2013 Whitetail Deer Christmas Holiday 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 Christmas Holiday modern gun hunting seasons for those zones.

Deer
Zones: 1; 1A; 9; 14; 15; 16; 16A
Opens: 12/26/2013
Closes: 12/28/2013
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. Bucks and does may be taken.
More: No dogs.

Deer
Zones: 4A; 5A
Opens: 12/26/2013
Closes: 12/28/2013
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: 12/26/2013
Closes: 12/28/2013
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 Whitetail Deer December 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 December muzzleloader hunting seasons for those zones.

Deer
Zones: 9; 16; 16A
Opens: 12/29/2013
Closes: 12/31/2013
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: 12/14/2013
Closes: 12/16/2013
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: 12/29/2013
Closes: 12/31/2013
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.

2013-14 Black Bear Modern Gun Hunting Season

Phillips County is split into three zones (7, 5, and 5A) of which only two have open gun bear seasons.

Bear
Zones: 3; 4; 6; 7
Opens: Closed

Bear
Zones: 5
Opens: 11/30/2013
Closes: 12/8/2013
Shooting Hours: 30 Minutes Before Sunrise Until 30 Minutes After Sunset.
Limits: Season bag limit is one statewide by any method in any zone.
Bear zone 5 has a quota of 10 bears. Hunters must call 800-440-1477 the evening before the hunt to check the harvest number. The season will end the morning after the quota is reached or Dec. 8, whichever comes first.
More: Bait, foodstuffs or the use of any kind of lure to attract bears are not allowed except on private lands in zone 2 from Sept. 1 until Nov. 30.

Bear
Zones: 5A
Opens: 11/23/2013
Closes: 12/8/2013
Shooting Hours: 30 Minutes Before Sunrise Until 30 Minutes After Sunset
Limits: Season bag limit is one statewide by any method in any zone.
Bear zone 5A has a quota of 5 bears.
Hunters must call 800-440-1477 the evening before the hunt to check the harvest number. The season will end the morning after the quota is reached or Dec. 8, whichever comes first.
More: Bait, foodstuffs or the use of any kind of lure to attract bears are not allowed except on private lands in zone 2 from Sept. 1 until Nov. 30.