Season four of Arkansas Wildlife springs into action this weekend
March 28, 2018
LITTLE ROCK – The fourth season of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s award-winning television show, Arkansas Wildlife, is primed and ready to hit the airwaves and Internet this weekend.
Commission hears recommendations for 2018-19 hunting seasons
March 23, 2018
LITTLE ROCK – Biologists and staff with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission offered the first reading of recommendations for the 2018-19 hunting season to commissioners at today’s monthly meeting.
Arkansas Wildlife Fishing Report
March 21, 2018
Lake Ouachita has dropped down to near full pool and the black bass are very active on the lake now, according to several of our reports. Meanwhile, rise temperatures and less rain than we saw in February have other fish becoming active.
Field tour offers opportunity for first-hand look at high-quality quail habitat
March 21, 2018
WARREN – Join biologists from Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Quail Forever Saturday, March 31, for a tour of Warren Prairie Natural Area WMA to learn about proper northern bobwhite habitat in southern Arkansas and how you can create bobwhite habitat on your property.
Work begins on new Horseshoe Lake boat ramp
March 21, 2018
HUGHES – Anglers in east Arkansas soon will have an improved free launching site on Horseshoe Lake in Crittenden County. The Nancy and Pat Bonds Horseshoe Lake Access on the southwest corner of the lake will be temporarily closed to complete a major renovation for anglers to enjoy this gem of the Delta. The access is scheduled to reopen at the beginning of June.
Learn to burn with the AGFC at prescribed fire workshops
March 21, 2018
LITTLE ROCK – Landowners can learn proper and safe use of prescribed fire for improving wildlife habitat through a series of free workshops sponsored by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Private Lands Section.
Leave the calls behind when scouting for public land longbeards
March 21, 2018
FORT SMITH – Gobblers already are beginning to loosen up their vocal chords, and many hunters are having a hard time playing the waiting game until April 9. If you want to hear that tom gobble and head to your set on opening morning, you have to exercise a little patience. According to a veteran with more than 35 years under his turkey vest, stomping around in the woods now can be one of the worst things you can do if you’re going to see a bird when it matters.