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2009-10 Hunting Guidebook

Download the 2009-10 Hunting Guidebook PDF(This 7mb PDF is the full guidebook.  If you wish to print a certain section, use the following links which are much smaller files than the complete guidebook.)

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Title of Section

Pages 1-2

AGFC Contact Information PDF (595kb)

Hotline and Toll-Free Numbers

Hunter and Boating Education

Replace a Lost License

AGFC Personnel

Page 3

Table of Contents PDF (659kb)

Pages
5, 7-8

Season Specific Information PDF (237kb)

New this season

Season Dates Summary

Regulations Schedule

Pages
12-17

Licensing and Permits PDF (592kb) 

What Licenses Do I Need?

Where and How to Buy a License

Residency Requirements

License Costs

Lifetime Licenses

Reciprocal Licenses

Deferred Hunter Education Licenses

Leased Land Permits 

Pages
22-30

Hunting Regulations PDF (944kb)

Regulations and Violation Points

Transferring fish or wildlife to another person

Carcass Importation Restrictions

Legal Hunting Equipment

Archery • Muzzleloader • Modern Gun Deer or Bear Hunting Equipment • Concealed Weapon Permit Holders

Hunter Orange Requirements

Hunting Dogs

Nuisance Animals

Hunting on Private Property

Permission to Hunt Card

Hunting Near a Residence

Posting Land Requirements

USDA Forest Service Regulations

Natural Heritage Commission

Pages
33-51

Wildlife Regulations PDF (1.12mb) 

General Regulations

Closed Seasons • Feeding and Baiting Wildlife • Possession of Game Taken Outside Arkansas • Importing Wildlife • Captive Wildlife and Importation Permits • Wildlife Rehabilitators • Wildlife Pets • Release of Animals Into the Wild • Endangered Species 

Checking Game

Tagging and Checking a Deer or Turkey • Tagging and Checking a Bear

Feral Hogs

A Growing Threat to Arkansas Wildlife • Problems Caused by Feral Hogs • Shooting Feral Hogs • Hogs on Wildlife Management Areas

Deer

Deer Zone Map • Seasonal Statewide Bag Limit • Statewide Deer Season Zone Regulations • What is a Legal Buck? • Special Deer Regulations

Bear

Bear Zone Map • Statewide Bear Season Zone Regulations • Baiting • Seasonal Bag Limit • Harvest Quota • Checking Requirements • Special Bear Regulations

Fall Turkey 

Turkey Zone Map • Statewide Fall Turkey Season Zone Regulations • Seasonal Bag Limit • Baiting • Hunting Equipment • Checking Requirements • Special Turkey Regulations

Other Big Game

 Elk • Alligator

Quail, Rabbit and Squirrel

Migratory Game Birds 

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission provides complete statewide and wildlife management area season dates and regulations in a separate waterfowl publication in October.

Crow

Furbearer Hunting

Gray Fox • Red Fox • Mink • Striped Skunk • Opossum • Bobcat • Coyote • River Otter • Raccoon • Muskrat • Nutria • Beaver • Closed Seasons - Badger, Spotted Skunk, Weasel • Furbearer Hunting Methods

Furbearer Trapping 

Coyote • Beaver, Muskrat and Nutria • Checking Requirements • Foothold Traps • Conibear-type Traps • Box Traps • Snares • Bait • Identification • Fur Dealers

Pages
57-59

Flood Prone Regions PDF (520kb)

Black River • St. Francis River • Shirey Bay Rainey Brake • Regions A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I.

Pages
64-133

Wildlife Management Areas PDF (1.72mb) 

Wildlife Management Regions and Refuges

Contact Numbers • WMA Zone Index

General WMA Regulations

Hunting Stands • Vehicles • Shooting From Roads • Hunting Equipment • Mobility Impaired Hunts • Permit Deer Hunts • Camping • Horses and Mules • Vegetation Destruction • Hunting Dogs • Feral Hogs • Waterfowl Rest Areas • WMA Furbearer Regulations

WMA-specific Regulations

National Wildlife Refuge Regulations

Pages
134-136

Index PDF (205kb)  

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Game Tags PDF (860kb)