Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Rule 002.00.07-007 - DeGray Lake WMA Waterfowl Code Proposals

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
Wildlife Management Division November 15, 2007
DeGray Lake WMA Waterfowl Code Proposals
			 Approval
Presented by Doyle Shook
DeGray Lake is now classified as a Wildlife Management Area.
			 During the waterfowl regulations process this new WMA was overlooked in being
			 listed in three waterfowl codes.
These codes were presented at the October meeting for
			 consideration and are being presented along with a minute order at this meeting
			 for approval.
Doyle Shook, Chief
Wildlife Management Division
APPROVED
DEGRAY LAKE WMA WATERFOWL
			 CODE
PROPOSALS
20.02
FIREARM RESTRICTIONS ON WMAs.
It shall be unlawful to possess any buckshot; rifled slugs,
		  muzzleloaders larger than .40 caliber, center fire firearms or rim fire
		  firearms larger than .22 caliber on any wildlife management area other than
		  during any open modern gun deer, bear or elk seasons. (Ref 06.02, Guns and
		  Ammunition Prohibited During Modem Gun Deer Seasons; and 16.02, Killing Device
		  Restrictions for Bear Hunting and 17.02, Weapon Restrictions for Taking Elk).
(A) Big Lake, Brushy Creek, St. Francis
		  Sunken Lands, U of A Pine Tree Experimental Station, W. E. Brewer Scatter Creek
		  and Wedington WMAs - only shotguns (.410 or larger), with slugs (no buckshot
		  allowed), or muzzleloading rifles (in compliance with Commission Code 07.02)
		  shooting a single projectile only during modem gun season.
(B) Beaver Lake WMA (islands only), Greers
		  Ferry WMA and that part of Trusten Holder including all Corps lands, lying
		  north and east of the center line of the Arkansas River which fall within the
		  area that lies east of the Pendleton Bridge to just south of Dam #2 and those
		  lands west of Tichnor Blacktop and Nady Road - no rifles (including
		  muzzleloading rifles) for any season.
(C) Big Lake WMA - it shall be unlawful to
		  transport firearms in that portion of Ditch 28 within the Big Lake WMA without
		  said firearms having been dismantled or encased.
(D) Harris Brake WMA - shotguns
		  only.
(E) Lafayette County WMA - no
		  buckshot of any size.
(F) Bell
		  Slough WMA - shotguns or rimfire rifles only.
(G) The Farm Unit within Bald Knob NWR,
		  Johnson County WRA within Dardanelle WMA and Wapanocca NWR - muzzleloaders
		  shooting a single projectile only or shotguns with slugs.
(H) Trusten Holder WMA - within the
		  delineated boundaries of the
Arkansas Post National Park buffer zone discharge of any firearm
			 is prohibited.
(I)
DeGray Lake WMA - within the delineated boundaries of the
Lower DeGray Lake Waterfowl Rest Area possession of
			 loaded
firearms is prohibited.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) 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.
(2) Law enforcement officers and Game and
		  Fish Commission employees in performance of their official job
		  duties.
(3) Trusten Holder WMA
		  mobility impaired muzzleloader deer hunters may use shotguns with
		  slugs.
(4)
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.