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 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.
Free CWD tests for hunter-harvested deer may land lifetime hunting and fishing license
Oct. 4, 2023
LITTLE ROCK — With cooler weather on the horizon and archery deer season underway, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission wants to remind all hunters to help monitor chronic wasting disease in the state by using one of the AGFC’s free CWD testing locations. All resident hunters who submit a sample for testing also will be entered into a special drawing at the close of the 2023-24 hunting season for one of two Resident Sportsman’s Lifetime Combination Licenses and Permits (valued at $1,000).
Add duck habitat without farming loss at AGFC workshop
Oct. 4, 2023
STUTTGART — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will host an open workshop from 9 a.m.-noon on Oct. 7 at Hampton Farms (239 Lodges Corner Rd., Stuttgart, AR) for anyone interested in learning how to increase duck abundance on their property without cutting the efficiency of their farming operation.
AGFC hears license change proposals
Oct. 1, 2023
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Director Austin Booth gave Commissioners the first reading of two regulations changes concerning Arkansas hunting and fishing licenses at a special virtual meeting held Thursday.