Maumelle River WMA

Three-point rule

Special Firearms Restrictions

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Acres: 8,208

2026-27 Closed Seasons

• Deer firearms
• Bear firearms
• Furbearer trapping
• Alligator

2026-27 Crow

Sept. 3, 2026-Feb. 21, 2027. Open Thursdays through Mondays only. No limit.

2026-27 Deer

Deer Archery: Aug. 29-31 (one antlered buck only); Sept. 26-Feb. 28.

WMA Deer Bag Limit: Three deer, no more than two antlered bucks (3-Point Rule applies), which may include:

• Two antlered bucks with archery,
• Three antlerless deer with archery.

2026-27 Quail

Nov. 1, 2026-Feb. 7, 2027. Daily limit – 6

2026-27 Rabbit

Sept. 1, 2026-Feb. 28, 2027. Daily limit – 8

2026-27 Squirrel

May 15, 2026-Feb. 28, 2027. Dogs allowed. Daily limit – 12

2026 Bear

Bear Archery: Sept. 9-Nov. 30.

2027 Turkey

Turkey Youth Hunt (permit required): April 10-11. One legal turkey.
Turkey Firearms (permit required): April 19-21, April 24-26, May 1-3 and May 7-9. One legal turkey.

Area Notes

• Free georeferenced maps are available for this WMA and others at https://apps.agfc.com/maps/. These maps are frequently updated and include features such as parking, types of road and land boundaries.
• Camping is prohibited.
• Horses and mules are prohibited without a special permit from Central Arkansas Water.
• Shotguns using legal, non-toxic ammunition are required to take small game, turkey and furbearers.
• Additional land use maps available at https://carkw.com/lake-maumelle/.

Ownership

Central Arkansas Waterworks

Phone

833-356-0933