2017-18 Arkansas Hunting Guidebook Pick up an AGFC conservation license plate at your c=85 m=19 y=0 k=0 c=57 m=80 y=100 k=45 c=20 m=0 y=40 k=6 local revenue office. Learn more atwww.agfc.com. c=15 m=29 y=33 k=0 c=100 m=0 y=91 k=42 c=30 m=0 y=5 k=0 Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Main Office Contact Information 2 Natural Resources Drive • Little Rock, AR 72205 501-223-6300 • 800-364-4263 • www.agfc.com Important Numbers Regional Office Contact Information Stop Poaching Hotline WMD Region 1 • Northeast Office 600-B East Lawson • Jonesboro, AR 72404 Toll-free: 800-482-9262 Toll-free: 877-972-5438 #TIP (#847) for AT&T users (charges apply) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week WMD Region 2 • East Central Office Text a Tip (TIP411) 1201 North Highway 49 • Brinkley, AR 72021 Toll-free: 877-734-4581 Text AGFC and your tip to TIP411 (847411) Texts are completely anonymous WMD Region 3 • Southeast Office Game Checking 771 Jordan Drive • Monticello, AR 71655 Toll-free: 877-731-5627 Toll-free: 877-367-3559 24 hours a day, 7 days a week WMD Region 4 • South Central Office www.agfc.com 500 Ben Lane • Camden, AR 71701 Wildlife Hotline Toll-free: 877-836-4612 Toll-free: 800-440-1477 WMD Region 5 • Southwest Office Deer, Turkey or Elk Permits 7004 Highway 67 East • Perrytown, AR 71801 Toll-free: 877-777-5580 501-223-6359 (office hours only) WMD Region 6 • Hot Springs Office Boating Education Classes 350 Fish Hatchery Road • Hot Springs, AR 71913 Toll-free: 877-493-6424 (office hours only) Toll-free: 877-525-8606 Triple Trophy Program 501-223-6351 (office hours only) WMD Region 6 • Fort Smith Office 8000 Taylor Ave. • Fort Smith, AR 72916 Hunter Education Classes Toll-free: 877-478-1043 Toll-free: 800-482-5795, or register-ed.com WMD Region 7 • Northwest Office Replace a Lost Hunter Education Card 455 Dam Site Road • Eureka Springs, AR 72631 Toll-free: 800-830-2268, or Ilostmycard.com Toll-free: 866-253-2506 24 hours a day, 7 days a week WMD Region 8 • North Central Office Buy a License 1125 Hwy 56 North • Calico Rock, AR 72519 Toll-free: 877-297-4331 Toll-free: 800-364-4263 Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. WMD Region 8 • West Central Office www.agfc.com 1266 Lock and Dam Road • Russellville, AR 72802 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Toll-free: 877-967-7577 TheAGFC AGFC Guidebooks Hunting Guidebook only cover only the covers basics. the basics. Be Bean aninformed informed hunter! fisherman! The official The AGFCofficial code of AGFCregulations code of is regulationsavailable at: is available www.agfc.com/en/resources/regulations/code/at www.agfc.com/enforcement/Pages/ Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Hunting Guidebook 2017-18 1 Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Commissioners Administration Steve Cook Jeff Crow Chris Colclasure Chairman, Malvern Director Assistant Deputy Director Caroline Cone Pat Fitts Ford Overton Chief of Staff and Assistant Deputy Director Vice Chairman, Little Rock Deputy Director Ken Reeves Harrison Communications Human Resources Keith Stephens, Chief Karen Henson, Interim Chief Andrew Parker Education Information Technology Little Rock Doug Newcomb, Chief Tony Davis, Enforcement Chief Technology Officer Joe Morgan Col. Greg Rae, Chief Legal Little Rock Environmental Coordination Jim Goodhart, Jennifer Sheehan, Chief Chief Counsel Bobby Martin Rogers Fiscal Operations Jamie Fisher, Kevin Mullen, Chief Stan Jones Chief Financial Officer Research Evaluation and Walnut Ridge Fisheries Compliance Chris Racey, Chief Cory Gray Dr. Jenn Ballard Dr. Steven J. Beaupre GIS (ex-officio) Tracy Moy, Chief Wildlife Management University of Arkansas Brad Carner, Chief Arkansans with Disabilities The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is committed to providing equal access to programs and facilities. If you would like to suggest how we can better provide more reasonable accommodations for disabled persons at any AGFC-owned property or facility, please write to: Compliance Officer-Human Resources Arkansas Game and Fish Commission 2 Natural Resources Drive • Little Rock, AR 72205 Disclaimer This publication is an interpretive summary of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s hunting regulations and covers only the regulations that most commonly affect hunters. It is not a legal document, and the official regulations of the Commission take precedence over this summary. Copies of the official Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Code of Regulations are available at www.agfc.com, by calling 501-223-6351 or writing to the Communications Division of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission at 2 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock, AR 72205. The regulations summarized in this publication are those passed by the Commission as of June 2017. The Commission reserves the right to close seasons, and all regulations, dates and limits summarized in this guidebook are subject to change. If any variation occurs at a Commission meeting after this guidebook goes to press, it will be widely publicized. Always check www.agfc.com or call our hotline (Toll-free: 800-440-1477) for the up-to-date information. Any and all advertisements in this publication are strictly paid advertisements and are in no way to be construed as an official endorsement by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission of the products and/or services advertised. 