Arkansas public land
Arkansas Public Hunting Land
196 places to hunt, from Ozark national forest to Delta refuges, each with its 2026-27 zone and rules.
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Arkansas hunting land by kind
This section holds a page for every one of the 196 public land records gathered for the 2026-27 season: 136 wildlife management areas of three kinds, the Pine Tree wildlife demonstration area, two national forests split into 16 ranger districts, 5 walk-in turkey areas, 9 national wildlife refuges, 25 Corps of Engineers lake projects and two access programs. WMA acreage adds up to about 2,714,704 acres from guidebook and GIS figures, and the national forests carry 2,592,040 acres of National Forest System land in Arkansas. Those totals overlap, because many WMAs sit on national forest, Corps or refuge ground, so the kinds should never be added together.
On a WMA or a refuge, the guidebook entry and zone number take over from the private land deer zone; on national forest and Corps land without a WMA, the private land zone dates apply. Each land page shows both, along with permit hunts parsed from the guidebook, CWD status, bear and turkey zones, and the closest towns. Chicot, Grant and Lincoln counties have no public land record at all; their county pages point to the nearest places instead.
Every record by AGFC region
AGFC splits the state into seven Wildlife Management Division regions, numbered 1 (Jonesboro) through 7 (Mayflower). A record goes to the region that holds most of its ground; national forests and big WMAs reach into neighbouring regions too.
| AGFC region | WMAs | Forest | Refuges | Corps | All |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (Jonesboro) | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 (Brinkley) | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| 3 (Monticello) | 20 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 27 |
| 4 (Perrytown) | 23 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 30 |
| 5 (Fort Smith) | 20 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 42 |
| 6 (Jasper) | 22 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 31 |
| 7 (Mayflower) | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 27 |
Region 1 (Jonesboro)
- Big Lake WMA
- Cattail Marsh WMA
- Black River WMA
- Bayou DeView WMA
- Frierson WMA
- Ring Slough WMA
- Mud Creek WMA
- Shirey Bay Rainey Brake
- St. Francis Sunken Lands
- Village Creek WMA
- Scatter Creek WMA
- Whitehall WMA
- Stateline Sand Ponds
- Big Lake NWR Wildlife refuge
Region 2 (Brinkley)
- Bayou Des Arc
- Brushy Creek WMA
- Buck Island WMA
- Cypress Bayou WMA
- Departee Creek WMA
- Hurricane Lake WMA
- Holland Bottoms WMA
- Lee County WMA
- Wattensaw WMA
- Prairie Bayou WMA
- Black Swamp WMA
- Dagmar WMA
- St. Francis National Forest
- Raft Creek Bottoms
- Benson Creek
- Pine City
- Railroad Prairie
- U of A Pine Tree Experimental Station WDA
- St. Francis RD Ranger district
- Bald Knob NWR Wildlife refuge
- Cache River NWR Wildlife refuge
- Wapanocca NWR Wildlife refuge
Region 3 (Monticello)
- Lower Ouachita WMA
- Crossett Experimental Forest
- Cut-Off Creek WMA
- Ethel WMA
- Choctaw Island East Unit
- Choctaw Island West Unit
- Bayou Meto WMA
- Little Bayou WMA
- Oakwood WMA
- Poison Springs WMA
- Seven Devils WMA
- Trusten Holder WMA
- Two Bayou Creek
- Hall Creek Barrens
- Kingsland Prairie
- Longview Saline
- Moro Big Pine
- Roth Prairie
- Warren Prairie
- Casey Jones WMA
- Dale Bumpers White River NWR Wildlife refuge
- Felsenthal NWR Wildlife refuge
- Overflow NWR Wildlife refuge
- Norrell Pool (Corps) Corps lake
- Pool 3 (Arkansas River) Corps lake
- Pool 4 (Arkansas River) Corps lake
- Wilbur D. Mills Pool Corps lake
Region 4 (Perrytown)
- Blevins WMA
- De Queen Lake
