Arkansas Game and Fish Commission - Code of Regulations - Section 21
Section 21.00 - Wildlife Management Area Regulations and Seasons
21.01
Deer Seasons and Bag Limit Restrictions
on WMAs.
21.02
Deer
Permit Requirements on Certain WMAs.
21.03
Buck
Deer Restrictions on Certain WMAs.
21.05 Bear Seasons and Bag Limit Restrictions on WMAs.
21.06
Alligator Seasons and Bag Limit Restrictions on WMAs.
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21.01
DEER SEASONS AND BAG LIMIT RESTRICTIONS ON WMAs.
04-07
It shall be unlawful to take, attempt to take or possess deer by any method within WMAs other than as specified herein:
BALD KNOB NWR
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Muzzleloader:
October 13-21, 2007.
Modern Gun (permit hunt):
November 10-11, 2007
.
Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than two bucks (no antler restrictions). No more than two bucks (no antler restrictions) or up to three doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than one buck (no antler restrictions) or one doe may be taken during muzzleloader season (all units). No more than one buck (no antler restrictions)or one doe may be taken during the modern gun quota permit hunt. (Ref. Codes 20.11, 21.02 and 21.03)
BAYOU DES ARC WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Muzzleloader:
October 13-21 and December 29-31, 2007.
Modern Gun (special youth hunt):
November 3-4, 2007
.
Modern Gun
: November 10-December 16 and December 26-28, 2007.
Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to three doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks and no more than two doe may be taken during the muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the modern gun special youth hunt is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer and will count toward the seasonal bag limit. (Ref. Code 06.11)
BAYOU METO WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008 .
Muzzleloader (permit hunt):
October 6-10, 2007.
Modern Gun (permit hunt):
November 3-7, 2007
.
Seasonal bag limit of three(3) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to three doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than one legal buck or one doe may be taken during the muzzleloader permit hunt. No more than one legal buck and one doe may be taken during the modern gun permithunt. (Ref. Codes 21.02 and 21.03)
BEAVER LAKE WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Muzzleloader:
October 13-21 and December 15-17, 2007.
Modern Gun (special youth hunt):
November 3-4, 2007;
Modern Gun:
November 10-18, November 22-December 2 and December 26-28, 2007
.
Seasonal bag limit of two (2) deer; no more than one legal buck. No more than one legal buck or up to two doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than one legal buck may be taken during muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the modern gun special youth hunt is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer and will count toward the seasonal bag limit. (Ref. Code 06.11)
BELL SLOUGH WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Firearms:
Closed.
Seasonal bag limit of two (2) deer; no more than one legal buck. No more than one legal buck or up to two doe may be taken with archery tackle only.
BENSON CREEK NATURAL AREA WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Firearms:
Closed.
Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to three doe may be taken with archery tackle only.
BERYL ANTHONY/LOWER OUACHITA WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Muzzleloader:
October 13-21 and December 29-31, 2007.
Modern Gun (special youth hunt):
November 3-4, 2007
.
Modern Gun:
November 10-December 16 and December 26-28, 2007.
Seasonal bag limit of four (4) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to four doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks and two doe may be taken during muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the modern gun special youth hunt is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer and will count toward the seasonal bag limit. (Ref. Code 06.11)
BIG CREEK WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Muzzleloader:
-October 13-21 and December 15-17, 2007.
Modern Gun (special youth hunt):
November 3-4, 2007.
Modern Gun:
November 10-December 9 and December 26-28, 2007.
Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to three doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks and no more than
one doe may be taken during the muzzleloader and modern gun
seasons. Bag limit during the modern gun special youth hunt is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer and will count toward the seasonal bag limit
. (Ref. Code 06.11)
BIG LAKE NWR
Archery:
November 1-December 31
,
2007.
Firearms:
Closed.
Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than two bucks (no antler restrictions). No more than two bucks (no antler restrictions) or up to three doe may be taken with archery tackle only. (Ref. Codes 20.11 and 21.03)
BIG LAKE WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Muzzleloader:
Closed.
Modern Gun (special youth hunt):
November 3-4, 2007
Modern Gun:
November 10-11, 2007
.
Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to three doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks may be taken during the modern gun season. Bag limit during the modern gun special youth hunt is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer and will count toward the seasonal bag limit. (Ref. Code 06.11)
BIG TIMBER WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Muzzleloader:
October 13-21 and December 15-17, 2007.
Modern Gun (special youth hunt):
November 3-4, 2007
.
Modern Gun:
November 10-December 9 and December 26-28, 2007
.