2 Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Hunting Guidebook 2017-18 Commissioners Administration Categories match section colors AGFC Contacts and Information ...... 1-2 New This Year ........................................ 4 Meet Your Biologist .............................. 4 Chronic Wasting Disease ......................... 6 Licensing and Permits.................... 10-14 General Information ................................... 10 License Costs .................................................. 12 Lifetime and 65 Plus Licenses .................. 13 Military Lifetime Licenses ......................... 14 Reciprocal Licenses ..................................... 14 Deferred Hunter Education Codes ........ 14 2017-18 Hunting Guidebook Staff Hunting Regulations ................18-29 General Regulations ................................... 18 Kristen Hodges: Designer Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact .... 18 Violation Points ............................................. 19 c=85 m=19Sandra y=0 k=0 Garrett c=57: Editor m=80 y=100 k=45 c=20 m=0 y=40 k=6 Wildlife Regulations ....................................20 Property Regulations..................................22 Jim Harris: Editor Legal Hunting Equipment ........................23 c=15 m=29 y=33 k=0 c=100 m=0 y=91 k=42 c=30 m=0 y=5 k=0 Carcass Importation Restrictions ...........25 Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission ....26 Guidebook Task Force: USDA Forest Service Regulations...........27 Wildlife Management: Brad Carner, Steven Fowler Carcass Identification Tags .......................28 Transferring Game Card ............................29 Enforcement: Glenn Tucker Permission to Hunt Card ...........................29 Fiscal: Susan Porter Feral Hogs ...................................... 32-33 Legal: Jim Goodhart Wildlife ...........................................34-51 Quail, Rabbit and Squirrel .........................34 Fisheries: Cody Wyatt Crow ..................................................................34 Furbearer Hunting .......................................35 Communications: Keith Stephens, Randy Zellers, Furbearer Trapping .....................................36 Jeff Williams, Jeanne Zaffarano Elk ....................................................................... 37 Education: Joe Huggins Alligator ........................................................... 37 Bear ...................................................................38 Cover photo by Jeff Williams Deer Zone Map .............................................40 Deer ................................................................... 42 Game Tags .......................................................51 The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission receives Federal financial assistance from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Flood Prone Regions ......................56-57 Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Title IX Wildlife Management Areas ....... 66-125 of the Education Amendments of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior WMA Zone Map ............................................66 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, WMA Region Contacts ...............................68 or disability. If you believe that you have been discriminated against in any program, activity, or facility, or if you need more information, please write WMA Zone Index ..........................................68 to: Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Attn: Compliance Officer, 2 Natural General WMA Regulations........................72 Resources Drive, Little Rock, AR 72205 or The Civil Rights Coordinator for WMA-specific Regulations ........................79 Public Access, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Mail NWR-specific Regulations .......................122 Stop: WSFR-4020 Arlington, VA 22203. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Hunting Guidebook 2017-18 3 New This Year l New Game Check number: l Camp Robinson WMA is closed to all trapping. (see Page 84) 877-731-5627. (see Page 1) l l It is now unlawful to use any natural scents or lures that No person or multi-person party of a single vehicle at Camp contain natural deer