Arkansas Game and Fish Commission - Code of Regulations - Section 20
Section 20.00 - Wildlife Management Area Regulations
20.00 Establishment of Wildlife Management Areas.
20.01 Killing and Capture Devices Prohibited in WMAs.
20.02 Firearm Restrictions on WMAs.
20.03 Loaded Firearms Prohibited in Camping Areas on All WMAs and WDAs.
20.04 Removal of Objects Prohibited on WMAs and WDAs.
20.05 Livestock Ranging Prohibited on WMAs.
20.06 Cutting Devices Prohibited on Commission Owned WMAs and WDAs.
20.07 Trespassing Prohibited Where Posted on WMAs and WDAs.
20.10 Structures on CommissionLeasedLand, Commission-owned and Cooperative WMAs and WDAs.
20.11 Permit Requirements on Certain WMAs.
20.12 Season Restrictions Within CampRobinson Demonstration Area.
20.13 Killing or Capture Devices and Dogs Prohibited.
20.14 Baiting or Hunting on Baited Portions of WMAs Prohibited.
20.17 Hunting Restricted During Flooding within Certain WMAs.
20.22 Bird Dog Training Restrictions Within CampRobinson Wildlife Demonstration Area.
20.23 Compliance with Camp Robinson WMA and Ft.Chaffee WMA Post Regulations Required.
20.24 Hunting From Motorized Land Vehicles Prohibited on WMAs and WDAs.
20.25 Non-Compliance With Terms of Permit Hunts on WMAs, WDAs and NWRs (National Wildlife Refuges) Prohibited.
20.26 Season Restrictions During Permit Hunts on WMAs.
20.27 Camping Restrictions on WMAs.
20.28 Motorized Vehicle Restrictions on Commission-owned, Leased, Licensed and Cooperative WMAs.
20.29 Horse and Mule Restrictions on Commission-owned WMAs.
20.30 Hunting/Camping Prohibited on ElectricIsland WMA.
Use or Possession of Alcohol or Illegal Controlled Substances Prohibited.
Hunting Restrictions on Casey Jones WMA.
Season Restrictions on Wylie Cox Field Trial Area.
20.34 Feral Hog Hunting and Trapping Restrictions on WMAs and WDAs.
20.35 Restrictions on all Natural Area Wildlife Management Areas.
20.36 Geocaching Restrictions On Commission-Owned Property
20.00 ESTABLISHMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS. If the
04-05 Commission, upon proper and thorough investigation, shall determine that intensified game management through the increased production of food, more rigid enforcement, restocking or other methods are needed in an area for the increased production of wildlife; the Commission may set aside and define certain specific areas on lands owned or controlled by the Commission and suitable markers shall be put up by the Commission in such places as shall be determined, defining and identifying the areas as a wildlife management area or a wildlife demonstration area (herein referred to in abbreviated forms as either “WMA”, “WMAs”, “WDA”, “WDAs”, “SP-CA”, “NWR”or “NWRs”). All seasons/limits and regulations are same as the surrounding zone unless otherwise specified in Commission Codes.
20.01 KILLING AND CAPTURE DEVICES PROHIBITED IN WMAs.
12-07 It shall be unlawful to hunt, trap, or possess a killing device in any wildlife management area.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) During open seasons for wildlife on said areas.
(2) Conibear traps and/or snares for taking beaver, muskrat and nutria.
(3) Ozark National Forest WMA.
(4) Sanctioned Shoot-to-Kill Walking Trials.
(5) For activities permitted by the Commission.
(6) For Commission employees in the performance of their official job duties.
(7) Holders of a valid state-issued concealed handgun license recognized and honored by the State of Arkansas in accordance with Arkansas Code Title 5, Chapter 73, Subchapter 3, may possess the handgun covered by the license, except in places where otherwise prohibited under federal, state or local law or where disallowed by a landowner in accordance with applicable law. Nothing in this exception is intended to supersede or limit the regulations of any federal, state or local authorities that prohibit the possession of concealed handguns on their property, including, but not limited to, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
20.02 FIREARM RESTRICTIONS ON WMAs. It shall be unlawful to possess any buckshot; rifled slugs,
12-07 center fire firearms, muzzleloaders larger than .40 caliber, center fire firearms or rim fire firearms larger than .22 caliber on any wildlife management area other than during any open modern gun deer, bear or elk seasons. (Ref. 06.02, Guns and Ammunition Prohibited During Modern Gun Deer Seasons; and 16.02, Killing Device Restrictions for Bear Hunting and 17.02, Weapon Restrictions for Taking Elk).
