Nuisance Wildlife

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.

Live traps: Nuisance animals may also be removed by landowners (or their designees) at any time without a Depredation Permit with the use of live traps. Trapping in towns must be in compliance with municipal ordinances. Live-trapped wildlife must be released unharmed outside the municipality’s boundaries within 24 hours. Live traps must have the trapper’s name and address or his vehicle operator ’s license number or the current vehicle license number registered to the trap user.

I Want to Hire Somebody to Solve My Nuisance Wildlife Problems
Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators Nuisance Bat Handlers 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
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    Bats in and Around Your Home   Nuisance Beavers Feral Hogs Controlling Damage by Giant Canada Geese
How to control specific nuisance wildlife problems
Armadillo	Alabama Cooperative Extension System Prevention and Control of Wildlife Damage
Bats	Nuisance Bat Control Presentation   Bats in and Around Your Home Nuisance Bats   Nuisance Bat Handlers Instructional video on removing single bats from living areas of your home
Bears	Encountering Black Bears in Arkansas
Beaver	Dealing with Nuisance Beavers
Cormorants	The Double-crested cormorant: issues and management
Coyote	Urban coyote problems
Deer	Univ of Missouri Extension Kansas State Extension Cornell Extension
Geese Rutgers Canada Goose Management Series	Exclusion Habitat Modification Modify Human Behavior Repellents Harassment
Mice	University of Missouri Extension University of Missouri Extension Kansas State Extension
Moles	Iowa State University Extension
Raccoon	Univ. of Mo. Extension Kansas State Extension
Skunk	University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Squirrel	Kansas State Extension
Woodpeckers	Woodpeckers: Damage, Prevention and Control   (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) Kansas State Extension
Community Nuisance Wildlife Control
Airport Wildlife Hazard Mitigation Community-based Deer Management: A Practitioners Guide Managing White-tailed deer in a Suburban Environment: A Technical Guide
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