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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 166 / Tuesday, August 31, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
i We require an annual public use permit FWS Form 32439 to hunt, fish, launch boats, and utilize campgrounds.
ii We allow waterfowl hunting from legal shooting hours until 12 p.m.
noon.
iii We allow the use of dogs when migratory game bird hunting.
iv We allow woodcock hunting beginning December 1 until the end of the State woodcock season on the North Unit following State legal shooting hours and bag limit.
v We prohibit goose hunting outside the State duck season.
vi We allow dove hunting only during the Statewide season in September and October, as specified in the refuge public use brochure.
vii You must remove blinds, blind material, and decoys from the refuge by 1 p.m. each day see 27.93 of this chapter.
viii Waterfowl hunters may enter the North Unit, Jacks Bay Hunt Area, and Levee Hunt Area no earlier than 4 a.m.
on days hunting is allowed, as identified in the refuge public use brochure.
ix We prohibit boating from November 1 to March 1 in the South Unit Waterfowl Hunt Areas, except from 4 a.m. to 1 p.m. on designated waterfowl hunt days.
x We allow waterfowl hunting on outlying tracts; the conditions set forth at paragraphs d1ii, vii, and viii of this section apply.
xi We only allow all-terrain vehicles ATVs for wildlife-dependent hunting and fishing activities. We prohibit the use of ATVs after December 15 each year in designated South Unit areas as shown in the refuge public use brochure.
xii We allow incidental take of beaver, coyote, and nutria during any refuge hunt with the weapons legal for that hunt, subject to applicable State seasons and regulations.
xiii During refuge-wide quota muzzleloader and quota gun deer hunts, we close the refuge to all non-quota hunting.
xiv All youth hunters age 15 and younger must remain within sight and normal voice contact of an adult age 21
or older who possesses a valid State hunting license. One adult may supervise no more than two youth hunters.
2 Upland game hunting. We allow hunting of squirrel, rabbit, and all furbearers as governed by State law, and the incidental take of beaver, coyote, and nutria, on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:

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i The conditions set forth at paragraphs d1i, and xi through xiv of this section apply.
ii We allow hunting of rabbit and squirrel on the North Unit from September 1 through January 31.
iii On the North Unit only, we allow the use of dogs when hunting rabbit and squirrel from December 1 through January 31.
iv We allow rabbit and squirrel hunting on the South Unit from September 1 through November 30.
v We allow furbearer hunting. The annual public use brochure provides season dates and methods.
vi We allow the use of dogs for hunting furbearers from legal sunset to legal sunrise. Hunters must tether or pen all dogs used for furbearer hunting from legal sunrise to legal sunset and at any time they are not involved in actual hunting.
3 Big game hunting. We allow the hunting of white-tailed deer and turkey, and the incidental take of feral hog, on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:
i The conditions set forth at paragraphs d1i, ix, and xi through xiii of this section apply.
ii Archery deer seasons on the North Unit are from October 1 through January 31, except during quota muzzleloader and quota gun deer hunts, when the archery season is closed.
iii Archery deer seasons on the South Unit are from October 1 through December 31, except during quota muzzleloader and quota gun deer hunts, when the archery season is closed.
iv Muzzleloader season for deer will begin in October and will continue for a period of up to 3 days of quota hunting in the North and South Units, and no more than 4 days of non-quota hunting in the North Unit.
v The gun deer hunt will begin in November and will continue for a period of no more than 3 days of quota hunting in the North and South Units, and no more than 2 days of non-quota hunting in the North Unit.
vi We restrict hunt participants for quota hunts to those drawn for a quota permit FWS Form 32439. The permits are nontransferable and nonrefundable.
vii Hunters may only take feral hog incidental to deer season dates identified in the refuge public use brochure.
viii We prohibit organized deer drives. We define a deer drive as an organized or planned effort to pursue, drive, chase, or otherwise frighten or cause deer to move in the direction of any persons who is part of the organized or planned hunt and known to be waiting for the deer.

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ix We prohibit firearm deer hunting from or across roads, ATV trails, levees, and maintained utility rights-of-way.
x You may only use portable deer stands and ground blinds. You may erect stands or blinds up to 7 days before each hunt, but you must remove them within 7 days after each hunt see 27.93 of this chapter. All unattended deer stands and blinds on the refuge must have the owners State hunting license number clearly displayed.
xi We close the Kansas Lake Area to all entry on December 1 and reopen it on March 1.
xii We prohibit the possession of buckshot on the refuge.
xiii An adult age 21 or older possessing a valid hunting license must accompany and be within sight and normal voice contact of hunters age 15
and younger. One adult may supervise no more than one youth hunter.
xiv The annual refuge public use brochure provides season dates and methods for turkey hunting.
4 Sport fishing. We allow sport fishing, frogging, and crawfishing on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:
i The conditions set forth at paragraphs d1i and ix of this section apply.
ii We allow sport fishing in refugeowned waters as follows:
A We allow fishing year-round in:
1 Big Island Chute, LaGrue, Essex, Prairie, Scrubgrass, and Brooks Bayous;
2 Moon and Belknap Lakes next to Arkansas Highway 1;
3 Indian Bay;
4 Arkansas Post Canal and adjacent drainage ditches;
5 Borrow ditches located adjacent to the west bank of that portion of the White River Levee north of the Graham Burke pumping station; and 6 All waters in the refuge-owned North Unit and scattered tracts.
B We open all other South Unit refuge waters to sport fishing from March 1 through November 30, unless posted otherwise.
iii We allow frogging on all refugeowned waters open for sport fishing as follows:
A We allow frogging on the South Unit from the beginning of the State season through November 30.
B We allow frogging on the North Unit for the entire State season.
iv We prohibit all commercial and recreational harvest of turtle on all property administered by Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge see 27.21 of this chapter.
v We prohibit take or possession of any freshwater mussel see 27.21 of this chapter, and we prohibit the shelling of mussels on the refuge.

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