002.01.20 Ark. Code R. § 080 - 20.02 Firearms Restrictions on WMAs
A. It is unlawful to possess buckshot, rifled
slugs, centerfire firearms, or rimfire firearms larger than .22 caliber on WMAs
other than during open modern gun deer, bear, or elk seasons and in compliance
with Codes 06.02, 06.09, 06.10.
B.
It is unlawful to possess muzzleloaders larger than .40 caliber on any WMA
other than during an open muzzleloader or modern gun deer, bear, or elk seasons
and in compliance with Code 06.03.
WMA SPECIFIC RESTRICTIONS:
A. All Commission-owned WMAs, Blue Mountain
WMA, Camp Robinson WMA, Dardanelle WMA, J. Perry Mikles Blue Mountain SUA,
Nimrod Lloyd Millwood WMA, Ozark Lake WMA, and all USDA Forest Service lands
including WMAs lying within the Ouachita National Forest and the St.
Francis/Ozark National Forest - bobcat, fox, and coyote may be taken during
daylight hours with firearms of any caliber during bobcat, fox, and coyote
seasons.
B. Beaver Lake, Big Lake,
Brushy Creek,Dave Donaldson Black River, Frierson, Holland Bottoms, St. Francis
Sunken Lands, Shirey Bay Rainey Brake, U of A Pine Tree Experimental Station,
W.E. Brewer Scatter Creek, and Wedington WMAs - only shotguns with slugs (no
buckshot allowed)or muzzleloading rifles (in compliance with Code 06.03)
shooting a single projectile only during modern gun season.
C. Trusten Holder WMA - within the boundaries
of the Arkansas Post National Memorial buffer zone, discharge of any firearm is
prohibited. No rifles are allowed on that part of Trusten Holder, including all
Corps of Engineers lands, lying north and east of the centerline of the
Arkansas River which fall within the area that lies east of Pendleton Bridge to
just south of Dam 2 and those lands west of Tichnor Blacktop and Nady
Road.
D. Big Lake WMA - it is
unlawful to transport firearms in that portion of Ditch 28 on the Big Lake WMA
without firearms being dismantled or encased.
E. Lafayette County WMA - no
buckshot.
F. Bell Slough WMA -
shotguns, muzzleloader or rimfire rifles only.
G. Johnson County WRA on Dardanelle WMA -
muzzleloaders shooting a single projectile or shotguns with slugs
only.
H. DeGray Lake WMA - within
the boundaries of the Lower DeGray Lake Waterfowl Rest Area, all firearms and
archery equipment are prohibited except by permitted participants of special
hunts and archery equipment used for bowfishing.
I. Greers Ferry WMA - muzzleloaders are
allowed during the mobility-impaired deer permit hunt.
J. The farm units within Bald Knob, Cache
River, and Wapanocca NWRs - muzzleloaders shooting a single projectile,
shotguns with slugs (no buckshot allowed) or legal handguns only.
K. Maumelle River WMA - shotguns using legal,
non-toxic ammunition may be used to take squirrel, rabbit, furbearer, quail,
crow, dove as designated on the public use map in compliance with Code 23.03.
L. DeQueen Lake WMA - all property
lying south of Bellah Mine Road (excluding property contained within the
boundaries of the Dike C Firearms Unit and Jordan Tract Firearms Unit) -
firearms are not allowed. All COE Recreational Areas are closed to hunting.
Refer to COE\AGFC Public Use Map.
M. RESERVED.
EXCEPTIONS:
A. Private
landowners within boundaries of WMAs where they maintain a bona fide residence,
within their homes or on their own land where normal agricultural activity is
conducted.
B. Trusten Holder WMA
mobility impaired muzzleloader deer hunters may use shotguns with
slugs.
C. DeGray Lake WMA special
hunt permit holders may possess loaded firearms within the delineated
boundaries of the Lower DeGray Lake Waterfowl Rest Area during the special
hunts.
D. In compliance with Code
05.19.
PENALTY: Class 1
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