Big Lake Bottom WMA: Hunting

Hunting

Wildlife Management Areas have rules and regulations for hunting not required on private property. Hunters must possess a valid hunting license, the appropriate tags and stamps, as well as the proper public hunting permit. Permits include: Annual Public Hunting Permit (APH), computer drawn Special Permits, and the Regular Permit, which allows daily small game hunting on some areas. Hunters 16 years of age and younger are not required to have a hunting permit, but must have a hunting license and be supervised by a licensed, permitted adult, 18 years of age or older. Hunters and non-hunters must wear hunter orange during daylight hours at any time when firearm hunting for any species is authorized on the unit (except turkeys, waterfowl, and dove). For more details see the rules page for this WMA, the Summary of Fishing and Hunting Regulations and Public Hunting Lands Information and Maps.

Annual Public Hunting Permit Hunts

For current annual public hunting permit hunts, see the Big Lake Bottom WMA Hunting Map and Legal Game PDF.

Rules and Regulations

All public users are required to wear a minimum of 400 square inches of fluorescent orange material (including headwear) when hunting is occurring on the WMA, EXCEPT for hunters during waterfowl hunts.

Access to the Area is permissible only through authorized entry/exit locations and:

• Use of ATVs is prohibited.
• No trapping allowed.
• No baiting.
• Use of dogs to hunt feral hogs prohibited.
• Dogs are prohibited except each permit holder may possess one dog while hunting waterfowl, squirrel, rabbits and hares.