(A) Big Lake, Brushy Creek, St. Francis Sunken Lands, U of A Pine Tree Experimental Station, W. E. Brewer Scatter Creek and Wedington WMAs – only shotguns (.410 or larger), with slugs (no buckshot allowed), or muzzleloading rifles (in compliance with Commission Code 07.02) shooting a single projectile only during modern gun season.
(B) Beaver Lake WMA (islands only), Greers Ferry WMA and that part of Trusten Holder including all Corps lands, lying north and east of the center line of the Arkansas River which fall within the area that lies east of the Pendleton Bridge to just south of Dam #2 and those lands west of Tichnor Blacktop and Nady Road - no rifles (including muzzleloading rifles) for any season.
(C) Big Lake WMA – it shall be unlawful to transport firearms in that portion of Ditch 28 within the Big Lake WMA without said firearms having been dismantled or encased.
(D) Harris Brake WMA – shotguns only.
(E) Lafayette County WMA – no buckshot of any size.
(F) Bell Slough WMA – shotguns or rimfire rifles only.
(G) The Farm Unit within Bald Knob NWR, Johnson County WRA within Dardanelle WMA and Wapanocca NWR – muzzleloaders shooting a single projectile only or shotguns with slugs.
(H) Trusten Holder WMA - within the delineated boundaries of the Arkansas Post National Park buffer zone discharge of any firearm is prohibited.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Private landowners within boundaries of WMAs where they maintain a bona fide residence, within their homes or on their own land where normal agricultural activity is conducted.
(2) Law enforcement officers and Game and Fish Commission employees in performance of their official job duties.
(3) Trusten Holder WMA mobility impaired muzzleloader deer hunters may use shotguns with slugs.
(4) Holders of a valid state-issued concealed handgun license recognized and honored by the State of Arkansas in accordance with Arkansas Code Title 5, Chapter 73, Subchapter 3, may possess the handgun covered by the license, except in places where otherwise prohibited under federal, state or local law or where disallowed by a landowner in accordance with applicable law. Nothing in this exception is intended to supersede or limit the regulations of any federal, state or local authorities that prohibit the possession of concealed handguns on their property, including, but not limited to, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
20.03 LOADED FIREARMS PROHIBITED IN CAMPING AREAS ON ALL WMAs, SUAs AND WDAs.
12-07 It shall be unlawful to possess a loaded firearm in any camping area on any wildlife management area,
special use area, wildlife demonstration area or in any fishing or boating access area. (Ref: Section 01.00-C,
Loaded Firearms).
EXCEPTION:
(1) Holders of a valid state-issued concealed handgun license recognized and honored by the State of Arkansas
in accordance with Arkansas Code Title 5, Chapter 73, Subchapter 3, may possess the handgun covered by
the license, except in places where otherwise prohibited under federal, state or local law or where disallowed
by a landowner in accordance with applicable law. Nothing in this exception is intended to supersede or limit
the regulations of any federal, state or local authorities that prohibit the possession of concealed handguns
on their property, including, but not limited to, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Forest Service, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
20.04 REMOVAL OF OBJECTS PROHIBITED ON WMAs.
03-04 (A) It shall be unlawful to remove any items or objects from any wildlife management area, including rocks, fruits, nuts,
acorns, artifacts, plants, etc., without previously approved permission from the Commission or its designees.
(B) It shall be unlawful to remove endangered plants from
Commission-owned lands without the issuance of a Scientific Collection Permit. A permit from the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission is also required to remove objects from Natural Areas managed in conjunction with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
20.05 LIVESTOCK RANGING PROHIBITED ON WMAS. It shall be
07-80 unlawful to range or allow ranging by livestock on any property owned, controlled or leased by the Commission.
EXCEPTION:
(1) Under permit issued by landowner on cooperative WMAs.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
20.06 CUTTING DEVICES PROHIBITED ON COMMISSION OWNED WMAs, WDAs AND SUAs.
03-07 It shall be unlawful to use and/or possess chainsaws, handsaws, hatchets, axes, weed trimmers, string trimmers
or other such cutting devices or chemical defoliants on Commission owned WMAs, WDAs or SUAs.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Common hunting knives, pocketknives and pocket saws.
(2) Timber contractors.
(3) Campers in designated camping areas.
(4) Trappers using hatchets during trapping season.
(5) By written permit issued by the Commission.
