AGFC Shooting Sports Division aims for more opportunities
Oct. 11, 2023
LITTLE ROCK — Growing recreational shooting sports is the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s target in the coming years under Director Austin Booth, and much is underway to make that come to fruition.
Quirky pack animals aid public land experiences
Oct. 11, 2023
SPRINGDALE — Thanks to a decades-old partnership, the U.S. Forest Service and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission are able to offer over a million acres of public hunting opportunity in the Ouachita and Ozark/St. Francis National Forests. Getting the most out of remote portions of these rugged lands, however, takes a little extra effort. Arkansas outfitter Casey Brewster has discovered the therapeutic power of hunting and relaxing in these out-of-the-way public lands, thanks to some ingenuity and a few surefooted assistants. He and his organization lead veterans and first responders on special multiple day hunting trips using pack goats to get their supplies where they need to go.
Arkansas Waterfowl Hunting Guidebook available online
Oct. 11, 2023
LITTLE ROCK — Printed copies of this year’s Arkansas Waterfowl Hunting Guidebook are being produced as always and should be delivered throughout the state in the next few weeks. With every hunter carrying a phone to the field, it’s always great to download your own copy and have it at the ready no matter where you go.
AGFC plans Arkansas Deer Update for hunters
Oct. 11, 2023
LITTLE ROCK — Biologists and staff from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will host a live Arkansas Deer Update on the AGFC YouTube channel beginning at 6 p.m. Oct. 19 for hunters heading into the meat of deer season.
Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
Oct. 5, 2023
Agustin Icka from Chile was visiting his godparents in Arkansas for the first time and had never caught trout, at least until this trip. Fishing out of Gaston's Resort on the White RIver with guide Paul Jones and Graeme Shaw, his godfather from Marmaduke, Agustin and the others had an "outrageous" fishing experience, according to Graeme, with multiple trophy fish hauled in, including this gorgeous brown trout. Photo provided by Graeme Shaw.
Arkansas Deer and Deer Hunting Featured on Arkansas Wildlife Podcast
Oct. 5, 2023
LITTLE ROCK — Join host Trey Reid and Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Deer Program Coordinator on this week’s episode of Arkansas Wildlife Podcast as they talk about all things deer. Listen in as they go in depth on Arkansas’s deer population and some of the recent harvests to explain how Arkansas hunters may just be living in the golden years of deer and how the AGFC is working to maintain high-quality habitat and deer hunting in The Natural State.
Elementary school butterfly project spreads wings
Oct. 4, 2023
SPRINGDALE — Students at T.G. Smith Elementary in Springdale may be the key to building back habitat for monarch butterflies in Northwest Arkansas through the school’s latest effort to produce milkweed and distribute it to flower beds and gardens throughout their school district.