Arkansas CWD Regulations

Due to the regular amending of regulations in Arkansas, it is recommended that before hunting you check these CWD regulations, as well as those of any other states or provinces in which you will be hunting or traveling through while transporting cervid carcasses. The contact information for Arkansas can be seen below:

Last update was October 2021

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[accordion tag=h3][accordion-item title="Agency & Contacts" id=Agency-Contacts]Game and Fish Commission regulates imports relating to wildlife, Livestock & Poultry Commission regulates imports relating to livestock. A Memorandum of Agreement between the two agencies delegates final permitting authority to Game and Fish. Contact: Dr. Jenn Ballard, AG&FC 501-223-6366; jennifer.ballard@agfc.ar.gov[/accordion-item][accordion-item title="Standard Regulations" id=Standard-Regulations]09/26/02: Total ban on importation of live cervids. 4/18/13: Restrictions on importation of cervid carcasses from all locations outside of Arkansas. CWD-related Widlife/Hunting Regulations available at https://www.agfc.com/en/hunting/big-game/deer/cwd/cwd-regulations/. [/accordion-item][accordion-item title="CWD Regulations for Captive Cervids and Wildlife"]09/26/02: Total ban on importation of live cervids.[/accordion-item][accordion-item title="New CWD Regulations in Development"]A 2021-2025 CWD Management and Responce Plan was approved and is available at: https://www.agfc.com/en/hunting/big-game/deer/cwd/. [/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="CWD Testing Program For Captive Cervids"]All captive cervids that die from illness, slaughter, hunting or any other cause shall be reported within 24 hours and submitted for CWD testing.[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="CWD Testing Program For Wildlife"]CWD was identified in February 2016 in both white-tailed deer and elk populations. Spatial distribution and apparent prevalance monitoring continue inside the CWD Management Zone. Drop off containers for free CWD testing are available statewide for voluntary testing of white-tailed deer. Mandatory CWD testing for hunter harvested elk. [/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="Baiting Banned?"] Baiting is seasonally restricted inside the CWD Management Zone. Baiting is Not allowed on public land statewide. Private land baiting outside of the management zone is unrestricted.[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="Feeding Banned?"]Feeding of wildlife is banned inside the CWD Management Zone and on public land statewide. Feeding of wildlife on private land is unrestricted outside of the CWD Management Zone.[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="Ban On Movement of Animal Parts?"]Not allowed to import, transport or possess any portion of a cervid carcass from any area outside the boundaries of Arkansas except: antlers and/ or antlers attached to clean skull plates or cleaned skulls (where No meat or tissues are attached to skull), meat with bones removed, cleaned teeth, finished taxidermy products, hides, and tanned products. Regulation also applies to any cervid taken from a captive facility or from within any enclosure regardless of state. Regulations also to carcasses of deer/elk harvested from within the state's CWD Management Zone.[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="CWD Found in Captive Cervids?"]No[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="CWD Found In Free Ranging Cervids?"]Yes, elk and White-tailed deer[/accordion-item] [/accordion]

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