- DeGray Lake WMA
- Bois D'Arc WMA
- Hope Upland WMA
- Little River WMA
- Ozan WMA
- Grandview Prairie WMA
- Spring Bank WMA
- Sulphur River WMA
- Falcon Bottoms
- Nacatoch Ravines
- Palmetto Flats
- Sandhills
- Terre Noire
- White Cliffs
- Big Timber WMA
- Gum Flats WMA
- Howard County WMA
- Jack Mountain WMA
- Lafayette County WMA
- Lake Greeson WMA
- Provo WMA
- Pond Creek NWR Wildlife refuge
- DeGray Lake (Corps) Corps lake
- Dequeen Lake (Corps) Corps lake
- Dierks Lake (Corps) Corps lake
- Gillham Lake (Corps) Corps lake
- Lake Greeson (Corps) Corps lake
- Millwood Lake (Corps) Corps lake
Region 5 (Fort Smith)
- Blue Mountain WMA
- Caney Creek WMA
- Cedar Creek WMA
- Fort Chaffee WMA
- Harris Brake WMA
- Hot Springs State Forest
- Lick Creek WMA
- Maumelle River WMA
- Mount Magazine WMA
- Muddy Creek WMA
- Nimrod Lloyd Millwood
- Petit Jean River
- Queen Wilhelmina State Park
- River Bend WMA
- Winona WMA
- Alum Fork
- Goat's Beard Bluff
- Iron Mountain
- Sugarloaf Mountains-Midland Peak
- Cedar Mountain WMA
- Ouachita National Forest National forest
- Caddo RD Ranger district
- Cold Springs RD Ranger district
- Fourche RD Ranger district
- Jessieville RD Ranger district
- Magazine Mountain RD Ranger district
- Mena RD Ranger district
- Oden RD Ranger district
- Poteau RD Ranger district
- Winona RD Ranger district
- Womble RD Ranger district
- Chinquapin Mountain walk-in area Walk-in turkey area
- Deckard Mountain walk-in area Walk-in turkey area
- Fourche Mountain walk-in area Walk-in turkey area
- Hogan Mountain walk-in area Walk-in turkey area
- Blue Mountain Lake Corps lake
- J.P. Hammerschmidt Lake Corps lake
- Lake Ouachita (Corps) Corps lake
- Murray Pool (Corps) Corps lake
- Nimrod Lake (Corps) Corps lake
- Pool 5 (Arkansas River) Corps lake
- Terry Pool (Arkansas River) Corps lake
Region 6 (Jasper)
- Bearcat Hollow WMA
- Buffalo National River
- Dardanelle WMA
- Frog Bayou WMA
- Gene Rush WMA
- Hobbs Conservation Area
- Searcy County WMA
- Jones Point WMA
- Beaver Lake WMA
- Lee Creek WMA
- Loafer's Glory WMA
- McIlroy Madison County
- Ozark Lake WMA
- Piney Creeks WMA
- Wedington WMA
- White Rock WMA
- Cherokee Prairie
- Devils Eyebrow
- Garrett Hollow
- Flanagan Prairie
- Slippery Hollow
- Sweden Creek
- Ozark-St. Francis National Forests National forest
- Boston Mountain RD Ranger district
- Buffalo RD Ranger district
- Pleasant Hill RD Ranger district
- Beaver Lake (Corps) Corps lake
- Bull Shoals Lake Corps lake
- Dardanelle Lake (Corps) Corps lake
- Ozark Lake (Corps) Corps lake
- Table Rock Lake Corps lake
Region 7 (Mayflower)
- Bell Slough WMA
- Brewer Lake/Cypress Creek
- Camp Robinson WMA
- Point Remove WMA
- Galla Creek WMA
- Greers Ferry Lake
- Spring River WMA
- Jamestown Independence County
- Lake Conway WMA
- Lake Overcup WMA
- Norfork Lake WMA
- Rainey WMA
- Gulf Mountain WMA
- Stone Prairie WMA
- Sylamore WMA
- Cove Creek
- Devil's Knob
- Foushee Cave
- Hell Creek
- Cherokee WMA
- Jim Kress WMA
- Bayou RD Ranger district
- Sylamore RD Ranger district
- Holla Bend NWR Wildlife refuge
- Greers Ferry Lake Corps lake
- Norfork Lake (Corps) Corps lake
- Toad Suck Ferry Pool Corps lake
Statewide or no single region
- Leased Land WMAs
- WRICE rice fields
- Sharptop Mountain walk-in area
Arkansas places closed to hunting
50 places look like public land on a map but are closed to hunting. AGFC Code 05.11 makes it unlawful to hunt or carry a killing device in any state or national park in Arkansas; the two exceptions are the Buffalo National River WMA and Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area, both hunted as WMAs. Logan Cave National Wildlife Refuge is not in 50 CFR 32.23, and the guidebook closes Electric Island WMA to all hunting, trapping, camping, dogs and fires.
