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Dardanelle WMA

Zone County
160 Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Pope, Yell

CWD Zone

Dogs Allowed (during a specific portion of deer season)

Waterfowl Hunting Ends at Noon

Acres: 42,500

2024-25 Closed Seasons

  • Bear
  • Alligator

2024-25 Crow

Sept. 1, 2024-Feb. 17, 2025. Open Thursdays through Mondays only. No limit.

2024-25 Deer

Deer Archery: Sept. 28-Feb. 28.
Johnson County Waterfowl Rest Area: Sept. 28-Oct. 31 and Feb. 16-28.
Deer Alternative Firearms: Oct. 19-27 and 14-16.
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 9-Dec. 1 (dogs alowed except on islands) and Dec. 26-28 (no dogs).
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 2-3 and Jan. 4-5 (no dogs).
Deer Special Modern Gun Mobility Impaired (permit hunt): Johnson County Waterfowl-Rest Area only: Nov. 5-7. Five permits for Johnson County WRA (no dogs). Call Corps of Engineers, 479-968-5008. Shotguns with slugs or muzzleloader shooting a single projectile may be used.

WMA Deer Bag Limit: Four deer, no more than two antlered bucks, which may include:

  • Two antlered bucks with archery, alternative firearms or modern gun,
  • Four antlerless with archery.
  • One antlerless with alternative firearms or modern gun.
  • During youth hunt, youths may take three deer, two antlered bucks and one antlerless.
  • During mobility-impaired hunt, mobility-impaired hunters may take two deer, two antlered bucks or two antlerless with permit.

Deer Notes:

  • No antler restriction.

2024-25 Dove

Sept. 7-Oct. 27, 2024 and Dec. 8, 2024-Jan. 15, 2025

Mourning Dove and White-Winged Dove 
Daily Limit – 15, possession Limit – 45

Eurasian Collared-Dove
No daily or possession limit
Eurasian Collared Doves must remain fully feathered in the field and while being transported from the field.Dove Notes:The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission prepares a few fields each year for the opening weekend of dove season so the public has a place to enjoy this exciting form of wingshooting.

Dove fields on WMAs are available on a first-come, first-served basis. WMA acreage put into dove fields is relatively small because most hunters only pursue doves the first few days of the season. However, after opening weekend of dove season, many wildlife species feed in the fields, particularly those that were topsown with winter wheat.

2024-25 Quail

Nov. 1, 2024-Feb. 2, 2025. Daily limit – 6, possession limit – 12.

2024-25 Rabbit

Sept. 1, 2024-Feb. 28, 2025. Daily limit – 8, possession limit – 16.

2024-25 Squirrel

May 15, 2024-Feb. 28, 2025. Dogs allowed. Daily limit – 12, possession limit – 48.

2024-25 Waterfowl

Waterfowl Notes:

  • Waterfowl hunting is not allowed on that part of Big Spadra and Little Spadra creeks north of the railroad, east of Crawford Street, south of
    I-40 and west of Arkansas Highway 103.
  • Waterfowl hunting is allowed 30 minutes before sunrise until sunset during the waterfowl season. Waterfowl hunting ends at noon on the McKennon Bottoms and the Potter’s Pothole Units, although hunting is allowed 30 minutes before sunrise until sunset Jan. 31 and during the Special Youth Waterfowl Hunts (Feb. 8-9) and Veterans/Active-Duty Military Hunt (Feb. 9).
  • Dogs and firearms or trapping devices are not allowed on Johnson County Waterfowl Rest Area. Access on Johnson County WRA on Nov. 5-7 is limited to
    Mobility-Impaired Permit Gun Deer permit holders.
  • Additional Corps of Engineers regulations apply. Contact COE, P.O. Box 1087, Russellville, AR 72801, 479-968-5008

2025 Turkey

Youth Hunt: April 12-13. One legal turkey.
Firearms Hunt: April 21-May 11. One legal turkey.

Area Notes

  • A free annual General Use Permit (WMP) is required to hunt or trap on WMAs. Permits are available online by clicking “Buy Licenses” at agfc.com or by calling 833-345-0325 or any regional office.
  • CWD regulations apply in Johnson, Logan, Pope and Yell counties.
  • The WMA boundary includes lands within the Corps of Engineers boundary, including islands and shoreline acreage.
  • Additional Corps of Engineers regulations apply. Contact Corps of Engineers, P.O. Box 1087, Russellville, AR 72801, 479-968-5008.
  • Dogs, hunting or trapping equipment are not allowed on Johnson County Waterfowl Rest Area, except as noted above.
  • Horsehead Creek and Bob Young WRAs are closed to all hunting and trespassing from Nov. 1-Feb. 15 (Johnson County WRA open for mobility-impaired permit hunts).

Ownership

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Phone

833-356-0871