Arkansas Hunting News


Commission Sets 2012-13 Deer Hunting Seasons in Arkansas The upcoming deer hunting seasons for the state have been set by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. The seasons were approved at today’s meeting of the Commission. Season dates for the 2012-13 deer hunting season: *Archery* – All zones: Sept. 15-Feb. 28, 2013.
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Considers Arkansas Hunting Season Proposals During today’s monthly meeting of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, commissioners were presented with proposals for the 2012-13 hunting seasons. Commissioners will study the proposals and make a final decision at their April meeting. AGFC Chief of Wildlife David Goad presented the proposed changes to the Commission. “We’ve heard what the public has been saying and we’re trying to follow their input,” Goad said. Several changes are proposed for the 2012-13 hunting season. A quick rundown of a few of the proposed changes:
Arkansas’s Bear Harvest Continues to Be Strong Arkansas’s bear harvest continues to be strong. Hunters harvested more than 400 bears during the 2011-12. Last year, hunters harvested more 450 bears. During the 2009-10 season, hunters harvested a record 530 bears. The harvest totals were presented to commissioners of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission during its monthly meeting on Thursday.
Arkansas GFC Announces New Chief of Enforcement The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has named Jeff Crow as its new Chief of Enforcement. Most recently Crow served as the Law Enforcement Management Specialist for the University of Arkansas’s Criminal Justice Institute. Following an extensive search and interview process the Commission accepted AGFC Director Loren Hitchcock’s recommendation to select Crow for the position recently vacated due to the promotion of Colonel Mike Knoedl to deputy director.
Illinois Man Wins Dream Waterfowl Hunt With Winchester Winchester® Ammunition is pleased to announce that Kent L. Bushman, from Rock Falls, Ill., was selected as the Grand Prize Winner of the Winchester “Dream Hunt” Sweepstakes.
Arkansas Traffic Stop Leads to Arrests for Possession and Sale of Alligators What began as a simple traffic stop Jan. 30 led to several citations for illegal possession and sale of alligators. An Arkansas State Police trooper pulled over Patrick Fenton and Jerry Allen on Arkansas Highway 19 in Pike County. During the traffic stop, the trooper noticed a diaper box that turned out to have a baby alligator in it. The trooper immediately contacted AGFC wildlife officers.
Arkansas GFC Exploring Antler Restriction Changes The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Wildlife Management Division is exploring antler restriction changes for several wildlife management areas and three deer zones. These antler restriction proposals are directly tied to habitat quality and harvest objectives. Wildlife management division personnel have selected 16 WMAs scattered across the state that have excellent deer management potential. They will be managed as areas where hunters can go and have a good chance of taking a really nice deer.
Arkansas GFC Signs Historic Minimum Flow Document After working toward a solution for more than 13 years, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission today approved the final piece of an agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers to ensure a steady flow of water below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.
Arkansas Flood Zones Reopen for Christmas Deer Hunts Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Director Loren Hitchcock has authorized opening the state’s private land flood prone zones in advance of the upcoming modern gun, muzzleloader and youth deer hunts. Last week, commissioners gave the director of the AGFC the authority to open any closed flood prone region based on the recommendation of the chief of the wildlife management division. Several areas around the state have been closed to deer hunting due to high water. Reopening the zones will give hunters more opportunity to help control Arkansas's growing deer herd.
Emergency Road Closure at Arkansas Sheffield Nelson Dagmar WMA The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission closed the main gate at Sheffield Nelson Dagmar WMA because of flooding and unsafe conditions on Saturday, Dec. 10. Staff from the AGFC's Brinkley Regional Office have been monitoring the flood levels and roads closely, and decided the road had become too unsafe for travel.

Commission Sets 2012-13 Deer Hunting Seasons in Arkansas

The upcoming deer hunting seasons for the state have been set by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. The seasons were approved at today’s meeting of the Commission.

Season dates for the 2012-13 deer hunting season:
Archery – All zones: Sept. 15-Feb. 28, 2013.

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Considers Arkansas Hunting Season Proposals

During today’s monthly meeting of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, commissioners were presented with proposals for the 2012-13 hunting seasons. Commissioners will study the proposals and make a final decision at their April meeting.

AGFC Chief of Wildlife David Goad presented the proposed changes to the Commission. “We’ve heard what the public has been saying and we’re trying to follow their input,” Goad said.

Several changes are proposed for the 2012-13 hunting season. A quick rundown of a few of the proposed changes:

Arkansas’s Bear Harvest Continues to Be Strong

Arkansas’s bear harvest continues to be strong. Hunters harvested more than 400 bears during the 2011-12. Last year, hunters harvested more 450 bears. During the 2009-10 season, hunters harvested a record 530 bears.

The harvest totals were presented to commissioners of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission during its monthly meeting on Thursday.

Arkansas GFC Announces New Chief of Enforcement

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has named Jeff Crow as its new Chief of Enforcement.

Most recently Crow served as the Law Enforcement Management Specialist for the University of Arkansas’s Criminal Justice Institute. Following an extensive search and interview process the Commission accepted AGFC Director Loren Hitchcock’s recommendation to select Crow for the position recently vacated due to the promotion of Colonel Mike Knoedl to deputy director.

Illinois Man Wins Dream Waterfowl Hunt With Winchester

Winchester® Ammunition is pleased to announce that Kent L. Bushman, from Rock Falls, Ill., was selected as the Grand Prize Winner of the Winchester “Dream Hunt” Sweepstakes.

Arkansas Traffic Stop Leads to Arrests for Possession and Sale of Alligators

What began as a simple traffic stop Jan. 30 led to several citations for illegal possession and sale of alligators. An Arkansas State Police trooper pulled over Patrick Fenton and Jerry Allen on Arkansas Highway 19 in Pike County. During the traffic stop, the trooper noticed a diaper box that turned out to have a baby alligator in it. The trooper immediately contacted AGFC wildlife officers.

Arkansas GFC Exploring Antler Restriction Changes

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Wildlife Management Division is exploring antler restriction changes for several wildlife management areas and three deer zones. These antler restriction proposals are directly tied to habitat quality and harvest objectives.

Wildlife management division personnel have selected 16 WMAs scattered across the state that have excellent deer management potential. They will be managed as areas where hunters can go and have a good chance of taking a really nice deer.

Arkansas GFC Signs Historic Minimum Flow Document

After working toward a solution for more than 13 years, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission today approved the final piece of an agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers to ensure a steady flow of water below Bull Shoals Dam on the White River.

Arkansas Flood Zones Reopen for Christmas Deer Hunts

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Director Loren Hitchcock has authorized opening the state’s private land flood prone zones in advance of the upcoming modern gun, muzzleloader and youth deer hunts. Last week, commissioners gave the director of the AGFC the authority to open any closed flood prone region based on the recommendation of the chief of the wildlife management division.

Several areas around the state have been closed to deer hunting due to high water. Reopening the zones will give hunters more opportunity to help control Arkansas's growing deer herd.

Emergency Road Closure at Arkansas Sheffield Nelson Dagmar WMA

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission closed the main gate at Sheffield Nelson Dagmar WMA because of flooding and unsafe conditions on Saturday, Dec. 10.

Staff from the AGFC's Brinkley Regional Office have been monitoring the flood levels and roads closely, and decided the road had become too unsafe for travel.

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