(6) For Commission employees in the performance of their official job duties.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
TRESPASSING PROHIBITED WHERE POSTED ON WMAs AND WDAs.
10-00 It shall be unlawful to trespass on any property owned or controlled by the Commission where signs
prohibiting such are posted and during waterfowl season in specified areas that have been marked with red paint.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
20.10 STRUCTURES ON COMMISSION LEASED LAND, COMMISSION-OWNED AND COOPERATIVE WMAs AND WDAs.
04-05 It shall be unlawful to construct, build, fabricate, install, place, attach or occupy any type of structure on any Commission-leased land, Commission-owned, cooperative WMA or WDA; including but not limited to hunting "stands", buildings, shelters, moored houseboats, etc.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Portable hunting stands and associated equipment using no metal objects (such as screw-in steps) to be screwed
or driven into trees, and having owner's name and address permanently affixed and which is moved a distance of
at least 200 yards (600 feet) from current location after seven consecutive days thereon. Stands may not be placed
more than 7 days before deer archery season and must be removed within 7 days after the close of deer archery season.
(2) On U. S. Forest Service Cooperative WMAs portable stands must comply with U.S. Forest Service regulations.
(3) Structures built by Commission personnel or built under the auspices of a Commission issued land use permit.
(4) In compliance with Commission Code 19.10 (Camping and Driving Restrictions on Certain WMAs) and Code 20.27 (Camping Restrictions on WMAs).
(5) In compliance with Commission Code 25.06, Permanent Duck Blinds Prohibited on WMAs.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
20.11 PERMIT REQUIREMENTS ON CERTAIN WMAs. It shall be unlawful to
04-04/04-07 take or attempt to take any wildlife during an open season on certain WMAs without first obtaining the required permit (Ref. Code 20.25, Non-Compliance with Terms of Permit Hunts on WMAs, and Code 20.26, Season Restrictions During Permit Hunts on WMAs) as specified herein:
(A) A permit is required on Bald Knob NWR, Big Lake NWR, Cache River NWR, ChoctawIsland, Crossett Experimental Forest WMA, Felsenthal NWR, Holla Bend NWR, Overflow NWR, Pond Creek NWR, U of A Pine Tree Experimental Station WDA and Wapanocca NWR.
(B) A lease land permit is required for persons 16 years and older to camp, hunt or trap any type of wildlife on Big Timber, Casey Jones, Cherokee, Gum Flats, Jim Kress, Lafayette County (except no permit is required to camp on Lafayette County), Moro Big Pine and Provo Leased Lands WMAs.
(C) A permit is required to camp, hunt, fish or for the operation of an ATV on White River NWR.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
20.12 SEASON RESTRICTIONS WITHIN CAMP ROBINSON SPECIAL USE AREA.
03-07 It shall be unlawful to take, attempt to take or possess, dove, furbearing animals, rabbit, squirrel, quail and waterfowl, within Camp Robinson Wildlife Demonstration Area.
EXCEPTION:
(1) Dove hunting as permitted under Commission Code 24.05.
(2) Furbearer hunting in accordance with Commission Code 24.07,
Furbearer Seasons and Bag Limits on WMAs.
(3) Squirrel hunting as permitted under Commission Code 24.04.
(4) Possession of waterfowl is allowed during open season while accessing DixCreekBay or PierceCreekBay on LakeConway or while camped in designated campsites .
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
20.13 KILLING OR CAPTURE DEVICES AND DOGS PROHIBITED.
04-03 It shall be unlawful to possess any killing or capture device or to allow dogs within the Blanchard Springs recreation area.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
20.14 BAITING OR HUNTING ON BAITED PORTIONS OF WMAs PROHIBITED.
07-01 It shall be unlawful to place, deposit or scatter any grain or other feed so as to constitute a lure, attraction or enticement of wildlife; or to take or attempt to take wildlife on such bait on any wildlife management area if the person knows or reasonably should know that the area is a baited area.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Sowing of wildlife food areas by Commission personnel.
(2) Baiting by Commission personnel for trapping and restocking purposes.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
20.17 HUNTING RESTRICTED DURING FLOODING WITHIN CERTAIN WMAs.
03-07 It shall be unlawful to take or attempt to take deer for each WMA as specified herein:
(A) Big Lake WMA closes when the Seven Mile access gauge exceeds 236 MSL.
(B) Benson Creek Natural Area WMA closes when Flood Prone Region D closes.
