River Otter
Zones: Statewide
Opens: 11/9/2013 Sunrise
Closes: 2/28/2014 Sunset
Shooting Hours: 30 Minutes Before Sunrise Until 30 Minutes After Sunset
Limits: Daily limit is 2 per day. No possession limit.
More: Day hunting only.
I grew up hunting and fishing and though I don't get out and go as much as I used to I still love the idea. Hunting used to be more than just a hunt for me as often it meant food on the table if I could bag a squirrel or a rabbit. I still like the small game hunting .
October 26, 2013
2013-2014 Furbearer River Otter Hunting Season
2013 Whitetail Deer Modern Gun Hunting Season
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has Phillips County split into four zones which are 4A, 5A, 9, and 17. Here are the modern gun hunting seasons for those zones.
Deer
Zones: 4A; 5A
Opens: 11/9/2013
Closes: 12/8/2013
Shooting Hours: 30 Minutes Before Sunrise Until 30 Minutes After Sunset
Limits: Seasonal Statewide Bag Limit: Six deer, no more than two legal bucks.
Zone Limit: Three deer, no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to two does may be taken during muzzleloader and modern gun seasons combined.
More: Does may be taken the entire modern gun season.
No dogs.
Deer
Zones: 9
Opens: 11/9/2013
Closes: 12/15/2013
Shooting Hours: 30 Minutes Before Sunrise Until 30 Minutes After Sunset
Limits: Seasonal Statewide Bag Limit: Six deer, no more than two legal bucks.
Zone Limit: Four deer, no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to two does may be taken during muzzleloader and modern gun seasons combined.
More: Does may be taken the entire modern gun season.
No dogs.
Deer
Zones: 17
Opens: 11/9/2013
Closes: 12/25/2013
Shooting Hours: 30 Minutes Before Sunrise Until 30 Minutes After Sunset
Limits: Seasonal Statewide Bag Limit: Six deer, no more than two legal bucks.
Zone Limit: Six deer, no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks and up to six does may be taken during muzzleloader and modern gun seasons combined.
More: Does may be taken the entire Modern Gun season.
Dogs are allowed Nov. 9-Dec. 25.
October 18, 2013
2013-2014 Small Game Quail Hunting Season
Quail
Zones: Statewide
Opens: 11/1/2013
Closes: 2/2/2014
Shooting Hours: 30 Minutes Before Sunrise Until 30 Minutes After Sunset
Limits: Daily limit is 6. Possession limit is 12.
More: While training bird dogs, you may use handguns or shotguns with blank ammunition. Pen-raised quail may be taken with a Shoot-To-Kill Bird Dog Field Training Permit. This permit is available from your local wildlife officer.
October 15, 2013
2013 Whitetail Deer November Special Youth Modern Gun Hunting Season
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has Phillips County split into four zones which are 4A, 5A, 9, and 17. Here are the November Special Youth Modern Gun hunting seasons for those zones.
Deer
Zones: 1; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 16A; 17; 1A; 2; 3; 4; 4A; 4B; 5; 5A; 5B; 6; 6A; 7; 8; 8A; 9
Opens: 11/2/2013
Closes: 11/3/2013
Shooting Hours: 30 Minutes Before Sunrise Until 30 Minutes After Sunset
Limits: Only youths 6 to 15 years old may harvest deer during the special youth modern gun deer hunt (see exceptions below).
Youths who have completed hunter education must be accompanied by an adult at least 18 years old.
Youths who have not completed hunter education must be under the direct supervision of an adult at least 21.
Youths may harvest the modern gun limit of bucks and does for the zone they are hunting during the youth hunt. (NOTE: Antler-point restrictions for bucks do not apply to youth hunters any time during this hunt or the rest of deer season.)
All deer harvested count toward the youth’s seasonal bag limit.
No dogs.
More:
Exceptions: Bowhunters may hunt during the youth hunt, but must wear hunter orange; WMAs with permit-based deer hunts are closed to the Special Youth Modern Gun Deer Hunt.
October 2, 2013
2013-2014 Woodcock Migratory Bird Hunting Season
Woodcock Hunting Season
Opens: 11/2/2013
Closes: 12/16/2013
Shooting Hours: 30 Minutes Before Sunrise Until Sunset
Limits: Daily limit is 3. Possession limit is 6.
October 1, 2013
2013 Whitetail Deer October Muzzleloader Hunting Season
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has Phillips County split into four zones which are 4A, 5A, 9, and 17. Here are the October muzzleloader hunting seasons for those zones.
Deer
Zones: 1; 1A; 9; 14; 15; 16; 16A
Opens: 10/19/2013
Closes: 10/27/2013
Shooting Hours: 30 Minutes Before Sunrise Until 30 Minutes After Sunset
Limits: Seasonal Statewide Bag Limit: Six deer, no more than two legal bucks.
Zone Limit: Four deer, no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks and up to two does may be taken during muzzleloader and modern gun seasons combined.
More: No dogs.
Deer
Zones: 4A; 5A
Opens: 10/19/2013
Closes: 10/27/2013
Shooting Hours: 30 Minutes Before Sunrise Until 30 Minutes After Sunset
Limits: Seasonal Statewide Bag Limit: Six deer, no more than two legal bucks.
Zone Limit: Three deer, no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to two does may be taken during muzzleloader and modern gun seasons combined.
More: No dogs.
Deer
Zones: 12; 17
Opens: 10/19/2013
Closes: 10/27/2013
Shooting Hours: 30 Minutes Before Sunrise Until 30 Minutes After Sunset
Limits: Seasonal Statewide Bag Limit: Six deer, no more than two legal bucks.
Zone Limit: Six deer, no more than two legal bucks. No more than two legal bucks or up to six does may be taken during muzzleloader and modern gun seasons combined.
More: No dogs.
2013-2014 Common Snipe Early Migratory Bird Hunting Season
Snipe
Opens: 11/1/2013
Closes: 2/15/2014
Shooting Hours: 30 Minutes Before Sunrise Until Sunset
Limits: Daily Limit is 8. Possession Limit is 16.