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Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-058 - F1.07 Falconry Permit Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
A. Permits or legible copies of them must be
			 in a falconer's immediate possession when trapping, transporting, working with
			 or flying falconry raptors, both in and outside of Arkansas, except when the
			 falconer is at the location of his/her falconry facilities.
B. Permits issued by the Commission will be
			 at a level commensurate with the falconer's ability and experience as follows:
1. Apprentice Class Eligibility, and
			 Application Conditions and Requirements:
i.
			 An Apprentice falconer applicant must be at least 14 years of age. If the
			 apprentice is under 18 years of age, a parent or legal guardian must sign
			 his/her application and be legally responsible for his/her
			 activities.
ii. An Apprentice Class
			 falconer applicant must have a letter from a Master or General Falconer who is
			 at least 18 years old and has at least two years' experience at the General
			 Falconer level and a state falconry permit stating that he or she will sponsor
			 the applicant and serve as his/ her mentor.
iii. An Apprentice applicant will not be
			 issued a permit until the applicant has demonstrated satisfactory compliance
			 with the following requirements:
a. Must pass
			 a written falconry examination administered by the Commission with a score of
			 at least 80 percent.
b. Must
			 possess an Arkansas hunting license.
c. Must have their falconry facilities and
			 equipment pass inspection by an employee of AGFC.
iv. Apprentice falconers may possess no more
			 than 1 raptor for use in falconry.
v. Apprentice falconers may possess a
			 wild-caught raptor of the following species: Red-tailed hawk, American kestrel,
			 Red-shouldered hawk, Great horned owl, or Harris's hawk.
vi. Apprentice falconers are required to
			 capture the hawk themselves; the raptor may not be transferred to them by
			 another falconer.
vii. Apprentice
			 falconers may not possess a raptor taken from the wild as a nestling and may
			 not possess a bird that is imprinted on humans.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-059 - F1.08 Venomous Reptile Possession Permit Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
A. Permit
			 Requirements: A Venomous Reptile Permit may be issued to applicants complying
			 with the following requirements:
1. The
			 applicant must be at least 18 years old and shall not have been convicted of,
			 or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere for, violating any federal,
			 state or municipal law governing captive wildlife, illegal appropriation or
			 commercialization of wildlife, or cruelty to animals within 5 years of the
			 application date.
2. The applicant
			 shall provide to the Commission, in writing, proof from the appropriate county
			 or municipal jurisdiction, stating that the applicant's possession of medically
			 significant venomous reptiles is in compliance with all local
			 ordinances.
3. The applicant shall
			 submit a written application (available from the Commission) for each facility
			 to be permitted
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-063 - B1.09 White Fronted Goose Season and Limits

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
October 31 - November 16, November 21 - December 4, and
				December 6 - January 31, with a daily bag limit of 2 (88 day season)
LIMIT:
Daily limit 3, possession limit
				9.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-066 - 26.21 Yo-Yo, Freefloating, Trotline, Setline And Limbline Fishing Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
It is unlawful for a person to:
A. Fish more than 30 yo-yos or other
			 mechanical fishing devices or to leave such unattended (out of sight or
			 hearing) during daylight hours;
B.
			 Suspend more than one yo-yo or mechanical fishing device from any horizontal
			 line, wire, limb or support;
C. Use
			 a stake to mount a yo-yo, limbline, or mechanical fishing device on a
			 Commission-owned lake unless the stake is made from wood or cane;
D. Fail to remove any mounting stake placed
			 in a Commission-owned lake after the stake is no longer in use for
			 fishing;
E. Fish in excess of 20
			 freefloating fishing devices (jugs) and to fail to attend such devices at all
			 times;
F. Use trotlines, setlines
			 and limblines with drops or hooks less than 24 inches apart
			 statewide;
G. Use any trotline or
			 snagline below any lock and dam on the Arkansas River from the dam to the
			 nearest arrival point navigation marker downstream;
H. Fail to run any line and remove catch
			 daily; or
I. Fish any more than 100
			 hooks at any time between the main levees of the Mississippi River (Code
			 26.08).
All fishing devices must be clearly labeled, in a durable
				manner with one of the following:
A.
			 the name and address;
B. driver's
			 license number; or
C. current
			 vehicle license plate number of the person using such equipment.
EXCEPTIONS:
A.
			 Freefloating Fishing Devices are not required to be attended from sunset to
			 sunrise.
B. Trotlines that
			 otherwise comply with the provisions of this regulation may be used on Lake
			 Maumelle, except in areas where signs prohibiting use of trotlines are posted
			 by the Commission or Central Arkansas Water Authority.
C. Limblines may not be used within the
			 boundaries of Buffalo River National Park.
PENALTY:
Class 1
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-068 - B1.08 Duck, Coot, and Merganser Season And Limits

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
*
1st segment:
the Saturday before Thanksgiving
				through the first Monday after Thanksgiving
*
2nd segment:
the second Wednesday in December
				through December23
*
3rd segment:
December 26 through January
				31
EXCEPTION:
Ducks, coots, and mergansers may be
				taken during the Special Youth Waterfowl Hunt (Code 11.04).
LIMITS:
Coot:
Daily limit 15, possession limit 45.
Ducks:
Daily limit 6. No more than four mallards
				(no more than 2 of which may be females), 1 pintail, 1 mottled duck, 1 scaup, 3
				wood ducks, 2 redheads, 2 black ducks, and 2 canvasbacks. Possession limit no
				more than 3 daily limits.
Mergansers:
Daily limit 5 (no more than 2 of which
				may be hooded mergansers). Possession limit no more than 3 daily
				limits.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-070 - 20.07 Permit Requirements on Certain WMAs

