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.
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.
Arkansas hunters set alligator harvest record
Sept. 27, 2023
LITTLE ROCK — The 2023 Arkansas Alligator Season drew to a close at sunrise Monday, and, when the smoke on the water cleared, hunters had tallied 202 legally harvested alligators, swamping the old record of 174 taken in 2020.
AGFC Commissioner Meeting Notice
Sept. 27, 2023
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 Dr. in Little Rock.
AGFC to partner with Clarksville, University of the Ozarks on proposed shooting range
Sept. 21, 2023
PONCA — Arkansas Game and Fish Commissioners at today’s meeting authorized AGFC Director Austin Booth to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the city of Clarksville and the University of the Ozarks to construct a new shooting sports complex. The proposed range will be open to the public and complement the university’s growing collegiate shooting sports program.
Log in to new AGFC app, website to check your deer this year
Sept. 21, 2023
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas’s archery deer season opens Saturday, Sept. 23, and hunters are busy making those last-minute preparations for success. Double-check your license purchase and electronic game tags on the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s new mobile app or website before you hit the field so things run smoothly when you seal the deal on that trail camera stud you’ve been watching for the last month.