Rabbit Season Dates and Bag Limits
2025-26 Rabbit Season
Statewide: Sept. 1, 2025-Feb. 28, 2026
Daily limit – 8
Possession limit – 16
- Rabbits may not be hunted with rifles or handguns larger than .22 caliber rimfire or with alternative firearms larger than .40 caliber unless a modern gun or muzzleloading deer season, bear season or coyote season is open.
- Rabbits may not be hunted with shotguns using rifled slugs or shot larger than T shot.
- Up to eight box traps (with interior dimensions up to 8 inches wide and 10 inches tall) may be used.
Due to ongoing outbreaks of Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus (RHDV-2) in other states, hunters can help protect Arkansas’s wildlife resources by voluntarily cleaning rabbits harvested outside of the state and properly disposing of all unwanted parts before returning to Arkansas.