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
It is unlawful to hunt or trap on a WMA without first obtaining
				and complying with the terms of the required permit (Codes 20.16, 20.17, and
				Addendum Chapter C1.00) and as specified below:
A. An Access Permit is required on Bald Knob,
			 Big Lake, Cache River, Felsenthal, Holla Bend, Overflow, Pond Creek, and
			 Wapanocca NWRs, Crossett Experimental Forest WMA, and Poison Springs
			 WMA.
B. A Leased Land Permit is
			 required for persons 16 years and older to camp, hunt, or trap wildlife on Big
			 Timber, Casey Jones, Cedar Mountain, Cherokee, Gum Flats, Howard County, Jack
			 Mountain, Jim Kress, Lafayette County (except no permit is required to camp),
			 Lake Greeson (no permit is required for mobility impaired hunters hunting
			 during the mobility impaired permit hunt) and Provo Leased Lands
			 WMAs.
C. A Special Use Permit is
			 required to camp, hunt, fish, or operate an ATV on Dale Bumpers White River
			 NWR.
D. A WMA General Use Permit is
			 required for persons 16 years and older to hunt or trap on any WMA.
E. A special permit from the U.S. Army Corp
			 of Engineers is required for any person to participate in the youth deer or
			 mobility impaired waterfowl permit hunt on DeGray Lake WMA.
EXCEPTION:
A WMA General Use Permit is not
				required to hunt or trap on inholdings.
PENALTIES:
For violation of (A), (B), (C), or (E): Class 1
For violation of (D): Prohibition from entering upon
				Commission-owned WMAs for a period of 1year
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-071 - 26.13 Certain Exotic Species Prohibited

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
It is unlawful to import, transport, or possess any live
				species commonly known as snakehead (
Family channidae
),
				walking catfish, stickleback, Mexican banded tetra, piranha or rusty crayfish
				(
Orconectes rusticus
).
EXCEPTION:
These species may be possessed for
				display and educational purposes by written permit approved by the Commission.
				Northern Snakehead,
Channa argus
, may be possessed once the
				head has been severed from the body.
PENALTY:
Class 2
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-073 - B1.01 Mourning, White Winged, And Eurasian Collared Dove Season and Limits

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
First Saturday of September to 4th Sunday in October and for 33
				days prior to and including January 15.
EXCEPTION:
In compliance with WMA
				regulations.
LIMITS:
Mourning Doves and White Winged Doves:
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.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-074 - C1.16 Turkey Permit Requirements on Certain WMAs

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
A.
Quota
: Bell Slough, Beryl
			 Anthony Lower Ouachita, Dr. Lester Sitzes, III Bois d'Arc, Cache River NWR
			 (north of I-40), Camp Robinson WMA, Freddie Black Choctaw Island WMA Deer
			 Research Area (East Unit), Cut-Off Creek, Devil's Eyebrow Natural Area, Ed
			 Gordon Point Remove, Felsenthal NWR, Galla Creek, Scott Henderson Gulf
			 Mountain, Harold E. Alexander Spring River, Holla Bend NWR, Holland Bottoms,
			 Lafayette County, McIlroy Madison County, Mike Freeze Wattensaw, Moro Big Pine
			 Natural Area, Pond Creek NWR, Rex Hancock Black Swamp, Shirey Bay Rainey Brake,
			 Sylamore, Sulphur River, U of A Pine Tree Experimental Station WDA, and W.E.
			 Brewer Scatter Creek WMAs.
B.
Youth
: Big Lake WMA, Freddie Black Choctaw Island WMA Deer
			 Research Area (East Unit), Cut-Off Creek, Devil's Eyebrow Natural Area,
			 Felsenthal NWR, Harold E. Alexander Spring River, Holla Bend NWR, Holland
			 Bottoms, Hope Upland, Lafayette County, McIlroy Madison County, Mike Freeze
			 Wattensaw, Moro Big Pine Natural Area, Overflow NWR, Pond Creek NWR, Rick Evans
			 Grandview Prairie, Shirey Bay Rainey Brake, Stone Prairie, U of A Pine Tree
			 Experimental Station WDA, and W.E. Brewer Scatter Creek WMAs.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-075 - 20.03 Loaded Firearms Prohibited in Camping Areas On All WMAs

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
It is unlawful to possess a loaded firearm in any camping area
				or parking lot on any WMA (Code 01.00-C Loaded Firearms).
EXCEPTION:
In compliance with Code 05.19.
PENALTY:
Class 1
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-076 - 24.11 Certain Waterfowl Decoys Prohibited

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
It shall be unlawful on any Commission-owned WMAs or lakes or
				Camp Robinson WMA and on any National Wildlife Refuge to possess, or take or
				attempt to take waterfowl with the use of, any simulated wing movement decoy or
				any decoy other than an artificial decoy that imitates the appearance of
				waterfowl: no moving parts or electrical components; and is not subjected to
				any artificial means that makes it appear to move, splash or cause ripples.
				From the first day of the first segment of regular duck season through the last
				day of the last segment of regular duck season including teal and youth
				waterfowl season. (Code 01.00-C).
EXCEPTION:
Manually operated "jerk strings" may be
				used to simulate decoy movement.
PENALTY:
Class 1
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-078 - A1.10 Alligator Hunting Season and Limits

