Arkansas WMAs: deer harvest, 2026-27 seasons and maps

These 112 AGFC WMAs cover 2,679,115 acres, by AGFC's acreage. The most deer checked during 2024-25 came from Piney Creeks WMA (966), White Rock WMA (742) and Sylamore WMA (522).

Data updated October 2026. Harvest: AGFC's deer check records by WMA, to 2024-25. Seasons: each WMA's page on agfc.com.

Map of the 112 Arkansas WMAs with a FilledTag page — up to 2.2 deer per sq mi2.2 to 3.6 deer per sq mi3.6 to 4.3 deer per sq mi4.3 to 5 deer per sq miover 5 deer per sq miWMAs with a page

Which WMAs are in Arkansas?

WMA	Acres	Counties	Deer, 2024-25	Deer, 2022-23
Bayou Des Arc WMA	953	Prairie	12	17
Bearcat Hollow WMA	24,361	Searcy and Newton	52	56
Bell Slough WMA	2,366	Faulkner	33	17
Benson Creek Natural Area WMA	1,458	Monroe and Woodruff	13	7
Beryl Anthony Lower Ouachita WMA	7,020	Union and Ashley	98	74
Big Lake WMA	12,320	Mississippi	9	17
Big Timber WMA	40,585	Clark, Pike and Nevada	240	213
Blue Mountain WMA	8,200	Logan and Yell	48	50
Brushy Creek WMA	215	Cross	2	3
Buck Island WMA	1,510	Phillips	11	7
Buffalo National River WMA	95,730	Newton, Searcy and Marion	172	211
Camp Robinson WMA	9,319	Faulkner and Pulaski	51	57
Caney Creek WMA	85,000	Polk, Montgomery, Pike and Howard	73	59
Casey Jones WMA	47,035	Ashley, Drew and Bradley	238	234
Cedar Creek WMA	103	Scott	3	5
Cedar Mountain WMA	14,724	Perry and Saline	50	47
Cherokee Prairie Natural Area WMA	584	Franklin	1	2
Cherokee WMA	40,663	Conway, Cleburne, Independence, Stone, Van Buren, Logan, Pope and Scott	237	190
Crossett Experimental Forest WMA	1,675	Ashley	4	5
Cut-Off Creek WMA	8,725	Drew	15	12
Cypress Bayou WMA	2,778	White and Lonoke	18	28
Dardanelle WMA	42,500	Johnson, Logan, Pope, Franklin and Yell	129	125
Dave Donaldson Black River WMA	25,482	Clay, Randolph and Greene	62	96
De Queen Lake WMA	8,792	Sevier	17	21
DeGray Lake WMA	14,000	Clark and Hot Spring	118	137
Departee Creek WMA	1,304	White	6	12
Devil's Knob Natural Area WMA	822	Izard	9	4
Devils Eyebrow Natural Area WMA	3,872	Benton and Carroll	9	4
Dr. Lester Sitzes III Bois D'Arc WMA	13,658	Hempstead	62	54
Earl Buss Bayou DeView WMA	4,501	Poinsett	4	7
Ed Gordon Point Remove WMA	8,854	Conway and Pope	119	139
Ethel WMA	176	Arkansas	6	9
Fort Chaffee WMA	66,000	Sebastian, Franklin and Crawford	389	472
Foushee Cave Natural Area WMA	2,732	Independence	7	7
Freddie Black Choctaw Island WMA East Unit	9,501	Desha	123	101
Freddie Black Choctaw Island WMA West Unit	9,501	Desha	18	22
Frierson WMA	499	Greene	2	8
Frog Bayou WMA	2,325	Crawford	8	11
Galla Creek WMA	3,356	Pope and Yell	31	42
Gene Rush WMA	20,255	Newton and Searcy	61	84
George H. Dunklin Jr. Bayou Meto WMA	33,832	Arkansas and Jefferson	63	132
Greers Ferry Lake WMA	9,914	Cleburne and Van Buren	20	21
Gum Flats WMA	15,495	Little River	77	66
Hall Creek Barrens Natural Area WMA	647	Cleveland	4	2
Harold E. Alexander Spring River WMA	13,685	Sharp	114	73
Harris Brake WMA	2,859	Perry	5	3
Henry Gray Hurricane Lake WMA	17,524	White	49	119
Hobbs State Park Conservation Area WMA	12,054	Benton and Madison	64	50
Holland Bottoms WMA	6,190	Lonoke and Pulaski	38	28
Hope Upland WMA	2,115	Hempstead	35	15
Howard County WMA	23,721	Howard	86	102
Howard Hensley Searcy Co. WMA	170	Searcy	4	3
Iron Mountain Natural Area WMA	260	Polk	2	3
Jack Mountain WMA	18,474	Hot Spring	125	93
Jamestown Independence County WMA	971	Independence	13	8
