Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Rule 002.00.15-003 - 2015-2016 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.
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 2 inches
			 or less of hardened bone antler (this type of deer must be checked as a
			 buck).
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 Lock and Dam No. 1 to the Arkansas River and the
			 Arkansas River from Dam No. 2 upstream to the Oklahoma state line, including
			 all lakes, bays and tributary streams accessible by boat from the main channel
			 except:
* Big Bayou Meto upstream from Arkansas Highway 11;
* Plum Bayou upstream from U.S. Highway 79;
* Little Maumelle River upstream from Pinnacle Mountain State
			 Park;
* Maumelle River upstream from Lake Maumelle Dam;
* Fourche LaFave upstream from Arkansas Highway 113;
* Palarm Creek upstream from Interstate 40;
* Cadron Creek upstream from the weir;
* Point Remove Creek upstream from Arkansas Highway 113;
* Petit Jean River upstream from Pontoon Boat Ramp at Arkansas
			 Highway 154;
* Illinois Bayou upstream from Russellville Waterworks
			 Dam;
* Big Piney and Little Piney creeks upstream from Arkansas
			 Highway 359;
* Horsehead Creek upstream from Interstate 40;
* Mulberry River upstream from Interstate 40;
* Frog Bayou upstream from Arkansas Highway 162 and Lee Creek
			 upstream from Lee Creek Dam,
* 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 attraction 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 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, electronically through the Commission's
			 on-line deer and turkey checking Web site or mobile applications, and in person
			 to report harvest of elk and alligator at a designated check station.
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 orany 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.
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 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.
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
			 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 off spring 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)
Buck of Choice:
A male
		  deer.
(b)
Button Buck:
A male deer less than 12 months old with no hardened boned
		  antler.
(c)
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)
.
(d)
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
).
(e)
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
).
(f)
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, 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 by one
			 person at one time 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.
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 offish 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.
(c) Resident foreign exchange students
		  attending school outside of Arkansas.
(iv)
		  Active-duty military personnel assigned to duty stations inArkansas.
(v) Active-duty military personnel who were
		  Arkansas residents at the time of entering service, regardless of where
		  currently stationed.
(d) 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.
(e) 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.
SMALL GAME
- Furbearers, migratory game birds,
			 quail, rabbit and squirrel.
SNAG
- to take fish using conventional rod-and-reel
			 tackle where the fish is impaled by the forceful retrieval of one or more
			 hooks.
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 and cutthroat
			 trout.
WATERFOWL
- All species of coots, ducks, geese and
			 swans.
WATERS OF THE STATE
- All streams, lakes, sloughs,
			 bayous, marshes or any other waterbodies either permanent or intermittent
			 located wholly or partially within Arkansas, with the exception of pay lakes
			 and fish farms.
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) a
		  designated elk check station;
(b)
		  the Commission's on-line deer and turkey checking Web site and mobile
		  applications;
(c) a designated
		  alligator check station; and,
(d)
		  the designated bear checking telephone number or the designated deer 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.
ZONE
- An area defined by the Commission where
			 hunting and/or fishing activities are regulated.
03.16
HUNTER EDUCATION CERTIFICATE
		  REQUIREMENTS
It is unlawful for persons born after 1968 to hunt wildlife
			 without having on the person a valid Arkansas hunter education certificate.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Youths hunting under direct supervision
		  of an adult at least 21 years of age.
(2) Persons possessing a valid hunting
		  license/permit displaying the dealer imprinted code DHE (
Code
		  01.00C, Deferred Hunter Education
). Requirements for a person to
		  be eligible to hunt with DHE-coded licenses/permits are as follows:
(a) Be at least 16 years of age and born
		  after 1968 and not hunter-education certified.
(b) Be in the immediate presence of an adult
		  hunter who is at least 21 years of age and possesses valid hunter education
		  certification, or who was born before 1969.
(c) Not eligible if convicted of prior
		  violation of this regulation. (3) Any person who has successfully completed a
		  hunter education course approved by another state or province and has on his
		  person.
