Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Rule 002.00.17-003 - 2017-2018 General Hunting Regulations

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
01.00-C
DEFINITION OF TERMS
For the purposes of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Code of
			 Regulations, the following terms shall be construed, respectively, to mean and
			 include:
ADULT GOBBLER
- Male turkeys having at least one of
			 the following characteristics:
a) tail
		  feathers which are the same length,
b) wing feathers that have white barring all
		  the way to the tip or
c) a beard
		  more than six (6) inches in length.
AGFC LICENSE SYSTEM
- The point-of-sale system that
			 the Commission uses to sell and dispense Commission-issued licenses, permits,
			 stamps, tags, and other privileges to the public.
ALLIGATOR DEALER
- Any person, firm or corporation
			 engaging in the sale, purchase, barter or exchange of an American alligator
{Alligator mississippiensis)
or other crocodilian species, or
			 any part, nest or eggs thereof in Arkansas.
ALLIGATOR FARMER
- Any
			 person, firm or corporation possessing an American alligator
(Alligator
			 mississippiensis)
or other crocodilian species, or any part, nest or
			 eggs thereof in Arkansas for the purpose of propagation, production or rearing.
ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE DEALER
- Any person, firm or corporation
			 engaged in the sale or purchase of alligator snapping turtles.
ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE BREEDER
- Any person, firm
			 or corporation possessing alligator snapping turtles for the purpose of
			 propagation, production, rearing or sale.
ANIMAL
- An organism of the animal kingdom, as
			 distinguished from the plant kingdom, including any part, product, egg or
			 offspring thereof.
ANTLERLESS DEER
- A doe or a buck having less
			 than 2 inches of hardened bone antler.
ANTLERLESS ELK
- Any elk (male or female) not
			 meeting requirements to be a legal bull elk.
AQUACULTURE SPECIES
- Any species listed on the
			 Approved Aquaculture Species List (Addendum J 1.00) and species not listed but
			 allowed under Unlisted or Restricted Species Possession Permits.
AQUATIC WILDLIFE
- All aquatic species, including
			 aquatic snails, aquatic turtles, crayfish (crawfish and crawdads), fish
			 (including minnows), frogs, mussels and salamanders.
ARKANSAS RIVER BOUNDARY
(Sportfishing Only) - The
			 Arkansas Post Canal from Norrell Lock and Dam No. 1 to the Arkansas River and
			 the Arkansas River from Wilbur D. Mills Dam No. 2 upstream to the Oklahoma
			 state line, including all lakes, bays and tributary streams accessible by boat
			 from the main channel except:
[BULLET] Big Bayou Meto upstream from Arkansas Highway 11;
[BULLET] Plum Bayou upstream from U.S. Highway 79;
[BULLET] Little Maumelle River upstream from Pinnacle Mountain
			 State Park;
[BULLET] Maumelle River upstream from Lake Maumelle Dam;
[BULLET] Fourche LaFave upstream from Arkansas Highway
			 113;
[BULLET] Palarm Creek upstream from Interstate 40;
[BULLET] Cadron Creek upstream from the weir;
[BULLET] Point Remove Creek upstream from Arkansas Highway
			 113;
[BULLET] Petit Jean River upstream from Pontoon Boat Ramp at
			 Arkansas Highway 154;
[BULLET] Illinois Bayou upstream from Russellville Waterworks
			 Dam;
[BULLET] Big Piney and Little Piney creeks upstream from Arkansas
			 Highway 359;
[BULLET] Horsehead Creek upstream from Interstate 40;
[BULLET] Mulberry River upstream from Interstate 40;
[BULLET] Frog Bayou upstream from Arkansas Highway 162 and Lee
			 Creek upstream from Lee Creek Dam,
[BULLET] And from the first non-navigable shoal for streams
			 entering the Arkansas River along the right bank descending from the Oklahoma
			 state line to Lake Dardanelle Dam.
ARTIFICIAL LURE OR FLY
- Terminal fishing tackle
			 made entirely of rubber, wood,
metal, glass, feathers, hair, synthetic fibers or plastic, with
			 hook attached.
