Arkansas Deer Season 2026-27
Firearm deer season opens November 14, 2026 in every zone and runs in split segments through December 28, 2026; the dates for each zone are in the table below. Every listed deer season for Arkansas is below, with zones and notes where the agency gives them.
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Arkansas's 2026-27 firearm deer season opens November 14, 2026 in every zone and runs in split segments through December 28, 2026; the dates for each zone are in the table below.
Archery deer season runs Sep 26, 2026-Feb 28, 2027.
Archery White-tailed Deer (Zone 3) runs Sep 26, 2026-Feb 28, 2027.
The tables below keep the rest of the listed seasons together by species, with source links back to Arkansas Game & Fish Commission.
Last verified: · Source: Arkansas Game & Fish Commission
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Archery
OPEN
No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck.
Zone: Zone 4A
White-tailed Deer
Archery
OPEN
No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Baxter, Boone, Independence, Marion, Sharp and Randolph counties, CWD regulations apply.
Zone: Zone 3
White-tailed Deer
Archery
OPEN
No dogs allowed for deer hunting. No antler-point restrictions on harvest. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. Youth may harvest one antlerless deer with a firearm during Youth Modern Gun Deer Hunt. CWD regulations apply.
Zone: Zone 2
White-tailed Deer
Archery
OPEN
No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Legal bucks must be button bucks or have antlers with at least 15-inch inside spread or 18-inch main beam. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck.
Zone: Zone 16
White-tailed Deer
Archery
OPEN
Alternative Firearms: Closed. No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Craighead, Jackson, Mississippi and Randolph counties, CWD regulations apply.
Zone: Zone 4
White-tailed Deer
Archery
OPEN
Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 25. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 17-25).
Zone: Zone 17
White-tailed Deer
Archery
OPEN
No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Jackson County, CWD regulations apply.
Zone: Zone 9
White-tailed Deer
Archery
OPEN
Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 13. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 5-13). Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck.
Zone: Zone 15
White-tailed Deer
Archery
OPEN
Dogs may be used for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 13. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 5-13). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Sevier County, CWD regulations apply.
Zone: Zone 14
White-tailed Deer
Archery
OPEN
Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 20. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 12-20). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Sevier County, CWD regulations apply.
Zone: Zone 13
White-tailed Deer
Archery
OPEN
Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck.
Zone: Zone 10
White-tailed Deer
Archery
OPEN
Alternative Firearms: Closed. No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Craighead County, CWD regulations apply.
Zone: Zone 5
| Season | Dates | Status |
|---|---|---|
| White-tailed DeerEarly Buck-only Archery · Zone 4ANo dogs allowed for deer hunting. Legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerEarly Buck-only Archery · Zone 4Alternative Firearms: Closed. No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Craighead, Jackson, Mississippi and Randolph counties, CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerEarly Buck-only Archery · Zone 14Dogs may be used for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 13. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 5-13). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Sevier County, CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerEarly Buck-only Archery · Zone 16ADogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 25. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 17-25). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be a button buck or have at least 15-inch inside spread of 18-inch main beam. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Ashley County, CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerEarly Buck-only Archery · Zone 3No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Baxter, Boone, Independence, Marion, Sharp and Randolph counties, CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerEarly Buck-only Archery · Zone 2No dogs allowed for deer hunting. No antler-point restrictions on harvest. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. Youth may harvest one antlerless deer with a firearm during Youth Modern Gun Deer Hunt. CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerEarly Buck-only Archery · Zone 11Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Logan, Scott, Sebastian and Yell counties, CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerEarly Buck-only Archery · Zone 15Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 13. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 5-13). Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerEarly Buck-only Archery · Zone 7Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Conway, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Pope, Scott, Sebastian and Yell counties, CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerEarly Buck-only Archery · Zone 12Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 20. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 12-20). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Ashley, Bradley, Grant and Union counties, CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerEarly Buck-only Archery · Zone 1No dogs allowed for deer hunting. No antler-point restrictions on harvest. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerEarly Buck-only Archery · Zone 8Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Cleburne, Conway, Independence, Jackson, Johnson, Pope and Van Buren counties, CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerEarly Buck-only Archery · Zone 10Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerEarly Buck-only Archery · Zone 16No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Legal bucks must be button bucks or have antlers with at least 15-inch inside spread or 18-inch main beam. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerEarly Buck-only Archery · Zone 17Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 25. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 17-25). | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerEarly Buck-only Archery · Zone 9No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Jackson County, CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerEarly Buck-only Archery · Zone 13Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 20. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 12-20). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Sevier County, CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerEarly Buck-only Archery · Zone 6Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerEarly Buck-only Archery · Zone 5Alternative Firearms: Closed. No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Craighead County, CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerEarly Buck-only Archery · Zone 5ANo dogs allowed for deer hunting. Legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerArchery · Zone 5ANo dogs allowed for deer hunting. Legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerArchery · Zone 1No dogs allowed for deer hunting. No antler-point restrictions on harvest. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. CWD regulations apply. