2009-10 Game Tags

Hunting licenses expire June 30 each year. The annual big game license has eight tags attached to it. Two tags are for bucks and/or does during the 2009-10 deer season, two are for does only during the 2009-10 deer season, two for fall 2009 turkey season and two for spring 2010 turkey season. Other hunting licenses have an appropriate number of tags depending on harvest limits connected specifically to the license.

Hunters who hold the 65 Plus Lifetime License or the Disabled License, hunters under 16 and Mississippi license holders hunting under the Reciprocal Hunting License Agreement must either use the example tags provided below (photocopies are OK), or substitute a piece of paper displaying information about each harvested deer or turkey. A supply of tags will be mailed to holders of the $1,000 Lifetime Sportsman’s License. Tags must be securely fastened and remain on deer or turkeys until final processing and storage. For complete instructions on properly tagging game, see Page 36 of the 2009-10 Arkansas Hunting Guidebook.

Game Tag Instructions

• IMMEDIATELY after the harvest and before moving the deer or turkey, the tag must be printed legibly in ink and securely fastened to the antler or ear of a deer and to the leg of a turkey.
• Call (877) 507-4263 or visit http://gamecheck.agfc.com to check your deer or turkey within 24 hours of harvest.
• Type of game: DD – Doe Deer; BB – Button Buck; BA – Antlered Deer; FT – Female Turkey; MT – Male Turkey
• Method: MG – Modern Gun; ML – Muzzleloader; A – Archery; C – Crossbow
• Check # must be printed on the tag
• The tag must remain on the deer or turkey until final processing and storage.
• If born after 1968, you must carry proof of hunter education training, unless ‘HE-VERIFIED’ is noted on your hunting license.

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