BAITFISH
- Minnows, logperch, gizzard and threadfin
			 shad, gar (other than alligator gar), bullhead catfish, crayfish, drum, bowfin
			 under 6 inches, skipjack herring, brook and inland silversides, bigmouth,
			 smallmouth and black buffalo, river carpsucker, banded and
Ozark sculpin, bream 4 inches and under, and bream over 4 inches
			 that are caught by hook and line.
BAITING
- The direct or indirect placing, exposing,
			 depositing, distributing or scattering of salt, grain or other feed that could
			 serve as a lure or attractant for wildlife to, on or over any areas where
			 hunters are attempting to take them.
BIG GAME
- Alligator, black bear, deer, elk and
			 turkey.
BLACK BASS
- Largemouth bass, redeye bass,
			 smallmouth bass and spotted bass.
BLOCKING OUT
- The removal of the head and/or tail
			 associated with the processing of a commercial fish. The blocked-out carcass
			 (bullet) must be at least the minimum length required for the body of water
			 where the commercial fish was harvested (Code 30.11) .
BONUS DEER
- A harvested deer that is not included
			 in a hunter's statewide bag limit.
BOX TYPE TURTLE TRAP
- A floating trap designed to
			 capture aquatic turtles, but does not permit capture offish (Code
			 34.07).
BREAM
- A species of the genus Lepomis, including
			 bluegill, redear, warmouth and other sunfish.
BUCK
- A male deer (see LEGAL BUCK
			 definition).
BUCK DEER SEASON
- A deer season in which no deer
			 other than legal buck deer may be taken.
BUY
- To purchase, barter, exchange or trade,
			 including any offer to purchase, barter,
exchange or trade.
CAPTIVITY OR HOLD CAPTIVE
- The holding of living
			 wildlife in a controlled environment that is manipulated by man for the purpose
			 of exercising ownership,
possession or control of the wildlife, and that has boundaries
			 designed to prevent selected species from entering or leaving the controlled
			 environment.
CARCASS
- The body of a dead animal.
CASE
- A container specifically designed to hold a
			 firearm which completely encloses the firearm by being zipped, snapped,
			 buckled, tied or otherwise fastened with no portion of the firearm
			 exposed.
CATCH-AND-RELEASE
- The requirement that fish of a
			 designated species must be immediately released into the water where
			 caught.
CERVID
- A member of the Family Cervidae including
			 without limitation deer, reindeer,
moose, elk and caribou.
CHASE FOR PLEASURE
- To search for, pursue or chase
			 game animals or other wildlife with the use of dogs for recreational purposes
			 only, with no intent of hunting such game animals or wildlife.
CHECKING WILDLIFE
- The accurate and complete
			 reporting of specific information to the Commission concerning harvest of
			 alligator, bear, deer, elk and turkey by one of the following methods: phoning
			 a designated number to report bear, deer or turkey harvests, or electronically
			 through the Commission's on-line deer, bear, elk, alligator and turkey checking
			 Web site or mobile applications.
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE (CWD)
- Fatal disease
			 affecting the brain of cervids that belongs to a group of diseases called
			 transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
CHUMMING
- To dislodge or deposit any substance not
			 attached to a hook which may attract fish.
CITES TAG
- a permit that allows shipping of certain
			 animal pelts outside the State of
Arkansas and assures compliance with the Convention on the
			 International Trade of
Endangered Species.
CLEAN
- Having no meat matter or tissue attached to
			 the carcass.
COMPUTER-ASSISTED HUNTING
- The use of a computer or
			 any other device,
equipment or software to remotely control the aiming and
			 discharge of a firearm, bow or crossbow to kill wildlife located in
			 Arkansas.
COMMERCIAL FISH
- Bowfin (over 6 inches),
			 paddlefish, shovelnose, sturgeon, and all species of buffalo, catfish, carp,
			 drum, gar, and sucker family (except silver redhorse).
COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN
- Any person who fishes with
			 tackle designated as commercial tackle requiring a license and/or tag issued by
			 the Commission.
