Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission
Rule 002.00.04-007 - Approved 2004-2005 Hunting Codes
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 2, February 2024
01.00-C DEFINITION OF TERMS. For the purposes of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission 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:
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 the State of 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 the State of 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 or 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 ELK - Any elk (male or female) not meeting requirements to be a legal bull elk
AQUATIC WDLDLIFE - Aquatic Snails, Aquatic Turtles, Crayfish (Crawfish, Crawdads), Fish (including Minnows), Frogs, Mussels and Salamanders.
ARKANSAS RIVER BOUNDARY (Sportfishing Only) - The Arkansas Post Canal from Lock and Dam #1 to the Arkansas River and the Arkansas River from Dam #2 upstream to the Oklahoma state line including all lakes, bays and tributary streams accessible by boat from the main channel except that portion of Big Bayou Meto upstream from Hwy 11, Plum Bayou upstream from Hwy 79, Little Maumelle River upstream form Pinnacle State Park, Maumelle River upstream from Lake Maumelle Dam, Fouche LaFave upstream from Hwy 113, Palarm Creek upstream from Interstate 40, Cadron Creek upstream from the weir, Point Remove Creek upstream from Hwy 113, Petit Jean River upstream from Pontoon Boat Ramp at Hwy 154, Illinois Bayou upstream from Russellville Waterworks Dam, Big Piney and Little Piney Creeks upstream from Hwy 359, Horsehead Creek upstream from Interstate 40, Mulberry River upstream from Interstate 40, Frog Bayou upstream from Hwy 162 and Lee Creek upstream from Lee Creek Dam, and from the first non-navigable shoal for streams entering the Arkansas River along the left bank ascending from Lake Dardanelle Dam to the Oklahoma
State Line.
ARTIFICIAL LURE/FLY - Terminal fishing tackle made by the method of fly tying, or made entirely of rubber, wood, metal, glass, feathers, hair,
synthetic fibers, or plastic, with hook attached.
BAG LIMIT - The number of species allowed to be taken in a time period -hours (12 o'clock midnight to 12 o'clock midnight) unless otherwise specified.
BAITFISH - Minnows (including bluntnose minnows, bullhead minnows, chubs, crayfish, dace, fatheads, common carp under 6 inches, small goldfish, shiners and stonerollers), logperch (also called sand pike or zebra minnows), shad, gar (other than alligator gar), drum, bowfin under 6 inches, skipjack herring, silversides (brook and inland), buffalo (bigmouth, smallmouth and black), river carpsucker, sculpin (banded and Ozark) and bream 4" and under.
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 - Bear, deer, elk and turkey.
BLACK BASS - Largemouth bass, redeye bass, smallmouth bass, and spotted bass.
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 (see Code 39.04 for restrictions).
BREAM - Any species of the genus Lepomis, including bluegill, redear,
warmouth and other sunfish.
BUCK - A male deer (See LEGAL BUCK definition).
BUCK DEER SEASON - Any deer season whereby no deer other than legal buck deer may be taken.
BULL ELK (legal) - Any elk having at least one antler visible above the hair line.
BUY - To purchase, barter, exchange, or trade and includes any offer to purchase, barter, exchange, or trade.
CAPTD7ITY or HOLD CAPTD7E - 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.
CASE - A container specifically designed for the purpose of housing a gun which completely encloses such gun by being zipped, snapped, buckled, tied or otherwise fastened with no portion of the gun exposed.
CATCH-AND-RELEASE - The requirement that fish of a designated species musts be immediately released into the water where caught.
CHUMMING - To dislodge or deposit any substance not attached to a hook which may attract fish.
CITY, COUNTY, STATE, OR FEDERALLY MAINTAINED ROAD -
Any road graded or otherwise repaired by any city, county, state, or federal agency in the state of Arkansas.
COMMERCIAL FISH - Bowfin (over 6 inches), buffalo, catfish, carp,
drum, gar, paddlefish, sucker family, white amur and sturgeon.
COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN - Any person who fishes with tackle designated as commercial tackle requiring a license and/or tag issued by the
Commission.
GAME BIRD SHOOTING RESORT - Any person, firm, or corporation engaged, for pay or other consideration, who provides pen-raised birds for harvest by hunters.
