AGFC commissioner meeting notice
May 15, 2017
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 Drive in Little Rock.
Rae takes reigns of Enforcement Division
May 11, 2017
Greg Rae was promoted today to colonel to lead the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Enforcement Division. He succeeds Pat Fitts, who recently was promoted to assistant deputy director at the agency.
Shiloh Christian, Accuracy in Motion win AYSSP east regional
May 10, 2017
Strong winds were prevalent for a second straight weekend at the Jacksonville Shooting Complex, but by Saturday the 129 senior division trap-shooting teams competing were greeted with plenty of sunshine and a little less wind for the Arkansas Youth Shooting Sports Program’s west regional qualifiers. Shiloh Christian School’s senior high team won the senior division on Saturday, while the Accuracy In Motion/Gunsmoke club team from Madison, Washington and Carroll counties bested 84 teams in the breezy conditions of Friday’s junior division regional.
Unattended fawns likely not abandoned
May 10, 2017
Each spring, thousands of Arkansas deer give birth to fawns. And each year, biologists with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission get calls from worried conservation-minded individuals who happen across one of these young deer sitting still in the tall grasses where it is hiding. But that abandoned fawn likely isn’t abandoned at all. In fact, its mother may be just out of sight, waiting for you to leave so she may tend to her young.
2017-18 urban deer hunt application period open
May 10, 2017
The application period for Arkansas’s special urban bowhunts for the 2017-18 hunting season is now open and will run until 6:30 p.m., August 18.
Fourche Creek featured on Arkansas Wildlife Television
May 10, 2017
The new boat ramp at Benny Craig Park on Fourche Creek was the focus of this week’s kickoff to National Travel and Tourism Week in Little Rock. As part of the celebration, guided float tours took visitors through a section of this special stream flowing right through Arkansas’s capital city. Arkansas Wildlife Television also featured Fourche Creek and the recreational opportunities available there in its most recent episode, which aired last weekend.