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerArchery · Zone 6Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. CWD regulations apply. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerArchery · Zone 11Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Logan, Scott, Sebastian and Yell counties, CWD regulations apply. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerArchery · Zone 12Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 20. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 12-20). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Ashley, Bradley, Grant and Union counties, CWD regulations apply. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerArchery · Zone 8Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Cleburne, Conway, Independence, Jackson, Johnson, Pope and Van Buren counties, CWD regulations apply. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerArchery · Zone 7Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Conway, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Pope, Scott, Sebastian and Yell counties, CWD regulations apply. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerArchery · Zone 16ADogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 25. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 17-25). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be a button buck or have at least 15-inch inside spread of 18-inch main beam. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Ashley County, CWD regulations apply. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 8Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Cleburne, Conway, Independence, Jackson, Johnson, Pope and Van Buren counties, CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 17Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 25. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 17-25). | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 7Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Conway, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Pope, Scott, Sebastian and Yell counties, CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 6Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 9No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Jackson County, CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 14Dogs may be used for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 13. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 5-13). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Sevier County, CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 12Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 20. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 12-20). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Ashley, Bradley, Grant and Union counties, CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 2No dogs allowed for deer hunting. No antler-point restrictions on harvest. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. Youth may harvest one antlerless deer with a firearm during Youth Modern Gun Deer Hunt. CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 13Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 20. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 12-20). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Sevier County, CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 11Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Logan, Scott, Sebastian and Yell counties, CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 16ADogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 25. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 17-25). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be a button buck or have at least 15-inch inside spread of 18-inch main beam. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Ashley County, CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 3No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Baxter, Boone, Independence, Marion, Sharp and Randolph counties, CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 5ANo dogs allowed for deer hunting. Legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 4ANo dogs allowed for deer hunting. Legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 16No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Legal bucks must be button bucks or have antlers with at least 15-inch inside spread or 18-inch main beam. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 1No dogs allowed for deer hunting. No antler-point restrictions on harvest. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. CWD regulations apply. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 10Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 15Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 13. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 5-13). Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Closed | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 5ANo dogs allowed for deer hunting. Legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 10Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 4Alternative Firearms: Closed. No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Craighead, Jackson, Mississippi and Randolph counties, CWD regulations apply. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 2No dogs allowed for deer hunting. No antler-point restrictions on harvest. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. Youth may harvest one antlerless deer with a firearm during Youth Modern Gun Deer Hunt. CWD regulations apply. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 4ANo dogs allowed for deer hunting. Legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 13Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 20. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 12-20). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Sevier County, CWD regulations apply. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 7Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Conway, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Pope, Scott, Sebastian and Yell counties, CWD regulations apply. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 6Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. CWD regulations apply. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 15Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 13. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 5-13). Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 12Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 20. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 12-20). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Ashley, Bradley, Grant and Union counties, CWD regulations apply. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 11Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Logan, Scott, Sebastian and Yell counties, CWD regulations apply. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 16ADogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 25. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 17-25). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be a button buck or have at least 15-inch inside spread of 18-inch main beam. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Ashley County, CWD regulations apply. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 5Alternative Firearms: Closed. No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Craighead County, CWD regulations apply. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 8Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Cleburne, Conway, Independence, Jackson, Johnson, Pope and Van Buren counties, CWD regulations apply. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 1Public land youth hunters, check WMA for exceptions. No dogs allowed for deer hunting. No antler-point restrictions on harvest. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. CWD regulations apply. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 9No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Jackson County, CWD regulations apply. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 3No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Baxter, Boone, Independence, Marion, Sharp and Randolph counties, CWD regulations apply. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 17Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 25. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 17-25). | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 14Dogs may be used for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 13. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 5-13). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Sevier County, CWD regulations apply. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 16No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Legal bucks must be button bucks or have antlers with at least 15-inch inside spread or 18-inch main beam. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Open | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 2No dogs allowed for deer hunting. No antler-point restrictions on harvest. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. Youth may harvest one antlerless deer with a firearm during Youth Modern Gun Deer Hunt. CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 14Dogs may be used for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 13. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 5-13). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Sevier County, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 5Alternative Firearms: Closed. No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Craighead County, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 4Alternative Firearms: Closed. No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Craighead, Jackson, Mississippi and Randolph counties, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 11Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Logan, Scott, Sebastian and Yell counties, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 8Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Cleburne, Conway, Independence, Jackson, Johnson, Pope and Van Buren counties, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 12Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 20. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 12-20). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Ashley, Bradley, Grant and Union counties, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 17Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 25. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 17-25). | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 7Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Conway, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Pope, Scott, Sebastian and Yell counties, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 1No dogs allowed for deer hunting. No antler-point restrictions on harvest. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 15Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 13. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 5-13). Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 10Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 5ANo dogs allowed for deer hunting. Legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 6Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 13Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 20. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 12-20). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Sevier County, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 3No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Baxter, Boone, Independence, Marion, Sharp and Randolph counties, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 16No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Legal bucks must be button bucks or have antlers with at least 15-inch inside spread or 18-inch main beam. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 16ADogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 25. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 17-25). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be a button buck or have at least 15-inch inside spread of 18-inch main beam. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Ashley County, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 4ANo dogs allowed for deer hunting. Legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 9No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Jackson County, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 6Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 2No dogs allowed for deer hunting. No antler-point restrictions on harvest. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. Youth may harvest one antlerless deer with a firearm during Youth Modern Gun Deer Hunt. CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 7Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Conway, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Pope, Scott, Sebastian and Yell counties, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 8Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Cleburne, Conway, Independence, Jackson, Johnson, Pope and Van Buren counties, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 1No dogs allowed for deer hunting. No antler-point restrictions on harvest. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 10Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 3No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Baxter, Boone, Independence, Marion, Sharp and Randolph counties, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 11Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Logan, Scott, Sebastian and Yell counties, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 15Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 13. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 5-13). Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 14Dogs may be used for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 13. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 5-13). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Sevier County, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 4ANo dogs allowed for deer hunting. Legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerAlternative Firearms · Zone 5ANo dogs allowed for deer hunting. Legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 10Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 12Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 20. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 12-20). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Ashley, Bradley, Grant and Union counties, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 7Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Conway, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Pope, Scott, Sebastian and Yell counties, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 14Dogs may be used for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 13. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 5-13). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Sevier County, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 8Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Cleburne, Conway, Independence, Jackson, Johnson, Pope and Van Buren counties, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 4Alternative Firearms: Closed. No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Craighead, Jackson, Mississippi and Randolph counties, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 13Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 20. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 12-20). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Sevier County, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 5ANo dogs allowed for deer hunting. Legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 11Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Logan, Scott, Sebastian and Yell counties, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 9No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Jackson County, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 15Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 13. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 5-13). Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 1No dogs allowed for deer hunting. No antler-point restrictions on harvest. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 5Alternative Firearms: Closed. No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Craighead County, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 4ANo dogs allowed for deer hunting. Legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 3No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Baxter, Boone, Independence, Marion, Sharp and Randolph counties, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 6Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerModern Gun · Zone 2No dogs allowed for deer hunting. No antler-point restrictions on harvest. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. Youth may harvest one antlerless deer with a firearm during Youth Modern Gun Deer Hunt. CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 9No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Jackson County, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 10Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 5Alternative Firearms: Closed. No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Craighead County, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 13Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 20. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 12-20). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Sevier County, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 16ADogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 25. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 17-25). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be a button buck or have at least 15-inch inside spread of 18-inch main beam. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Ashley County, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 14Dogs may be used for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 13. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 5-13). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Sevier County, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 5ANo dogs allowed for deer hunting. Legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 7Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Conway, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Pope, Scott, Sebastian and Yell counties, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 17Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 25. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 17-25). | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 11Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Logan, Scott, Sebastian and Yell counties, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 8Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Cleburne, Conway, Independence, Jackson, Johnson, Pope and Van Buren counties, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 4ANo dogs allowed for deer hunting. Legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 12Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 20. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 12-20). Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone, there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Ashley, Bradley, Grant and Union counties, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 15Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 13. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Dec. 5-13). Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 4Alternative Firearms: Closed. No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Craighead, Jackson, Mississippi and Randolph counties, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 16No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Legal bucks must be button bucks or have antlers with at least 15-inch inside spread or 18-inch main beam. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 2No dogs allowed for deer hunting. No antler-point restrictions on harvest. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. Youth may harvest one antlerless deer with a firearm during Youth Modern Gun Deer Hunt. CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 1Public land youth hunters, check WMA for exceptions. No dogs allowed for deer hunting. No antler-point restrictions on harvest. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 6Dogs allowed for deer hunting Nov. 14-Dec. 6. Nonresidents may use dogs for deer hunting only during the last nine days of the regular modern gun season (Nov. 28-Dec. 6). Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming | |
| White-tailed DeerYouth Modern Gun Hunt · Zone 3No dogs allowed for deer hunting. Outside the CWD Management Zone, legal bucks must be button bucks or have at least three points on one side of their rack. Inside the CWD Management Zone there are no antler restrictions. Button bucks count as antlerless deer, but must be checked as a button buck. In Baxter, Boone, Independence, Marion, Sharp and Randolph counties, CWD regulations apply. | Upcoming |
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Arkansas Deer Season FAQ
When does deer season open in Arkansas?
Firearm deer season opens November 14, 2026 in every zone and runs in split segments through December 28, 2026; the dates for each zone are in the table below. The earliest listed deer season of any kind is early buck-only archery white-tailed deer, opening August 29, 2026. Confirm zone and permit details with Arkansas Game & Fish Commission.
What are the 2026-27 deer season dates in Arkansas?
Arkansas lists 147 deer season windows: Early Buck-only Archery White-tailed Deer (Aug 29-31, 2026); Early Buck-only Archery White-tailed Deer (Aug 29-31, 2026); Early Buck-only Archery White-tailed Deer (Aug 29-31, 2026); Early Buck-only Archery White-tailed Deer (Aug 29-31, 2026); Early Buck-only Archery White-tailed Deer (Aug 29-31, 2026); Early Buck-only Archery White-tailed Deer (Aug 29-31, 2026); Early Buck-only Archery White-tailed Deer (Aug 29-31, 2026); Early Buck-only Archery White-tailed Deer (Aug 29-31, 2026); and more. Always verify against Arkansas Game & Fish Commission before hunting.
Are there different deer seasons in Arkansas?
Yes — Arkansas lists separate deer seasons for Early Buck-only Archery White-tailed Deer, Archery White-tailed Deer, Alternative Firearms White-tailed Deer, Youth Modern Gun Hunt White-tailed Deer, Modern Gun White-tailed Deer. Each can carry its own dates, zones, and weapon rules; see the table above and Arkansas Game & Fish Commission.
Do I need a license to hunt deer in Arkansas?
Yes. Arkansas generally requires the appropriate hunting license, and deer hunting may also require tags, permits, stamps, or zone authorizations. Confirm requirements with Arkansas Game & Fish Commission.