Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 2, February 2024
PROPOSED CHOCTAW ISLAND WMA WEST UNIT 2009-2010 GENERAL
HUNTING REGULATIONS APPROVAL
06.03
LEGAL BUCK DEER
REQUIREMENTS. It shall be unlawful to take, attempt to take, or possess
any buck deer other than a legal buck (Ref: 01.00C Definition of Terms).
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Deer carcasses and parts legally
harvested outside the state and accompanied by verification. (Ref. Code 19.06
Importation of Cervid Carcasses, Parts and Products)
(2) In compliance with Section
15.00 (Captive Wildlife/Hunting
Resorts).
(3) Youths under the age
of 16 may take any buck as their first and second buck harvested that year,
except on Choctaw Island WMA East Unit where youths must comply
with antler restrictions.
(4) On
certain Wildlife Management Areas (Ref. Code 21.03).
(5) Bucks taken with the Deer Management
Assistance Program Management Buck tags.
PENALTY: $150.00 to
$1,000.00.
19.09
MOTORIZED VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS ON WMAs AND
COMMISSION LAKES. It shall be unlawful to operate
any motorized vehicle on any road, trail, levee or dam owned by the Commission;
where no maintained road exists; or in a direction of travel contrary to
directional signs on a wildlife management area or Commission-owned
lake.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) In designated camping areas.
(2) Persons having a valid Mobility Impaired
Access Permit may operate an ATV or similar specialized device for
transportation in compliance with code 20.20 (Mobility Impaired Access Permit
Restrictions on Commission-Owned WMAs).
(3) Persons participating in the Choctaw
Island WMA
East Unit Special Mobility Impaired
permit
deer hunt.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00
20.24
HUNTING FROM MOTORIZED
LAND VEHICLES PROHIBITED
ON WMAs. It shall be unlawful to take or attempt to
take any species of wildlife from a motorized land vehicle on WMAs.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Persons having a valid Mobility Impaired
Access Permit may hunt from an ATV or similar specialized device for
transportation in compliance with Code 20.20 (Mobility Impaired Access permit
restrictions on Commission-owned WMAs).
(2) Persons participating in the Choctaw
Island WMA
East Unit Special Mobility Impaired deer
permit
hunt.
PENALTY: $100.00 to
$1,000.00.
20.28
MOTORIZED VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS ON COMMISSION OWNED, LEASED, LICENSED AND
COOPERATIVE WMAs.
It shall be unlawful to operate any motorized vehicle off any
open access road and parking area, behind gated, cabled, or earthen barriers,
where no road exists, on trails, levees, dams, on any food plot/wildlife
opening, firelane, or road which has been disked, seeded, developed for
wildlife, or in a direction of travel contrary to posted signs. The use of
two-wheeled, three-wheeled or four-wheeled ATV's (all terrain vehicles), dune
buggies and amphibious vehicles is prohibited.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) For Commission authorized uses
only.
(2) Motorized vehicles or ATVs
may be used on Commission owned lands only by persons having a valid Mobility
Impaired Access Permit on graveled, all-weather roads; on designated, signed
Mobility Impaired Access Trails; and for other expressed access uses of the
Commission's Mobility Impaired Access permit program (ref. Code 20.20 Mobility
Impaired Access Permit Restrictions on Commission-owned WMAs).
(3) Persons participating in the Choctaw
Island WMA East Unit Special Mobility Impaired deer permit
hunt.
(4) Motorized vehicles,
except for ATVs on main access roads, may not be used on Big Timber Upland
WDA.
(5) ATV's allowed on existing
open access roads and trailways on Gum Flats, Provo, Lake Greeson, Howard
County, Lafayette County, Casey Jones and Big Timber lease land
areas.
(6) Motorized vehicles and
ATVs allowed on Muddy Creek, Caney Creek and Winona, except on a road,
temporary trailway or other areas posted as closed by an earthen mound, gate,
sign or other object. Note: Same as U.S. Forest Service forest-wide regulations
- Ouachita National Forest.
(7)
ATV's allowed on open, maintained roads within Cherokee and Jim Kress WMA's by
hunters in possession of a valid leased lands permit for the purposes of
ingress and egress to hunting locations and/or camping sites only.
(8) On Ozark National Forest, White Rock,
Piney Creeks, Mt. Magazine, Sylamore and St. Francis National Forest WMAs all
vehicles and OHV's are subject to the U.S. Forest Service OHV policy on roads
and trails as published in code CFR 36.261.1.3. Refer to annual travel
management map for designated uses on roads and trails.