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Zones 1, 2, and 3: Sunset on 3rd Friday in September through
				sunrise on 4th Monday in September and Sunset on 4th Friday in September
				through sunrise on fourth day by permit only.
Zones 4 and 5: Closed.
EXCEPTION:
In compliance with Chapter
				33.00.
LIMIT:
Individual seasonal limit of 1
				alligator.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-079 - C1.15 Elk Season and Bag Limit Restrictions on WMAs

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
First Monday in October for 5 days (Saturday and Sunday prior
				to the first Monday of October is youth season) and last Monday in October for
				5 days (Saturday and Sunday prior to the last Monday of October is youth
				season) on Bearcat Hollow, Buffalo National River, and Gene Rush WMAs in
				compliance with Addenda A1.09 and E1.05
LIMIT:
Individual annual limit of 1
				elk.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-081 - 24.10 Waterfowl Hunting Permit Requirements On Certain WMAs

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
It is unlawful during waterfowl season, including the Special
				Youth/Veteran Waterfowl Hunts, to enter a flooded area without possessing a
				Waterfowl Hunting Permit on Cypress Bayou (Red Cut Slough Tract), Freddie Black
				Choctaw Island WMA and Deer Research Area West Unit, Frog Bayou WMA, the Conway
				George Tract on Sheffield Nelson Dagmar WMA and Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek
				Bottoms WMA and the DeGray Lake WRA during USCOE mobility-impaired waterfowl
				hunt.
EXCEPTIONS:
A. No
			 permit is required during the Special Youth/Veteran Waterfowl Hunts on Steve N.
			 Wilson Raft Creek Bottoms except for the youth blind permitted hole in
			 compliance with Addendum B1.13.
B.
			 No permit is required during the Special Youth/Veteran Waterfowl Hunts on
			 Cypress Bayou Red Cut Slough Tract.
C. Commission staff, volunteers, and
			 participants during Commission-sponsored mentored hunt programs.
PENALTY:
Class 1
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-082 - 38.01 Closure To All Commercial Harvest and Fishing

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
The Arkansas State Board of Health has issued a fish
				consumption advisory and closed the following bodies of water to commercial
				harvest and fishing:
A. Big Bayou Meto
			 and all tributaries extending 5 miles above their confluence with the bayou
			 from the Arkansas Highway 11 bridge at the Jefferson/Arkansas County line to
			 the headwaters of Bayou Meto, and all overflow lakes, sloughs and bayous,
			 including Little Bayou Meto north of Arkansas Highway 88 and all water exchange
			 ditches between Little Bayou Meto and Big Bayou Meto.
B. Big Creek tributary in Columbia County
			 from the intersection of the tributary with Arkansas Highway 82B and L&NW
			 Railroad in Magnolia downstream to its confluence with Big Creek.
C. Champagnolle Creek from its mouth to
			 Arkansas Highway 4, including all of Little Champagnolle Creek in Calhoun
			 County.
D. Moro Bay (Creek) from
			 its mouth to Arkansas Highway 160.
E. Cut-Off Creek from the Arkansas Highway 35
			 Bridge in Drew County to the creek's confluence with Bayou Bartholomew in
			 Ashley County.
F. Bayou Bartholomew
			 between Arkansas Highway 35 in Drew County and Arkansas Highway 82 in Ashley
			 County, including all lakes, bays or other bodies of water, other than
			 tributary streams.
G. Certain fish
			 in the lower Ouachita River and Saline River as specified below. These waters,
			 including oxbows and overflow lakes when accessible by boat from the main
			 channel, are open to legal commercial tackle as defined in Codes 30.05 and
			 30.15. The oxbows and overflow lakes within the Ouachita River floodplain, when
			 not accessible by boat from the main channel, are open from noon September 30
			 to noon May 1 to legal gill and trammel nets.
1. Flathead catfish, bowfin, drum and gar may
			 not be taken or possessed by commercial fishermen in the Ouachita River,
			 oxbows, and overflow lakes from Smackover Creek to the northern boundary of
			 Felsenthal NWR.
2. Flathead
			 catfish, blue catfish, bowfin, drum and gar may not be taken or possessed by
			 commercial fishermen on the Ouachita River, oxbows, and overflow lakes within
			 Felsenthal NWR downstream to the Louisiana state line; any and all waters
			 within Felsenthal NWR; and the Saline River from its mouth within the
			 Felsenthal NWR to the Stillion railroad bridge in Ashley and Bradley
			 Counties.
3. Flathead catfish, blue
			 catfish, bowfin, drum, gar and redhorse suckers may not be taken or possessed
			 by commercial fishermen on the Saline River from the Stillion railroad bridge
			 upstream to the U.S. Highway 278 Bridge in Bradley County.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-083 - A1.09 Elk Season and Limits