PENALTY: $50 to $1,000
05.17 ALLIGATOR, BEAR, DEER AND TURKEY
		  TAGGING REQUIREMENTS
(A) Immediately after
		  harvesting a deer or turkey, and before moving the animal, each hunter must
		  remove the appropriate deer or turkey tag from the hunter's license and legibly
		  fill out (in ink) the tag with all required information. The original tag must
		  be securely fastened to the antler or ear of a deer, or to the leg of a turkey.
		  SPECIAL NOTE: The original tag must remain as attached to the deer or turkey.
		  Duplicate harvest information reflecting the name, address, species, sex, date
		  taken and check confirmation number must remain with all other portions (if the
		  head of the deer or leg of a turkey is removed) until reaching the point of
		  final storage, including while the deer or turkey is in transit.
(B) Immediately after harvesting a bear and
		  before moving it, 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) 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 attach a
		  Temporary Alligator Possession Tag to its leg.
(D) All youth hunters, 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 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) hunter's name, date, WMA or zone number and time of harvest. The
		  tag must be securely fastened to the antler or ear of a deer, or to the leg of
		  a turkey.
(E) Bonus deer with the
		  Deer Management Assistance Program Management tags and special urban deer hunt
		  tags, in accordance with Section A shall be used instead of license tags where
		  applicable.
PENALTY: Class 2 -12 violation
			 points
06.03
CERTAIN FIREARMS PROHIBITED
		  DURING MUZZLELOADING SEASONS
It is unlawful to hunt deer or bear during the muzzleloading
			 deer or bear seasons with or to possess:
(A) Firearms capable of being loaded by means
		  other than through the muzzle or of firing centerfire or rimfire
		  ammunition;
(B) Muzzleloading
		  firearms firing more than one projectile per barrel or chamber (buckshot
		  prohibited);
(C) Muzzleloading long
		  guns smaller than .40 caliber or with barrels shorter than 18 inches in
		  length;
(D) Muzzleloading handguns
		  with barrels less than 9 inches in length, of smaller than .45 caliber, and
		  loaded with a projectile weighing less than 200 grains (.45 caliber or larger
		  conical bullets, or .530 and larger round balls).
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Any
		  caliber muzzleloading handgun or (cap and ball) percussion revolver is
		  permitted to be carried when a legal muzzleloading long gun is in hunter's
		  immediate possession.
(2) In
		  compliance with
Code 05.19
.
(3) Hunters of a deer camp enrolled in the
		  Deer Management Assistance Program who has been issued an Unrestricted Weapon
Antlerless
Permit or Management Buck Permit may hunt
		  deer in compliance with the terms of the permit.
PENALTY: Class 1
06.05
FIREARMS PROHIBITED
		  WHILE ARCHERY OR CROSSBOW HUNTING
It is unlawful to have a firearm in one's immediate possession
			 while hunting bear, deer or turkey with archery tackle.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Legal
		  firearms when and where a firearms bear or deer season is open.
(2) In compliance with
Code
		  05.19
.
(3) Hunters of
		  a deer camp enrolled in the Deer Management Assistance Program who has been
		  issued an Unrestricted Weapon
Antlerless
Permit or
		  Management Buck Permit may hunt deer in compliance with the terms of the
		  permit.
PENALTY: Class 1
06.06
CERTAIN FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION
		  PROHIBITED FOR HUNTING WILD TURKEY
It is unlawful to hunt wild turkey with the use of rifles,
			 muzzleloading rifles, handguns or shot larger than No. 2 common shot (.15 inch
			 in diameter).
EXCEPTION:
In compliance with Code 05.19.
PENALTY: Class
			 1
09.01
POSSESSION OF CERTAIN WILDLIFE IN CAPTIVITY PROHIBITED
It is unlawful to possess, hold captive, confine or enclose any
			 live wildlife, whether native or non-native, migratory or imported, unless
			 otherwise specified herein.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Accredited members of the American Zoo
		  and Aquarium Association.
(2)
		  Persons possessing and holding captive wildlife in compliance with
Chapter 09.00
.