Jim Kress WMA	11,774	Cleburne	69	56
Kingsland Prairie Natural Area WMA	400	Cleveland	3	2
Kirk Dupps Beaver Lake WMA	8,007	Benton, Carroll and Washington	81	50
Lafayette County WMA	12,306	Lafayette	124	141
Lake Greeson WMA	29,060	Pike and Howard	158	139
Lee County WMA	221	Lee	10	4
Lee Creek WMA	58,553	Crawford and Washington	200	183
Little Bayou WMA	1,284	Ashley	4	5
Little River WMA	597	Hempstead	10	3
Loafer's Glory WMA	2,686	Searcy	10	2
Longview Saline Natural Area WMA	6,010	Ashley	16	20
Maumelle River WMA	8,208	Pulaski	21	10
McIlroy Madison County WMA	15,086	Madison	59	45
Mike Freeze Wattensaw WMA	19,184	Prairie	158	143
Moro Big Pine Natural Area WMA	16,000	Calhoun	214	162
Mount Magazine WMA	120,000	Logan and Yell	437	498
Muddy Creek WMA	146,206	Montgomery, Scott and Yell	223	197
Nacatoch Ravines Natural Area WMA	2,122	Hempstead	6	3
Nimrod Lloyd Millwood WMA	25,000	Yell and Perry	133	67
Norfork Lake WMA	10,000	Baxter and Fulton	101	90
Ozan WMA	580	Hempstead	4	1
Ozark Lake WMA	7,834	Franklin, Crawford and Sebastian	39	41
Palmetto Flats Natural Area WMA	1,848	Little River	6	12
Petit Jean River WMA	15,782	Yell	79	98
Pine City Natural Area WMA	1,043	Monroe	5	1
Piney Creeks WMA	485,419	Pope, Newton, Johnson, Van Buren, Searcy and Conway	966	953
Poison Springs WMA	22,162	Ouachita and Nevada	199	120
Prairie Bayou WMA	453	Lonoke	3	5
Provo WMA	11,327	Sevier	49	50
Railroad Prairie Natural Area WMA	250	Prairie	6	1
Rainey WMA	488	Pope	11	13
Rex Hancock Black Swamp WMA	7,221	Woodruff	29	48
Rick Evans Grandview Prairie WMA	4,895	Hempstead	17	20
River Bend WMA	104	Perry	4	5
Robert L. Hankins Mud Creek WMA	1,052	Randolph	18	18
Roth Prairie Natural Area WMA	41	Arkansas	1	2
Scott Henderson Gulf Mountain WMA	14,923	Van Buren	94	88
Seven Devils WMA	5,032	Drew	16	13
Sheffield Nelson Dagmar WMA	10,297	Monroe	30	78
Shirey Bay Rainey Brake WMA	11,308	Lawrence	39	50
Slippery Hollow Natural Area WMA	1,555	Marion	3	5
St. Francis National Forest WMA	22,798	Lee and Phillips	84	76
St. Francis Sunken Lands WMA	30,574	Poinsett, Craighead, Greene and Clay	45	73
Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek Bottoms WMA	5,013	White	24	19
Stone Prairie WMA	989	Faulkner	8	3
Sulphur River WMA	16,520	Miller	65	59
Sylamore WMA	182,618	Baxter, Stone, Marion and Searcy	522	448
Terre Noire Natural Area WMA	493	Clark	7	3
Trusten Holder WMA	8,173	Arkansas and Desha	171	173
Two Bayou Creek WMA	1,250	Ouachita	14	15
U of A Pine Tree Experimental Station WDA	11,850	St. Francis	84	90
W. E. Brewer Scatter Creek WMA	5,002	Greene	40	32
Warren Prairie Natural Area WMA	5,552	Drew and Bradley	24	17
Wedington WMA	15,915	Benton and Washington	118	132
White Cliffs Natural Area WMA	573	Little River	2	2
White Rock WMA	328,836	Franklin, Johnson, Madison, Newton, Crawford and Washington	742	767
Winona WMA	145,276	Saline, Perry and Garland	309	348

Acres: AGFC's WMA pages. Harvest: AGFC deer check records, 2022-23 to 2024-25. 26 more AGFC WMAs are not listed yet: no big game season, no mapped boundary or too few seasons of deer numbers.

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Sources: AGFC WMA boundaries; AGFC Wildlife Management Areas; AGFC deer check records, 2022-23 to 2024-25. FilledTag is not part of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.

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