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Core Elk Management Zone Public Land
Zones 1, 2, 3, and 4: First Monday in October for 5 days by
				permit only. (First Saturday and Sunday in October is youth only hunt).
Zones 1, 2, 3, and 4: Last Monday in October for 5 days by
				permit only. (Last Saturday and Sunday prior to the last Monday in October is
				youth only hunt).
Private Land
Boone, Carroll, Madison, Newton and Searcy
				Counties
:
First Monday in October for 5 days and last Monday in
				October for 5 days by permit only. (First Saturday and Sunday in October and
				last Saturday and Sunday prior to the last Monday in October is youth only
				hunt.)
Statewide Elk Management Zone
Statewide except Boone, Carroll, Madison, Newton, and Searcy
				counties: Elk season mirrors applicable deer season dates and methods.
ZONE QUOTA
Core Elk Management Zone
Public Land
Zone 1: 2 either-sex and 3 antlerless elk.
Zone 2: 2 either-sex and 5 antlerless elk.
Zone 3: 2 either-sex and 5 antlerless elk.
Zone 4: 2 either-sex and 5 antlerless elk.
Private Land
Boone, Carroll, Madison, Newton and Searcy Counties: 10 bulls
				and 25 antlerless elk. (First Saturday and Sunday in October and Last Saturday
				and Sunday prior to the last Monday in October youth hunt is antlerless
				only).
Statewide Elk Management Zone
No quota
EXCEPTION:
In compliance with Chapter
				09.00.
LIMIT:
Individual seasonal limit of
				1elk.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-084 - C1.13 Deer Permit Requirements on Certain WMAs

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A.
Buck and/or Doe:
Bald Knob
			 NWR (modern gun), Bell Slough (muzzleloader), Benson Creek (firearms), Dale
			 Bumpers White River NWR (firearms), Cache River NWR (modern gun), Camp Robinson
			 SUA, Camp Robinson WMA (firearms), Cypress Bayou (firearms), Dave Donaldson
			 Black River (muzzleloader), Dr. Lester Sitzes, III Bois d'Arc (firearms), Ed
			 Gordon Point Remove (firearms), Felsenthal NWR (firearms), Fort Chaffee
			 (firearms), Freddie Black Choctaw Island WMA Deer Research Area both units
			 (firearms), Galla Creek (modern gun), George H. Dunklin Jr. Bayou Meto
			 (firearms),Harold E. Alexander Spring River (firearms), Henry Gray Hurricane
			 Lake (firearms), Hobbs SP-CA (firearms), Holla Bend NWR (archery), Holland
			 Bottoms (muzzleloader), J. Perry Mikles Blue Mountain SUA (modern gun),
			 Maumelle River WMA (archery), McIlroy Madison County (firearms), Mike Freeze
			 Wattensaw (firearms), Pond Creek NWR (modern gun), Rex Hancock Black Swamp
			 (firearms), Rick Evans Grandview Prairie (archery), St. Francis National Forest
			 (firearms), Scott Henderson Gulf Mountain (firearms), Sheffield Nelson Dagmar
			 (firearms), Shirey Bay Rainey Brake (muzzleloader), Trusten Holder
			 (muzzleloader), Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek Bottoms (modern gun), U of A Pine
			 Tree Experimental Station WDA (firearms), W. E. Brewer Scatter Creek
			 (muzzleloader), Wedington (modern gun) WMA, and Wapanocca NWR (modern
			 gun).
B.
Mobility-Impaired:
Bear Cat Hollow (modern gun), Dale Bumpers
			 White River NWR, Freddie Black Choctaw Island WMA Deer Research Area East Unit
			 (modern gun), Johnson County WRA on Dardanelle (modern gun), Greers Ferry Lake
			 (muzzleloader), Hobbs (modern gun), Lake Greeson (muzzleloader),
			 Longview-Saline (modern gun), Nimrod Lloyd Millwood (modern gun), Merrisach
			 Park on Trusten Holder (muzzleloader or shotguns allowed), Pond Creek NWR
			 (modern gun), Warren Prairie (modern gun), Wedington (modern gun), and White
			 Rock (modern gun) WMA.
C.
Youth:
Dale Bumpers White River NWR (modern gun), Dave Donaldson
			 Black River (modern gun), DeGray Lake (modern gun), Freddie Black Choctaw
			 Island WMA Deer Research Area, both units (modern gun), Holla Bend NWR (modern
			 gun), Hope Upland (modern gun), Rick Evans Grandview, and Stone Prairie
			 WMA.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-085 - A1.05 Furbearer Season and Limits

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A.
Gray Fox, Mink, Muskrat and Red Fox
			 Hunting
: Sunrise on the first day of September to sunset on the last day
			 of February (day hunting only).
LIMIT:
Daily limit 2 per species, possession
				unlimited.
B.
Raccoon,
			 Opossum and Striped Skunk Hunting
: January 1 through December 31 (day or
			 night hunting; dogs are required to hunt at night).
LIMIT:
Daily limit unlimited, possession
				unlimited.
C.
Bobcat
			 Hunting
: Sunrise on the first day of September to sunset on the last day
			 of February (dogs allowed to hunt bobcat during the day; dogs required to hunt
			 bobcat at night) and during turkey season (day hunting only; no dogs allowed)
LIMIT:
Daily limit 2, possession unlimited.
EXCEPTIONS:
1. Dogs
			 are not allowed in deer zones where a firearms deer season is in progress that
			 prohibits the use of dogs.
2.
			 During youth turkey hunts, only youth may take bobcats.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-086 - 32.01 Commercial Baitfish Tackle License Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
It is unlawful to take or attempt to take baitfish for sale
				from waters of the state without a Minnow Dealer (MS) tackle license and
				attaching a metal tag issued with license to tackle (Addendum D1.01).
PENALTY:
Class 1
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-087 - C1.12 Special Usage Restrictions on Certain WMAs and Lakes