COMMISSION - The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission, unless otherwise designated.
DISABLED - Any individual who is 100% permanently and totally disabled as declared by the following federal agencies: the United
States Social Security Administration, the United Department of
Veteran's Affairs, or the United States Railroad Retirement Board.
DOE - A female deer.
DOE DEER SEASON - Any deer season whereby a doe may be taken.
DROWNING SET - Any leg hold trap that utilizes one or more of the following techniques to retain the target animal in water of suitable depth for drowning. These are:
EITHER-SEX - A male or a female.
EITHER-SEX DEER SEASON - Any deer season whereby a doe or a legal buck may be taken.
ENCLOSE - To surround species of wildlife on all sides 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 - any wildlife species or subspecies endangered or threatened with extinction listed by the U. S. Department of
Interior and the following native species hereby designated in Arkansas:
MAMMALS:
Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), Ozark big-eared bat (Corvnorhinus townsendii ingens. BIRDS:
Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). least tern (Sterna antillarum), Bachman's warbler (Vermivora bachmanii). red-cockaded woodpecker (Dendrocopos borealis) REPTILES:
American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). FISHES:
Ozark cavefish (Amblyopsis rosae). leopard darter (Percina
pantherina), pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhyncus albus); MOLLUSKS:
Scaleshell mussel, Curtis' pearly mussel, (Epioblasma florentina curtisi), fat pocketbook pearly mussel (Potamilus capax). pink mucket mussel (Lampsilis abrupta). turgid blossom mussel (Epioblasma turgidula). speckled pocketbook mussel (Lampsilis streckeri). Arkansas fatmucket mussel (Lampsilis powelli). winged mapleleaf mussel (Quadrula fragosa). Magazine Mountain shagreen land snail (Inflectarius magazinensis); scaleshell mussel (Leptodea leptodon). Ouachita rock pocketbook mussel (Arkansia wheeleri): ARTHROPODS:
Cave crayfish (Cambams zophonastes) and (Cambarus aculabrum; INSECTS:
American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus); PLANTS:
Geocarpon minimum (no common name), pondberry, (Lindera melissifbHa), Missouri bladderpod (Lesquerella filiformis). Harperella (Ptilimnium nodosum). Eastern prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera leucophaea). running buffalo clover (Trifolium stoloniferum).
FEE LAKE - A lake in which there is a charge for fishing privileges. All persons 16 years of age and older must possess an Arkansas fishing license. Daily limits apply.
FERAL HOG - Any hog (Sus scrofa), including Russian and European wild boar, which is roaming freely upon public lands and is living in a wild or feral state.
FIREARMS, LOADED - Firearms shall be considered to be loaded if shells or cartridges are in either the chamber, magazine, or cylinder; percussion cap muzzle-loading firearms are considered loaded if the percussion cap is on the nipple; flintlock muzzle-loading firearms are considered to be loaded if there is powder in the flashpan. FISH or FISHING - To lure, attract, collect, or pursue fish species or aquatic wildlife for the purpose of taking or attempting to take such fish species or aquatic wildlife by any method.
FISH FARM - Waters and adjacent premises confined within a pond, tank, or lake not connected with public waters, and under management by a commercial fish farmer.
FISH FARMER - Any person, firm, partnership or corporation engaged in the propagation and/or production of crawfish, fish and/or minnows for sale. FREEFLOATING FISHING DEVICE - Any floating fishing deviceunanchored or unattached to a stationary object. FURBEARERS - Badger, beaver, bobcat, civet cat, coyote, gray fox, red fox, mink, muskrat, nutria, opossum, raccoon, river otter, skunk, and weasel. GAFFING FISH - Taking or attempting to take fish with a hand held or handled hook prior to being caught on hook and line.
GAME ANIMALS - Black bear, bobcat, coyote, deer, elk, fox, mink,
opossum, rabbit, raccoon, and squirrel.
GAME BIRDS - Turkey, quail, pheasant, chuckar, 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, striped bass hybrid, crappie, catfish, trout, bream, sunfish, goggle-eye, walleye,
northern pike, muskellunge, sauger, paddlefish, and pickerel.
