The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission has approved dates for the upcoming waterfowl season.
The upcoming season will be as follows:
Special Early Teal Season: Sept. 20-28, 2025
Duck, Coot and Merganser Seasons: Nov. 22-Dec. 1, 2025; Dec. 10-23, 2025; Dec. 27, 2025-Jan. 31, 2026
Early Canada Goose Hunt: Sept. 1-Oct. 15, 2025
Regular Canada Goose Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 1, 2025; Dec. 10-23, 2025; Dec.27, 2025-Jan. 31, 2026
White-fronted Goose Season: Oct. 25-Nov. 2, 2025, Nov. 22-Dec. 1, 2025; Dec. 10-23, 2025; Dec. 27, 2025-Jan. 31, 2026
Snow, Blue and Ross’s Goose Season: Oct. 25-Nov. 2, 2025; Nov. 22-Dec. 1, 2025; Dec. 10-23, 2025; Dec. 27, 2025-Jan. 31, 2026
Light Goose Conservation Order: Feb. 1-6, 2026; Feb. 9-April 25, 2026
Seasoned Arkansas hunters will note two changes in the season.
The changes, a result of regulation frameworks released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Mississippi Flyway Council, will shorten the number of days in the annual special early teal season to nine and to increase the daily allowed bag limit on northern pintails from one to three.
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