State parks closed by AGFC Code 05.11 (42)
| Place | Counties |
|---|---|
| Arkansas Post Museum | Arkansas |
| Bull Shoals White River | Marion, Baxter |
| Cane Creek | Lincoln |
| Cossatot River State Park – Natural Area | Howard, Polk |
| Crater of Diamonds | Pike |
| Crowley's Ridge | Greene |
| Daisy | Pike |
| DeGray | Clark, Hot Spring |
| Devil's Den | Washington |
| Hampson Archeological Museum | Mississippi |
| Herman Davis | Mississippi |
| Jacksonport | Jackson |
| Jenkins Ferry | Grant |
| Lake Catherine | Hot Spring, Garland |
| Lake Charles | Lawrence |
| Lake Chicot | Chicot |
| Lake Dardanelle | Pope, Yell |
| Lake Fort Smith | Crawford |
| Lake Frierson | Greene |
| Lake Ouachita | Garland |
| Lake Poinsett | Poinsett |
| Logoly | Columbia |
| Mammoth Spring | Fulton |
| Marks Mills | Cleveland |
| Millwood | Little River |
| Moro Bay | Bradley |
| Mount Nebo | Yell |
| Old Davidsonville | Randolph |
| Old Washington | Hempstead |
| Ozark Folk Center | Stone |
| Parkin Archeological | Cross |
| Petit Jean | Conway |
| Pinnacle Mountain | Pulaski |
| Poison Springs | Ouachita |
| Powhatan Courthouse | Lawrence |
| Prairie Grove Battlefield | Washington |
| The Lower White River Museum (state Park) | Prairie |
| Toltec Mounds Archeological | Lonoke |
| Village Creek | Cross, St. Francis |
| White Oak Lake | Nevada, Ouachita |
| Withrow Springs | Madison |
| Wooly Hollow | Faulkner |
National Park Service units (6)
| Place | Counties |
|---|---|
| Arkansas Post NMem | Arkansas |
| Fort Smith NHS | Sebastian |
| Hot Springs NP | Garland |
| Central High School NHS | Pulaski |
| Pea Ridge NMP | Benton |
| Clinton Birthplace Home NHS | Hempstead |
Other closed places (2)
| Place | Counties |
|---|---|
| Electric Island WMA | Garland |
| Logan Cave NWR | Benton |
AGFC Code 05.11 (Cornell LII copy); 50 CFR 32.23; 2026-27 Arkansas Hunting Guidebook; PAD-US 4.1 park polygons. Checked November 9, 2026.
Records with a caveat
33 records carry a caveat: 25 Corps of Engineers projects whose district pages could not be read, six Corps-land WMAs whose mapped boundary takes in the lake surface (guidebook acres are used), Cattail Marsh WMA with no guidebook entry, and the Sharptop Mountain walk-in area with no county on its Forest Service page. Each caveat is printed on the page it affects.
lands.json and lands_flagged.json, retrieved November 8, 2026. Checked November 9, 2026.
Other public land hubs
Every hub draws on the same 196 land records.
Public land map
189 listings
WMAs by region
137 listings
National forests
23 listings
Wildlife refuges
9 listings
Corps lakes
25 listings
Access programs
4 listings
Other photos on this page: Robert Duggan (USDA Forest Service) (Public Domain Mark 1.0); Robert Duggan (USDA Forest Service) (Public Domain Mark 1.0); latteda (CC BY 2.0); Tim Palmer (USDA Forest Service) (Public Domain Mark 1.0); Marco Becerra (CC BY-SA 2.0); robert thigpen (CC BY-SA 2.0).