002.01.24 Ark. Code R. 044 - 05.10 Depredation Permit Requirement

It is unlawful to take or attempt to take nuisance wildlife except in accordance with the restrictions below:

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. Non-game wildlife, excluding bats, migratory birds, and endangered species may be taken during daylight hours with firearms, or trapped (Code 17.01).

C. Property owners or their designees may use live traps for removal of nuisance wildlife, other than alligator, bear, birds, deer or elk. 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 within 24 hours outside the municipality's boundaries on private land with landowner permission in the county of capture or adjacent to the county of capture.

D. 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).

E. House Sparrows, European Starlings, Rock Doves, and Egyptian Geese may be taken at any time in accordance with Code 14.01.

F. Red-Winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Brewers Blackbird, Great-tailed Grackle, Brown-Headed Cowbird, American Crow and Fish Crows damaging agricultural crops or personal property may be taken in accordance with both 50 CFR 21.50 and Code 14.01.

G. 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.

H. 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.

I. Wildlife may be taken with a Depredation Permit issued by the Commission, along with a valid hunting license, in accordance with the terms and provisions of the perit (Addendum G1.01).

J. Wildlife may be taken with a Predator Control Permit issued by the Commission, along with a valid hunting license, in accordance with the terms and provisions of the permit (Code 05.28).

PENALTY: Class 1

Notes

002.01.24 Ark. Code R. 044

Adopted by Arkansas Register Volume 49, Number 06, Effective 7/1/2024