Arkansas Game and Fish Commission - Code of Regulations - Section 10
Section 10.00 - Furbearing Animals
10.01(A) Resident Fur-Taker’s License Requirements.
10.01(B) Non-Resident Fur-Taker's Permit Requirement.
10.02 Regular Furbearing Season Trap Restrictions.
10.06 Trap Checking Requirements.
10.07 Trap Identification Requirements.
10.08 Box Trap Restrictions.
10.09 Ammunition Prohibited for Taking Furbearers.
10.10 Unlawful Possession of Pelts.
10.11 Requirements for Shipping Pelts.
10.12 Bobcat and Otter Pelt Tagging Requirements.
10.13 Fur Dealer License Requirements.
Fur Dealer Reports Required.
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10.01(A) RESIDENT FUR-TAKER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENTS. It shall
04-03 be unlawful for any resident 16 years of age or older to take, attempt
to take, or possess any furbearers or any parts thereof without first obtaining a current Resident Wildlife Conservation License, Resident Sportsman's License; Resident 65 Plus Lifetime Sportsman's Hunting License (or Resident 65 Plus Lifetime Combination License); Resident Disabled Lifetime Sportsman's Hunting License (or Resident Disabled Lifetime Combination License); or a Lifetime Hunting License and Sportsman's Permit. Permits are valid for the year period July 1 to June 30.
EXCEPTION:
(1) Persons obtaining carcasses of legally taken furbearers.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
10.01(B) NON-RESIDENT FUR-TAKER'S PERMIT REQUIREMENT. It shall
04-07 be unlawful for non-resident persons, 16 years of age or older, to take, attempt to take or possess any furbearing animals or any parts thereof without first obtaining a Non-Resident Fur-Taker's Permit in addition to a Non-Resident Hunting License.
(A) It shall be unlawful for holders of Non-Resident Fur Takers Permits to fail to submit a report of furbearers taken in Arkansas during the furbearer hunting or trapping seasons, other than those sold to licensed Arkansas fur dealers, by May 1.
EXCEPTION:
(1) Persons obtaining carcasses of legally taken furbearers.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
10.02 REGULAR FURBEARING SEASON TRAP RESTRICTIONS. It
03-06 shall be unlawful to possess, in fields or woods, or to use any cable-restraining device (snare) or steel trap other than smooth-jawed traps during open furbearing animals seasons as provided herein:
(A) Bait Restrictions.
Animal matter, including meat, skin, bones, feathers and hair or any other solid substance that used to be part of an animal, may not be used as bait within twenty (20) feet of a trap set, unless it is adequately covered to prevent it being seen from above and it must be covered in such a way as to withstand wave action, wind action or other normal environmental conditionsthat could cause it to become visible.
(B) Land-Set Trap Restrictions.
Smooth-jawed traps with a jaw spread not in excess of 6 inches (those in excess of 5 inches, measured from the inside edge of the trap at the dog, must have offset jaws), Size 110, 120 and 160 Conibear, or comparable body-tripping traps, with a jaw spread not to exceed 6 inches.
(C) Water-Set Trap Requirements
Smooth-jawed traps with a jaw spread not in excess of 8 1/2 inches, Conibear or comparable body-gripping traps with a jaw spread not in excess of 10 inches.
(D) Snare (Cable Restraint Device) Restrictions.
(1) Snares are prohibited other than in water sets or on land within 20 feet of a body of water. Snares set in excess of 20 feet from a permanent body of water shall have a functional "deer lock" that will not allow the snare to close smaller than 2 1/2 inches.
(2) Land snares must be constructed of braided cable with a loop no more than 12 inches in diameter (side-to-side) and a lower loop no more than 10 inches off the ground. Leg snares are prohibited. Only snares with single-piece locks may be used on land.
(3) No snare should be set or be maintained in any public road right-of-way.
(4) When snares are fully extended, they may not touch any fence.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
10.06 TRAP CHECKING REQUIREMENTS. It shall be unlawful
04-95 to use traps without checking daily and removing the catch.