COMMERCIAL TACKLE
- Properly licensed tackle used to
			 catch aquatic wildlife for commercial purposes.
COMMERCIAL WILDLIFE HUNTING RESORT
- A facility,
			 location, business, or operation that offers, for pay or other consideration,
			 an opportunity to hunt native wildlife,
other than pen-raised game birds, held in captivity.
Includes all contiguous land, and structures, other
			 appurtenances, and improvements on the land, used for the hunting
			 activities.
COMMERCIAL WILDLIFE PERMIT
- Any or all of the
			 following permits: Alligator
Farmer/Dealer, Alligator Snapping Turtle Breeder/Dealer, Resident
			 Shell Taker and Seller,
Shell Buyer, Non-Resident Shell Buyer, Resident Roe Taker/Seller,
			 Resident Roe
Buyer/Exporter, Non-Resident Roe Buyer, Resident Fur Dealer,
			 Non-Resident Fur Dealer,
Special Commercial Quail, Game Bird Shooting Resort, Commercial
			 Wildlife Hunting
Resort, Wildlife Breeder/Dealer and Wildlife Importation.
COMMISSION
- The Arkansas State Game and Fish
			 Commission, unless otherwise designated.
DEFERRED HUNTER EDUCATION (DHE)
- Designates a
			 holder of a valid Arkansas hunting license/permit who has deferred completion
			 of the hunter education program.
DISABLED - Any individual who is 100 percent permanently and
			 totally disabled as declared by one or more of the following federal agencies:
			 the U.S. Social Security
Administration, the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs or the
			 U.S. Railroad Retirement
Board.
DOE
- A female deer.
DISABLED VETERAN
-
(a) any individual whom the United States
		  Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has rated 100% permanently and totally
		  disabled as a result of his or her U.S. military service;
(b) any individual whom the VA has rated
		  permanently disabled as a result of his or her U.S. military service and who
		  received the Purple Heart medal as a result of his or her service- connected
		  disability.
DOE DEER SEASON
- A deer season in which a doe may
			 be taken.
DROWNING SET
- Any leg-hold trap that uses one or
			 more of the following techniques to retain the target animal in water of
			 suitable depth for drowning: a slide wire with lock, a tangle stake or a
			 drowning weight.
DUCKS
(includes the following species) - All species
			 of teal, merganser, whistling duck and scaup; American wigeon, American black
			 duck, bufflehead, canvasback, gadwall,
common goldeneye, mallard, mottled duck, northern shoveler,
			 redhead, ring-necked duck,
ruddy duck, northern pintail and wood duck.
EDIBLE PORTIONS
- portions of the following animals
			 are considered edible as stated below:
(a)
Game Mammals:
front
		  quarters, hind quarters, loins and tenderloins.
(b)
Game Fish:
fillets
		  offish.
(c)
Game Birds:
breasts.
(d)
Frogs:
hind legs.
(e)
Alligators:
tails, legs, flanks, loins and tenderloins.
EITHER-SEX
- A male or a female.
EITHER-SEX DEER SEASON
- A deer season in which a
			 doe or a legal buck may be taken.
EMERGENCY CONDITION
- Any condition
			 involving:
(a) imminent peril to the
		  health, safety, or welfare of the public or the wildlife resources of the
		  State; or
(b) immediate action
		  mandated by federal law or regulation.
ENCLOSE
- To surround
		  wildlife using man-made barriers, including but not limited to fencing, walls,
		  structures or other devices, so that the wildlife are not free to leave a
		  particular environment.
ENCLOSURE
- Any area surrounded by a man-made
			 barrier, including but not limited to fencing, walls, structures or other
			 devices that prevent wildlife from leaving a particular environment.
ENDANGERED SPECIES
- A wildlife species or
			 subspecies endangered or threatened with extinction listed, or proposed as a
			 candidate for listing, by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service or any native species or subspecies listed as endangered
			 by the Commission
(Addendum PI.00).
FALCONRY
- The caring for and training of raptors
			 for pursuit of wild game, and hunting wild game with raptors. It includes the
			 taking of raptors from the wild to use in the sport and caring for training and
			 transporting raptors held for falconry.