(3) Persons possessing and holding captive
		  fish, bullfrogs, mussels, aquatic turtles and alligators in compliance with
Chapters 29.00
;
30.00
;
31.00
;
32.00
;
33.00
;
34.00
;
35.00
.
(4)
		  Persons may be permitted to possess and hold captive on a temporary basis
		  captive-reared mallards, pen-raised quail, coyote, fox or raccoon for the sole
		  purpose of dog training or conducting field trials sanctioned by the American
		  Kennel Club, National Field Retriever Association, North American Hunting
		  Retriever Association, Hunting Retrievers Club, United Kennel Club,
		  Professional Kennel Club, or American Coon Hunters Association upon requesting
		  and receiving a Shoot-to-Kill Retrieving Dog Training Permit (for
		  captive-reared mallards) and/or written approval from the Chief of Wildlife
		  Management.
(5) Persons determined
		  by the Commission to be involved in bona fide scientific research, education or
		  conservation efforts of significant benefit to wildlife or wildlife habitat, in
		  Arkansas may be permitted to possess and hold captive wildlife in compliance
		  with the terms of a special permit issued by the Chief of Wildlife
		  Management.
(6) Persons with a
		  valid U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Exhibition Permit may possess and
		  hold captive wildlife allowed by that permit. Holders of this permit are not
		  exempt from subsequent regulations in
Chapter
		  09.00
.
(7) Persons
		  with a valid U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service migratory bird permit may possess
		  migratory birds in compliance with the terms of that permit. Holders of this
		  permit are not exempt from subsequent regulations in
Chapter
		  09.00
. Holders of a valid U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Raptor
		  Propagation Permit are not required to obtain a Commission Wildlife
		  Breeder/Dealer Permit to propagate or distribute raptors.
(8) The following species are exempt from
		  rules regarding captive wildlife in
Codes 09.02
;
09.07
;
09.10
: buffalo
(Bos bison),
emu
(Dromaius novaehollandiae),
llama
(Lama glama),
Muscovy duck
(Cairina
		  moschata),
European domestic ferret
(Mustela putorius),
hamster
(Mesocricetus auratus, Phodopus campbelli, Phodopus
		  sungorus, Cricetulus griseus, Phodopus roborovskii),
Guinea pig
(Cavia porcellus),
Congo peacock
(Arfopavo
		  congensis).
Green peafowl
(Pavo muticus),
Indian
		  Peafowl
(Pavo cristatus),
ringneck dove
(Streptopelia risoria),
gerbils (Subfamily Gerbillinae),
		  common white mice and common white rats, and wolf/dog hybrids.
PENALTY: Class 2
(1) Any
		  wildlife possessed in violation of this regulation may be declared contraband
		  and subject to immediate seizure.
(2) Upon conviction, or before, if so ordered
		  by a court having legal jurisdiction, title to the wildlife shall be forfeited
		  to the Commission and released or disposed of in compliance with Commission
		  policy.
(3) Any person convicted of
		  violating this regulation shall be liable for the costs accrued in the storage,
		  care, and maintenance of any equipment or wildlife seized in connection with
		  the violation.
(4) Any person
		  convicted of violating this regulation shall be liable for the costs of any and
		  all tests and/or examinations of the illegal wildlife and also shall be liable
		  for the costs of destruction and/or disposal of the illegal wildlife, as deemed
		  necessary by the Commission for the protection of native
		  wildlife.
11.01
SPECIAL YOUTH MODERN GUN BEAR HUNT RESTRICTIONS
It is unlawful other than a youth six to 15 years of age to hunt
			 bear during the special youth modern gun bear hunt (
Addendum A
			 1.08
).
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) In compliance with
Addendum
		  CI.02
.
(2) In
		  compliance with applicable regulations, hunters
six to 15 years of
		  age
may hunt bear using archery tackle during archery and crossbow
		  season (
Code 05.01
and
Addendum
		  Al.08)
.
PENALTY: Class 1
11.02
SPECIAL YOUTH MODERN GUN DEER
		  HUNT RESTRICTIONS
It is unlawful other than a youth six to 15 years of age to hunt
			 deer during the special youth modern gun deer hunt (
Addendum
			 A1.01
). During these hunts either sex may be taken. A doe may be
			 taken without a WMA doe quota permit during designated youth deer hunts only.