GUIDE - Any 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.
HIGH FENCE ENCLOSURE - An enclosure that contains an area of at least 500 contiguous acres, with at least sixty percent (60%) 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 eight (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 sixty percent (60%) 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 - To search for, pursue, chase, track, lure, attract, or lie in wait of game animals or other wildlife for the purpose of taking or attempting to take such game animals or wildlife by any method.
HUNTING PARTY - Two or more persons hunting together.
IMPORT - To land on, bring into, or introduce into any place within the jurisdiction of the State of Arkansas.
IMPORTATION - To ship, convey, carry or transport wildlife into or through the state by any means.
JAKE - Sub-adult turkeys having all of following characteristics:
KILLING DEVICE - Any firearm, bow and arrow, crossbow, pellet gun, or any other device capable of killing wildlife.
LEGAL BUCK - A buck having both antlers under two inches (including button buck) or at least one antler with at least three points including the main beam, each a minimum of one inch long. (Ref: Code 21.03)
MIGRATORY BIRDS - All birds protected by the federal Migratory Bird
Treaty Act of 1918 and subsequent amendments.
MIGRATORY GAME Bl RDS - Coots, crows, doves, ducks, gallinules or moorhens, geese, rails, snipe and woodcock.
MINIMUM LENGTH LIMIT - The shortest length of a fish, of a designated species, measured from the front of the lower jaw with the mouth closed to the tip of the tail with tail lobes pressed together, that an angler may keep. All fish not meeting the minimum length requirement for a particular water or species must be immediately released into the water where caught.
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 - Individuals who are mobility impaired in accordance with criteria on the Game and Fish application for the mobility impaired card.
NATIVE WILDLIFE - Those species and sub-species of wildlife that have established, naturally reproducing, free-ranging, wild populations within the state of Arkansas.
NIGHT - thirty (30) minutes after sunset to thirty (30) minutes before sunrise.
NONGAME WDLDLD7E - all wildlife other than furbearing or game animals, birds and fish.
NON-RESDDENT - Any person not defined as resident.
NOODLING - The taking offish by the use of hook or snare type device,
with or without an attached line no longer than 4 feet in length, manipulated by hand when a person is in or under the water.
NUISANCE ANIMALS - Any wild animal creating a problem by committing damage to personal property (Depredation Permit available).
NUISANCE FURBEARING ANIMALS - Beaver, muskrat, and nutria.
OPEN SEASON - that season during which protected wildlife may be lawfully taken.
PEN-RAISED QUADL - Quail that are hatched from eggs of quail raised in captivity in pens or cages.
PERSON - Any individual, firm, corporation, association, or partnership in singular or plural as the context requires.
POSSESS or POSSESSION - To have under control. The manual or ideal custody of wildlife or anything that may be the subject of property, for one's use and enjoyment, either as owner or as the proprietor of a qualified right in it, and either held personally or by another who exercises it in one's place and name. Possession includes the act or state of possessing and that condition of facts under which one can exercise his power over a corporeal thing at his pleasure to the exclusion of all other persons. Possession includes constructive possession, which means not actual but assumed to exist, where one claims to hold by virtue of some title, without having actual custody.
PROTECTED SLOT LIMIT - A species/size limit which prohibits anglers from keeping fish within a designated size group, and requires fish of that size and species to be immediately released into the water where caught.
PROTECTED WELDLIFE - all wildlife in the state unless a declared open season has been established by the Commission.
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 - Any migratory bird of the Order Falconiformes or the Order Strigi formes except bald or golden eagle.
REHABILITATION - The practice of 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. RESIDENT - Any person who has established a bona fide or actual residence of at least 60 days prior to applying for a license, and who declares intentions of becoming a citizen of Arkansas. Also, the following students, carrying proof of full-time enrollment in schools, colleges or universities while hunting or fishing in Arkansas, are eligible to purchase a resident license:
ROUGH FISH - Gars, bowfin, common carp, asian carp (grass carp,
bighead carp, silver carp), suckers (including buffalo), freshwater eel and drum.
SELL - To exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; to offer for sale, barter, exchange, or trade or the act of selling, bartering, 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 birds, quail, rabbit and squirrel.
SNAGGING - A method of taking 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.