FEDERAL WATERS
- Waters designated by federal law as
			 federally controlled or under the jurisdiction of a department or agency of the
			 United States Government.
FEE LAKE
- A lake in which there is a fee for
			 fishing rights. All persons 16 years of age and older must possess an Arkansas
			 fishing license. Daily limits apply.
FEEDING WILDLIFE
- The direct or indirect placing,
			 exposing, depositing, distributing or scattering of salt, grain or other fed
			 that serves or could serve as a lure, attractant, or supplemental food source
			 for wildlife.
FERAL HOG
- Any hog, including but not limited to
			 Russian and European wild boar,
any Old World swine, or the family Tayassuidae, including without
			 limitation peccary,
javelin, and New World swine, which is roaming freely and is
			 living in a wild or feral state, and is not conspicuously identified as
			 required under §§
								2-34-101 and
			 §§
								2-34-102.
FIREARM
- Any device designed, made, or adapted to
			 expel a projectile through a barrel, including without limitation modern guns,
			 air guns and muzzleloaders (see
LOADED FIREARM).
FISH OR FISHING
- To lure, attract, collect or
			 pursue fish species or aquatic wildlife for the purpose of taking or attempting
			 to take such species by any method.
FISH DEALER
- Any person who sells live fish,
			 including baitfish.
FISH FARM
- Waters and adjacent premises confined
			 within a pond, tank or lake not connected with public waters, and under
			 management of a fish farmer.
FISH FARMER (AQUACULTURIST)
- A person, firm,
			 partnership or corporation engaged in the propagation or rearing of aquaculture
			 species for sale.
FREEFLOATING FISHING DEVICE
- A floating fishing
			 device unanchored or unattached to a stationary object.
FURBEARERS
- Badger, beaver, bobcat, coyote, gray
			 fox, red fox, mink, muskrat,
nutria, opossum, raccoon, river otter, spotted skunk, striped
			 skunk and weasel.
GAFF
- To take or attempt to take fish with a hand-
			 held or handled hook.
GAME ANIMALS
- Alligator, black bear, bobcat,
			 coyote, deer, elk, gray fox, red fox,
mink, opossum, eastern cottontail rabbit, swamp rabbit, raccoon,
			 gray squirrel and fox squirrel.
GAME
BIRD SHOOTING RESORT
-A facility, location,
			 business, or operation that offers, for pay or other consideration, an
			 opportunity to hunt captive-raised game birds.
Includes all contiguous land, and structures, other
			 appurtenances, and improvements on the land, used for the hunting
			 activities.
GAME BIRDS
- Turkey, quail, pheasant, chukar
			 Eurasian collared dove and all birds classified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
			 Service as migratory game birds.
GAME FISH
- Alligator gar, black bass, white bass,
			 striped bass, hybrid striped bass,
crappie, catfish, trout, bream, goggle-eye, walleye, muskellunge,
			 sauger, saugeye,
paddlefish and pickerel.
GEOCACHE
- Items in a container (cache) placed or
			 hidden for individuals to subsequently find using a Global Positioning System
			 (GPS) receiver.
GEOCACHING
- An outdoor sport, similar to "high-tech
			 treasure hunting," involving use of a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver
			 to find a cache.
GUIDE
- A person who provides, for monetary or any
			 other compensation, that person's personal services for the purpose of
			 assisting others to locate, pursue, catch or hunt wildlife.
HACKING
- The temporary release of a raptor held for
			 falconry to the wild so that it must survive on its own.
HARASS
- An intentional or negligent act which
			 creates the likelihood of injury to wildlife by annoying it to such an extent
			 as to significantly disrupt normal behavioral pattern which include but are not
			 limited to, breeding, feeding, or sheltering.
HAZARDOUS WAKE
- Wash or wake upon an approaching,
			 passing or stationary vessel, including but not limited to a wake that causes
			 other vessels to take on water, or a wash or wake that is sufficient to toss
			 occupants of other vessels about in a manner to cause injury or the risk of
			 injury.
HARVEST/HARVESTING
- To reduce to possession.