			 These are not bonus deer and will count toward the seasonal bag limit
(
Codes 15.01
;
21.02
;
21.03)
.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) WMAs
		  requiring a WMA deer hunt permit are closed to the special youth modern gun
		  deer hunt (
Codes 06.03
;
21.02
).
(2) In compliance with applicable
		  regulations, hunters
six to 15 years of age
may
		  harvest deer using archery tackle during archery and crossbow season
		  (
Addendum A 1.01 A
).
(3) In compliance with
Addendum
		  C1.01
.
(4)
		  Commission-registered deer camps that participate in the Deer Management
		  Assistance Program (DMAP) and receive deer management tags.
PENALTY: Class 1
15.01
LEGAL BUCK DEER
		  REQUIREMENTS
It is unlawful to hunt or possess any buck deer other than a
			 legal buck (Code 01.00C Legal Buck).
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Deer carcasses and parts legally
		  harvested outside the state and accompanied by verification (Code
		  05.26).
(2) In compliance with
Chapter 09.00
.
(3) Youths may take any buck.
(4) On certain WMAs (
Code
		  21.03)
.
(5) Bucks
		  taken with the Deer Management Assistance Program Management buck
		  tags.
(6)
Bucks taken
		  by hunters utilizing the Unrestricted Weapons Antlerless
		  tags.
(7) Bucks taken
		  by hunters using archery equipment during the Antlerless Only Modern Gun Hunt.
PENALTY: Class 1
16.01
TAKING OR POSSESSING ELK
		  PROHIBITED
It is unlawful to hunt or possess an elk.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Legal
		  bull elk taken by a permit holder
(Addendum Chapter
		  SLOP)
and checked in a zone or area declared open by the
		  Commission to the taking of legal bull elk (
Addendum
		  Al.09
).
(2) Antlerless
		  elk taken by a permit holder
(Addendum Chapter SLOP)
and checked in a zone or area open by the Commission to the taking of
		  antlerless elk (
Addendum Al.09
).
(3) Elk taken in another state and
		  accompanied by legal verification required by state of origin (
Code
		  05.26
).
PENALTY: Class 2
-
18 violation
			 points
20.06
STRUCTURES AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
		  ON WMAs
(A) It is unlawful to build,
		  attach or occupy any type of structures on a WMA made from common building
		  materials, such as wire, nylon, metal or lumber. Prohibited structures include,
		  but are not limited to, hunting stands and blinds, buildings, shelters and
		  moored houseboats.
(B) It is
		  unlawful to leave personal property on any WMA. Prohibited personal property
		  items include, but are not limited to, boats, hunting stands and
		  blinds.
(C) Structures and personal
		  property not in compliance with this code may be removed by Commission
		  personnel and destroyed or otherwise disposed of in compliance with Commission
		  policy.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Portable
		  hunting blinds, portable hunting stands and associated equipment using no metal
		  objects screwed or driven into trees. Such stands and blinds must have the
		  owner's name and address permanently affixed and must be moved at least 200
		  yards after seven consecutive days. Stands and blinds may not be placed on a
		  WMA more than seven days before deer archery season and must be removed from
		  the WMA within seven days after the close of deer archery season.
(2) On USDA Forest Service cooperative WMAs,
		  portable stands must comply with USDA Forest Service regulations.
(3) Structures in compliance with a
		  Commission-issued land use permit.
(4) In compliance with
Codes
		  01.00C
.
19.04
;
20.18
;
24.05
;
24.06
.
(5)
Slough boats may be kept at designated sites beginning the Saturday
		  before the opening day of duck season and must be permanently removed seven
		  days after the last day of duck season.
(6)
Trail Cameras.
PENALTY: Class 2
20.08
SEASON RESTRICTIONS ON CAMP
		  ROBINSON SPECIAL USE AREA
It is unlawful to hunt or possess dove, rabbit, squirrel, quail
			 and waterfowl on Camp Robinson SUA.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Dove hunting in compliance with
Code 23.04
and
Addendum
		  CI.08
.
