2017 Season dates and regulation changes

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Brent Bryant
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2017 Season dates and regulation changes

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From the AGFC website:

Commissioners with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission approved changes to Arkansas’s Nonresident Waterfowl Wildlife Management Area Permit at today’s regularly scheduled meeting in Jonesboro. The changes are an attempt to provide additional hunting opportunity to residents during waterfowl season on AGFC-controlled public lands.

With the changes, the annual Nonresident Waterfowl WMA Permit has been eliminated, leaving only the 5-day permit as a purchasing option for nonresidents who wish to hunt a WMA for waterfowl. The five-day permit is specific to a single WMA, which the buyer will choose at the time of purchase.

Nonresidents will be allowed to purchase six such permits per waterfowl season, and the price has been increased from $25 to $30.50.

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Waterfowl Seasons and Bag Limits
Duck, Coot and Merganser
Nov. 18-26, 2017
Dec. 7-23, 2017
Dec. 26, 2017-Jan. 28, 2018

Duck daily bag limit – 6, which may include no more than 4 mallards (2 hens), 3 scaup, 3 wood ducks, 1 pintail, 2 redheads, 1 canvasback, 1 black duck,1 mottled duck. If not listed, up to 6 ducks of a species (including teal) may be taken.

Coot daily bag limit – 15.

Merganser daily bag limit – 5, which may include no more than 2 hooded mergansers.

Possession limit for ducks, coots and mergansers is three times the daily bag limit.
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Special Youth Waterfowl Hunt
Dec. 2, 2017 and Feb. 3, 2018

On these days, youths 15 and younger may harvest ducks, geese, coots and mergansers. Youths who have completed a hunter education course must be accompanied by a mentor 18 or older. Youths who have not completed a hunter education course must be accompanied by a mentor 21 or older. Mentors may not hunt, but may call waterfowl. Shooting hours and bag limits are the same as the regular duck and goose seasons. Youth hunters can hunt on wildlife management areas 30 minutes before sunrise until sunset these two days. General WMA hunter use permits are not required for youth hunters.
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White-fronted Goose
Nov. 15-Dec. 1, 2017
Dec. 3, 2017-Jan. 28, 2018

Daily bag limit – 3

Possession limit – 9
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Canada Goose
Nov. 15-Dec. 1, 2017
Dec. 3, 2017-Jan. 28, 2018

Daily bag limit – 2

Possession limit – 6
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Snow, Blue and Ross’s Goose
Nov. 15-Dec. 1, 2017
Dec. 3, 2017-Jan. 28, 2018

Daily bag limit – 20

No possession limit
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Light Goose Conservation Order
Oct. 7-Nov. 14, 2017
Jan. 29-Feb. 2, 2018
Feb. 4-April 25, 2018

No daily bag or possession limit
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