Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission
Division 01 - Legal Division
Rule 002.01.22-024 - 03.03-Resident Hunting License Requirements
Universal Citation: AR Admin Rules 002.01.22-024
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 2024
Code Book
The regulations in this Code Book are hereby adopted by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission under authority of Amendment 35 to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas. All laws, rules, regulations, or orders in conflict with the regulations in this Code Book are hereby repealed by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission.
03.03 Resident Hunting License Requirements
It is unlawful for a resident to hunt wildlife by any means in Arkansas without possessing on the person the appropriate Arkansas hunting license as provided herein:
A. To hunt
alligator, deer, turkey, bear or elk, the hunter must have physical possession
of a valid Arkansas hunting license.
B. Arkansas Residents (16 years of age and
older) - Small Game: Resident Wildlife Conservation License;
Resident Sportsman's License; Big Game: Resident Wildlife
Conservation License (permits residents to harvest one legal deer during any
deer season); Resident Sportsman's License; Furbearer (Hunting):
Any valid hunting license. Furbearer (Trapping): Any valid hunting
license and a resident trappers permit. All game: Holders of the
following licenses are entitled to hunt all game, except if taking waterfowl an
Arkansas Resident Waterfowl Stamp, Federal Waterfowl Stamp, and Harvest
Information Program. (HIP) are required: Resident 65 Plus Lifetime Sportsman's
Hunting License (or 65 Plus Lifetime Combination License); Resident 65 Plus
Annual Hunting License (or Resident 65 Plus Annual Combination License);
Resident Disabled Lifetime Sportsman's Hunting License (or Resident Disabled
Lifetime Combination License) Resident Disabled Hunting 3-Year License (or
Resident Disabled Combination 3-Year License); Resident Disabled Military
Veteran Lifetime Hunting License; or Resident Disabled Military Veteran
Lifetime Combination License. All game: Holders of the following
license are entitled to hunt all game, including waterfowl with a Federal
Waterfowl Stamp and Harvest Information Program (HIP): Lifetime Resident
Combination Sportsman's License and Permit; or Resident Disabled Military
Veteran Lifetime Combination License and Permit.
EXCEPTIONS:
A. Residents hunting on a licensed game bird
shooting resort in compliance with regulations (Code 09.06).
B. In compliance with Code 04.04 and
Addendum. B1.14.
PENALTY: Class 1
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