EXCEPTION:
(1) Kill (water) sets may be checked within 72 hours.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
10.07 TRAP IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. It shall be unlawful to
03-06 use any trap, snare or cable restraint device for taking furbearing animals without a legible name and address, vehicle operator's license number or current vehicle license number (registered to the trap-user) affixed thereto.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
10.08 BOX TRAP RESTRICTIONS. It shall be unlawful to take wildlife
04-05 by the use of box traps or to take game birds by the use of wood or wire traps.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Rabbits taken during open rabbit season with box traps having interior dimensions not larger than 8 inches in width and 10 inches in height, and no more than 8 traps per individual.
(2) Nuisance wildlife taken in accordance with Codes 18.09 and 18.09A.
(3) Legally licensed furtakers during the furbearer season.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
10.09 AMMUNITION PROHIBITED FOR TAKING FUR-BEARERS. It shall
08-04 be unlawful to take or attempt to take fur-bearers with any rifled slug or shot size larger than T shot, or with any ammunition for rifle or pistol other than rimfire ammunition not in excess of .22 caliber.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) In compliance with Commission Code 18.09 (Depredation Permit).
(2) In compliance with Commission Code 20.02.
(3) During any open season (except deer, bear and turkey), bobcat and coyote may be taken during daylight hours only with archery tackle, firearms no larger than .30 caliber or shotguns with shot no larger than T shot.
(4) Bobcat and coyote may be taken during daylight hours of any open deer, bear or turkey season with method of take legal for that season and zone.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
10.10 UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF PELTS. It shall be unlawful to
03-06 possess the untanned or green pelts of any animal of which there is no open season in Arkansas.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Possession of pelts, legally taken in another state and accompanied by verification.
(2) By permit issued by the Commission or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
(3) Pelts or carcasses of furbearers legally taken in Arkansas may be possessed outside of the furbearer hunting and trapping seasons. Otters must be tagged in compliance with Commission Code 10.12.
PENALTY: $200.00 to $1,000.00.
10.11 REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPPING PELTS. It shall be
07-80 unlawful for shipments of green pelts originating in Arkansas to fail to display:
(A) Name, address and license number of shipper;
(B) Date of shipment;
(C) The words "Fur Pelts".
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
10.12 BOBCAT AND OTTER PELT TAGGING REQUIREMENT.
03-06 It shall be unlawful to fail to comply with the following provisions:
(A) It shall be unlawful to import bobcat or otter into Arkansas without having first had a CITES tag affixed to them in their state of origination or to export bobcat or river otter pelts from Arkansas without first having said pelts tagged by a Commission employee.
(B) It shall be unlawful to possess an untagged otter, other than mounted speciments, tanned pelts, or animals in the possession of a taxidermist, from April 1 to the beginning of the otter hunting and trapping season.
EXCEPTION:
(1) Untagged otter may be possessed from April 1 to the beginning of the otter hunting and trapping season provided that they were taken with a depredation permit in compliance with Commission Code 18.09 (Depredation Permit Requirements).
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
10.13 FUR DEALER LICENSE REQUIREMENT. It shall be unlawful
03-06 to buy or resell pelts or furbearer carcasses without first obtaining the appropriate (resident or non-resident) fur dealer license for each individual buyer or separate place of business. The purchase of pelts or furbearer carcasses from May 1 – June 30 is prohibited.
EXCEPTION:
(1) Non-resident fur dealers buying pelts from or selling pelts to Arkansas resident fur dealers.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
10.14 FUR DEALER REPORTS REQUIRED. It shall be unlawful for any fur
03-06 dealer to fail to itemize and completely and legibly fill out the Commission
Fur Dealer Report daily; to fail to provide said report for immediate inspection
upon request of a Commission employee; for said report to be submitted to
the Commission no later than May 5.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
In addition, dealer license may be suspended for a period of up to one year.