(9) Motorized vehicles and ATVs prohibited
within the Hope Upland WMA, except for valid Mobility Impaired Access Permit
holders in compliance with Code 20.20 (Mobility Impaired Access Permit
Restrictions on Commission -owned WMAs).
(10) Persons participating in approved
reserved/permitted organized events on the Camp Robinson Special Use Area and
persons training waterfowl retrievers in Public Use Compartment 5 in accordance
with posted signs.
PENALTY: $100.00 to
$1,000.00.
21.01
DEER SEASONS AND BAG LIMIT RESTRICTIONS ON WMAs.
It shall be unlawful to take, attempt to take or possess deer by
any method within WMAs other than as specified herein:
CHOCTAW ISLAND WMA East
Unit
Archery: October 1-December 31,
2009. Muzzleloader (permit hunt):
October 24-26, 2009. Modern Gun (mobility
impaired permit hunt): October 30-November 2,
2009.
Modern Gun (youth permit hunt): November 27-29,
2009. Modern Gun (permit hunt): December
5-7, 2009. Seasonal bag limit of four (4) deer; no more
than two legal bucks (which may consist of one type A buck and one type B buck
or two type B bucks). The combined doe bag limit per person for the archery,
muzzleloader and modern gun seasons is two. A doe must be harvested and checked
before a legal type A buck may be harvested during any season, except during
the modern gun youth permit hunt. Bag limit during the modern gun youth permit
hunt is four deer. Youths are allowed to harvest a type A buck without first
harvesting and checking a doe, up to two type B bucks if no type A buck is
harvested, and up to two doe. All harvested doe and type B bucks are "Bonus
Deer" and do not count towards the seasonal bag limit. (Ref.
Codes 20.11, 21.02 and 21.03)
West Unit
Archery: Closed.
Muzzleloader: Closed.
Modern Gun (youth permit hunt): November 7-8,
November 21-23,
November 27-29 and December 12-14,
2009.
Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than one buck
(no
antler restrictions) and two doe. These deer are not bonus
deer
and will count towards the seasonal bag limit. (Ref. Codes
21.02 and 21.03)
21.02
DEER PERMIT REQUIREMENTS ON
CERTAIN WMAs. It shall
be unlawful to take or attempt to take deer during deer permit
hunts on certain WMAs without first obtaining the required permit (Reference
Code 20.25, Non-Compliance with Terms of Permit Hunts on WMAs, SUAs, WDAs and
NWRs (National Wildlife Refuges) Prohibited and Code 20.26, Season Restrictions
During Permit Hunts on WMAs) as specified herein:
(A) Buck and/or Doe: Bayou Meto (firearms),
Bald Knob NWR (modern gun), Cache River NWR (modern gun), Camp Robinson SUA
(modern gun), Camp Robinson WMA (firearms), Choctaw Island East Unit
(firearms), Cut-Off Creek (firearms), Cypress Bayou (firearms), Dave
Donaldson Black River (muzzleloader), Dr. Lester Sitzes III, Bois D'arc
(firearms), Ed Gordon Point Remove (modern gun), Felsenthal NWR (firearms), Ft.
Chaffee (firearms), Gulf Mountain (firearms), Harold E. Alexander Spring River
(firearms), Henry Gray Hurricane Lake (firearms), Hobbs SP-CA (firearms), Holla
Bend NWR (archery), Holland Bottoms (muzzleloader), Howard County (firearms),
J. Perry Mikles Blue Mountain SUA (modern gun), Lake Greeson (firearms), Little
Bayou (muzzleloader), McIlroy Madison County (firearms), Moro Big Pine Natural
Area, Overflow NWR (muzzleloader), Pond Creek NWR (modern gun), Rex Hancock
Black Swamp (firearms), Rick Evans Grandview Prairie (archery), St. Francis
National Forest (firearms), Sheffield Nelson Dagmar (firearms),Shirey Bay
Rainey Brake (muzzleloader), Trusten Holder (muzzleloader), U of A Pine Tree
Experimental Station WDA (firearms), Wapanocca NWR (modern gun), Mike Freeze
Wattensaw (firearms), Wedington (firearms) and White River NWR (firearms),
WMAs.
(B) Doe: Blue Mountain
(firearms), Caney Creek (firearms), Gene Rush (firearms), Muddy Creek
(firearms), Sylamore (firearms) and Winona (firearms) WMAs.
