Arkansas Waterfowl Season 2025-26
Arkansas waterfowl season dates start with Oct 25, 2025-Jan 31, 2026. The table below keeps every listed waterfowl row together with zones and notes where available.
Quick answer
Arkansas's listed 2025-26 waterfowl season runs Oct 25, 2025-Jan 31, 2026.
Regular Snow, Blue and Ross's Goose opens Oct 25, 2025 and closes Jan 31, 2026.
Regular White-fronted Goose opens Oct 25, 2025 and closes Jan 31, 2026.
The tables below keep the rest of the listed seasons together by species, with source links back to Arkansas Game & Fish Commission.
Waterfowl
17 listed rowsCanada Goose
Early
Sep 1-Oct 15, 2025
Canada Goose
Regular - Early
Sep 1-Oct 15, 2025
Early season: Sept. 1-Oct. 15, 2025.
Zone: Arkansas
Canada Goose
Regular
Nov 22, 2025-Jan 31, 2026
Season dates are split: Nov. 22-Dec. 1, 2025; Dec. 10-23, 2025; and Dec. 27, 2025-Jan. 31, 2026.
Canada Goose
Regular - Winter
Nov 22, 2025-Jan 31, 2026
Multiple split seasons: Nov. 22-Dec. 1, 2025; Dec. 10-23, 2025; Dec. 27, 2025-Jan. 31, 2026.
Zone: Arkansas
Duck, Coot and Merganser
Regular
Nov 22, 2025-Jan 31, 2026
Multiple split seasons: Nov. 22-Dec. 1, 2025; Dec. 10-23, 2025; Dec. 27, 2025-Jan. 31, 2026. Duck limit includes no more than 4 mallards (no more than 2 hens), 1 scaup, 3 wood ducks, 3 pintails, 2 redheads, 2 canvasbacks, 2 black ducks, 1 mottled duck. WMAs close to waterfowl hunting at noon during regular duck season.
Zone: Arkansas
Duck, Coot and Merganser
Regular
Nov 22, 2025-Jan 31, 2026
Season dates are split: Nov. 22-Dec. 1, 2025; Dec. 10-23, 2025; and Dec. 27, 2025-Jan. 31, 2026. WMAs close to waterfowl hunting at noon during regular duck season. Possession limit is three times the daily bag limit.
Duck, Coot and Merganser
Veteran and Active Duty Military
Feb 7-8, 2026
Veteran and active duty military may hunt ducks, geese, coots and mergansers. Mentors may accompany to call but may not hunt.
Duck, Coot and Merganser
Veteran and Active Duty Military
Feb 7-8, 2026
Veteran and active duty military. Mentors may accompany to call but may not hunt. Hunting allowed on WMAs from one half-hour before sunrise until sunset.
Zone: Arkansas
Duck, Coot and Merganser
Youth
Feb 7-8, 2026
Youth 15 and younger. Must be accompanied by mentor 18+ (if hunter education completed) or 21+ (if not). Mentors may not hunt but may call. Hunting allowed on WMAs from one half-hour before sunrise until sunset.
Zone: Arkansas
Duck, Coot and Merganser
Youth
Feb 7-8, 2026
Youths 15 and younger may hunt ducks, geese, coots and mergansers. Must be accompanied by mentor 18+ (hunter ed completed) or 21+ (no hunter ed). Mentors may not hunt but may call.
Snow, Blue and Ross's Goose
Regular
Oct 25, 2025-Jan 31, 2026
Multiple split seasons: Oct. 25-Nov. 2, 2025; Nov. 22-Dec. 1, 2025; Dec. 10-23, 2025; Dec. 27, 2025-Jan. 31, 2026.
Zone: Arkansas
Snow, Blue and Ross's Goose
Regular
Oct 25, 2025-Jan 31, 2026
Season dates are split: Oct. 25-Nov. 2, 2025; Nov. 22-Dec. 1, 2025; Dec. 10-23, 2025; and Dec. 27, 2025-Jan. 31, 2026.
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Snow, Blue and Ross's Goose
Light Goose Conservation Order
Feb 1-Apr 25, 2026
Split season: Feb. 1-6, 2026 and Feb. 9-April 25, 2026. No bag limit.
Teal (Blue-winged, Green-winged and Cinnamon)
Special Early Teal
Sep 20-28, 2025
Early teal season begins at sunrise (not one-half hour before sunrise).
Teal (Blue-winged, Green-winged and Cinnamon)
Early Teal
Sep 20-28, 2025
Special Early Teal season. Shooting begins at sunrise (not half-hour before sunrise).
Zone: Arkansas
White-fronted Goose
Regular
Oct 25, 2025-Jan 31, 2026
Multiple split seasons: Oct. 25-Nov. 2, 2025; Nov. 22-Dec. 1, 2025; Dec. 10-23, 2025; Dec. 27, 2025-Jan. 31, 2026.
Zone: Arkansas
White-fronted Goose
Regular
Oct 25, 2025-Jan 31, 2026
Season dates are split: Oct. 25-Nov. 2, 2025; Nov. 22-Dec. 1, 2025; Dec. 10-23, 2025; and Dec. 27, 2025-Jan. 31, 2026.