Student trap shooters convene at Jacksonville as AYSSP regionals begin
April 24, 2019
JACKSONVILLE – Schools and shooting teams from throughout Arkansas will begin converging each Friday and Saturday over the next six weeks, all hoping to unseat Bald Knob High School’s top senior division team and Nashville’s top junior squad as champions of youth trap shooting in Arkansas.
Governor signs legislation to boost feral hog control
April 22, 2019
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas’s growing battle with the overpopulating feral hog received a boost April 19 at the state Capitol when Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed Senate Bill 460 into law as Act 991 of the Arkansas General Assembly in front of members of the Arkansas Feral Hog Eradication Task Force.
Memphian restores acreage for quail, draws notice from Commission
April 17, 2019
EARLE – Walker Morris, who farms 250 total acres near Earle in Crittenden County, describes himself as a “recovering quail hunter.” His work to help restore the northern bobwhite earned him a Landowner Award, presented before the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission in its recent March monthly meeting. Morris was one of four landowners and families honored.
Arkansas Wildlife Fishing Report
April 17, 2019
John Tarpley (left) and his son took advantage recently of the excellent largemouth bass bite going on at Millwood Lake. Photo by Mike Siefert.
'Big Catch' moved to May 18 due to weather
April 10, 2019
LITTLE ROCK -- Weather predictions have forced the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Community First Alliance to postpone this weekend's "Big Catch" fishing event and community fair until Saturday, May 18, at MacArthur Park Pond in downtown Little Rock.
Arkansas Wildlife Fishing Report
April 10, 2019
Millwood Lake bass fishing is excellent, as these two anglers discovered recently. Photo provided by Mike Siefert.
Arkansas Wildlife Fishing Report
April 3, 2019
It's definitely time to take advantage of crappie spawning around Arkansas, as Mitzi Higgins holds a couple of slab crappie she caught at Lake Ouachita using pink minnows. Photo provided by Lisa Spencer.