FEDERAL REGULATIONS

13.01            Federal Regulations Compliance Requirements.

13.02            Federal Permit Requirements.

13.03            Migratory Game Bird Baiting Prohibited.

13.04            Federal Migratory Bird (Duck) Hunting Stamp Requirements.

13.05            Gun Plug Requirements.

13.06            Migratory Game Birds Shooting Hour Restrictions.

13.07            Non-Toxic Shot Requirements for Waterfowl Hunting.

13.08            Harvest Information Requirements.

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13.01            FEDERAL REGULATIONS COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS. It

03-07           shall be unlawful to take, attempt to take, or possess migratory game birds within the boundaries of Arkansas without complying with all federal regulations governing such taking or possessing (including but not limited to the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 50, Subparts B, Definitions: C, Taking, and D, Possession), 36 CFR 261. Subparts A and B or to fail to comply with any federal regulation on refuges, sanctuaries, and fish hatcheries.

                      PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.

13.02            FEDERAL PERMIT REQUIREMENTS. It shall be unlawful to take

7-80              or attempt to take wildlife on federal hatcheries or national wildlife refuges where federal permits are required without first obtaining said permits.

                      PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.

13.03            MIGRATORY GAME BIRD BAITING PROHIBITED. It shall be

07-01           unlawful to take or attempt to take migratory game birds by the aid of baiting if the person knows or reasonably should know that the area is a baited area. (Ref. 01.00C, Baiting Defined).

                      PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.

13.04             FEDERAL MIGRATORY BIRD (DUCK) HUNTING STAMP REQUIREMENTS. It shall be unlawful to take
08-08             or attempt to take migratory waterfowl without first obtaining and having on the person a current
                     Federal Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp, (commonly referred to as a 'duck stamp') validated by signing 
                     in ink across the face thereof.

                     EXCEPTIONS:

                     (1)        Persons under 16 years of age.

                     (2)        In compliance with the Snow, Blue and Ross’ Goose Conservation Order (Ref. Code 12.29 Snow, Blue, Ross’ Goose Season Restrictions).

                     PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.

13.05             GUN PLUG REQUIREMENTS. It shall be unlawful to take or attempt
08-08             to take any migratory game bird with any firearm other than shotguns incapable of holding more than three shells in the magazine and chamber combined. Shotguns requiring plugs must be plugged with a one piece filler which will require disassembly of gun for removal.

                     EXCEPTION:

                     (1)        In compliance with the Snow, Blue and Ross’ Goose Conservation Order (Ref. Code 12.29 Snow, Blue, Ross’ Goose Season Restrictions).

                     PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.

13.06            MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS SHOOTING HOUR RESTRICTIONS.
09-04           It shall be unlawful to take or attempt to take any migratory game bird, including migratory waterfowl, other than one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise (local time) or later than sunset (local time).

                      EXCEPTIONS:

                      (1)       Shooting hours for teal during the teal season are sunrise to sunset  (local time).

                      (2)       Waterfowl hunting in the St. Francis River Floodway Waterfowl Zone ends at 12:00 noon.

                      (3)       Shooting hours during the Snow, Blue and Ross’ Goose Conservation Order are one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise (local time) until one-half (1/2) hour after sunset (local time).

                      (4)       On certain Wildlife Management Areas (Ref. 25.01 Migratory Waterfowl Shooting Hour Restrictions Within Certain WMAs and WDAs).

                      PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.

13.07            NON-TOXIC SHOT REQUIREMENTS FOR WATERFOWL HUNTING. It shall be unlawful to
09-04           possess while waterfowl hunting any shot other than steel, tungsten-iron, tungsten-iron (Hevi-Steel), tungsten-polymer, tungsten-matrix, bismuth-tin, tungsten-iron nickel-tin (TINT), tungsten-nickel iron (Hevi-Shot), tungsten-bronze-iron (TBI), tungsten-tin bismuth (TTB) or such shot approved as nontoxic by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pursuant to Part 20, Subchapter B, Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

                      PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.

13.08            HARVEST INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS. It shall be unlawful for any

04-98/09-04       person to take or attempt to take migratory game birds in Arkansas

                      without a Harvest Information Permit (HIP). Proof of Arkansas registration

                      must be carried at all times when hunting migratory birds. 

.                     EXCEPTIONS:

                      (1)       Hunters under 16 years of age who are exempt from state licensing requirements.

                      PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.