Approved On: May 18, 2023
Effective On: May 29, 2023
It is unlawful to:
- Hunt feral hogs on WMAs;
- Hunt feral hogs on WMAs by the use of dogs or trapping; or
- Possess or release live hogs on WMAs.
EXCEPTIONS:
- Feral hogs may only be taken by a hunter who is hunting bear, deer, or elk during a firearm season for these big game species with a weapon legal for bear, deer, or elk firearm season and in compliance with all hunting license and permit requirements, on the following WMAs and NWRs:
- Bearcat Hollow WMA,
- Beaver Lake WMA,
- Beryl Anthony Lower Ouachita WMA,
- Big Lake WMA,
- Big Timber WMA,
- Blevins WMA,
- Blue Mountain WMA,
- Buck Island WMA,
- Buffalo National River WMA,
- Camp Robinson WMA,
- Camp Robinson SUA,
- Caney Creek WMA,
- Casey Jones WMA,
- Cherokee WMA,
- Crossett Experimental Forest WMA,
- Cut-Off Creek WMA,
- Dardanelle WMA,
- DeGray Lake WMA,
- Departee Creek WMA,
- DeQueen Lake WMA,
- Devil’s Knob Natural Area WMA,
- Dr. Lester Sitzes III Bois D’Arc WMA,
- Ed Gordon Point Remove WMA,
- Freddie Black Choctaw Island Deer Research Area,
- Ft. Chaffee WMA,
- Galla Creek WMA,
- Gene Rush WMA,
- George H. Dunklin Jr. Bayou Meto WMA,
- Greers Ferry Lake WMA,
- Gum Flats WMA,
- Harold E. Alexander Spring River WMA,
- Henry Gray Hurricane Lake WMA,
- Hope Upland WMA,
- Howard County WMA,
- J. Perry Mikles Blue Mountain SUA,
- Jack Mountain WMA,
- Jamestown Independence County WMA,
- Jim Kress WMA,
- Jones Point WMA,
- Lafayette County WMA,
- Lake Greeson WMA,
- Lee Creek WMA,
- Little Bayou WMA,
- Little Rive WMAr,
- Loafer’s Glory WMA,
- McIIroy Madison County WMA,
- Moro Big Pine Natural Area WMA,
- Mt. Magazine WMA,
- Muddy Creek WMA,
- Nimrod Lloyd Millwood WMA,
- Norfork Lake WMA,
- Ozan WMA,
- Ozark Lake WMA,
- RESERVED
- Petit Jean River WMA,
- Piney Creeks WMA,
- Poison Springs WMA,
- Provo WMA,
- RaineyWMA,
- Scott Henderson Gulf Mountain WMA,
- Seven Devils WMA,
- Shirey Bay Rainey Brake WMA,
- Spring Bank WMA,
- St. Francis National Forest WMA,
- St. Francis Sunken Lands WMA,
- Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek Bottoms WMA,
- Sulphur River WMA,
- Sylamore WMA,
- Trusten Holder WMA,
- U of A Pine Tree Experimental Station WDA,
- Village Creek WMA,
- Wedington WMA,
- White Rock WMA, and
- Winona WMA;
- Bald Knob NWR,
- Big Lake NWR,
- Dale BumpersWhite River NWR,
- Felsenthal NWR,
- Overflow NWR,
- Pond Creek NWR, and
- Wapanocca NWR.
- Feral hogs may be taken on a WMA by a legal archery hunter only during the portion of an open bear, deer, or elk archery season on that WMA that falls in the month of November or December.
- Hot Springs State Forest WMA.
PENALTIES:
For violation of (A) or (B): Class 3
For violation of (C): Class 4