§ 15-41-301. Title

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Hunting Heritage Protection Act”.

§ 15-41-302. Findings

The General Assembly finds that: (1) Recreational hunting is an important and traditional recreational activity in which some fourteen million (14,000,000) Americans sixteen (16) years of age and older participate; (2) Hunters have been and continue to be among the foremost supporters of sound wildlife management and conservation practices in the United States; (3) Persons […]

§ 15-41-303. Definitions

As used in this subchapter: (1) “Commission” means the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission; (2) “Commission-managed lands” means those lands: (A) That the commission owns; and (B) Over which the commission holds management authority; and (3) “Hunting” means the lawful pursuit, trapping, shooting, capture, collection, or killing of wildlife or the attempt to pursue, […]

§ 15-41-304. Recreational hunting

(a) Subject to valid existing rights, commission-managed lands shall be open to access and use for recreational hunting except as limited by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission for reasons of public safety or homeland security or as otherwise limited by law. (b) (1) The commission shall exercise its authority consistent with subsection (a) […]