(C) Mobility Impaired: Choctaw Island
East Unit (modern gun), DeGray Lake (muzzleloader),
Johnson County WRA within Dardanelle (modern gun), Greers Ferry Lake
(muzzleloader), Hobbs (modern gun), Lake Greeson (muzzleloader), Jardis Point
within Trusten Holder (muzzleloader or shotguns allowed) and White River NWR
(modern gun).
(D) Youth: Camp
Robinson WMA (modern gun), Choctaw Island
East and West Units
(modern gun) , Hobbs SP-CA (modern gun), Hope Upland (modern gun), Holla
Bend NWR (modern gun), Howard County WMA (modern gun), J. Perry Mikles Blue
Mountain SUA (modern gun), Lake Greeson WMA (modern gun), Moro Big Pine Natural
Area (modern gun), Pond Creek NWR (modern gun), Prairie Bayou (modern gun), St.
Francis National
Forest (modern gun), Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek Bottoms (modern
gun), U of A Pine Tree Experimental Station WDA (modern gun) Mike Freeze
Wattensaw (modern gun)Wedington WMA (modern gun) and White River NWR (modern
gun).
EXCEPTION:
(1) Youths during the Special Youth Modern
Gun Deer Hunt are exempted from WMA Doe Quota Permit requirements (Ref. Code
06.11).
PENALTY: $100.00 to
$1,000.00.
21.03
BUCK DEER RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT AREAS. It shall be unlawful to take or
attempt to take a deer other than a legal buck three-point rule deer (ref. Code
01.00C) except as specified herein:
(1) On Lafayette County, Rick Evans Grandview
Prairie and St. Francis National Forest WMAs, a buck deer must have both
antlers under two inches (button buck included) or at least one antler with at
least 4 points including the main beam a minimum of one inch long.
(2) On Choctaw Island WMA:
(East
Unit), a buck must have:
(A) Type A Buck-at least five (5) or more
points (one inch or longer) on one side or have an inside spread equal to or
greater than 15 inches (measured at widest point at a right angle to the center
line of the skull) or "button bucks" with no hardened antler, or
(B) Type B Buck-5 total points or less
including the main beams.
(West Unit), any buck deer may be legally harvested during
all deer hunts.
(3) On Cut-off Creek, Bayou Meto, Henry Gray
Hurricane Lake, Little Bayou, Moro Big Pine Natural Area, Rex Hancock Black
Swamp, Sheffield Nelson Dagmar, Trusten Holder, Seven Devils, U of A Pine Tree
and Mike Freeze Wattensaw WMAs, a buck must have
:
(A) at least one antler with at least 4
points including the main beam a minimum of one inch long; or
(B) have 4 total points or less including the
main beam (button buck included).
(C) any buck may be harvested during the
mobility impaired permit hunt on Cooks Lake Area within White River
NWR.
(4) On Ed Gordon
Point Remove, Johnson County WRA within Dardanelle WMA and Wedington WMAs any
buck deer may be legally harvested during a firearms permit hunt.
(5) On Greers Ferry Lake WMA any buck deer
may be legally harvested during the deer muzzleloader mobility impaired
hunt.
(6) On Hobbs SP-CA any buck
deer may be legally harvested during the deer modern gun mobility impaired
hunt.
(7) On Camp Robinson WMA,
DeGray Lake, Galla Creek, Hobbs SP-CA, Holla Bend NWR, Hope Upland WMA, Howard
County WMA, Howard Hensley Searcy County WMA, Lake Greeson WMA, Mike Freeze
Wattensaw WMA, Moro Big Pine Natural Area WMA, Prairie Bayou, Provo WMA, St.
Francis National Forest WMA, Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek Bottoms WMA, U of A
Pine Tree WDA and Cooks Lake Area (White River NWR) youth hunters may harvest
any buck during the scheduled permit youth hunts on each area (Ref. Code
21.02).
(8) On Bald Knob, Big Lake,
Cache River, Felsenthal, Holla Bend, Overflow, Pond Creek, Wapanocca and White
River NWRs any buck deer may be legally harvested during all deer
hunts.
(9) In compliance with Code
06.11 (Special Modern Gun Youth Deer Hunt Restrictions).
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00
21.05
BEAR SEASONS AND BAG
LIMIT RESTRICTIONS ON WMAs.
It shall be unlawful to take, attempt to take or possess bear by
any method within WMAs other than as specified herein:
CHOCTAW ISLAND WMA
Archery/Firearms: Both units closed.
23.01
TURKEY SEASONS AND BAG LIMIT
RESTRICTIONS ON WMAs.