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A.
Restrictions Common to Multiple Listed WMAs and Lakes:
1.
Common Restriction A:
i. From the Monday before the first segment
			 of the regular duck season until the first day of the first segment of regular
			 duck season:
a. No boats allowed all day.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-090 - A1.08 Bear Season and Limits

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A.
ARCHERY/CROSSBOW
Zones 1 and 2
:
Fourth Saturday in September
				through last day of November.
Zones 3, 4, 5, 5A, 6 and 7: Closed.
B.
MUZZLELOADER
Zones 1 and 2: Third Saturday in October for 9days.
Zones 3, 4, 5, 5A, 6 and 7: Closed.
C.
MODERN GUN
Zones 1 and 2: Second Saturday in November through last day in
				November.
Zone 5: Fourth Saturday in November for 9 days.
Zone 5A: Third Saturday in November for 16 days.
Zones 3, 4, 6 and 7: Closed.
D.
SPECIAL YOUTH MODERN GUN BEAR HUNT
Zones 1 and 2: First Saturday in November for 2 days.
Zones 3, 4, 5, 5A, 6 and 7: Closed.
ZONE QUOTA
Zone 1 (including all WMAs in Zone 1 except Ed Gordon Point
				Remove, Harold E. Alexander Spring River, McIlroy Madison County, Scott
				Henderson Gulf Mountain): Archery season quota is not to exceed 400 bears.
				Muzzleloader season quota (only October season) is not to exceed 50 bears.
				Combined Modern Gun season quota is not to exceed 50 bears.
The Zone 1 quota is an additive quota not to exceed 500 bears
				for all combined seasons.
Zone 5: Quota 10 bears.
Zone 5A: Quota 5 bears.
Zones 1, 2, 5 and 5A: Hunters in these zones must comply with
				the terms and conditions outlined in the current Arkansas Hunting
				Guidebook.
EXCEPTIONS:
A. In
			 compliance with Addendum C1.02.
B.
			 In compliance with Chapter 09.00 and Code 11.01.
LIMIT:
Individual seasonal limit of 1 bear
				statewide.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-091 - 24.09 Non-Resident Waterfowl Hunting Permit Requirements On Certain WMAs

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A. It is unlawful
			 for any nonresident hunter who does not possess a valid Nonresident WMA
			 Waterfowl Hunting Permit to take or attempt to take waterfowl during regular
			 duck season on any WMA.
B. Permits
			 may be purchased for the following dates only:
1. First 10 days of regular duck
			 season.
2. December 27 through
			 January 5 Annually.
3. January 22
			 through January 31 Annually.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-093 - 29.02 Prohibited Methods For Taking Bullfrogs

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
It is unlawful to take or attempt to take bullfrogs other than
				by hand, hand nets, hook and line, gig, spear, or by legal archery tackle in
				compliance with Code 06.04.
EXCEPTION:
In compliance with Codes 29.04 and
				35.01.
PENALTY:
Class 1
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-095 - 19.08 Access Prohibited After Revocation of License

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
It is unlawful to access or go upon any Commission-owned WMA or
				Commission-owned lake after revocation of the person's hunting or fishing
				license for the period of such revocation.
PENALTY:
Class 2
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-097 - A1.02 Wild Turkey Season Limits

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No more than 1 legal turkey may be taken per day, no more than
				1 legal turkey may be taken during the first 7 days of the season, and no more
				than 2 legal turkeys may be taken in any combination of turkey zones. No jakes
				(sub-adult male turkeys) may be taken, except youth hunters may harvest 1
				jake.
WILD TURKEY FIREARMS AND ARCHERY/CROSSBOW
				SEASONS:
Zone 2: Third Monday in April for 21 days.
Zone 1: Third Monday in April for 9 days.
EXCEPTIONS:
A. In
			 compliance with WMA Addendum C1.04.
B. In compliance with Code 11.03.
SPECIAL YOUTH TURKEY SEASON:
Zones 1 and 2: Saturday and Sunday prior to second Monday of
				April.
LIMIT:
Firearms and Archery/Crossbow: Statewide seasonal limit of 2
				legal gobblers. Youth hunters may only take 1 jake.
Zone 2:
2 adult gobblers.
Zone 1:
1 adult gobbler.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-099 - 24.01 ALT Migratory Waterfowl Hunting Access Time and Restrictions on WMAs

