Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.23-015 - 20.02 - Firearm Restrictions on WMAs

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
A. It is unlawful to possess buckshot, rifled
			 slugs, centerfire firearms, or rimfire firearms larger than .22 caliber on WMAs
			 other than during open modern gun deer, bear, or elk seasons and in compliance
			 with Codes 06.02, 06.09, 06.10.
B.
			 It is unlawful to possess muzzleloaders larger than .40 caliber on any WMA
			 other than during an open muzzleloader or modern gun deer, bear, or elk seasons
			 and in compliance with Code 06.03.
WMA SPECIFIC RESTRICTIONS:
A. All Commission-owned WMAs, Blue Mountain
			 WMA, Camp Robinson WMA, Dardanelle WMA, J. Perry Mikles Blue Mountain SUA,
			 Nimrod Lloyd Millwood WMA, Ozark Lake WMA, and all USDA Forest Service lands
			 including WMAs lying within the Ouachita National Forest and the St.
			 Francis/Ozark National Forest -bobcat, fox, and coyote may be taken during
			 daylight hours with firearms of any caliber during bobcat, fox, and coyote
			 seasons.
B. Beaver Lake,Big
			 Lake,Brushy Creek,Dave Donaldson Black River, Frierson, Holland Bottoms, St.
			 Francis Sunken Lands,Shirey Bay Rainey Brake, U of A Pine Tree Experimental
			 Station, W.E. Brewer Scatter Creek, and Wedington WMAs - only shotguns with
			 slugs (no buckshot allowed)or muzzleloading rifles (in compliance with Code
			 06.03) shooting a single projectile only during modern gun season.
C. Trusten Holder WMA - within the boundaries
			 of the Arkansas Post National Memorial buffer zone, discharge of any firearm is
			 prohibited. No rifles are allowed on that part of Trusten Holder, including all
			 Corps of Engineers lands, lying north and east of the centerline of the
			 Arkansas River which fall within the area that lies east of Pendleton Bridge to
			 just south of Dam 2 and those lands west of Tichnor Blacktop and Nady
			 Road.
D. Big Lake WMA - it is
			 unlawful to transport firearms in that portion of Ditch 28 on the Big Lake WMA
			 without firearms being dismantled or encased.
E. Lafayette County WMA - no
			 buckshot.
F. Bell Slough WMA -
			 shotguns, muzzleloader or rimfire rifles only.
G. Johnson County WRA on Dardanelle WMA -
			 muzzleloaders shooting a single projectile or shotguns with slugs
			 only.
H. DeGray Lake WMA - within
			 the boundaries of the Lower DeGray Lake Waterfowl Rest Area, all firearms and
			 archery equipment are prohibited except by permitted participants of special
			 hunts and archery equipment used for bowfishing.
I. Greers Ferry WMA - shotguns and
			 muzzleloaders are allowed during the youth deer permit hunt.
J. The farm units within Bald Knob, Cache
			 River, and Wapanocca NWRs - muzzleloaders shooting a single projectile,
			 shotguns with slugs (no buckshot allowed) or legal handguns only.
K. Maumelle River WMA - shotguns using legal,
			 non-toxic ammunition may be used to take squirrel, rabbit, furbearer, quail,
			 crow, dove as designated on the public use map in compliance with Code
			 23.03.
L. DeQueen Lake WMA - all
			 property lying south of Bellah Mine Road (excluding property contained within
			 the boundaries of the Dike C Firearms Unit and Jordan Tract Firearms Unit) -
			 firearms are not allowed. All COE Recreational Areas are closed to hunting.
			 Refer to COE\AGFC Public Use Map.
M. Hot Springs State Forest WMA- shotguns and
			 rim fire rifles using legal ammunition may be used to take crow, dove,
			 furbearer, quail, rabbit and wild turkey on areas designated on the public use
			 map as open for firearms. Firearms legal for taking deer allowed during Modern
			 Gun Special Youth Permit Hunt on areas designated on the public use
			 map.
EXCEPTIONS:
A. Private landowners within boundaries of
			 WMAs where they maintain a bona fide residence, within their homes or on their
			 own land where normal agricultural activity is conducted.
B. Trusten Holder WMA mobility impaired
			 muzzleloader deer hunters may use shotguns with slugs.
C. DeGray Lake WMA special hunt permit
			 holders may possess loaded firearms within the delineated boundaries of the
			 Lower DeGray Lake Waterfowl Rest Area during the special hunts.
D. In compliance with Code 05.19.
PENALTY:
Class 1