It shall be unlawful to take or attempt to take wild turkey by
any method within WMAs other than as specified herein:
CHOCTAW ISLAND WMA Fall: Both
units closed. East Unit
Spring (Archery/Crossbow): April 20-26,
2009. One gobbler or bearded turkey.
Spring (Firearms): April 4-5, April
11-12 and April 18-19, 2009 (youth hunt). One gobbler or bearded
turkey. (Ref. Code 23.02) April 30-May 1, 2009. One
gobbler or bearded turkey. (Ref. Code 23.02).
West Unit Spring: Closed.
24.02
QUAIL SEASON RESTRICTED ON
CERTAIN WMAs. It shall be unlawful to take, attempt to take, or possess
quail within the following
WMAs other than as specified herein:
(A)
November 1, 2009 - February
7, 2010 with Holland Bottoms WMA - (Tuesdays and Saturdays
only.
(B)
November 1,
2009 - February 7, 2010 within Harold E. Alexander Spring River
WMA - Quail hunting ends at Noon.
(C)
November 1, 2009 - February
7, 2010 within Norfork Lake WMA (Chapin Point and Indian Head
Units) - quail hunting ends at Noon.
(D)
November 1, 2009 - February
7, 2010 in Compartment A. No permit required. December
2, 5, 9, 12 and 16, 2010 in Compartments 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 within
Gulf Mountain Quail Demonstration Area. Permit required. Limit 5 per
person.
(E)
November 1,
2009 - February 7, 2010 within Hope Upland WMA (Tuesdays only).
Limit 4.
(F)
November
1, 2009 - February 7, 2010 within Ed Gordon Point Remove and Galla
Creek WMAs (weekends only). Limit 4.
(G)
November 1, 2009 - February
7, 2010 within Big Timber Upland SUA. Quail permit required,
hunters must complete a Hunter Report Form after each hunt.
(H)
December 1, 2009 - February
7, 2010 within Ft. Chaffee WMA.
(I)
November 1, 2009 - January
31, 2010 within Felsenthal and
Overflow NWRs.
(J)
November 1, 2009 - February
7, 2010 within Prairie Bayou. Limit 4.
(K)
November 1, 2009
- February 7, 2010 within Bald Knob NWR,
Bayou Des Arc, Bayou Meto, Beaver Lake, Bell Slough, Benson Creek
Natural Area, Beryl Anthony Lower Ouachita, Big Creek, Big Lake, Blevins, Blue
Mountain, Bois D'Arc, Brewer Lake Cypress Creek, Brushy Creek, Buffalo National
River, Cache River NWR, Camp Robinson WMA, Caney Creek, Casey Jones, Cattail
Marsh, Cedar Creek, Cherokee, Cherokee Prairie Natural Area, Cove Creek Natural
Area, Choctaw Island (both units), Crossett Experimental Forest,
Cut-Off Creek, Cypress Bayou, Dardanelle, Dave Donaldson Black River, DeGray
Lake, Departee Creek, Devil's Knob Natural Area, Earl Buss Bayou DeView, Ethel,
Frog Bayou, Garrett Hollow Natural Area, Gene Rush, Falcon Bottoms Natural
Area, Greers Ferry Lake, Gum Flats, H.E. Flanagan Prairie Natural Area, Harris
Brake, Henry Gray Hurricane Lake, Hobbs SP-CA, Howard County, Howard Hensley
Searcy County, Iron Mountain Natural Area, Jamestown Independence County, Jim
Kress, Jones Point, Lafayette County, Lake Greeson, Lee County, Little Bayou,
Little River, Loafer's Glory, McIlroy Madison County, Mike Freeze Wattensaw,
Moro Big Pine Natural Area, Mount Magazine, Muddy Creek, Nacatoch Ravines
Natural Area, Nimrod Lloyd Millwood, Norfork Lake (Seward Point, Bennett's
Bayou and Fulton County Units), Ozan, Ozark Lake, Ozark National Forest,
Palmetto Flats Natural Area, Petit Jean River, Pine City Natural Area, Piney
Creeks, Poison Springs, Provo, Railroad Prairie Natural Area, Rainey, Rex
Hancock Black Swamp, Ring Slough, River Bend, Roth Prairie Natural Area, St.