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It is unlawful to take or attempt to take migratory waterfowl
				on WMAs after 12:00 p.m. (Central Time) or remain on water-inundated areas or
				water courses on WMAs after 1:00 p.m.(Central Time) from the first day of the
				first segment of regular duck season to the last day of the last segment of
				regular duck season.
EXCEPTIONS:
A.
			 Migratory waterfowl hunting is allowed during the entire day (regular shooting
			 hours) of the last day of the last segment of regular duck season on all WMAs
			 in compliance with Addenda B1.08, B1.13.
B. In compliance with Codes 11.04, 24.02, and
			 Addendum B1.10.
C. All-day hunting
			 is allowed on Blue Mountain, Beaver Lake, Dardanelle (except at the McKinnen
			 Bottoms and Hartman waterfowl units), DeGray Lake, Fort Chaffee, J. Perry
			 Mikles Blue Mountain SUA, and Ozark Lake (except the Dyer Lake waterfowl unit)
			 WMAs.
D. Navigational boating
			 access is unrestricted on natural rivers on WMAs.
E. All migratory waterfowl hunting is closed
			 on Maumelle River WMA.
F. Nimrod
			 WMA lands lying outside Lloyd Millwood Greentree Reservoir ("Duck
			 Area").
G. Commission staff,
			 volunteers, and participants during Commission-sponsored mentored hunt
			 programs.
H. On Dave Donaldson
			 Black River and George H. Dunklin Jr. Bayou Meto WMAs, persons must be off
			 water-inundated areas or water courses by 12:00 p.m. (Central Time) from the
			 first day of the first segment of regular duck season to the last day of the
			 last segment of regular duck season.
PENALTY:
Class 1
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-100 - 19.07 Commercial Activities Prohibited

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It is unlawful to engage in any commercial activity on
				Commission-owned property without permission from the Director's
				designee.
EXCEPTION:
Filming or video of hunts on
				WMAs.
PENALTY:
Class 1
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-101 - 18.02 Turkey Hen Restrictions

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It is unlawful to hunt or possess a wild hen turkey at any
				time.
EXCEPTIONS:
A. If the
			 wild turkey hen in possession was legally taken in another state and
			 accompanied by verification required by the state of origin.
B. RESERVED.
PENALTY:
Class 2
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-103 - 27.01 Trout Permit Requirements

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It is unlawful for persons 16 or older to keep trout from
				waters of the state or to fish without a valid trout permit on the following
				waters:
A. Beaver Lake Tailwater from
			 Beaver Dam to the boundary signs at Houseman Access;
B. Lake Greeson Tailwater from Narrows Dam to
			 Muddy Fork Road (low-water bridge);
C. Little Red River from Greers Ferry Dam to
			 the Arkansas Highway 305 bridge;
D.
			 North Fork of the White River downstream of Norfork Dam; and
E. White River from Bull Shoals Dam to the
			 Arkansas Highway 58 bridge at Guion.
EXCEPTIONS:
A. In
			 compliance with Chapter 36.00.
B.
			 Persons possessing a Lifetime Resident Combination Sportsman's License and
			 Permit or Resident Disabled Military Veteran Lifetime Combination License and
			 Permit.
PENALTY:
Class 1
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-105 - Addendum K1.01 Policies on Land Use Around AGFC Lakes

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POLICIES ON LAND USE AROUND ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH COMMISSION
				LAKES
*Be sure to review the Arkansas Game and Fish
				Guidelines for Resolving Real Estate Encroachments (Section 10.8 ) and the AGFC
				Fishing Guidebook
1.0
Introduction
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (the Commission, AGFC)
				has built many lakes throughout the state in an effort to provide fishing for
				the citizens of Arkansas. The Game and Fish Commission controls, manages and
				maintains these lakes within the established boundaries of ownership. Around
				each Commission-owned lake a state boundary of ownership exists. The size and
				extent of the state-owned boundary varies depending on the lake. These lands
				are necessary to provide for fluctuating water levels, to control and protect
				the public investments and to insure public use and access to the shoreline of
				these lakes. The Commission attempts to maintain boundary markings, however if
				construction and/or land-clearing activities are anticipated, it is the
				landowner's responsibility to locate all boundaries by a survey based on the
				metes and bounds land description.
2.0
Definitions
2.1
Lake Management
			 Buffer
- The strip of Commission-owned land adjacent to AGFC lakes
			 that the Commission deems necessary to provide for public access, flood
			 control, and lake management. The width of the lake management buffer varies
			 from lake-to-lake (typically between 20 to 100 feet wide) and either is
			 described relative to a known elevation or in metes and bounds pursuant to a
			 survey. (Refer to Section 9 for specific lake boundary descriptions; see also
			 the current Arkansas Game and Fish Guidelines for Resolving Real Estate
			 Encroachments in Section 10.8 ). The lake management buffer is public property
			 and is open to the public at all times.
2.2
Lakefront
			 Property
- private property that directly adjoins the Arkansas
			 Game and Fish Commission lake management buffer. No other properties will be
			 considered lakefront properties. Only lakefront property owners may request
			 permits for and construct such permitted structures on the Commission-owned
			 lake management buffers and lakes.
2.3
Mean Sea Level
			 (msl)
- A measurement of the average height of the ocean's
			 surface; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation.
2.4
Metes and Bounds
			 Survey:
A metes and bounds survey is a survey of land by
			 references to courses and distances around the tract (e.g. "Thence North 40
			 degrees West 1320 feet to a 1" pipe"), as opposed to a description of a tract
			 of land within a subdivision (e.g. "Lot 6, Wooded Hills Subdivision"). A metes
			 and bounds survey is typically seen in rural or non-urban areas, such as around
			 AGFC lakes and WMAs.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-108 - 34.01 Aquatic Turtle Permit Requirements