(2) Squirrel
		  hunting in compliance with
Code 23.03
and
Addendum CI.07
.
(3) Possession of waterfowl is allowed during
		  open season while accessing Dix Creek Bay or Pierce Creek Bay on Craig D.
		  Campbell Lake Conway Reservoir or while camped in designated campsites.
PENALTY: Class 1
20.13
DOG TRAINING RESTRICTIONS ON CAMP
		  ROBINSON SPECIAL USE AREA
It is unlawful to train waterfowl retrievers, rabbit dogs
			 (beagles) and bird dogs on Camp
Robinson SUA without a current hunting license to possess more
			 than eight dogs on the area; or to use live ammunition. It also is unlawful for
			 dog trainers to use the area for more than three days per week or more than two
			 consecutive days in a two-week period.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Individuals participating in organized
		  field trials are not required to have a current hunting license.
(2) Individuals participating in an organized
		  field trial are not restricted to possessing eight dogs.
(3) Other dog training or events may be
		  allowed by written permit from the Commission.
PENALTY: Class 1
20.15
HUNTING FROM MOTORIZED LAND
		  VEHICLES PROHIBITED ON
WMAs
It is unlawful to take or attempt to take wildlife from a
			 motorized land vehicle on WMAs.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Holders of a Mobility-Impaired Access
		  Permit may hunt from an ATV or similar specialized device for transportation in
		  compliance with
Code 20.12
.
(2) Holders of an Arkansas Game and Fish
		  Mobility Impaired Access (MIA) card may operate ATV's only on designated
		  mobility impaired access areas on
Big Timber and
Moro
		  Big Pine Natural Area WMAs in compliance with Code 20.19.
PENALTY: Class
		  1
20.19
MOTORIZED VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS ON WMAs
It is unlawful on a WMA to operate any motorized vehicle off any
			 open access road and parking area; behind any gated, cabled or earthen barrier;
			 where no road exists; on any trail, levee, or dam; on any food plot, wildlife
			 opening, or fire lane; on any road that has been disked, seeded, or otherwise
			 developed for wildlife; or in a direction of travel contrary to posted signs.
			 It also is unlawful for any person on a WMA to use ATVs, dune buggies or
			 amphibious vehicles.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) In compliance with
Code
		  20.12
.
(2)
		  Participants in the Freddie Black Choctaw Island WMA Deer Research Area East
		  Unit Special mobility-impaired deer permit hunt.
(3) Motorized vehicles, except for ATVs on
		  main access roads, may not be used on Big Timber Upland WDA.
(4) ATVs are allowed on open roads and trails
		  on Casey Jones, Gum Flats, Howard County, Lafayette County, Lake Greeson,
Poison Springs (motorized vehicles are not allowed on boundary
		  lines that have been cleared by the Arkansas Forestry Commission)
and Provo WMAs by hunters to access hunting locations and/or camping sites
		  during open hunting seasons only.
(5) Motorized vehicles and ATVs are allowed
		  on Caney Creek, Muddy Creek and Winona WMAs, except on a road, temporary
		  trailway or other area posted as closed by an earthen mound, gate, sign or
		  other object. SPECIAL NOTE: Same as USDA Forest Service forest-wide regulations
		  - Ouachita National Forest.
(6)
		  ATVs are allowed on open, maintained roads on Cherokee and Jim Kress WMAs by
		  hunters in possession of a valid leased-land permit for the purposes of ingress
		  and egress to hunting locations and/or camping sites only.
(7) On Ozark National Forest, White Rock,
		  Piney Creeks, Mount Magazine, Sylamore and St. Francis National Forest WMAs,
		  all vehicles and off highway vehicles (OHVs) are subject to the USDA Forest
		  Service OHV policy on roads and trails as published in CFR 36.261.1.3. Refer to
		  annual travel management map for designated uses on roads and trails.