Francis National Forest WMA, St. Francis Sunken Lands, Sandhills Natural Area,
Seven Devils, Sheffield Nelson Dagmar, Shirey Bay Rainey Brake, Slippery Hollow
Natural Area WMA, Smoke Hole Natural Area, Spring Bank, Stateline Sandponds
Natural Area, Steve N. Wilson/Raft Creek Bottoms, Sulphur River, Sweden Creek
Natural Area, Sylamore, Terre Noire Natural Area,
Trusten Holder, Two Bayou Creek, U of A Pine Tree Experimental
Station WDA, Warren Prairie Natural Area, W.E. Brewer Scatter Creek,
Whitecliffs Natural Area, Whitehall, White Rock, Winona and
Wittsburg Natural Area WMAs.
(L) Closed within Big Lake NWR, Camp Robinson
SUA, Electric
Island, Holla Bend NWR, J. Perry Mikles Blue Mountain SUA,
Johnson County WRA, Horsehead Creek and Bob Young WRA within Dardanelle, Pond
Creek NWR, Rick Evans Grandview Prairie, Robert L. Hankins Mud Creek, Mike
Freeze Wattensaw (closed only on the Quail Habitat Restoration Area), Wapanocca
NWR, White River NWR, and Wedington WMA.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
24.03
RABBIT SEASON RESTRICTED ON
CERTAIN WMAs. It shall
be unlawful to take, attempt to take, or possess rabbit within
the following
WMAs other than as specified herein:
(A)
September 1, 2009 - February
28, 2010 within Hope Upland and Rick Evans Grandview Prairie WMAs
(Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays only).
(B)
September 5, 2009 - January
31, 2010 within Felsenthal, Pond Creek and Overflow
NWRs.
(C)
October 1 -
December 8, 2009 within Holla Bend NWR.
(D)
September 5 - November 30,
2009 within White River NWR (South Unit) and September
5, 2009 - January 31, 2010 within White River NWR (North
Unit).
(E)
September 5
- October 31, 2009 within Big Lake and Wapanocca NWRs.
(F)
September 1, 2009 - February
28, 2010 within Prairie Bayou. Limit 4.
(G)
September 5, 2009 - February
28, 2010 within Bald Knob and Cache River NWRs.
(H)
September 1, 2009 - February
28, 2010 within Bayou Des Arc,
Bayou Meto, Beaver Lake, Bell Slough, Benson Creek Natural Area,
Beryl Anthony Lower Ouachita, Big Creek, Big Lake, Big Timber, Blevins, Blue
Mountain, Brewer Lake Cypress Creek, Brushy Creek, Buffalo National River, Camp
Robinson WMA, Caney Creek, Casey Jones, Cattail Marsh, Cedar Creek, Cherokee,
Cherokee Prairie Natural Area, Choctaw Island (both units), Cove
Creek Natural Area, Crossett Experimental Forest, Cut-Off Creek, Cypress Bayou,
Dardanelle, Dave Donaldson Black River, DeGray Lake, DePartee Creek, Devil's
Knob Natural Area, Dr. Lester Sitzes, III Bois D'Arc, Earl Buss
Bayou DeView, Ed Gordon Point Remove, Ethel, Falcon Bottoms Natural Area, Ft.
Chaffee, Frog Bayou, Galla Creek, Garrett Hollow Natural Area, Gene Rush,
Greers Ferry Lake, Gulf Mountain, Gum Flats, H.E. Flanagan Prairie Natural
Area, Harold E. Alexander Spring River, Harris Brake, Henry Gray Hurricane
Lake,
Hobbs SP-CA, Holland Bottoms, Howard County, Howard Hensley
Searcy County, Iron Mountain Natural Area, Jamestown Independence County, Jim
Kress, Jones Point, Lafayette County, Lake Greeson, Lee County, Little Bayou,
Little River, Loafer's Glory, McIlroy Madison County, Moro Big Pine Natural
Area, Mount Magazine, Muddy Creek, Nacatoch Ravines Natural Area, Nimrod Lloyd
Millwood, Norfork Lake, Ozan, Ozark Lake, Ozark National Forest, Palmetto Flats
Natural Area, Pine City Natural Area, Petit Jean River, Piney Creeks, Poison
Springs, Provo, Railroad Prairie Natural Area, Rainey, Rex Hancock Black Swamp,
Ring Slough, River Bend, Robert L. Hankins Mud Creek WMA, Roth Prairie Natural
Area, St. Francis National Forest, St. Francis Sunken Lands, Sandhills Natural
Area, Seven Devils, Sheffield Nelson Dagmar, Shirey Bay Rainey Brake, Slippery
Hollow Natural Area, Smoke Hole Natural Area, Spring Bank, Stateline Sandponds
Natural Area, Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek Bottoms, Sulphur River, Sweden Creek
Natural Area, Sylamore, Terre Noire Natural Area, Trusten Holder, Two Bayou
Creek, U of A Pine Tree Experimental Station WDA, W.E. Brewer Scatter Creek,
Warren Prairie Natural Area, Mike Freeze Wattensaw, Wedington, White Cliffs
Natural Area, Whitehall, White Rock, Winona WMAs and Wittsburg Natural
Area.