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A. It is unlawful for a nonresident to
			 harvest any aquatic turtles.
B. It
			 is unlawful for a resident/business to:
1)
			 import for commercial propagation or sale of aquatic turtle species native to
			 the state; or
2) operate tackle,
			 harvest, propagate, purchase or sell any wild-caught aquatic turtles for
			 commercial purposes without the following permits:
1. A Commercial Fisherman Permit and
			 Sportfishing License, and either an Aquatic Turtle Harvest Permit or a Junior
			 Aquatic Turtle Harvest Permit (for resident youths) are required to harvest and
			 sell wild aquatic turtles.
2. The
			 bearer of an Aquatic Turtle Harvest Helper Permit may assist in the harvest or
			 operate the properly tagged tackle of a licensed aquatic turtle harvester or
			 dealer.
3. A Commercial Fisherman
			 Permit and Sportfishing License, and an Aquatic Turtle Dealer Permit are
			 required to engage in the:
1) importation of
			 aquatic turtle species native to the state for commercial propagation or sale;
			 or
2) the harvest, propagation,
			 purchase, sale or export of wild-caught aquatic turtles.
4. An Aquatic Turtle Farmer Permit is
			 required to engage in the propagation, sale or export of propagated aquatic
			 turtles. This permit does not allow for the purchase, barter, trade, exchange
			 or sale of wild-caught turtles.
5.
			 An Alligator Snapping Turtle Breeder/Dealer Permit is required to possess, buy,
			 sell or offer to sell alligator snapping turtles or their eggs. Alligator
			 snapping turtles longer than 5 inches curved carapace length may not be sold,
			 bartered, traded, or transferred without written approval of the Commission. An
			 affidavit form provided by the Commission specifying the transaction type
			 (transfer or sale), party type (individual or business), and number of turtles,
			 shall be submitted to the Commission. All sales of wild-caught aquatic turtles
			 shall follow all transaction and reporting requirements (Code 34.07) in this
			 chapter.
6. A Wildlife Importation
			 Permit (Code 9.10) is required for the importation of aquatic turtle species
			 native to the state for commercial propagation or sale.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-110 - 12.01 Taking of Alligator Prohibited

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It is unlawful to hunt, buy, sell or possess an American
				alligator (
Alligator mississippiensis
) or other crocodilian
				species, or any part, nest or eggs.
EXCEPTIONS:
A. Any alligator or other crocodilian species
			 seized or otherwise acquired by the Commission may be sold.
B. Any cured and mounted trophies and
			 articles manufactured from the lawfully acquired skins or hides or other parts
			 of any alligator or other crocodilian species.
C. An alligator may be possessed for display
			 and educational purposes in compliance with a written permit issued by the
			 Chief of Fisheries. Only established facilities such as state and federal
			 parks, zoos, aquariums, commercial or privately operated nature centers or
			 similar entities may possess alligators or other crocodilian species for public
			 display or bona fide educational purposes in compliance with a letter of
			 authorization issued by the Chief of Fisheries (facilities accredited by the
			 Association of Zoos and Aquariums are exempt).
D. Personnel authorized by the Commission and
			 engaged in the removal of nuisance alligators in compliance with the current
			 AGFC Nuisance Alligator Procedure.
E. In compliance with Codes 05.01,12.03,
			 Chapter 33.00, and Addendum A1.10.
PENALTY:
Class 3
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-112 - B1.13 Special Youth Waterfowl Hunting Season and Limits

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Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Code Book
The regulations in this Code Book are hereby adopted by
				the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission under authority of Amendment 35 to
				the Constitution of the State of Arkansas. All laws, rules, regulations, or
				orders in conflict with the regulations in this Code Book are hereby repealed
				by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission.
B1.13
Special Youth Waterfowl Hunting
			 Season And Limits
1st Saturday in December and the 1st Saturday in February
				statewide.
LIMIT:
Same as statewide.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-113 - B1.15 Veteran and Active Duty Military Waterfowl Hunt

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Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Code Book
The regulations in this Code Book are hereby adopted by
				the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission under authority of Amendment 35 to
				the Constitution of the State of Arkansas. All laws, rules, regulations, or
				orders in conflict with the regulations in this Code Book are hereby repealed
				by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission.
B1.15
Veteran And Active Duty Military
			 Waterfowl Hunt
1st Saturday in December and the 1st Saturday in February
				statewide.
LIMIT:
Same as statewide.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-116 - B1.11 Canada Goose Season and Limits

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Canada Goose Statewide Season:
*
1st segment:
Sept. 1-30 annually
*
2nd segment:
the last Saturday in October for 4
				consecutive days
*
3rd segment:
the Saturday before Thanksgiving
				through the first Friday of December
*
4th segment:
the first Sunday in December
				through January 31
Shooting hours are from 1/2 hour before sunrise to sunset
				statewide.
EXCEPTION:
Holla Bend NWR is closed.
LIMIT:
Daily limit 2, possession limit 6.
EXCEPTION:
The daily limit is 5 Canada geese from
				September 1 - 30 annually, possession limit 15.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-117 - B1.10 Snow, Blue, and Ross's Goose Season and Limits

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*
1st segment:
the last Saturday in October for
				17 consecutive days
*
2nd segment:
the Saturday before Thanksgiving
				through the first Friday of December
*
3rd segment:
the first Sunday in December
				through January 31
EXCEPTION:
In compliance with the Addendum
				B1.14.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-118 - B1.08 Duck, Coot, and Merganser Season and Limits

