Tagging and Checking a Deer
Option 1:
Immediately upon harvest and before moving your deer, you can check your game via theinternet, through the new AGFC mobile app or by phone at 833-289-2469.
Click here to download the new AGFC app for your Android device.
Click here to download the new AGFC app for your Apple device.
If you are using the AGFC mobile app to check game and are not connected to internet or cell service, you’ll receive a notice on your screen that your submission is pending upon validation.When your device returns to service or internetconnection, you shouldsync your app by selecting the sync button. Once the submission goes through, you will receive your confirmation on the app screen, via email and in your app inbox.
Option 2:
Antler-point Restrictions
The end of the main beam and all points 1 inch long count as points in regard to antler-point restrictions.
For Youth Hunters
Hunters who are 6 to 15 years old may harvest any buck without regard to antler size or points.
Three-pointrule
A legal buck must have both antlers shorter than 2 inches (button buck) or have three or more points on one side of his rack.The three-point rule applies statewide unless mentioned below.
12-inch inside spread or 15-inch main beam rule
On Dr. Lester Sitzes III Bois d’Arc, Harold E. Alexander Spring River, Hope Upland, Lafayette County, Mike Freeze Wattensaw and Moro Big Pine Natural Area, Scott Henderson Gulf Mountain, Shirey Bay Rainey Brake WMAs a buck must have:
- Both antlers under 2 inches (button buck included); or
- An inside spread of 12 inches or more in width; or
- At least one main beam 15 inches or more in length.
15-inch inside spread or 18-inch main beam rule
A legal buck in deer zones 16, 16A and 17 and onBuck Island, Cut-Off Creek, Dave Donaldson Black River, Ed Gordon Point Remove, Freddie Black Choctaw Island WMA Deer Research Area East Unit, George H. Dunklin Jr. Bayou Meto, Henry Gray Hurricane Lake, Rick Evans Grandview Prairie, St. Francis National Forest, Sheffield Nelson Dagmar, and Trusten Holder WMAs a buck must have:
- Both antlers under 2 inches (button buck included); or
- An inside spread of 15 inches or more in width; or
- At least one main beam 18 inches or more in length.
Other legal definitions
- On Bald Knob, Big Lake, Cache River, Felsenthal, Holla Bend, Overflow, Pond Creek, Wapanocca and White River NWRs; Rex Hanco*ck Black Swamp and U of A Pine Tree Experimental Station WMAs any buck deer may be legally harvested during all deer hunts.
- On Greers Ferry Lake WMA any buck may be legally harvested during the deer muzzleloader Mobility Impaired permit hunt.
- On Hobbs State Park Conservation Area, Nimrod Lloyd Millwood WMA and Johnson County WRA on Dardanelle WMA any buck may be legally harvested during the deer modern gun mobility impaired hunt.