TACKLE - Any rod, reel, pole, line, net, yo-yo, seine, or any other apparatus or device used to take fish.
TAKE - To shoot, kill, injure, trap, net, snare, spear, catch, capture, or reduce to possession.
TAXIDERMY - The art of preparing, stuffing and/or mounting of wildlife and parts thereof.
TRANSLOCATION - To ship, convey, carry or transport wildlife from one location to another by any means, including importation, exportation,
interstate and intrastate movement.
TROUT - Any members of the Salmonidae family including rainbow trout,
brown trout, brook trout, lake trout and cutthroat trout.
WATERS OF THE STATE - All streams, lakes, sloughs, bayous,
marshes, or any other water wholly or partially within the State. Pay lakes and fish farms are excluded from the above.
WELD - 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.
WILDLEFE CHECK STATION - An official wildlife check station is a
Commission designated (1) county check station, (2) Commission employee, (3) deer camp or (4) Commission on-line checking web site http://www.agfc.com.
WILDLIFE HUNTING RESORT - A Wildlife Hunting Resort is any facility, location, business or operation that is engaged in offering the opportunity to hunt or attempt to hunt captive wildlife other than pen-raised game birds.
WDLDLEFE MANAGEMENT AREA (WMA) - Designated areas set aside by the Commission and distinguished by certain markers and considered a separate zone with regard to wildlife regulations. (Referred to as "WMA", "Waterfowl Rest Area (WRA)", "Wildlife Demonstration Area (WDA) ", "Field Trail Area (FTA)", "State Park-Conservation Area (SP -CA) " or "National Wildlife Refuge (NWR)".
ZONE - Any area defined or delineated by the Commission where hunting and/or fishing activities are regulated for that specific area.
02.13B ARKANSAS WILDLIFE HARVEST CHECKING REQUIREMENTS It shall be unlawful to fail to comply with the following provisions:
PENALTY: $250.00 to $1,000.00
03.03 HUNTING LICENSE REQWREMENTS It shall be unlawful for any resident or non-resident to take or attempt to take any wild animal or bird by any means in Arkansas without having on the person the appropriate Arkansas Hunting License as provided herein:
PENALTY: Residents - $100.00 to $1,000.00. Non-Residents - $300.00 to $1,000.00.
03.03-A STATE MIGRATORY WATERFOWL HUNTING STAMP REQUIREMENTS. It shall be unlawful to take or attempt to take migratory waterfowl without first obtaining and having on the person an Arkansas Resident or Non-Resident Migratory Waterfowl Hunting Stamp (Duck Stamp) and to fail to validate said stamp by signing (signature) in ink across the face thereof:
EXCEPTIONS:
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
03.16 LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS, TAGS, COSTS AND
EXPIRATION DATES
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SPORT FISHING: |
COPE |
COST |
EXP. DATE |
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Resident Fisheries Conservation License...... |
FSH |
$ 10.50 |
** |
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Resident 3-Day Trip License |
RT3 |
$ 6.50 |
* |
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Non-Resident Annual Fishing License.......... |
NRF |
$ 32.00 |
** |
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Non-Resident 14-Day Trip Fishing License.. |
N14 |
$ 22.00 |
* |
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Non-Resident 7-Day Trip Fishing License.... |
NT7 |
$ 17.00 |
* |
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Non-Resident 3-Day Trip Fishing License.... |
NT3 |
$ 11.00 |
* |
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Arkansas Trout Permit.................................. |
TPR TPN WRL GLF |
$ 5.00 $ 12.00 $ 10.00 $ 25.00 |
** |
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Non-Resident Trout Permit. . |
** |
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White River Border Lakes License |
** |
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Guide License/Fishing................................. |
** |
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Non-Resident Guide License/Fishing |
GNF |
$150.00 |
** |
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SPECIAL AND COMMERCIAL FISHING: |
HN |
$ 4.00 |
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Hoop Nets (with or w/o leads), turtle nets... |
Dec. 31 |
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Slat Traps & Fiddler Nets............................ |
FS |
$ 12.50 |
Dec. 31 |
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Commercial Trotlines (inc. snaglines, throwlines, limb lines, set hooks) per 100 ft, & box type turtle box traps (ea.)............ |
..TL |
$ 2.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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Commercial Tackle (Seine, Trammel & Gill Nets) 100 yds. or fractional part |
SNS |
$ 15.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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Resident Commercial Fisherman's Permit & Sportfishing License... |
CFS |
$ 25.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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Commercial Fisherman's Helper Permit........ |
CFH |
$ 25.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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Ark. Resident Junior/Senior Commercial |
JSC |
$ 14.50 |
Dec. 31 |
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Alligator Farmer/Dealer Permit...................... |
AFP |
$200.00 |
June 30 |
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$ 4.00 |
June 30 |
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Alligator Snapping Turtle Breeder/ |
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Dealer Permit............................................... |
AST |
$100.00 |
June 30 |
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Resident Shell Taker and Seller................... |
STS |
$100.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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SH |
$100.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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Shell Buyer................................................... |
SBR |
$1,000.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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Non-Resident Shell Buyer............................ |
SBN |
$2,000.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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Shell Buyer's Agent Permit.......................... |