HEN TURKEY
- Female turkey with or without a
			 beard.
HIGH-FENCE ENCLOSURE
- An enclosure that contains an
			 area of at least 500 contiguous acres, with at least 60 percent of the acreage
			 in forested cover that has been classified as timberland by the local county
			 tax assessor, that has a perimeter fence at least 8 feet high, with no
			 cross-fencing that has the effect of reducing the size of the area to less than
			 500 contiguous acres with at least 60 percent of the acreage in forested cover
			 as herein provided.
HOGGING
- The taking offish by the use of hands only
			 in or under the water.
HUNT OR HUNTING
- Taking or attempting to take
			 wildlife by any method including but not limited to searching, pursuing,
			 chasing, tracking, luring, or attracting.
HUNTING INCIDENT
- When bodily injury above basic
			 first aid or death occurs due to an activity directly related to a hunting or
			 trapping excursion in the field. Examples of such activities would include
			 discharge of a firearm, bow, or crossbow and falls from an elevated platform
			 (tree stand, tower stand, or elevated duck blind).
HUNTING PARTY
- Two or more persons hunting
			 together.
HYBRID RAPTORS
- A raptor produced from a
			 cross-breeding birds of two different taxa, one or both of which are listed in
			 50 CFR
			 10.13, and any offspring of such
			 raptors.
IMPORT OR IMPORTATION
- To ship, convey, carry,
			 transport, bring or introduce into Arkansas anything from outside its
			 borders.
IMPRINT
- A bird that is hand-raised in isolation
			 from other raptors from two weeks of age until it has fledged and will be
			 considered to be an imprinted bird for its entire life.
JAKE
-
			 Sub-adult male turkey having all these characteristics: longer central tail
			 feathers, outermost one or two wing feathers lacking white barring all the way
			 to the tip and a beard 6 inches or less in length.
KILLING DEVICE
- Any firearm, bow and arrow,
			 crossbow, compressed gas or spring-powered pistol or rifle, blowgun, speargun,
			 hand-thrown spear, slingshot, irritant gas device, explosive device, or any
			 other implement designed to discharge a projectile capable of killing
			 wildlife.
LARGE CARNIVORE
- Tigers
{Panthera tigris),
African Lions
{Panthera led),
or any hybrid thereof
			 and all species of bears.
LEGAL BUCK
- A male deer may be considered legal
			 under the following rules as applied by this Code:
(a)
Antlered Buck:
A male deer
		  with two inches, or more, of hardened bone antler.
(b)
Buck of Choice:
A male
		  deer.
(c)
Button Buck:
A male deer with less than two inches of hardened boned
		  antler.
(d)
Three-point Rule:
A male deer having both antlers under two inches (including button buck)
		  or at least one antler with at least three points, each a minimum of one inch
		  long, including the tip of the main beam. (Code 21.03).
(e)
12/15 Rule:
1) A male deer
		  having both antlers under two inches (including button buck) or 2) a male deer
		  having an inside spread of at least 12 inches or more in width, 3) a male deer
		  having at least one main beam 15 inches or more in length (Code 21.03)
		  .
(f)
15/18 Rule:
1) A
		  male deer having both antlers under two inches (including button buck) or 2) a
		  male deer having an inside spread of at least 15 inches or more in width 3) a
		  male deer having at least one main beam 18 inches or more in length (Code
		  21.03).
(g)
WMA Special
		  Restrictions:
Special restrictions may apply on certain WMAs (Code
		  21.03).
LEGAL BULL ELK
- An elk having at least one antler
			 visible above the hair line.
LEGAL TURKEY
- A turkey may be
			 considered legal under the following rules as applied by this Code:
(a) Hunters 16 years and older a legal turkey
		  is an adult gobbler or bearded hen.
(b) Hunters 6 to 15 years of age is an adult
		  gobbler, bearded hen or jake.
LENGTH LIMITS -
(a)
Minimum Length Limit:
The
		  shortest length of a fish of a designated species that can be kept.
(b)
Maximum Length Limit:
The
		  maximum length of a fish of a designated species that can be kept.