(G) Closed within
Camp Robinson SUA, Electric Island WMA, J. Perry
Mikles Blue Mountain SUA, Wylie Cox SUA on Ed Gordon Point Remove
WMA and Johnson County, Horsehead Creek and Bob Young WRAs within Dardanelle
WMA.
PENALTY: $100.00 to
$1,000.00.
24.04
SQUIRREL SEASONS RESTRICTED ON CERTAIN WMAs. It shall
be unlawful to take, attempt to take, or possess squirrel within
the following
WMAs, other than as specified herein:
(A)
September 5 - October 31,
2009 within Big Lake NWR, J. Perry Mikles Blue Mountain SUA and
Wapanocca NWR.
(B)
September 5-30, 2009 within Camp Robinson
SUA.
(C)
September 5,
2009 - February 28, 2010 within Hope Upland and Rick Evans
Grandview Prairie WMAs (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays only).
(D)
September 5, 2009 - January
31, 2010 within Felsenthal, Pond Creek and Overflow
NWRs.
(E)
October 1 -
December 8, 2009 within Holla Bend NWR.
(F)
September 5 - November 30,
2009 within White River NWR (South Unit) and September
5, 2009 - January 31, 2010 within White River NWR (North
Unit).
(G)
September 5,
2009 - February 28, 2010 within Bald Knob NWR, Bayou Des Arc,
Bayou Meto, Beaver Lake, Bell Slough, Benson Creek Natural Area, Beryl Anthony
Lower Ouachita, Big Creek, Big
Lake, Big Timber, Blevins, Blue Mountain, Brewer Lake Cypress
Creek, Brushy Creek, Buffalo National River, Cache River NWR, Camp Robinson
WMA, Caney Creek, Casey Jones, Cattail Marsh, Cedar Creek, Cherokee, Cherokee
Prairie Natural Area, Choctaw Island (both units), Cove Creek
Natural Area, Crossett Experimental Forest, Cypress Bayou, Cut-Off Creek,
Dardanelle, Dave Donaldson Black River, DeGray Lake, Departee Creek, Devils'
Knob Natural Area, Dr. Lester Sitzes, III Bois D'Arc, Earl Buss Bayou DeView,
Ed Gordon Point Remove, Ethel, Falcon Bottoms Natural Area, Ft. Chaffee, Frog
Bayou, Galla Creek, Garrett Hollow Natural Area, Gene Rush, Greers Ferry Lake,
Gulf Mountain, Gum Flats, H.E. Flanagan Prairie Natural Area, Harold E.
Alexander Spring River, Harris Brake, Henry Gray Hurricane Lake, Hobbs SP-CA,
Holland Bottoms, Howard County, Howard Hensley Searcy County, Iron Mountain
Natural Area, Jamestown Independence County, Jim Kress, Jones Point, Lafayette
County, Lake Greeson, Lee County, Little Bayou, Little River, Loafer's Glory,
McIlroy Madison County, Moro Big Pine Natural Area, Mount Magazine, Muddy
Creek, Nacatoch Ravines Natural Area, Nimrod Lloyd Millwood WMA, Norfork Lake,
Ozan, Ozark Lake, Ozark National Forest, Pine City Natural Area, Palmetto Flats
Natural Area, Petit Jean River, Piney Creeks, Poison Springs, Prairie Bayou,
Provo, Railroad Prairie Natural Area, Rainey, Rex Hancock Black Swamp, Ring
Slough, River Bend, Robert L. Hankins Mud Creek, Roth Prairie Natural Area, St.
Francis National Forest, St. Francis Sunken Lands, Sheffield Nelson Dagmar,
Shirey Bay Rainey Brake, Sandhills Natural Area, Seven Devils, Slippery Hollow
Natural Area, Smoke Hole Natural Area, Spring Bank, Stateline Sandponds Natural
Area, Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek Bottoms, Sulphur River, Sweden Creek Natural
Area, Sylamore, Terre Noire Natural Area, Trusten Holder, Two Bayou Creek, U of
A Pine Tree Experimental Station WDA, W.E. Brewer Scatter Creek, Warren Prairie
Natural Area, Mike Freeze Wattensaw, Wedington, Whitehall, White Cliffs Natural
Area, White Rock, Winona and Wittsburg Natural Area WMAs.
