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Beginning Thursday, Dec. 15, Arkansas turkey hunters may apply for limited permits on several Arkansas Game and Fish Commission wildlife management areas for the 2006 spring turkey season.
Applications may be submitted online at www.agfc.com or will be available from license dealers and AGFC offices throughout the state. The application period is open through Jan. 14, 2005. Applications must be postmarked on or before that date to be eligible for the computer drawings. Applicants who are selected will be required to submit a $10 processing fee.
Applicants will be able to check their permit status at www.agfc.com. Both online and mail applicants will be able to find out if they were drawn for one of the permits. The site will be available after the first drawing that is scheduled for late January. Applicants can go to the Web site and type in their applicant ID number (either driver’s license, Social Security or hunter education number) to view the information.
The quota permit hunts are planned on Beryl Anthony Lower Ouachita, Camp Robinson Bell Slough , Cut-Off Creek, Dr. Lester Sitzes, III Bois d'Arc, Harold E. Alexander Spring River, Holland Bottoms, Lafayette County, Rex Hancock Black Swamp/Cache River NWR, Shirey Bay Rainey Brake and Sulphur River wildlife management areas. A quota hunt is also scheduled for Felsenthal NWR on April 13-15 and April 20-22 as well as on Pond Creek NWR on April 14-16.
Several WMAs in Arkansas will hold youth turkey hunts, and they include Bayou Meto, Beryl Anthony Lower Ouachita, Big Lake, Cut-Off Creek, Gulf Mountain, Harold E. Alexander Spring River, Holland Bottoms, Lafayette County, Madison County, Rex Hancock Black Swamp/Cache River NWR, Rick Evans Grandview Prairie/Hope Upland, Sulphur River, Trusten Holder, U of A Pine Tree WDA, W.E. Brewer Scatter Creek, Felsenthal NWR, Holla Bend NWR and Pond Creek NWR.
The permit hunts - both youth and quota - for Beryl Anthony Lower Ouachita WMA are now separate from the permit hunts on Felsenthal NWR. To apply for a Felsenthal NWR spring turkey permit please contact the Felsenthal NWR at (870) 364-3167.
The 2006 spring turkey season will be April 8 through May 5, 2005 in spring turkey zones 1, 2, 3, 4B, 5, 5B, 6, 7, 7A, 8, 9 and 10 with a bag limit of two bearded turkeys. In spring turkey zones 1A, 4, 4A, 5A and 9A, the season will be April 8 through April 21 with a bag limit of one bearded turkey; and in spring turkey zone 17, the season will be April 1 through April 28 with a bag limit of two bearded turkeys.
There will be a special youth turkey hunt April 1-2, 2006, in all zones except zone 17. The youth turkey hunt in zone 17 will be March 25-26, 2006. Youths who have completed a hunter education course and will be accompanied by an adult who is 18 or older will be allowed to hunt during this period. Youths who have not completed a hunter education course must be under the direct supervision of an adult who is 21 or older.
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