel Club, or American Coon Hunters Association upon requesting
		  and receiving a_Shoot-to-Kill Retrieving Dog Training Permit (for
		  captive-reared mallards) and/or written approval from the Chief of Wildlife
		  Management.
(5) Persons determined
		  by the Commission to be involved in bona fide scientific research, education or
		  conservation efforts of significant benefit to wildlife or wildlife habitat, in
		  Arkansas may be permitted to possess and hold captive wildlife in compliance
		  with the terms of a special permit issued by the Chief of Wildlife
		  Management.
(6) Persons with a
		  valid U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Exhibition Permit may possess and
		  hold captive wildlife allowed by that permit. Holders of this permit are not
		  exempt from subsequent regulations in
Chapter
		  09.00
.
(7) Persons
		  with a valid U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service migratory bird permit may possess
		  migratory birds in compliance with the terms of that permit. Holders of this
		  permit are not exempt from subsequent regulations in
Chapter
		  09.00
. Holders of a valid U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Raptor
		  Propagation Permit are not required to obtain a Commission Wildlife
		  Breeder/Dealer Permit to propagate or distribute raptors.
(8) The following species are exempt from
		  rules regarding captive wildlife in
Codes 09.02
;
09.07
;
09.10
: buffalo
(Bos bison),
emu
(Dromaius novaehollandiae),
llama
(Lama glama),
Muscovy duck
(Cairina
		  moschata),
European domestic ferret
(Mustela putorius),
hamster
(Mesocricetus auratus, Phodopus campbelli, Phodopus
		  sungorus, Cricetulus griseus, Phodopus roborovskii),
Guinea pig
(Cavia porcellus),
Congo peacock
(Arfopavo congensis),
Green peafowl
(Pavo muticus),
Indian Peafowl
(Pavo cristatus),
ringneck dove
(Streptopelia
		  risoria),
gerbils (Subfamily Gerbillinae), common white mice and
		  common white rats, and wolf/dog hybrids.
PENALTY: Class 2
(1) Any wildlife possessed in violation of
		  this regulation may be declared contraband and subject to immediate
		  seizure.
(2) Upon conviction, or
		  before, if so ordered by a court having legal jurisdiction, title to the
		  wildlife shall be forfeited to the Commission and released or disposed of in
		  compliance with Commission policy.
(3) Any person convicted of violating this
		  regulation shall be liable for the costs accrued in the storage, care, and
		  maintenance of any equipment or wildlife seized in connection with the
		  violation.
(4) Any person convicted
		  of violating this regulation shall be liable for the costs of any and all tests
		  and/or examinations of the illegal wildlife and also shall be liable for the
		  costs of destruction and/or disposal of the illegal wildlife, as deemed
		  necessary by the Commission for the protection of native
		  wildlife.