(H)May 15-June 13,
2010 within Bayou Des Arc, Bayou Meto, Beaver Lake, Bell Slough,
Benson Creek Natural Area, Beryl Anthony Lower Ouachita, Big Creek, Big Creek
Natural Area, Big Lake, Big Timber, Blevins, Blue Mountain, Brewer Lake Cypress
Creek, Brushy Creek, Buffalo National River, Camp Robinson SUA, Caney Creek,
Casey Jones, Cattail Marsh, Cedar Creek, Cherokee, Cherokee Prairie Natural
Area, Choctaw Island (both units), Cove Creek Natural Area,
Crossett Experimental Forest WMA, Cut-Off Creek, Cypress Bayou, Dardanelle,
Dave Donaldson Black River, DeGray Lake, Departee Creek, Devils' Knob Natural
Area, Dr. Lester Sitzes, III Bois D'Arc, Earl Buss Bayou DeView, Ed Gordon
Point Remove, Ethel, Falcon Bottoms Natural Area, Ft. Chaffee, Frog Bayou,
Galla Creek, Garrett Hollow Natural Area, Gene Rush, Greers Ferry Lake, Gulf
Mountain, Gum Flats, H.E. Flanagan Prairie Natural Area, Harris Brake, Henry
Gray Hurricane Lake, Hobbs SP-CA, Holland Bottoms, Howard County, Howard
Hensley Searcy County, Iron Mountain Natural Area, J. Perry Mikles Blue
Mountain SUA, Jamestown Independence County, Jim Kress, Jones Point, Lake
Greeson, Lee County, Little Bayou, Little River, Loafer's Glory, McIlroy
Madison County, Moro Big Pine Natural Area, Mount Magazine, Muddy Creek,
Nacatoch Ravines Natural Area, Nimrod Lloyd Millwood, Norfork Lake, Ozan, Ozark
Lake, Ozark National Forest, Palmetto Flats Natural Area, Petit Jean River,
Pine City Natural Area, Piney Creeks, Poison Springs, Prairie Bayou, Provo,
Railroad Prairie Natural Area, Rainey, Rex Hancock Black Swamp, Ring Slough,
River Bend, Robert L. Hankins Mud Creek, Roth Prairie Natural Area, St. Francis
National Forest, St. Francis Sunken Lands, Sandhills Natural Area,
Seven Devils WMA, Sheffield Nelson Dagmar, Shirey Bay Rainey Brake WMA,
Smoke Hole Natural Area, Spring Bank WMA, Stateline Sandponds Natural Area,
Slippery Hollow Natural Area, Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek Bottoms, Sulphur
River, Sweden Creek Natural Area, Sylamore, Terre Noire Natural Area, Trusten
Holder, Two Bayou Creek, U Of A Pine Tree Experimental Station WDA, W.E. Brewer
Scatter Creek, Warren Prairie Natural Area, Mike Freeze Wattensaw, Wedington,
Whitecliffs Natural Area, Whitehall, White River NWR (North Unit), White Rock,
Winona and Wittsburg Natural Area WMAs.
(I) Fall Squirrel closed within Electric
Island WMA.
(J) Spring Squirrel
closed within Bald Knob NWR, Big Lake NWR,
Cache River NWR, Camp Robinson WMA, Electric Island, Felsenthal
NWR, Harold E. Alexander Spring River, Holla Bend NWR, Hope Upland, Lafayette
County, Overflow NWR, Pond Creek NWR, Rick Evans Grandview Prairie, White River
NWR (South Unit) and Johnson County, Horsehead Creek and Bob Young WRAs on
Dardanelle, Wapanocca NWR and Wylie Cox Special Use Area On Ed Gordon Point
Remove WMAs.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
Proposed Coal Pile Lake Closure Code
Approval
25.02
HUNTING OR TRESPASSING PROHIBITED
WITHIN CERTAIN
WMAs AND LAKES. It shall be unlawful to duck hunt
and/or trespass on the following areas and lakes as specified herein:
(1) Bayou Meto - Closed to all trespassing
(except in designated campsites, parking areas, and boat launch ramps) from
2:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. during duck season.
(2) BIG LAKE - Mallard Lake is closed to
hunting. Fishing and non-hunting activities are allowed.
