It is unlawful to take or attempt to take any game or
furbearing animal damaging crops or personal property without obtaining a
Depredation Permit, along with a valid hunting license, and complying with the
terms and provisions of the permit. Non-game wildlife, excluding bats,
migratory birds and endangered species, which pose a reasonable threat to
persons or property, may be taken during daylight hours with firearms, or
trapped (Code 17.01), without a Depredation Permit (Addendum G1.01).
EXCEPTIONS:
A.
Nuisance wildlife may be taken by legal methods during any open season on the
species committing damage and in accordance with applicable bag
limits.
B. Property owners or their
designees may use live traps for removal of nuisance wildlife, other than bear
or alligator. Live trapping conducted in incorporated towns or cities must be
in accordance with their local ordinances or statutes. Live captured nuisance
wildlife must be released unharmed outside the municipalities' boundaries
within 24 hours.
C. Nuisance
beaver, muskrat, nutria, coyote, raccoon, opossum, squirrel, and striped skunk
may be taken year-round, using firearms during daylight hours (Code 06.07) only
by landowners or their designees, in any number, on private property where
damage is being committed, or may be trapped and destroyed (Code
17.01).
D. House Sparrows,
Red-Winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Brewers Blackbird, Great-tail Grackle,
Brown Headed Cow Bird, European Starlings, Rock Dove, American Crow and Fish
Crows damaging agricultural crops or personal property may be taken in
accordance with both 50 CFR
21.43 and Code 14.01.
E. Nuisance migratory birds taken in
compliance with a permit issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or in
compliance with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regulations.
F. Bats that have bitten or otherwise
potentially exposed a human, pet or livestock to rabies may be killed provided
that they are submitted to the Arkansas Department of Health for rabies
testing.
PENALTY: Class 1
