• Hunting Licenses and Costs
• Additional Resident Licenses Valid for Turkey Hunting
• Where can I find a license dealer? 
• How do I buy a license by telephone?
• How do I buy a license online?
• Who needs a hunter education card?
• Mobility-impaired Access Permits
• Spring Turkey Permit Hunts
• More license information
  • How do I replace a lost license?
  • Do I qualify as a resident?
  • Are there any additional residency requirements for licenses?
  • What are disability licenses?
  • Deferred Hunter Education License 
  • Lifetime Licenses
  • Leased Land Permits
  • Reciprocal Licenses 

Hunting Licenses and Costs

License	Cost	Description
Resident Sportsman’s License (RS)	$25	Entitles the holder to hunt all game species using modern gun, muzzleloader or bow, and to take a total bag limit of deer and turkey. Expires June 30.
Nonresident Annual All Game Hunting License (NBG)	$300	Entitles the holder to hunt all game species, except furbearers, using modern gun, muzzleloader or bow, and to take a total bag limit of deer, bear and turkey. Expires June 30.
Nonresident 5-Day All Game Hunting License (AG5)	$150	Entitles the holder to hunt all game species except furbearers for the five-day period specified. Two turkey tags are included with this license.
Nonresident 3-Day All Game Hunting License (AG3)	$100	Entitles the holder to hunt all game species except furbearers for the three-day period specified. One turkey tag is included with this license.
Licenses and permits are nontransferable and nonrefundable.

Additional Resident Licenses Valid for Turkey Hunting

1. Three-Year Disability Hunting or Combination licenses available to disabled resident hunters who meet certain criteria; or
2. 65 Plus Resident Lifetime Hunting or Combination licenses available to hunters over 65 who provide proof of age and 60 days current Arkansas residency; or
3. Nonexpiring Lifetime Resident Hunting and Fishing Sportman’s Permit ($1,000). Contact the AGFC at (501) 223-6388 for more information. 

Where can I find a license dealer?

Sporting goods stores, hunting and fishing supplies stores, some discount chains and AGFC Offices sell most licenses.

How do I buy a license by telephone?

Call (501) 223-6349 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. in the Little Rock area. Or call (800) 364-GAME (4263) 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Please have your credit card and an identification number ready. Your identification number can be a driver’s license, Social Security number, hunter education number, state ID number or passport number. Small game hunting privileges become effective immediately. Lifetime and commercial licenses are not available by phone or online.

How do I buy a license online?

Licenses may be purchased online at https://www4.wildlifelicense.com/ar/start.php. You will be asked to supply personal information and a Visa or MasterCard number. A receipt and confirmation number will be printed on your home printer. Small game hunting privileges are effective at the time of purchase. You must have your license in possession prior to hunting big game (deer, turkey, bear, elk and alligator).

Purchase a license online

Who needs a hunter education card?

A hunter born after 1968 must carry a valid hunter education card, unless ‘HE-VERIFIED’ is noted on your hunting license. Hunters under 16 do not need to have a card if they are under the direct supervision of a holder of a valid hunting license at least 21 years of age. Arkansas honors the home state hunter education cards of nonresidents. Call (800) 482-5795 or check here for a class schedule.

Mobility-impaired Access Permits

Mobility-impaired access permit holders may use an ATV on Commission-owned WMAs to travel on graveled, all-weather roads (unless posted closed to vehicles) and on designated mobility-impaired access trails.

Hunters with the following conditions may call (800) 364-4263 during business hours or visit an AGFC regional office for a mobility-impaired access permit application or click here to print a PDF copy:

• A permanent physical condition requiring the use of a brace, cane, crutch, prosthetic device, wheelchair or walker
• Permanent lung disease which severely restricts respiration to the levels stipulated on the application form
• A permanent physical condition requiring portable oxygen
• A permanent cardiac condition classified as Class III or IV by the American Heart Association

Spring Turkey Permit Hunts

Hunting is only allowed on several Wildlife Management Areas and National Wildlife Refuges during special permit hunts to manage turkey populations and prevent crowding. Only permit holders are allowed to engage in any hunting-related activity.

Visit this website from Dec. 15 until Jan. 15 to apply for a spring permit turkey hunt.

Each application must include name, address, date of birth and either a driver’s license or a Social Security number. Applicants under 16 must include name, address, date of birth and a hunter education number. 

Permit Hunt Schedule

Application period for spring turkey permit hunt	Dec. 15-Jan. 15
First drawing and notification	Early February
Second drawing and notification	Late February
Permits mailed	March

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