(3) DR. LESTER SITZES, III BOIS D'ARC - Boats
are not allowed on the Green Tree Waterfowl area 14 days before waterfowl
season opens but are allowed during the regular duck season.
(4) BREWER LAKE - Closed to waterfowl
hunting.
(5) CAMP ROBINSON SUA -
Closed to waterfowl hunting.
(6)
CEDAR CREEK - Closed to waterfowl hunting.
(7) CUT-OFF CREEK - Closed to all trespassing
(except in designated campsites, parking areas and boat launch ramps) from 2:00
a.m. to 4:00 a.m. during duck season. Travel by boat is prohibited on Latin
Drain, Firehunt Slough and Third Slough except during high water periods when
boating access is possible to the Deep Slough Dam. In this case, boats may be
used area-wide, however, boat motors may only be used on Cut-Off Creek and Deep
Slough.
(8) DARDANELLE - Waterfowl
hunting is not allowed on that part of Big Spadra and Little Spadra Creeks
lying north of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, east of Crawford Street, south of
I-40, and west of State Hwy 10. Dogs, hunting or trapping devices are
prohibited on Johnson County, Horsehead Creek and Bob Young WRAs.
(9) DAVE DONALDSON BLACK RIVER - No hunting
is allowed on Hubble Lake during duck season. Lake Ashbaugh is closed to all
hunting. The waterfowl rest area, Brookings Moist Soil Unit and Hubble Lake are
open for early teal season. On Lake Ashbaugh and Hubble Lake, only fishing and
non-hunting activities are allowed.
(10) DEGRAY LAKE - Loaded firearms are
prohibited within Lower DeGray Lake Waterfowl Rest Area except by permitted
participants of special hunts.
(11)
FROG BAYOU - Waterfowl hunters may not access inundated areas until 4:00 a.m.
and must exit inundated areas by 12:00 p.m.
(12) HARRIS BRAKE - Open to waterfowl hunting
only Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. All day hunting is allowed the
last two days of the last duck season. During duck season, other hunters must
abide by same hours and days as duck hunters, except for those trapping and
hunting furbearers at night. Only shotguns and archery equipment are allowed
for hunting. Harris Brake Lake is open to Canada goose hunting
September 1-15, 2008 only.
(13) HENRY GRAY HURRICANE LAKE - Waterfowl
hunters may not access inundated area until 4:00 a.m. and must exit inundated
areas by 12:00 p.m.
(14) LITTLE
BAYOU - Closed to all trespassing (except in designated campsites, parking
areas and boat launch ramps) from 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. during duck
season.
(15) PETIT JEAN RIVER WMA -
Waterfowl impoundments are closed to trespass from one hour after sunset until
4:00 a.m. during duck season.
(16)
REX HANCOCK BLACK SWAMP - Waterfowl hunters may not access inundated area until
4:00 a.m. and must exit inundated areas by 12:00 p.m.
(17) RICK EVANS GRANDVIEW PRAIRIE - Waterfowl
hunting closed on all lakes and ponds.
(18) SHIREY BAY RAINEY BRAKE - The waterfowl
rest areas and MSUs (Moist Soil Units) are open to the early teal
season
(19) STEVE N. WILSON RAFT
CREEK BOTTOMS - Waterfowl hunters may not access inundated area until 4:00 a.m.
and must exit inundated areas by 12:00 p.m.
(20) ST. FRANCIS FOREST - Waterfowl hunting
ends at noon.
(21) ST. FRANCIS
SUNKEN LANDS - The Snowden Field (MSU) levee is open to foot traffic around the
north end of the unit to allow access to public lands, the MSUs are open for
the early teal
(22) LAKE CONWAY -
Closed to waterfowl hunting except on the Pierce Creek and Dixs Creek Bays,
waterfowl hunting ends at noon.
(23) LAKE OVERCUP - Waterfowl hunting ends at
noon.
(24) CANE CREEK LAKE (Lincoln
County) - Waterfowl hunting ends at noon.
(25) U OF A PINE TREE EXPERIMENTAL STATION
WDA - North of Hwy 306 closed to waterfowl hunting.
(26) LAKE PICKTHORNE - Closed to waterfowl
hunting.
(27)
COAL PILE LAKE
- Closed to hunting. Fishing and non-hunting activities are allowed.
EXCEPTION:
(1) Employees or agents of the Arkansas Game
and Fish Commission in the performance of their duties. PENALTY:
$100.00 to $1,000.00.
