Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.24-006 - 05.17 Alligator, Bear, Deer, and Turkey Tagging Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
A. All licensed
			 hunters, including youth, 65+ lifetime hunting license holders, disability
			 hunting license holders, holders of any permanent license issued by the
			 Commission and those hunting under the Reciprocal Hunting License Agreement
			 must either immediately check their harvest using an AGFC-approved method
			 before moving their harvest from the site of recovery or legibly fill out (in
			 ink) a game tag provided in the current Commission guidebook, or use a piece of
			 paper to make a tag and legibly print (in ink) the hunter's name, date, WMA or
			 zone number, and time of harvest. The tag must be securely fastened to the
			 antler, ear, or leg of a deer or to the leg of a turkey before moving the
			 animal from the site of recovery. The tagged animal must then be checked using
			 an AGFC-approved method within 12 hours of when it was recovered from the site
			 of harvest. A harvested alligator, deer or bear does not need to be tagged when
			 proof of checking is immediately available. SPECIAL NOTE: Harvest information
			 reflecting the name, address, species, sex, date taken and check confirmation
			 number must remain with all portions until reaching the point of final
			 storage.
B. Immediately after
			 harvesting a bear and before moving it, each hunter must check the bear online
			 or by phone; or each hunter must legibly fill out (in ink) a game tag provided
			 in the current Arkansas Hunting Guidebook, or use a piece of paper to make a
			 tag, and legibly print (in ink) the hunter's name, date, WMA or zone number,
			 and time of harvest. The tag must be securely fastened to the leg or ear of the
			 bear.
C. Immediately after
			 harvesting an alligator and before moving it, each hunter must check the
			 alligator online and legibly fill out (in ink) a temporary game tag provided in
			 the current Arkansas Hunting Guidebook, or use a piece of paper to make a tag,
			 and legibly print (in ink) the hunter's name, date, alligator management zone
			 number, and time of harvest. The tag must be securely fastened to the leg of
			 the alligator. A US Fish and Wildlife Service CITES tag will be mailed to
			 successful hunters upon verification of online checking. The hunter will attach
			 the CITES tag to the alligator approximately 6 inches from the tip of the
			 tail.
D. RESERVED.
E. A hunter who has been issued a Deer
			 Management Assistance Program Management Tag, Private Land CWD Management Tag,
			 CWD Replacement Tag, or Urban Deer Hunt Management Tag may only use such tag in
			 compliance with the special terms of the tag. Immediately after harvesting a
			 bonus deer allowed under the Deer Management Assistance Program Management
			 Tags, Private Land CWD Management Tags, CWD Replacement Tags, or Urban Deer
			 Hunt Management Tags, each hunter must physically tag the deer with the special
			 AGFC-issued program tag before moving the deer. Immediate proof of checking
			 does not exempt these deer from being tagged.
PENALTY:
Class 2