(c)
Protected Length:
A
		  species/size limit that prohibits anglers from keeping fish within a designated
		  size group. Unless otherwise specified, all fish are measured from the front of
		  the lower jaw with the mouth closed to the tip of the tail with tail lobes
		  pressed together when laid flat on a rule, on its side. All fish not meeting
		  the length limit requirements for a particular water or species must be
		  immediately released into the water where caught.
LIMITS -
(a)
Daily Limit:
the maximum number of a species allowed to be taken
		  during a specific 24-hour time period (midnight to midnight, unless otherwise
		  specified).
(b)
Seasonal
		  Limit:
the maximum number of a species allowed to be taken during a
		  specific season.
(c)
Possession Limit:
the maximum number of species allowed to be
		  possessed at any time. Any fish or wildlife, excluding migratory game birds,
		  legally taken for personal consumption and stored in processed form within a
		  residence of the possessor shall not count toward the possession
		  limit.
LITTER
- All waste which has been discarded or
			 otherwise disposed of, including, but not limited to, convenience food and
			 beverage packages or containers, trash, garbage, all other product packages or
			 containers, and other post-consumer solid wastes as referenced in State Law, or
			 discarded game animal carcasses.
LOADED FIREARMS
- Firearms are considered loaded if
			 shells or cartridges are in the chamber, magazine or cylinder. Percussion cap
			 muzzleloading firearms are considered loaded if the percussion cap is on the
			 nipple. Flintlock muzzleloading firearms are considered loaded if there is
			 powder in the flashpan. Electronic pulse ignition muzzleloaders are considered
			 loaded if the ignition circuit is charged.
MIGRATORY BIRDS
- All birds protected by the Federal
			 Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 and subsequent amendments.
MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS
- Coots, crows, doves, Eurasian
			 collared dove, ducks,
gallinules or moorhens, geese, rails, snipe and woodcock.
MILITARY RETIREE
- Any individual at least 60 years
			 old who is entitled to retired pay as a result of his or her United States
			 military service.
MINNOWS
- Small nongame fish commonly used for bait
			 including bluntnose minnows,
bullhead minnows, chubs, dace, fatheads, common carp under 6
			 inches, goldfish, shiners and stonerollers.
MOBILITY IMPAIRED
- A designation made by the
			 Commission based upon a satisfactory showing that a person has a permanent
			 physical condition, verified by a physician duly licensed to practice medicine
			 by a state medical board, which severely impairs the person's mobility and
			 prevents him or her from being able to engage in hunting or fishing activities
			 without the use of an ATV or similar specialized device for
			 transportation.
NATIVE WILDLIFE
- Those species and sub-species of
			 wildlife that have established,
naturally reproducing, free-ranging, wild populations within
			 Arkansas.
NIGHT
- The time period 30 minutes after sunset to
			 30 minutes before sunrise.
NOODLING
- The taking of fish by the use of a
			 pole-mounted breakaway hook that detaches at the time of the strike or catch,
			 or snare type device, with an attached line manipulated by hand when a person
			 is in or under the water.
NONGAME WILDLIFE
- All wildlife other than
			 furbearing or game animals, game birds and game fish.
NON-NATIVE WILDLIFE
- Any wildlife not defined as
			 native wildlife.
NONRESIDENT
- A person not defined as a
			 resident.
NUISANCE WILDLIFE
- Any wildlife creating a problem
			 by committing damage to personal property or crops.
OPEN SEASON
- A time frame established by the
			 Commission during which a designated species may be lawfully taken.
PEN-RAISED QUAIL
- Quail raised or hatched in
			 captivity.
PERSON
- Any individual, firm, corporation,
			 association, partnership or other legal entity in singular or plural as the
			 context requires. All pronouns shall include the masculine,
feminine and neuter.
PORTABLE HUNTING STAND
- Any device or structure
			 used for the purpose of hunting that can be carried in its entirety and erected
			 by hand including but not limited to tripod stands, lean-to stands, lock-on
			 stands, ladder stands, and climbing stands (Box stands are not portable hunting
			 stands).