Seasonal bag limit of four (4) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to four doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks and two doe may be taken during the muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the modern gun special youth hunt is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer and will count toward the seasonal bag limit. (Ref. Codes 06.11 and 20.11)
BLEVINS WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Muzzleloader:
October 13-21 and December 29-31, 2007.
Modern Gun (special youth hunt):
November 3-4, 2007
.
Modern Gun
: November 10-December 16 and December 26-28, 2007.
Seasonal bag limit of four (4) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to four doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks and two doe may be taken during the muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the modern gun special youth hunt is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer and will count toward the seasonal bag limit. (Ref. Code 06.11)
BLUE MOUNTAIN WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Muzzleloader:
October 13-21 and December 15-17, 2007
.
Modern Gun (special youth hunt):
November 3-4, 2007.
Modern Gun:
November 10-18, November 22-December 2 and December 26-28, 2007
.
Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to three doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks and one doe may be taken during the muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. A Blue Mountain WMA doe quota permit is required to harvest a doe during the muzzleloader and modern gun deer seasons. Bag limit during the modern gun special youth hunt is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or doe (a Zone/WMA doe quota permit is not required). This is not a bonus deer and will count toward the seasonal bag limit. (Ref. Codes 06.11 and 21.02)
BREWER LAKE/CYPRESS CREEK WMA
A
rchery/Firearms:
Closed.
BRUSHY CREEK WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008
.
Muzzleloader:
Closed.
Modern Gun (special youth hunt):
November 3-4, 2007.
Modern Gun:
November 10-18, and December 26-28, 2007
. Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to three doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks and one doe may be taken during the modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the modern gun special youth hunt is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer and will count toward the seasonal bag limit. (Ref. Code 06.11)
BUFFALO NATIONAL RIVER WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Muzzleloader:
October 13-21 and December 15-17, 2007.
Modern Gun (special youth hunt):
November 3-4, 2007
Modern Gun:
November 10-18, November 22-December 2 and December 26-28, 2007
.
Seasonal bag limit of two (2) deer; no more than one legal buck. No more than one legal buck or up to two doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than one legal buck may be taken during the muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the modern gun special youth hunt is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer and will count toward the seasonal bag limit. (Ref. Code 06.11)
CACHE RIVER NWR
Archery:
All Units. October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008. Muzzleloader:
All Units. October 13-17, 2007.
Modern Gun:
All Units. November 10-14, 2007.
Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than two bucks (no antler restrictions). No more than two bucks (no antler restrictions) or up to three doe may be taken with archery tackle
(all units)
. No more than one buck (no antler restrictions) or one doe may be taken during muzzleloader season (all units). No more than one buck (no antler restrictions) or one doe may be taken during the modern gun quota permit hunt (all units). (Ref. Codes 20.11, 21.02 and 21.03)
CAMP ROBINSON SUA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Muzzleloader:
Closed.
Modern Gun:
November 3-4, 2007.
Seasonal bag limit of two (2) deer; no more than one legal buck. No more than one legal buck or up to two doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than one legal buck or one doe may be taken during the modern gun permit hunt. (Ref. Code 21.02)
CAMP ROBINSON WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Muzzleloader (permit hunt):
November 17, 2007. November 18, 2007.
Modern Gun (permit hunt):
November 22-23, 2007. November 24-25, 2007.
Seasonal bag limit of two (2) deer; no more than one legal buck. No more than one legal buck or up to two doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than one legal buck and one doe may be taken during the muzzleloader and modern gun permit hunts. (Ref. Code 21.02)
CANEY CREEK WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Muzzleloader:
October 13-21 and December 15-17, 2007.
Modern Gun (special youth hunt):
November 3-4, 2007.
Modern Gun:
November 10-18, November 22-December 2 and December 26-28, 2007
.
Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to three doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks and one doe may be taken during the muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. A Caney Creek WMA doe quota permit is required to harvest a doe during the muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the modern gun special youth hunt is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or doe (a Zone/WMA doe quota permit is not required). This is not a bonus deer and will count toward the seasonal bag limit. (Ref. Codes 06.11 and 21.02)
CASEY JONES WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Muzzleloader:
October 13-21 and December 29-31, 2007.
Modern Gun (special youth hunt):
November 3-4, 2007.
Modern Gun:
November 10-December 16 and December 26-28, 2007.
Seasonal bag limit of four (4) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to four doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks and two doe may be
taken during the muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the modern gun special youth hunt is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer and will count toward the seasonal bag limit.. (Ref. Codes 06.11 and 20.11)
CATTAIL MARSH WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Firearms:
Closed.
Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to three doe may be taken with archery tackle only.
CEDAR CREEK WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Firearms:
Closed.
Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to three doe may be taken with archery tackle only.
CHEROKEE WMA
Archery
: October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Muzzleloader:
October 13-21 and December 15-17, 2007.
Modern Gun (special youth hunt):
November 3-4, 2007
.
Modern Gun:
November 10-18, November 22-December 2 and December 26-28, 2007.
Seasonal bag limit of two (2) deer; no more than one legal buck. No more than one legal buck or up to two doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than one legal buck may be taken during the muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the modern gun special youth hunt is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer and will count toward the seasonal bag limit. (Ref. Codes 06.11 and 20.11)
CHEROKEE PRAIRIE NATURAL AREA WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Firearms:
Closed.
Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to two doe may be taken with archery tackle only.
CHOCTAW ISLAND WMA
Archery:
October 1-December 31, 2007.
Muzzleloader (permit hunt):
October 20-22, 2007.
Modern Gun (mobility impaired permit hunt):
November 3-5, 2007.
Modern Gun (youth permit hunt)
: November 23-25, 2007.
Modern Gun (permit hunt):
December 1-3, 2007.
Seasonal bag limit of four (4) deer; no more than two legal bucks (which may consist of one type A buck and one type B buck or two type B bucks). The combined doe bag limit per person for the archery, muzzleloader and modern gun seasons is two. A doe must be harvested and checked before a legal type A buck may be harvested during any season, except during the modern gun youth
permit hunt. Bag limit during the modern gun yough permit hunt is four deer. Youth are allowed to harvest a type A buck without first harvesting and checking a doe, up to two type B bucks if no type A buck is harvested, and up to two doe. All harvested doe and type B bucks are “Bonus Deer” and do not count toward the statewide bag limit. (Ref. Codes 20.11, 21.02 and 21.03)
COVE CREEK NATURAL AREA WMA
Archery
: October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Firearms
: Closed.
Seasonal bag limit of two (2) deer; no more than one legal buck. No more than one legal buck or up to two doe may be taken with archery tackle only.
CROSSETT EXPERIMENTAL FOREST WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008
Muzzleloader:
October 13-21 and December 29-31, 2007.
Modern Gun:
Closed.
Seasonal bag limit of four (4) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to four doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks and two doe may be taken during the muzzleloader season. (Ref. Code 20.11)
CUT-OFF CREEK WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008
.
Muzzleloader:
October 6-10, 2007.
Modern Gun (permit hunt):
November 3-7, 2007.
Seasonal bag limit of four (4) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to four doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than one legal buck and one doe may be taken during the muzzleloader or modern gun permit hunts. (Ref. Codes 21.02 and 21.03)
CYPRESS BAYOU WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008
.
Muzzleloader:
October 6-8, 2007.
Modern Gun (permit hunt):
November 3-5, 2007.
Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to three doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than one legal buck or one doe may be taken during the muzzleloader or the modern gun permit hunts. (Ref. Code 21.02)
DAGMAR WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008
.
Muzzleloader (permit hunt):
October 13-17, 2007.
Modern Gun (permit hunt):
November 3-7, 2007.
Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to three doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than one legal buck or one doe may be taken during the muzzleloader or the modern gun permit hunts. (Ref. Codes 21.02 and 21.03)
DARDANELLE WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008
.
Johnson County, Horsehead Creek and Bob Young
WRAs: October 1-31, 2007 and February 1-29, 2008.
Muzzleloader:
October 13-21 and December 15-17, 2007.
Modern Gun (special youth hunt):
November 3-4, 2007.
Modern Gun:
November 10-18, November 22 and December 2 and December 26-28, 2007.
Special
Mobility Impaired Permit Hunt:
Johnson CountyWRAonly: November 3-4, 2007.
Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to two doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks may be taken during the muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. No more than two bucks (no antler restrictions) or up to two doe may be taken during the Johnson County WRA Special Mobility Impaired Permit Hunt. Bag limit during the modern gun special youth hunt is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer and will count toward the seasonal bag limit. (Ref. Codes 06.11, 21.02 and 21.03)
DAVE DONALDSON BLACK RIVER WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-January 31, 2008
.
Muzzleloader (permit hunt):
October 13-15, 2007.
Modern Gun:
Closed.
Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to three doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than one legal buck or one doe may be taken during the muzzleloader permit hunt. (Ref. Code 21.02)
DEGRAY LAKE WMA
Archery: October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Muzzleloader (mobility impaired permit hunt): October 29-31, 2007
.