SA |
$100.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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Resident Fish Dealer................................... |
MD |
$ 10.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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Non-Resident Fish Dealer.......................... |
FDN |
$250.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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Minnow Dealer Tackle (Minnow (Seine, Traps or Lifts).................................. |
MS |
$ 5.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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Fish Farmer (Aquaculturist) Permit |
FF |
$ 25.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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Bull Frog Permit (Must have valid Fish Farmer Permit)............................................ |
BP |
$ 25.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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Resident Roe Taker/Seller Permit |
RTS |
$500.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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Resident Roe Taker/Helper Permit |
RH |
$100.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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Resident Roe Buyer/Exporter Permit |
RBE |
$1,000.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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Non-Resident Roe Buyer Permit |
RBN |
$2,000.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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Commercial Boat Dock Permit...................... |
BDN |
$ 25.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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Commercial Boat Dock (User Fee)................ |
BPL |
$150.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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Private Boat House (Single).......................... |
BHS |
$ 5.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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Private Boat House (Double or Joint)........... |
BHD |
$ 10.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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Private Boat Dock (Single)........................... |
DPS |
$ 5.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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Private Boat Dock (Double or Joint)............. |
DPD |
$ 10.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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Put & Take Pay Lake.................................... |
PLO |
$150.00 |
Dec. 31 |
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HUNTING LICENSE AND PERMITS: |
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Resident Wildlife Conservation License |
HNT |
$ 10.50 |
** |
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Resident Sportsman's Permit...................... |
RS |
$ 25.00 |
** |
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Resident Combination Sportsman's License...................................................... |
CS |
$ 35.50 |
** |
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Non-Resident Annual All Game License .... |
NBG |
$225.00 |
June 30 |
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Non-Resident 5-Day All Game License |
AG5 |
$125.00 |
* |
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Non-Resident 3-Day All Game License |
AG3 |
$100.00 |
[BULLET] |
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Non-Resident Annual Small Game License. |
NRH |
$ 80.00 |
** |
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Non-Resident 5-Day Small Game License.. |
SG5 |
$ 55.00 |
* |
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Non-Resident Fur Takers............................. |
NFT |
$100.00 |
** |
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Private Lands Elk Permit......................... |
PLE |
$ 35.00 |
**** |
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Arkansas Resident Waterfowl Stamp................ |
DS?i |
$ 7.00 |
June 30 |
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Arkansas Non-Resident Waterfowl Stamp |
DSN |
S 20.00 |
June 30 |
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AG&F Leased Lands Permit (Hunting, Trapping and Camping) |
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Casey Jones WMA.................................. |
LCJ |
$ 20.00 |
** |
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Big Timber WMA..................................... |
LBT |
$ 20.00 |
** |
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Cherokee WMA....................................... |
LCH |
$ 20.00 |
** |
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Gum Flats WMA................................ |
LGF LPR LLC |
$ 20.00 $ 20.00 $ 20.00 |
** |
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ProvoWMA...................................... |
** |
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Lafayette County WMA....................... |
** |
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Falconry Permit Apprentice....................... |
FPA |
$ 25,00 |
*** |
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Falconry Permit General........................... |
FPG |
$ 25.00 |
*** |
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Falconry Permit Master............................. |
FPM |
$ 25.00 |
*** |
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Resident Guide License/Hunting.............. |
GLH |
$ 25.00 |
June 30 |
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Non-Resident Guide License/Hunting..... |
GNH |
$150.00 |
June 30 |
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Resident Special Guide License............... |
GLS |
$150.00 |
June 30 |
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Non-Resident WMA Waterfowl Hunting Permit (5-day trip for each WMA).......... |
****** |
$ 10.00 |
* |
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Non-Resident WMA Seasonal Waterfowl Hunting Permit (for each WMA)............ |
****** |
$100.00 |
June 30 |
"Good from requested day of issue for period of license. "[BULLET]Good from 1 year of purchase date [BULLET]""Falconry Permit will expire on July 31, 1998, then 2001,
etc., in line with the Federal program. "[BULLET][BULLET][BULLET]When 10 elk have been harvested. """"[BULLET]Good for that season only.