(C) Brushy Creek WMA closes when Flood Prone Region A closes.
(D) Choctaw Island WMA closes when the gauge at Arkansas City on the Mississippi River exceeds 31 feet and will remain closed until the gauge falls to 29 feet or below.
(E) Dagmar WMA closes when Flood Prone Region D closes.
(F) Dave Donaldson/Black River WMA closes when the Black River
Flood Prone Region closes.
(G) Earl Buss/Bayou DeView WMA closes when Flood Prone Region
A closes.
(H) Henry Gray/Hurricane Lake WMA closes when the White River
gauge at Augusta exceeds 26 feet and will remain closed until the gauge falls to 14 feet or below at Georgetown.
(I) Rex Hancock/Black Swamp WMA closes when the Cache River
gauge at Patterson exceeds 10 feet and will remain closed until Cache River falls below 8.5 feet on said gauge.
(J) St. Francis Sunken Lands WMA closes when the St. Francis River
Flood Prone Region closes.
(K) Trusten Holder WMA closes when Flood Prone Regions F and H close. WMA lands lying east of Tichnor Blacktop Road, Nady Road and all WMA lands lying east of the Arkansas River below the Nady Road and west of the Medina Road intersection, except the WMA lands lying south of the WhiteRiver Cut Off close when Flood Prone Zone F closes. WMA lands lying west of Tichnor Blacktop Road and Nady Road to the Pendleton Bridge and land lying east of the Arkansas River and south of the White River Cut Off close when Flood Prone H closes.
(L) Mike Freeze/Wattensaw WMA closes when Flood Prone Region D closes.
(M) Whitehall WMA closes when Flood Prone Region A closes.
(N) Shirey Bay/Rainey Brake WMA closes when the Shirey Bay/Rainey
Brake Flood Prone Region closes.
(O) Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek Bottoms WMA closes when Flood Prone Region B closes.
Flood prone region closures can be obtained by calling AGFC toll free and by accessing the AGFC Wildlife Hotline toll free number and by accessing the AGFC website.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
20.22 BIRD DOG TRAINING RESTRICTIONS WITHIN CAMP ROBINSON
03-07 SPECIAL USE AREA. The area is divided into seven public use compartments and registration for Compartments 1-4 and 6-7 is located at the Headquarters Information Station. Compartment 5 has a registration station located at its entrance. It shall be unlawful to train waterfowl retrievers, rabbit dogs (beagles) and bird dogs within the Camp Robinson Special Use Area without a current hunting license or to fail to register prior to participating in the training of waterfowl retrievers, rabbit dogs (beagles) and bird dogs on the area, or to use live ammunition. Dog trainers are not to exceed three (3) days of use per week and not more than two (2) consecutive days in a two week period. Individuals may not possess more than eight (8) dogs on the area at any given time.
EXCEPTION:
(1) Individuals participating in organized field trails need not have a current hunting license.
(2) Training dogs will not exceed three (3) days use per week and not more than two (2) consecutive days in a two week period. Individuals actively participating in an organized field trial are not restricted to possessing eight dogs.
(3) Other dog training or events not listed may be allowed by written permit .
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
20.23 COMPLIANCE WITH CAMP ROBINSON WMA AND FT. CHAFFEE
03-06 WMA POST REGULATIONS REQUIRED. It shall be unlawful to fail to comply with Post Regulations pertaining to the taking or attempting to take fish and wildlife within Camp Robinson WMA and Ft. Chaffee WMA PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
20.24 HUNTING FROM MOTORIZED LAND VEHICLES PROHIBITED ON
04-05 WMAs AND WDAs. It shall be unlawful to take or attempt to take any species of wildlife from a motorized land vehicle on WMAs and WDAs.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Persons having a valid Mobility Impaired Program Card are exempt, to the extent allowed by the Commission's Mobility Impaired Access Policy.
(2) Persons participating in the Choctaw Island WMA Special Mobility Impaired deer hunt.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
20.25 NON-COMPLIANCE WITH TERMS OF PERMIT HUNTS ON WMAs,
10-99 WDAs AND NWRs (NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES) PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful to fail to comply with terms of permit hunts on any WMA, WDAor NWR having said hunts.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
SEASON RESTRICTIONS DURING PERMIT HUNTS ON WMAs.
04-03 It shall be unlawful to take or attempt to take any species of wildlife during
any permit hunts on any WMA, without first obtaining said permit. All other seasons not named on permit are closed during permit hunts on Commission-controlled WMAs.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Waterfowl during the open waterfowl seasons.
