Nuisance Wildlife

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Beaver, coyote, muskrat, nutria, striped skunk and nongame wildlife other than migratory birds and endangered species that are causing damage to property may be taken during daylight hours or trapped the entire year. Rodenticides may be used to control mice and rats, but poisons or chemicals may not be used to kill any other animal. English sparrows, blackbirds, starlings and crows committing damage to agriculture crops and personal property may be taken without a permit.

A Depredation Permit is required to trap nuisance game animals other than beaver, muskrat, nutria, coyote and striped skunk outside of the trapping season. A Depredation Permit is required to shoot any nuisance wildlife at night. Landowners or their designees with Depredation Permits may use any trapping method legal for use in the fur-trapping season. Conibear or comparable body-gripping traps with jaw spreads of up to 10 inches may be used inside buildings. Cage-style live traps may be used. Traps set in the outdoors must be marked in accordance with Code 10.07. Firearms may be used at day or night if specifically approved by the Commission employee issuing the Depredation Permit. Depredation Permits may be obtained from Commission Wildlife Officers or Wildlife Biologists. Please contact your nearest Regional office for more information.

I Want to Hire Somebody to Solve My Nuisance Wildlife Problems
Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators  (by county) Updated 12-17-2007
Nuisance Bat Handlers PDF (49kb) - Updated 10-23-2007
Selecting the right company to solve your wildlife-related problem
Before you hire a professional wildlife control operator
Arkansas home inspectors (for general inspections that may help you avoid nuisance wildlife problems in the future)
AGFC Landowner Nuisance Wildlife Registry
Click here to view the Nuisance Wildlife Registry
This registry was developed for landowners with problem furbearers willing to allow licensed trappers or furbearer hunters access to their property during open hunting and trapping seasons in order to take furbearers causing property damage in addition to other valuable species. By placing their names in this registry landowners are not opening their property to all trappers and hunters. People interested in accessing a specific property MUST contact the landowner and obtain their written permission to hunt or trap on that area prior to engaging in this activity.
General Nuisance Wildlife Control Information
Nuisance Bats  PDF (18kb) - Updated 7-06-2006
Bats in and Around Your Home  PDF (463kb)
Nuisance Beavers
Controlling Damage by Giant Canada Geese  PDF (93kb)
How to control specific nuisance wildlife problems
Armadillo	Alabama Extension Service
	Prevention and Control of Wildlife Damage (1994)
Bats	Nuisance Bat Control Powerpoint Presentation (753kb)
	Bats in and Around Your Home  PDF (463kb)
	Nuisance Bats  PDF (18kb) - Updated 7-06-2006
	Nuisance Bat Handlers  PDF (49kb) - Updated Updated 05-21-2007
	Instructional video on removing single bats from living areas of your home
Bears	Encountering Black Bears in Arkansas  PDF (316kb)
Beaver	Dealing with Nuisance Beavers
Cormorants	The Double-crested cormorant: issues and management: http://wildlifecontrol.info/NEWDMC/PDFs/Cormorant.pdf
Deer	Univ of Missouri Extension
	Kansas State Extension
	Cornell Extension
Geese Rutgers Canada Goose Management Series	Exclusion
	Habitat Modification: http://www.rcre.rutgers.edu/pubs/publication.asp?pid=FS1026
	Modify Human Behavior: http://www.rcre.rutgers.edu/pubs/publication.asp?pid=FS1028
	Repellents: http://www.rcre.rutgers.edu/pubs/publication.asp?pid=FS1031
	Harassment: http://www.rcre.rutgers.edu/pubs/publication.asp?pid=FS1032
Mice	University of Missouri Extension: http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore/agguides/wildlife/g09442.htm
	University of Missouri Extension: http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore/agguides/wildlife/g09444.htm
	Kansas State Extension: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/wldlf2/mf1123.pdf
Moles	Iowa State University Extension: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1302B.pdf
Raccoon	Univ. of Mo. Extension: http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore/agguides/wildlife/g09453.htm
	Kansas State Extension: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/wldlf2/L861.pdf
Squirrel	Kansas State Extension: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/wldlf2/L863.pdf
Woodpeckers	Woodpeckers: Damage, Prevention and Control   (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
	Kansas State Extension: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/wldlf2/L866.pdf
Community Nuisance Wildlife Control
Airport Wildlife Hazard Mitigation
Community-based Deer Management: A Practitioners Guide: http://wildlifecontrol.info/NEWDMC/PDFs/DeerGuide.pdf
Managing White-tailed deer in a Suburban Environment: A Technical Guide: http://wildlifecontrol.info/NEWDMC/PDFs/Deer_management_mechs.pdf
Human-Wildlife Conflict Management: A Practitioners Guide http://wildlifecontrol.info/NEWDMC/PDFs/H-W%20Guide.pdf
Nuisance Wildlife Resource Links
Wildlife and Wildlife Pests publications U of Missouri-Columbia
Kansas State University - Wildlife Management Library
Wildlife Control Technology Magazine
The Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management
USDA Wildlife Services Fact Sheets
USDA Wildlife Services Brochures
The Berryman Institute for Wildlife Damage Management
Northeast Wildlife Damage Cooperative

 

 

 

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