ARKANSAS
- Arkansas Game & Fish Foundation
(501) 223-6300
www.agfc.com/hunting_ol.html
Hunting license requirements:
Cost of license:
About Hunter Education:
http://www.agfc.com/education-class/hunter-education.aspx
Hunter
Harassment Law: ARKANSAS CODE OF 1987 ANNOTATED TITLE 5.
CRIMINAL OFFENSES SUBTITLE 6. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, OR WELFARE
CHAPTER 71. RIOTS, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, ETC. SUBCHAPTER 2. OFFENSES GENERALLY
5-71-228 Obstruction of shooting, hunting, fishing, or trapping activities.
(a) It is unlawful for any person to willfully obstruct or impede the
participation of any individual in the lawful activity of shooting, hunting,
fishing, or trapping in this state. Provided, that nothing in this section shall
prohibit a landowner or lessee from exercising his or her lawful right to
prohibit hunting, fishing, or trapping on his or her land, or from exercising
any other legal right.
(b) (1) A court of general jurisdiction may enjoin conduct which would be in
violation of subsection (a) of this section upon petition by a person affected
or who reasonably may be affected by such conduct, upon a showing that such
conduct is threatened or that it has occurred on a particular premises in the
past and that it is not unreasonable to expect that under similar circumstances
it will be repeated.
(2) (A) A court of general jurisdiction may award damages to any person
adversely affected by a violation of subsection (a) of this section which may
include an award for punitive damages.
(B) In addition to other items of special damage, measure of damages may include
expenditures of the affected person for license and permit fees, travel, guides,
special equipment, and supplies, to the extent that such expenditures were
rendered futile by prevention of taking of a wild animal or fish.
(c) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not
less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500),
or imprisonment for not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both, and if such person
holds an Arkansas hunting, fishing, or trapping license at the time of
conviction, such license shall be revoked.
(d) This section shall not prevent any wildlife officer or other law enforcement
officer from performing his or her duties.
History. Acts 1991, No. 149, §§ 1-4.
Orange
requirement: It
shall be unlawful to hunt any wildlife, or to accompany or assist anyone in
hunting wildlife, during a gun or muzzle-loading deer season without wearing an
outer garment above the waistline, of daylight fluorescent blaze orange (Hunter
Orange) within the color range of 595nm - color range of 555nm - 565nm (Hunter
Safety Green) totaling at least 400 square inches, and a fluorescent blaze
orange or fluorescent chartreuse head garment must be visibly worn on the head.
EXCEPTIONS: (1) While migratory bird hunting. (2) While hunting in areas in
which hunting of deer with guns is prohibited. PENALTY: $50.00 to $1,000.00.
Hunting Seasons
