Celebrate National Shooting Sports Month with special discounts at the AGFC’s firing range
July 31, 2019
MAYFLOWER — The Dr. James E. Moore Jr. Camp Robinson Firing Range will hold a variety of special offers to its patrons throughout August to celebrate National Shooting Sports Month. Range staff have prepared a variety of promotions to get people off the couch and on the range to prepare for this year’s hunting seasons.
Learn to hunt bears with AGFC’s lead bear biologist
July 31, 2019
LITTLE ROCK — If you’ve ever dreamed of taking on the challenge of bear hunting in The Natural State, you’ll want to free up your calendar for one of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s upcoming workshops. Myron Means, AGFC large carnivore program coordinator will host a series of seminars throughout Arkansas dedicated to hunting black bears during August and September.
Don’t let AT&T, Nexstar dispute keep you from watching Arkansas Wildlife
July 31, 2019
LITTLE ROCK — If you’re missing the Arkansas Wildlife television show because of the ongoing business dispute between AT&T/DirecTV and Nexstar Media Group, you can always find episodes of the show on the Arkansas Wildlife YouTube channel.
Application period begins for private-land permit dove hunts
July 31, 2019
LITTLE ROCK – Dove season is right around the corner marking the first statewide fall hunting season, and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is providing several opportunities for sportsmen to include permit hunts on private lands.
AGFC removes all daily sportfish limits from Lake Monticello
July 29, 2019
MONTICELLO - The Director of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission removed all daily sportfish limits and length limits on Lake Monticello for all species of fish in an emergency proclamation today as a result of the recent decision by the City of Monticello to drain the lake for repairs to its dam.
Forest management plants seeds for future hunting opportunity at Dagmar WMA
July 29, 2019
BRINKLEY — Wildlife habitat at Sheffield Nelson Dagmar Wildlife Management Area in Monroe County has seen a huge boost for the future, thanks to proactive work to create the next generation of forest on a small portion of the area managed for waterfowl. Habitat surveys conducted this spring show excellent results from the recent removal of select trees on Mud Slough Greentree Reservoir, promoting food for ducks, deer and a variety of other wildlife species for many generations to come.
Waterfowl hunting dates for nonresidents on Arkansas wildlife management areas available
July 29, 2019
LITTLE ROCK — Nonresident waterfowl hunters will be able to hunt some of Arkansas’s most popular public waterfowl-hunting destinations Nov. 23-Dec. 2; Dec. 27-Jan. 5; and Jan. 22-31 this season.