Ozark Lake WMA

Zone	County
500	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian

Zone

County

500

Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian

CWD Zone

Dogs Allowed (during a specific portion of deer season)

Acres: 7,834

2026-27 Closed Seasons

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.
Deer Alternative Firearms: Oct. 17-25.
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 14-Dec. 6 (dogs allowed except on islands) and Dec. 26-28 (no dogs).
Deer Modern Gun Youth Hunts: Nov. 7-8 and Jan. 2-3 (no dogs).

WMA Deer Bag Limit: Three deer, no more than two antlered bucks (no antler restrictions), which may include:

Two antlered bucks with archery, alternative firearms or modern gun,
Three antlerless deer with archery,
One antlerless deer with alternative firearms or modern gun combined,
Nonresidents hunting deer with dogs are limited to one deer during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season.

Deer Notes:

Dogs allowed except on islands.

2026-27 Dove

Sept. 5-Oct. 25, 2026 and Dec. 8, 2026-Jan. 15, 2027

Mourning Dove and White-Winged Dove
Daily Limit – 15, possession Limit – 45

Eurasian Collared-Dove
No daily or possession limit
Eurasian Collared Doves must remain fully feathered in the field and while being transported from the field.

Dove Notes: The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission prepares a few fields each year for the opening weekend of dove season so the public has a place to enjoy this exciting form of wingshooting. Dove fields on WMAs are available on a first-come, first-served basis. WMA acreage put into dove fields is relatively small because most hunters only pursue doves the first few days of the season. However, after opening weekend of dove season, many wildlife species feed in the fields, particularly those that were top sown with winter wheat.

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.
Bear Alternative Firearms: Oct. 17-25.
Bear Modern Gun: Nov. 14-30.
Bear Modern Gun Youth Hunt: Nov. 7-8.

2027 Turkey

Youth Hunt: April 10-11. One legal turkey.
Firearms Hunt: April 19-May 9. One legal turkey.

2025-26 Waterfowl

Waterfowl Notes:

Waterfowl hunting is allowed 30 minutes before sunrise until sunset during waterfowl season.
Dyer Lake waterfowl units hunting ends at noon, except hunting is allowed 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset on the last day of the regular duck season and during Special Youth Hunts/Veterans and Active-Duty Military Hunts. Waterfowl hunting in Dyer Lake units allowed only on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

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.
The WMA boundary includes lands within the Corps of Engineers boundary including islands and shoreline acreage.
Additional COE regulations apply. Contact COE, 479-968-5008.

Ownership

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Phone

833-356-0871