Arkansas Shed Antler Season 2027

Arkansas allows shed hunting on AGFC wildlife management areas and on private land with the owner's permission. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission puts it this way: "Shed hunting is legal on private land in Arkansas where a person has permission, and on Arkansas Game and Fish Commission wildlife management areas, except any areas owned by the National Park Service, such as Buffalo National River WMA."

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission lists its Arkansas shed rules without dated closures, so they hold year round. The weeks that matter most are the ones when antlers drop.

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's published shed rules name no permit, course or license for collecting. Landowner permission and the land manager's own rules still apply wherever you walk.

Selling wildlife parts is generally unlawful, but legally taken deer antlers and elk antlers are listed as an exception. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission: "C. Legally taken squirrel tails and pelts, rabbit pelts, turkey bones, deer antlers or clean skulls, elk antlers or clean skulls, deer hides, elk hides, and feathers not protected by federal regulation 50 CFR 20."

Shed hunting is allowed on AGFC wildlife management areas except those owned by the National Park Service. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission: "Shed hunting is legal on private land in Arkansas where a person has permission, and on Arkansas Game and Fish Commission wildlife management areas, except any areas owned by the National Park Service, such as Buffalo National River WMA."

Shed hunting is legal on private land where you have permission and on AGFC wildlife management areas. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission: "Shed hunting is legal on private land in Arkansas where a person has permission, and on Arkansas Game and Fish Commission wildlife management areas, except any areas owned by the National Park Service, such as Buffalo National River WMA."

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission names white-tailed deer and elk among the antlered animals of Arkansas. For whitetails, Iowa Department of Natural Resources puts the drop at mid January to mid March: "Whitetail deer have about a two-month shedding period in Iowa, beginning mid-Jan. and ending mid-March."

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. The rules here were read from its own pages on September 21, 2026, and each one links to the page it came from. Rules change between winters, so the agency page is the one to check before a trip.