| Name | Norfork Lake WMA | | WMA Zone | 480 | | Region | 8 | | County Coverage | Baxter | | Location | Baxter county: Indian Head Unit and Chapin Point Unit, 16 miles north of Mtn. Home and east off state hwy 201; Seward Point Unit, 8 miles north of Mtn. Home west of hwy 101; Bennetts Creek Unit, 12 miles east of Mtn. Home on hwy 62 then north 3 miles on county road 46.
Fulton county: Fulton County Unit approximately 15 miles north of Calico Rock hwy 87. At Elizabeth take county roads 15, 17 & 33.
| | Phone | 877-267-4331 | | Seasons and Regulations | Turkey:
Youth Hunt: April 13-14, 2013. Two bearded turkeys, no more than one jake.
Firearms Hunt: April 20-May 5, 2013. Two bearded turkeys, no jakes (Youths may take one jake as part of their statewide seasonal bag limit).
Deer:
Deer Archery (all units): Sept. 15-Feb. 28.
Deer Muzzleloader: Oct. 20-28. Seward Point, Bennett’s Bayou and Fulton County Units.
Chapin Point and Indian Head Units closed.
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 10-18. Seward Point, Bennett’s Bayou and Fulton County Units.
Chapin Point and Indian Head Units closed.
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 3-4 and Jan. 5-6. Seward Point, Bennett’s Bayou and Fulton County Units. Chapin Point and Indian Head Units closed.
WMA Deer Bag Limit:
Three deer, no more than two bucks, which may include:
• Two bucks with archery,
• Three does with archery,
• One buck with muzzleloader or modern gun.
Deer Notes: Three-point rule. No dogs. Limit during the modern gun special youth hunt is one deer: buck (no antler restrictions) or doe.
Bear:Bear Archery: Oct. 1-Nov. 30, 2011. Statewide bag limit. No dogs.
Bear Muzzleloader: (Chapin Point and Indian Head Units closed.)
Seward Point, Bennett’s Bayou and Fulton County Units: Oct. 22-30, 2011. No dogs.
Bear Modern Gun: (Chapin Point and Indian Head Units closed.)
Seward Point, Bennett’s Bayou and Fulton County Units: Nov. 12-20, 2011. No dogs.
Bear Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: (Chapin Point and Indian Head Units closed.)
Seward Point, Bennett’s Bayou and Fulton County Units: Nov. 5-6, 2011. No dogs.
Bear Notes: Bear seasons close earlier if bear zone quota is reached.
Quail:Nov. 1, 2012-Feb. 3, 2013.
Hunting ends at noon in Chapin Point and Indian Head units only. Seward Point, Bennett’s Bayou and Fulton County units follow statewide schedule and bag limit. Daily limit - 6, possession limit -12. Bird dogs allowed for all units.
Rabbit:
Sept. 1, 2013-Feb. 28, 2014. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16. Dogs allowed except during firearms deer hunts.
Squirrel:
May 15, 2013-Feb. 28, 2014. Dogs allowed except during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 12, possession limit - 48.
Crow:Sept. 3, 2012-Feb. 21,2013. Open Thursdays through Mondays. No limit.
| | Leased Land Permit Required | No | | About the Name | | | Ownership | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
| | Age | Established in 1967.
| | Purpose | Now being managed for deer, turkey and small game. In addition to numerous non-game birds and animals, there is an abundance of white-tail deer, wild turkey, fox and grey squirrel, rabbit, red and grey fox, opossum,
raccoon and mourning dove. Migratory waterfowl are attracted to the lake during the spring and fall flights.
Although the waterfowl use the lake to rest, they offer little hunting since there is not enough food available to keep them in the area.
| | Description | This area consists of 5 units, on Norfork Lake: Chapin Point, Indian Head, Seward Point, Bennets Creek and Fulton County. Mixed hardwood forest with scattered tracts to pine plantations, topography ranges from flat to
moderately sloped. Walk-in hunting only.
| | Access | Access by lake, can be gained by any of the several access areas, Pegion Creek Access, Red Bank Access, Cranfield Access, Jordan and Gamaliel.
| | Hunting Opportunities | Deer and turkey is good on area, small game ranked in order of importance: furbearers, squirrel, quail, rabbit and ducks.
| | Management Practices | There are 10,000 acres of land managed by AGFC and US Army Corps of Engineers, for wildlife management purposes. Control burning on area is carried out on an average of 200 acres per year (this consists of old fields). Pine sites are burned on area to control hardwood competition and to stimulate early succession of browse. The area has food plots and old fields). Pine sites are burned on area to control hardwood competition and to stimulate early succession of browse. The area has food plots and old fields which consists of about 980 acres. These food plots are planted in winter wheat and clover in the fall for winter food for wildlife. Spring planting consists of Acres for Wildlife Food Plot mix and clover.
| | Recreation Other Than Hunting | Good for walking and observing wildlife. Numerous amount of birds.
| | Camping | Camping – designated camp sites are available around lake area.
No camping on WMA.
| | Restaurants and Other Facilities | Mtn. Home for restaurants and motels. Clark Ridge and Gamaliel has phone and supplies.
| | Safety | During turkey season and deer season hunter density is increasing. Watch out for other hunters.
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