Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 2, February 2024
05.10
Depredation Permit
Requirement
It is unlawful to take or attempt to take any game or
furbearing animal damaging crops or personal property without obtaining a
Depredation Permit, along with a valid hunting license, and complying with the
terms and provisions of the permit. Non-game wildlife, excluding bats,
migratory birds and endangered species, which pose a reasonable threat to
persons or property, may be taken during daylight hours with firearms, or
trapped (Code 17.01), without a Depredation Permit (Addendum. G1.01).
EXCEPTIONS:
A. Nuisance wildlife may be taken by legal
methods during any open season on the species committing damage and in
accordance with applicable bag limits.
B. Property owners or their designees may use
live traps for removal of nuisance wildlife, other than bear or alligator. Live
trapping conducted in incorporated towns or cities must be in accordance with
their local ordinances or statutes. Live captured nuisance wildlife must be
released unharmed on private land with landowner permission in the county of
capture or adjacent to the county of capture outside the municipalities'
boundaries within 24 hours.
C.
Nuisance beaver, muskrat, nutria, coyote, raccoon, opossum, squirrel, and
striped skunk may be taken year-round, using firearms during daylight hours
(Code 06.07) only by landowners or their designees, in any number, on private
property where damage is being committed, or may be trapped and destroyed (Code
17.01).
D. House Sparrows, European
Starlings, and Rock Doves may be taken at any time in accordance with Code
14.01.
E. Red-Winged Blackbird,
Common Grackle, Brewers Blackbird, Great-tail Grackle, Brown-Headed Cowbird,
American Crow and Fish Crows damaging agricultural crops or personal property
may be taken in accordance with both
50 CFR
21.50 and Code 14.01.
F. Nuisance migratory birds taken in
compliance with a permit issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or in
compliance with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regulations.
G. Bats that have bitten or otherwise
potentially exposed a human, pet or livestock to rabies may be killed provided
that they are submitted to the Arkansas Department of Health for rabies
testing.
H. Individuals that
possess a Predator Control Permit are not required to obtain a Depredation
Permit to take bobcat, coyote, gray fox, opossum, raccoon, red fox, or striped
skunk on private land outside the limits of incorporated municipalities.
PENALTY: Class 1