(8) Participants in approved
		  reserved/permitted organized events on the Camp Robinson SUA and persons
		  training waterfowl retrievers in Public Use compartment 5 in compliance with
		  posted signs.
(9) Holders of AGFC
		  Mobility Impaired Access (MIA) cards may operate ATVs only on designated
		  mobility impaired access areas on Moro Big Pine Natural Area. ATVs must remain
		  on road on the Moro Big Pine MIA old abandoned railroad trams north and south
		  rights-of-way. ATVs on the Moro Big Pine MIA roads #TAR 15, 16 and 34 must be
		  100 feet and no more than 300 feet from the centerline of the road.
(10) ATVs are allowed on designated open,
		  maintained roads on Big Timber WMA by hunters to access hunting locations
		  and/or camping sites during open hunting seasons. Open roads are designed on
		  the WMA map and/or by signs. Use of ATVs on rights-of-way is strictly
		  prohibited unless designated open.
PENALTY: Class 1
20.20
HORSE AND MULE RESTRICTIONS ON
		  CERTAIN WMAs
It is unlawful to use or possess horses and mules on
			 Commission-owned and Cherokee, Jim Kress and Poison Springs WMAs during the
			 months of October through January and April through May. Permits are required
			 for organized events of more than 10 horses or mules per party during the
			 remainder of the year. Permits are available at the area headquarters and must
			 be requested 14 days in advance of the event. Horses and mules are allowed only
			 in camping areas that are designated for equestrian use. Horses in camping
			 areas may only be tied to trailers or to a highline using tree saver straps. It
			 also is unlawful for any person to allow horses or mules to damage trees or
			 other woody vegetation. Soil disturbance must be restored, manure must be
			 scattered and excess feed, hay and trash must be removed.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Legal
		  hunting activities may use horses and mules during specified hunting seasons
		  (Addendum Chapter CI.00).
(2) At
		  night during furbearing season (Addendum CI.09).
(3) Horses and mules are prohibited on all
		  Corps property on Trusten Holder WMA including Jardis Point.
(4) Horses and mules are prohibited on the
		  Freddie Black Choctaw Island WMA Deer Research Area during open deer
		  season.
(5) The Camp Robinson SUA
		  is divided into seven public use compartments. Non-reserved/open compartments
		  1,3,4 and 7 are open year round for pleasure riding, except when closed for
		  reserved events. Compartments 2 and 5 are closed for horse and mule riding for
		  pleasure. No permit or reservation is required unless a participant is
		  requesting to reserve any of the public use facilities or
		  compartments.
(6) All organized
		  horse and mule events on J. Perry Mikles Blue Mountain SUA are required to be
		  scheduled or reserved annually by July 1 through the area manager. All pleasure
		  riding is restricted to dates when no field trials are being conducted. The
		  annual field trial schedule will be posted at area headquarters.
(7) Horses and mules are prohibited for use
		  on that portion of the Gene Rush WMA lying east of Searcy County Road 14 and
		  west of the Buffalo National River property line from Woolum Ford on the
		  Buffalo National River to the intersection of Searcy County Roads 12 and
		  14.
(8) Horses and mules are
		  prohibited on Maumelle River WMA (except by special permit from Central
		  Arkansas Water.
(9) Horses and
		  mules are allowed for legal hunting activities during specified hunting seasons
		  and at night during furbearer season on Poison Springs WMA.
PENALTY: Class 1
20.22
USE OR POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL OR
		  ILLEGAL CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES PROHIBITED ON COMMISSION-CONTROLLED WMAs
It is unlawful to possess alcoholic beverages or illegal
			 controlled substances on Commission-controlled WMAs.
EXCEPTIONS:
Alcoholic beverages may be
			 possessed:
1.
On a private in-holding (ref code 02.02).
2.
In a vehicle while in transit
		  on a public road in compliance with applicable law.
3.
In a vessel while in transit
		  on a navigable waterway in compliance with applicable
		  law.
4.
By
		  permittees under a current Commission Land Use Permit in compliance with
		  applicable law.
5.
In a vessel for the purpose of fishing and in accordance with
		  applicable law.
6.
