Baitfish make up significant number of stockings in 2020
Jan. 20, 2021
LITTLE ROCK – When there are more mouths to feed, the focus turns to providing those mouths with food. That’s the evolving stance at the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission when it pertains to fish production and stockings.
Task force mapping feral hog removal through online survey
Jan. 20, 2021
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Feral Hog Eradication Task Force is unveiling a new tool to help coordinate the fight against invasive pests in The Natural State. A new mobile-friendly survey will enable any private landowner or hunter to upload information about feral hog sightings and removal efforts in Arkansas.
Squirrels still available for Arkansas hunters
Jan. 20, 2021
LITTLE ROCK – What is a hunter to do? January is running out. Deer season is over except for a handful of bowhunters looking for a last-chance tag. Duck season also is beginning its swan song for the year, and turkey season is still months away.
AGFC Commissioner Meeting Notice
Jan. 19, 2021
You are hereby notified that Commissioners of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will meet on the following dates and times to consider any business that may be brought before the Commission. Unless otherwise stated, meetings will be held at the AGFC offices, 2 Natural Resources Dr. in Little Rock.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Jan. 14, 2021
Will Heaton is masked up, not only for being safe and social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic, but also because it was cold fishing on the Spring River. But he still caught this photogenic smallmouth bass, which have been biting there of late. Photo provided by Mark Crawford.
Arkansas Wildlife Waterfowl Report
Jan. 13, 2021
Ducks and geese share the same watering hole in an east-central Arkansas rest area. Photo by Mike Wintroath.
Arkansas deer hunters break harvest record
Jan. 13, 2021
LITTLE ROCK — With more than a month left in Arkansas’s archery deer season, hunters have checked 214,022 deer during the 2020-21 deer hunting season. That’s more deer than any season since the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission began keeping harvest records in 1938.