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*
1st segment:
the Saturday before Thanksgiving
				through the first Monday after Thanksgiving
*
2nd segment:
the second Friday in December
				through December 23
*
3rd segment:
December 26 through January
				31
EXCEPTION:
Ducks, coots, and mergansers may be
				taken during the Special Youth Waterfowl Hunt (Code 11.04).
LIMITS:
Coot:
Daily limit 15, possession limit 45.
Ducks:
Daily limit 6. No more than four mallards
				(no more than 2 of which may be females), 1 pintail, 1 mottled duck, 1 scaup, 3
				wood ducks, 2 redheads, 2 black ducks, and 2 canvasbacks. Possession limit no
				more than 3 daily limits.
Mergansers:
Daily limit 5 (no more than 2 of which
				may be hooded mergansers). Possession limit no more than 3 daily
				limits.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-119 - B1.02 Special Early Teal Season and Limits

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Sept.15-30 annually.
EXCEPTION:
Teal may be taken in compliance with
				Code 04.02 and Addendum B1.08.
LIMIT:
Daily limit 6, possession limit 18.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-120 - B1.09 White Fronted Goose Season and Limits

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*
1st segment:
the last Saturday in October for
				17 consecutive days
*
2nd segment:
the Saturday before Thanksgiving
				through the first Friday of December
*
3rd segment:
the first Sunday in December
				through January 31
LIMIT:
Daily limit 3, possession limit
				9.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.20-121 - B1.01 Mourning, White Winged, and Eurasian Collared Dove Season and Limits

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Code:
B1.01 Mourning, White-winged, and Eurasian
				Collared Dove Season and Limits
*
1st segment:
First Saturday of September to 4th
				Sunday in October
*
2nd segment:
39 days prior to and including
				January 15
EXCEPTION:
In compliance with WMA
				regulations.
LIMITS:
Mourning Doves and White Winged Doves:
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.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.21-004 - F1.08 Venomous Reptile Possession Permit Requirements (Corrected)

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A. Permit
			 Requirements: A Venomous Reptile Permit may be issued to applicants complying
			 with the following requirements:
1. The
			 applicant must be at least 18 years old and shall not have been convicted of,
			 or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere for, violating any federal,
			 state or municipal law governing captive wildlife, illegal appropriation or
			 commercialization of wildlife, or cruelty to animals within 5 years of the
			 application date.
2. The applicant
			 shall provide to the Commission, in writing, proof from the appropriate county
			 or municipal jurisdiction, stating that the applicant's possession of medically
			 significant venomous reptiles is in compliance with all local
			 ordinances.
3. The applicant shall
			 submit a written application (available from the Commission) for each facility
			 to be permitted
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.21-013 - 03.06 Nonresident Illegally Possessing Resident License

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It is unlawful for any nonresident to possess while hunting,
				fishing or guiding any resident license, permit, tag, or stamp issued by the
				Commission, or at any time to represent a resident license, permit, tag, or
				stamp as his own.
EXCEPTIONS:
A. Former residents who possess a valid
			 Resident Lifetime License for hunting, fishing, or combination
			 hunting-and-fishing, or possess a Resident Lifetime Permit for trout or
			 waterfowl (Addendum D1.01).
PENALTIES:
Fishing: Class 2
Hunting: Class 4
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.21-018 - N1.01 Game Fish Daily Limits

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Species
Statewide Daily Limit
1 Under 36 Inches
Alligator Gar
1 Over 36 Inches Annually with Tag
Black Basses
10 (including no more than 4 Smallmouth)
Bream (over 4 inches length)
50
Catfish (except Bullhead)
10
Crappie
30
Rock Bass
10
Paddlefish
2
Sauger
6
Saugeye
6
Shovelnose Sturgeon
No Limit
Striped Bass or Hybrid (Combination)
6
Trout
5 (including no more than 2 Brown, 2 Cutthroat, 2
						  Brook)
Walleye
6
White Bass
25
EXCEPTIONS:
A. The
			 following bodies of water are restricted as follows:
1.
Horseshoe Bend Pool
(Strawberry River in Izard County) - 1/2 the daily limit for all
			 sportfish.
2.
Lake
			 Poinsett
- All game fish except bream and catfish must be released
			 immediately. Bream daily limit is 25.
3.
Mercer Bayou
(Sulphur River
			 WMA) - All game fish must be released immediately.
Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.21-022 - 11.03 - Special Youth Turkey Hunt Restrictions

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
As of February 1, 2022
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Code Book
The regulations in this Code Book are hereby adopted by
				the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission under authority of Amendment 35 to
				the Constitution of the State of Arkansas. All laws, rules, regulations, or
				orders in conflict with the regulations in this Code Book are hereby repealed
				by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission.
11.03
- Special Youth Turkey Hunt
			 Restrictions
It is unlawful for a person, other than a youth 6 to 15 years
				of age, to hunt turkeys during the youth turkey hunt (Addendum A1.02). The
				youth bag limit during the youth hunt is 1 legal turkey. Youth may take no more
				than the statewide season limit in combination during the youth hunt and wild
				turkey firearms and archery/crossbow seasons. Youth may take only 1 jake
				according to Addenda A1.02, C1.04.
PENALTY:
Class 1