(2) On HowardCounty, LakeGreeson, Rick Evans/Grandview Prairie WMAs, all other hunting seasons remain open during permit hunts without said permit.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
20.27 CAMPING RESTRICTIONS ON WMAs. It shall be unlawful to
04-03 camp on Commission owned or leased WMAs during a permit hunt, without first obtaining said permit.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) When camping with a permit holder.
(2) Waterfowl hunters during waterfowl seasons.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
20.28 MOTORIZED VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS ON COMMISSION OWNED,
03-07 LEASED, LICENSED AND COOPERATIVE WMAs. It shall be unlawful to operate any motorized vehicle off any open access road and parking area, behind gated, cabled or earthen barriers, where no road exists, on trails. levees, dams, on any food plot/wildlife opening, firelane, or road which has been disked, seeded, developed for wildlife, or in a direction of travel contrary to posted signs. The use of two-wheeled, three-wheeled or four-wheeled ATV's (all terrain vehicles), dune buggies and amphibious vehicles is prohibited.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) For Commission authorized uses only.
(2) Motorized vehicles or ATVs may be used on Commission ownedlands only by persons having a valid Mobility Impaired Program Card, to the extent allowed by the Commission's Mobility Impaired Access Policy.
(3) Persons participating in the Choctaw Island WMA Special Mobility Impaired deer hunt are allowed to use ATVs in compliance with agency Mobility Impaired access procedures.
(4) Motorized vehicles, except for ATVs on main access roads, may not be used on Big Timber Upland WDA.
(5) ATV’s allowed on existing open access roads and trailways on Gum Flats, Provo, LakeGreeson, HowardCounty, LafayetteCounty, Casey Jones and Big Timber lease land areas.
(6) Motorized vehicles and ATVs allowed on Muddy Creek, Caney Creek and Winona, except on a road, temporary trailway or other areas posted as closed by an earthen mound, gate, sign or other object. Note: Same as U.S. Forest Service forest-wide regulations – Ouachita National Forest.
(7) ATVs allowed on open, maintained roads within Cherokee and Jim Kress WMAs by hunters in possession of a valid leased lands permit for the purposes of ingress and egress to hunting locations and/or camping sites only.
(8) Motorized vehicles and ATVs on Ozark National Forest, White Rock, Piney Creeks, Mt. Magazine, Sylamore and St. Francis National Forest WMAs are allowed only on established access roads and trailways and prohibited on roads and trailways closed by an earthen mound, gate, sign or other object or where no road or trailway exists. Note: Same as U.S. Forest Service forest-wide regulations – Ozark-St. Francis National Forest.
(9) Motorized vehicles and ATVs prohibited within the Hope Upland WMA.
(10) Motorized vehicles and ATVs prohibited from entering the Henry Gray WMA from the north boundary, except persons are exempt to the extent allowed by the Commission’s Mobility Impaired Access Policy.
(11) Persons participating in approved reserved/permitted organized events on the Camp Robinson Special Use Area and persons training waterfowl retrievers in Public Use Compartment 5 in accordance with posted signs .
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
20.29 HORSE AND MULE RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN WMAs.
03-07 Organized events similar to trail rides and horse riding for pleasure are prohibited on Commission-owned, Cherokee and Jim Kress WMAs during the months of October - January, April and May. Permits are required for organized events of more than ten horses or mules per party during the remainder of the year, and a condition of the permit shall stipulate that riders are restricted to established trails or roads. Permits are available at the area headquarters and must be requested 14 days in advance of the event. Horses and mules are allowed only in camping areas that are designated for equestrian use. Horses in camping areas may only be tied to trailers or to a highline using tree saver straps. It shall be unlawful to allow horses or mules to damage trees or other woody vegetation. Soil disturbance must be restored, manure must be scattered and excess feed, hay and any trash must be removed.
EXCEPTION:
(1) Legal hunting activities may use horses and mules during specified hunting seasons.
(2) At night during furbearing season.
(3) Horses and mules are prohibited on the Jardis Point (Desha
County) portion of the Trusten Holder WMA.
(4) Horses and mules are prohibited on the Choctaw Island WMA during any open deer season.
(5) Anyone riding a horse or mule on the Camp Robinson Special Use Area for the purpose of pleasure riding, must first register at the Headquarters Information Station. The Camp Robinson SUA is divided into seven public use compartments and non-reserved/open compartments 1, 3, 4 and 7 are open year round for pleasure riding, except when closed for reserved events. Compartments 2 and 5 are closed for horse and mule riding for pleasure. No permit/reservation is required unless participant is requesting to reserve any of the public use facilities or compartments .