"[BULLET]""""Permits are available for 25 WMAs and are valid only for the WMA indicated on permit
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HUNTING COMMERCIALIZATION: |
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Resident Fur-Dealer...................................... |
FD |
$ 50.00 |
June 30 |
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Non-Resident Fur Dealer.............................. |
NFD |
$200.00 |
June 30 |
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Special Commercial Quail Permit................ |
CQP |
$ 25.00 |
June 30 |
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Game Bird Shooting Resort Permit.................. |
CSR |
$150.00 |
June 30 |
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Wildlife Hunting Resort Permit................ |
CHR |
$ 500.00 |
June 30 |
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Wildlife Breeder/Dealer Permit................ |
WBD |
$ 25.00 |
June 30 |
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Wildlife Translocation Permit.................. |
WTP |
$ 25.00 |
June 30 |
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Resident Live Fox and Coyote Permit.......... |
FRC |
$ 100.00 |
June 30 |
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Non-Resident Live Fox and Coyote Permit.. |
FNC |
$ 250.00 |
June 30 |
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LIFETIME LICENSE: |
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Resident 65 Plus Lifetime Fishing License............................................ |
PLF |
$ 10.50 |
Non-Expiring |
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Resident 65 Plus Lifetime Sportsman's Hunting License and Permit.................................................. |
PLH |
$ 25.00 |
Non-Expiring |
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Resident 65 Plus Lifetime Combination License.................................. |
PLC |
$35.50 |
Non-Expiring |
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Non-Expiring Lifetime Resident Hunting & Fishing Sportsman's Permit......................................................... |
LSP |
$ 1,000.00 |
Non-Expiring |
07-04 PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful to hold captive, confine, enclose or otherwise possess alive in the State of Arkansas any furbearer, game animal, game bird, game fish or other wildlife, whether native or non-native, migratory or imported, unless authorized or excepted as specified herein. . Any wildlife possessed in violation of this regulation or any other regulation in Section 15 may be declared to be contraband and subject to immediate seizure by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Upon conviction of the offender (or earlier if the court having jurisdiction so orders), title to the wildlife shall be forfeited to the Commission and such wildlife released or disposed of in accordance with Commission policy. EXCEPTIONS:
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
EXCEPTION:
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
It shall be unlawful for owners or operators of game bird shooting resorts to fail to keep legible records on a form provided by the Commission showing the name, complete address, date, number and type of birds released each day and the number taken by each hunter. These records shall be filed submitted to with the Commission not later that May 1 of each year. PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
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PERMITS. The following general requirements shall apply with respect to all captive wildlife permits listed below:
No permit shall be issued to any person unless the applicant shall demonstrate satisfactory compliance with the following requirements:
All wildlife possessed in captivity shall be maintained in enclosures, pens, or cages that are sufficiently strong to prevent escape of the wildlife and protect them from injury. Carnivores must be confined in enclosures equipped with a structural safety barrier, that prevents any physical contact between the animal and the public. Birds must be kept in buildings or covered pens that prevent them from leaving the facility and that do not allow entry of wild birds. Cages, fencing, and guardrails shall be kept in good repair at all times and gates shall be securely fastened with latches or locks. Enclosures, pens, or cages considered unsafe by Commission personnel must be repaired or reconstructed within sixty (60) days or less, as specified by the Commission.
