Moro Big Pine Natural Area WMA

Mobility-Impaired Access

12-Inch Inside Spread or 15-Inch Main Beam Rule

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Acres: 16,000

2024-25 Closed Seasons

• Alligator
• Bear

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.
Deer Alternative Firearms: Oct. 19-23.
Deer Modern Gun: Nov. 9-13, Nov. 22-26, Dec. 7-11 and Dec. 26-30.
Deer Modern Gun Special Youth Hunt: Nov. 2-3 and Jan. 4-5.

WMA Deer Bag Limit: Five deer, no more than one buck, which may include:

• One buck with archery, alternative firearms or modern gun,
• Five does with archery, alternative firearms and modern gun combined.
• During youth hunt, youths may take five deer, no more than one buck (no antler restrictions) or up to five does.

Deer Notes:

• 12-inch inside spread or 15-inch main beam rule.
• No dogs.
• Hunters must harvest and check a doe on Moro Big Pine Natural Area WMA prior to harvesting a buck.
• A youth is not required to harvest a doe before harvesting a buck during any hunt.
• Deer must be brought to WMA Biological Check Station during the first 2 days of the November Adult Modern Gun Deer Hunts (except deer taken during the Modern Gun Special Youth hunts).

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.

2025 Turkey

Youth Hunt (permit required): April 12-13. One legal turkey.
Firearms Hunt (permit required): April 21-23, April 26-28 and May 3-5. One legal turkey.

Turkey Notes:

• Hunting wihtin 100 feet of the center of any road (including closed and seasonally closed roads) on Moro Big Pine Natural Area WMA is illegal.
• A WMA Turkey Hunt Permit is required to hunt turkeys on this WMA. Click here for details.

Age

Conservation easement purchased in 2006. WMA opened in 2007.

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.
• Check antler restrictions for important additional information.
• Vehicles, horses, mules and bicycles may only be used on open, gravel/graded roads.
• Pedaled bicycles (non-motorized) may be used on closed gravel/graded roads.
• Mobility-Impaired Access card holders may hunt directly on MIA old abandoned railroad north and south trams.
• ATVs must remain on the trams.
• MIA card holders may not hunt directly on MIA trails 015, 016 and 034. ATVs on these trails must be 100 feet and no more than 300 feet from the centerline of the MIA trail.

Ownership

Potlatch owns the area, but the AGFC, Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, The Nature Conservancy and the Arkansas Forestry Commission joined together in 2006 to purchase a conservation easement to allow hunting and public access to 16,000 acres. (A conservation easement is a voluntary, legal agreement placed on a piece of property that limits certain types of uses or prevents development from taking place now and in the future, but enables the landowner to retain ownership.)

Phone

833-363-7638