(6) All organized horse and mule events on J.Perry Mikles/Blue Mountain SUA are required to be scheduled/reserved annually by July 1 through the Area Manager. All pleasure riding is restricted to dates when no field trials are being conducted. Annual field trail schedule will be posted at area headquarters .
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00
20.30 HUNTING/CAMPING PROHIBITED ON ELECTRIC ISLAND
04-93 WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA. It shall be unlawful to hunt or kill wildlife, possess firearms or dogs, or to camp or build fires of any sort on Electric Island Nongame Wildlife Management Area.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00
20.31 USE OR POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL OR ILLEGAL CONTROLLED
04-98/04-05 SUBSTANCES PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful to use or possess alcoholic beverages or illegal controlled substanceswhile hunting on Commission-owned, leased or controlled WMA.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00
20.32 HUNTING RESTRICTIONS ON CASEY JONES AND LAFAYETTE
07-00/03-06 COUNTY WILDLIFEMANAGEMENT AREAS . It shall be unlawful to hunt by means of stands, blinds, vehicles, on foot, or any other method within 50 feet from centerline of any gravel road or railroad right-of-way within the Casey Jones and Lafayette County Wildlife Management Areas. It shall also be unlawful to place or leave any stand, blind, vehicle, or other hunting apparatus with the intent of hunting from any of these within 50 feet from centerline of any gravel road or railroad right-of-way within the Casey Jones and Lafayette County Wildlife Management Areas.
PENALTY : $100.00 TO $1,000.00.
20.33 SEASON RESTRICTIONS ON WYLIE COX FIELD TRAIL AREA . It
04-99 shall be unlawful to hunt on the Wylie Cox Field Trial Area.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
20.34 FERAL HOG HUNTING AND TRAPPING RESTRICTIONS ON WMAs
05-03/6-03 AND WDAs . It shall be unlawful to hunt or trap feral hogs on any Wildlife Management Area or Wildlife Demonstration Area other than during an open hunting season or special permit hunt, and subject to the methods allowed for that hunting season or special permit hunt.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Law enforcement officers and employees of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the National Park Service and their designees in performance of their official job duties.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00
20.35 RESTRICTIONS ON ALL NATURAL AREA WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
08-02 AREAS. It shall be unlawful to construct, build, fabricate, install, place, attach or occupy a permanent hunting stand or camp on any of the natural area wildlife management areas. It shall also be unlawful to have a motorized vehicle or horse on any of the natural areas wildlife management areas.
PENALTY: $100.00 to $1,000.00.
20.36 GEOCACHING RESTRICTIONS ON COMMISSION-OWNED
01-07 PROPERTY. It shall be unlawful to establish or maintain a geocache on any Commission-owned property without first obtaining a Commission issued Geocaching Permit and complying with the terms of permit or the following restrictions:
All persons applying for a Commission issued Geocaching Permit must be at least 16 years of age.
2. All Geocaching Permit applications must contain the following information provided by the applicant: name, valid address, telephone number, email address, driver’s licensenumber, the exact GPS location provided by the Commission and any non-Commission website address on which the cache will be posted.
3. All permitted caches must be placed at the location designated by the Commission and must be clearly and permanently marked with the required permit number issued by the Commission.
4. All Geocaching Permit holders failing to renew their permit must notify the Commission in writing if their permit will not be renewed, remove the physical cache from Commission property and remove the cache location from all non-Commission websites or other information source.
5. If a Geocaching Permit holder fails to comply with the terms and condition of the Commission issued Geocaching Permit; or if the permit holder fails to remove a physical cache upon expiration or non-renewal of a Geocaching Permit; or if the geocache has been determined by the Commission to have caused adverse environmental damage, poses a public safety hazard or has caused user group conflicts; then the Commission reserves the right to remove the cache without notice and cancel the Geocaching Permit.
6. Caches may not be buried nor may vegetation or stones be disturbed to place a cache without written approval of the Commission. The use of dead, downed debris to assist in concealing the cache is allowed. The cutting or destruction of living vegetation is prohibited.
7. Metal detectors may not be used in cache searches.
EXCEPTION:
Establishment and maintenance of official geocache locations on Commission-owned property by Commission personnel is allowed without a permit.
PENALTY: $250.00 to $1,000.00