PORTABLE POP-UP BLIND
- A structure used to conceal
			 a person that can be collapsed and carried in its entirety by one
			 person.
POSSESS OR POSSESSION
- Having or holding wildlife,
			 or any property in one's power; the exercise of dominion over property.
			 Possession includes actual possession
(physical occupancy or control over property) and constructive
			 possession (control or dominion over property without actual possession or
			 custody of the property).
PRIMATE
- A live individual animal of the taxonomic
			 order Primates, excluding humans.
PROPAGATE OR PROPAGATION
- To allow plants or
			 animals to breed or multiply.
PUBLIC ROAD
- The traveled portion and the shoulders
			 on each side of any road maintained for public travel by a city, county, state,
			 or federal government and includes all structures within the limits of the
			 right-of-way of any such road.
PUBLIC WATERS
- Waters that members of the public
			 have a legal right to access and use for recreational purposes, including all
			 legally navigable waters.
PUT-AND-TAKE PAY
LAKE - Private waters open to
			 public fishing for a fee, after being licensed by the Commission and where no
			 fishing license or daily limit of fish is imposed.
RAPTOR
- Migratory bird of the Order Falconiformes,
			 Accipitriformes or the Order
Strigiformes.
REAR OR REARING
- To maintain plants or animals to
			 increase their size or development.
REHABILITATION
- Providing medical treatment or
			 other care to orphaned, sick or injured wild animals that have come into human
			 possession with the goal of returning the animal to the wild.
RESIDENCE
- Any dwelling such as a house,
			 manufactured home, or apartment that is permanently fixed in place and is
			 owned, leased, or rented fully or in part by an individual.
This term does not include tents; temporary lodging or rental
			 units such as hotels, motels,
resorts, or commercial campgrounds; recreational vehicles; mobile
			 travel trailers; or,
motor vehicles.
RESIDENT
-
(a) A person who physically inhabits a bona
		  fide residence in Arkansas for at least 60 days and declares full-time
		  residency. Possession of Arkansas real estate and/or proof of payment of
		  associated services or utilities do not qualify the owner/renter as a resident
		  if he lives out of state. Additional facts considered in establishing proof of
		  current Arkansas residency are:
(i) Possession
		  of a valid Arkansas driver's license or Arkansas identification card,
(ii)  Possession of a valid Arkansas vehicle
		  registration in his name and display of current Arkansas license tags on his
		  vehicle,
(iii) Other documentation
		  may be considered.
(b)
		  The following persons are considered residents for purposes of this Code:
(i) Residents of Arkansas enrolled as
		  full-time students in colleges and universities outside of Arkansas,
(ii)  Nonresidents enrolled as full-time
		  students in colleges and universities in Arkansas,
(iii) Nonresident foreign exchange students
		  attending school in Arkansas,
(iv)
		  Resident foreign exchange students attending school outside of
		  Arkansas.
(v) Active-duty military
		  personnel assigned to duty stations in Arkansas,
(vi) Active-duty military personnel who were
		  Arkansas residents at the time of entering service, regardless of where
		  currently stationed,
(vii) Members
		  of the National Guard who are assigned to an Arkansas Guard
		  Unit.
(c) Proof of at
		  least one year residency must be provided when applying for the following
		  licenses/permits:
Special Guide, Alligator Farmer/Dealer, Alligator Snapping Turtle
			 Breeder/Dealer, Commercial Fisherman's and Sportfishing, Commercial Fisherman's
			 Helper, Junior/Senior Commercial Fishing, Resident Shell Taker/Seller, Shell
			 Taker Helper, Shell Buyer, Resident Fish Dealer, Resident Roe Taker/Seller,
			 Resident Roe Taker Helper and Resident Roe Buyer/Exporter.
Non-Expiring Lifetime Resident Hunting and Fishing License and
			 Sportsman's Permit.
(d) The
		  director or his representative shall make the final determination as to the
		  resident status of any license applicant.
ROUGH FISH
- Gars, bowfin, bullhead catfish, common
			 carp, Asian carp (grass carp,
bighead carp, silver carp), suckers (including buffalo), drum and
			 yellow bass.