Campers within designated camping areas.
PENALTY: Class 1
20.23
HUNTING PROHIBITED ON WYLIE COX
		  FIELD TRIAL AREA ON ED GORDON POINT REMOVE WMA
It is unlawful to hunt wildlife on Wylie Cox Field Trial
			 Area.
EXCEPTIONS:
1.
Dove season in compliance with Code 23.04 and Addendum
		  CI.08.
2.
Rabbit season in compliance with Code 23.01 and Addendum
		  CI.06.
3.
Crow season in compliance with Code 23.07 and Addendum
		  CLIO.
4.
Squirrel season in compliance with Code and Addendum CI.07.
PENALTY: Class 1
20.24
FERAL HOG RESTRICTIONS ON
		  WMAs
It is unlawful to:
(A)
		  Hunt or possess live feral hogs on WMAs.
(B) Hunt feral hogs on WMAs by the use of
		  dogs or trapping.
(C) Release hogs
		  on WMAs.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Feral hogs may only be taken by hunters
		  who are hunting bear, deer or elk during a firearm season for these big game
		  species with weapons legal for bear, deer or elk firearms season on the
		  following WMAs: Bald Knob NWR, Bayou Meto, Bearcat Hollow, Beryl Anthony Lower
		  Ouachita, Big Lake, Big Timber, Blevins, Buck Island, Buffalo National River,
		  Cache River NWR, Camp Robinson SUA, Camp Robinson, Caney Creek, Casey Jones,
		  Cherokee, Cut-Off Creek, Dale Bumpers White River NWR, Departee Creek, Devil's
		  Knob Natural Area, Dr. Lester Sitzes III Bois D'Arc, Ed Gordon Point Remove,
		  Felsenthal NWR, Freddie Black Choctaw Island Deer Research Area, Ft. Chaffee,
		  Galla Creek, Gene Rush, Gum Flats, Harold E. Alexander Spring River, Henry Gray
		  Hurricane Lake, Hope Upland, Howard County, Jamestown Independence County, Jim
		  Kress, Lafayette County, Lake Greeson, Lee Creek, Little Bayou, Little River,
		  Loafer's Glory, Mcllroy Madison County, Moro Big Pine Natural Area, Mt.
		  Magazine, Muddy Creek, Overflow NWR, Ozan, Ozark National Forest WMA Petit Jean
		  River, Piney Creeks, Poison Springs, Pond Creek NWR Provo, Rainey, Scott
		  Henderson Gulf Mountain, Seven Devils, Shirey Bay Rainey Brake, Spring Bank,
		  St. Francis National Forest, St. Francis Sunken Lands, Steve N. Wilson Raft
		  Creek Bottoms, Sulphur River, Sylamore, Trusten Holder, U of A Pine Tree
		  Experimental Station WD A, Wapanocca NWR, Wedington, White Rock and Winona
		  WMAs. Hunters must comply with all hunting license and permit
		  requirements.
(2) Feral hogs may be
		  taken during any daylight hunting season using weapons legal for that season on
		  the following: Beaver Lake, Blue Mountain, Dardanelle, DeGray Lake, DeQueen
		  Lake, Greers Ferry Lake, J. Perry Mikles Blue Mountain SUA, Jones Point, Nimrod
		  Lloyd Millwood, Norfork Lake, Ozark Lake WMAs.
PENALTY: Class 2 - B and C 30 violation
			 points
24.06
HUNTING
		  FROM
DUCK BLINDS PROHIBITED ON WMAs AND COMMISSION-OWNED OR
		  CONTROLLED LAKES
It is unlawful while on any WMA or commission-owned controlled
			 lake to occupy or take or attempt to take wildlife from a duck blinds that is
			 made from common building materials, such as wire, nylon, metal or lumber, and
			 which is not removed at the end of each day's hunt or at the end of the WMA's
			 daily shooting hours. Any structures not in compliance with this code may be
			 removed by Commission personnel and destroyed or otherwise disposed of in
			 compliance with Commission policy.
(1)
		  In compliance with
Code 19.13
.
PENALTY: Class
		  1