The Director of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, in consultation with the Director of the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission (or their designees), shall determine the diseases and parasites of concern and the mechanisms and procedures for control of diseases and parasites in captive wildlife within the state of Arkansas. Such mechanisms and procedures shall include but not be limited to examination, testing, quarantine and slaughter or destruction of individual animals and/or herds that are, or in the opinion of the Commission may be, infected with or a diseases and/or parasites that may have significant detrimental effect on native wildlife, other captive wildlife, livestock or the public health of the citizens of the state of Arkansas. Such examinations, testing, quarantine and slaughter of captive wildlife shall be conducted at the expense of the owner of such wildlife. As a condition of any permit issued under this Code chapter, the Commission may require the captive wildlife be quarantined for the period specified by the Commission.
Records shall include evidence of legal possession of all wildlife kept under the permit, including licenses, bills of sale, bills of lading, receipts, invoices, or other satisfactory evidence of ownership. The date of acquisition, place of origin, and the name, address and telephone number of the person from which the wildlife was acquired must also be recorded. A record also must be kept of all wildlife acquisitions and dispositions, including births, deaths, sales, slaughter, and transport. All records must be either typed or written in plain and legible English, and must be retained throughout the time the wildlife is possessed by the permittee or for a period of five (5) years, whichever is longer. Permit holder shall submit reports to the Commission in accordance with the permit requirements.
Any person accepting and holding a permit under this Code chapter consents to and shall allow entry by employees or agents of the Commission upon premises where the permitted activity is conducted at any reasonable hour. Commission employees or agents may enter such premises to inspect the location; any books, records, or permits required to be kept; and any wildlife and facilities kept under authority of the permit. Each permittee shall pen the captive wildlife in suitable pens and restrain them for inspection at any reasonable time when requested to do so by an employee or agent of the Commission.
Permits may be revoked by the Director for failure to comply with the terms of the permit or this chapter of the Commission Code. Persons in violation of the terms of the permit or the Commission Code shall be notified in writing and shall have ten (10) days to correct the violation. If at the end of that time the violation is not corrected, the Director may revoke any existing permit and may refuse to issue any future permit. Such revocation or refusal to issue a future permit shall be in addition to any criminal charges that may be filed. Upon revocation, permit holder must legally remove captive wildlife within the time designated in the revocation not to exceed sixty (60) days and failure to do so shall result in the Commission taking action at the permit holder's expense.
Wildlife Commercial breeding facilities containing red deer may not exist or be constructed within the following counties: Newton, Searcy, Carroll, Boone, Madison, Johnson, Pope, Benton, Van Buren, Stone, Marion, and Baxter. PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00
REQUIREMENTS.
EXCEPTIONS:
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
ae i in accordance with Codel5.11(C).
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00
15.18 WILDLIFE IMPORTATION RESTRICTIONS It shall be unlawful to import, ship, transport, or carry into the state by any means any of the following animals:
18.01 HUNTING WILDLIFE TN CLOSED SEASON PROHD3ITED. It shall be unlawful to take, attempt to take, or possess any species of wildlife, or portions thereof, other than during a season open by the Commission, EXCEPTIONS:
PENALTY: $500.00 to $1,000.00.
In addition, a jail sentence not to exceed 10 days may be imposed and hunting privileges may be suspended in accordance with Code 11.05, Revocation of Privileges. Equipment used in such violations (including but not limited to killing devices and lights) may be confiscated by the court, forfeited to the State, and disposed of according to law.
18.03 SELLING WILDLIFE RESTRICTIONS. It shall be unlawful to purchase, sell, offer for sale, barter or trade any species of wildlife or portions thereof. EXCEPTIONS:
PENALTY: $500.00 to $2,000.00. Also, a jail sentence not to exceed one (1) year may be imposed.
22.01 DOG RESTRICTIONS ON WMAs. It shall be unlawful to take, attempt to take, or pursue wildlife or feral hogs by the use of dogs on any Wildlife Management Area.
EXCEPTIONS
PENALTY: $100.00 to 1,000.00.