SEINE
- A fishing net that hangs vertically in the
			 water where the ends can be drawn together to entrap fish.
SEINING
- The act of moving a seine by boat or human
			 power to capture fish.
SELL OR SALE
- To exchange or deliver for money or
			 its equivalent; to offer for sale,
barter, exchange or trade or the act of selling, bartering,
			 consigning, exchanging or trading.
SHELL BUYER
- Anyone who buys mussels or mussel
			 parts from a Taker. An agent purchasing for a licensed buyer is not a
			 buyer.
SIMULATED WING MOVEMENT DECOY
- Any electric,
			 mechanically- operated,
wind-powered, or manually-powered apparatus or device that
			 simulates wing movement,
including any device that spins one or more fixed- or
			 stationary-winged decoys around a central axis.
SMALL GAME
- Furbearers, migratory game birds,
			 quail, rabbit and squirrel.
SNAG
- To take fish or other aquatic animals using
			 conventional rod-and-reel tackle by a repeated drawing motion rather than
			 enticement by live bait or artificial lure, regardless of what terminal tackle
			 is attached to the fishing line.
SNAGLINE
- Commercial tackle consisting of a
			 horizontal line with hooks or drops less than 24 inches apart.
SPORTFISH
- See GAME FISH for definition.
TACKLE
- An apparatus or device used to take
			 wildlife.
TAKE
- To shoot, kill, injure, trap, net, snare,
			 spear, catch, capture or reduce to possession.
TAXIDERMY
- The art of preparing, stuffing and/or
			 mounting wildlife and parts thereof.
TRAP OR TRAPPING
- A device to catch and hold
			 wildlife.
TROUT
- Any members of the Salmonidae family
			 including rainbow trout, brown trout,
brook trout, lake trout, cutthroat trout, salmon and char.
VESSEL
- Every description of watercraft, other than
			 a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of
			 transportation, including motorboats and personal watercraft.
WATERFOWL
- All species of coots, ducks, geese and
			 swans.
WATERS OF THE STATE
- All streams, lakes, ponds,
			 sloughs, bayous, marshes or any other waters either permanent or intermittent
			 located wholly or partially within Arkansas.
Provided, however, "waters of the state" shall not include pay
			 lakes and fish farms or any waters that are confined within a pond, tank, or
			 lake, situated entirely on the premises of a single private owner and which,
			 except under abnormal flood conditions, are not connected with any of other
			 flowing stream or body of water that extends beyond the premises of such
			 owner.
WILD
- To be living in a state of nature and not
			 domesticated.
WILDLIFE
- All wild birds, mammals, fish, reptiles,
			 amphibians and other wild aquatic forms, and all other wild animals, regardless
			 of classification, whether resident, migratory or imported, protected or
			 unprotected, dead or alive, and shall extend to and include any and every part
			 of any individual species of wildlife, including animals living in a captive
			 state and which lack a genetic distinction from members of the same species
			 living in the wild. Aquatic wildlife includes all aquatic species, including
			 aquatic snails, aquatic turtles,
crayfish (crawdads and crayfish), fish (including minnows),
			 frogs, mussels and salamanders.
WILDLIFE CHECK METHODS
- The following are the
			 official wildlife check methods:
(a)
		  the Commission on-line deer, elk, bear and turkey checking Web site and mobile
		  applications;
(b) Commission online
		  alligator checking website;
(c) The
		  designated bear checking telephone number or the designated deer, bear and
		  turkey checking telephone number.
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA (WMA)
- Designated areas
			 owned or controlled by the Commission and distinguished by certain markers and
			 considered a separate zone with regard to wildlife regulations including:
			 wildlife management area (WMA), waterfowl rest area (WRA), wildlife
			 demonstration area (WDA), special use area (SUA) and state park-conservation
			 area (SP-CA).
YOUTH
-
(a)
		  for sections of this Code pertaining to big game, "youth" means any individual
		  not less than 6 years old or more than 15 years old.
(b) for all other sections of this Code,
		  "youth" means an individual less than 16 years of age.