Muzzleloader: October 13-21 and December 15-17, 2007
.
Modern Gun (special youth hunt): November 3-4, 2007
.
Modern Gun: November 10-December 9 and December 26-28, 2007
.
Seasonal bag limit of four (4) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to four doe may be taken by archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks and two doe may be taken during the muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. No more than one buck (no antler restrictions) or one doe may be taken during the muzzleloader mobility impaired permit hunt. Bag limit during the modern gun special youth hunt is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer and will count toward the seasonal bag limit. (Ref. Codes 06.11, 21.02, 21.03
)
.
DEPARTEE CREEK WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008
.
Muzzleloader:
October 13-21 and December 29-31, 2007.
Modern Gun (special youth hunt):
November 3-4, 2007.
Modern Gun:
November 10-December 16 and December 26-28, 2007
.
Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to three doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks and no more than two doe may be taken during the muzzleloader or modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the modern gun special youth hunt is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer and will count toward the seasonal bag limit. (Ref. Code 06.11)
DEVIL’S KNOB NATURAL AREA WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Muzzleloader:
October 13-21 and December 15-17, 2007.
Modern Gun (special youth hunt):
November 3-4, 2007.
Modern Gun:
November 10-18, November 22-December 2 and December 26-28, 2007.
Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to three doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than two legal bucks may be taken during the muzzleloader and modern gun seasons. Bag limit during the modern gun special youth hunt is one deer, buck (no antler restrictions) or doe. This is not a bonus deer and will count toward the seasonal bag limit. (Ref. Code 06.11)
DR. LESTER SITES, III BOIS D’ARC WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Red Slough WRA: October 1-November 9, 2007.
Muzzleloader (permit hunt):
October 8-10, 2007
.
Modern Gun (permit hunt):
November 3-7, 2007
.
Seasonal bag limit of four (4) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to four doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than one legal buck and one doe may be taken during the muzzleloader or modern gun permit hunts. (Ref. Code 21.02)
EARL BUSS BAYOU DEVIEW WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-January 31, 2008.
Firearms:
Closed.
Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to three doe may be taken with archery tackle only.
ED GORDON POINT REMOVE WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008
.
Muzzleloader:
Closed.
Modern Gun (permit hunt):
October 27-28, 2007.
November 3-4, 2007
.
Seasonal bag limit of two (2) deer; no more than one legal buck. No more than one legal buck or up to two doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than one buck (no anter restrictions) and one doe may be taken during the modern gun permit hunts. Doe harvested during the mdern gun permit hunts are bonus deer and do not count against the statewide seasonal bag limit. A doe must be harvested and checked before a buck may be harvested during both modern gun permit hunts. (Ref. Codes 21.02 and 21.03)
ELECTRIC ISLAND WMA
Archery/Firearms:
Closed.
ETHEL WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008
.
Firearms:
Closed.
Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to three doe may be taken with archery tackle only.
FALCON BOTTOMS NATURAL AREA WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Firearms:
Closed.
Seasonal bag limit of four (4) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to four doe may be taken with archery tackle only.
FELSENTHAL NWR
Archery:
October 1, 2007-January 31, 2008.
Muzzleloader (permit hunt):
October 12-13, 2007.
Modern Gun (permit hunt):
November 2-3 and November 9-10, 2007.
Seasonal bag limit of four (4) deer; no more than two bucks (no antler restrictions). No more than two bucks (no antler restrictions) or up to two doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than one buck (no antler restrictions) and one doe may be taken during muzzleloader quota permit hunt. No more than one buck (no antler restrictions) and one doe may be taken during the modern gun quota permit hunt. (Ref. Codes 20.11, 21.02 and 21.03)
FT. CHAFFEE WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008
.
Muzzleloader (permit hunt):
November 24, 2007. November 25, 2007.
Modern Gun (permit hunt):
November 17, 2007.
Modern Gun (permit hunt)
: November 18, 2007.
Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to two doe may be taken with archery tackle. No more than one legal buck or one doe may be taken during them muzzleloader or modern gun permit hunts. (Ref. Code 21.02)
FROG BAYOU WMA
Archery
: October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008.
Firearms
: Closed.
Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to two doe may be taken with archery tackle only.
GALLA CREEK WMA
Archery:
October 1, 2007-February 29, 2008
.
Muzzleloader:
Closed.
Modern Gun (youth permit hunt):
October 20-21, 2007.
Seasonal bag limit of three (3) deer; no more than two legal bucks. No mor