The Truth about Wild Hogs Crawling on all fours through the nastiest tangled cover you can imagine, I wove my bow through the overhanging branches. Minutes before, my guide and I had spotted a massive Hungarian Razorback grazing through the timber. Anticipating that the huge boar might follow the most heavily used trail, we hoped to intercept him.
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Arkansas Spring Turkey Season Will Remain Shorter 10/23/09
For the fourth consecutive year, commissioners with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission have agreed that a shorter season is needed to match gobbler harvest to recent below-average turkey brood production. It also will allow more hens to breed and start nesting before hunters take to the woods. [Comments?]
Senators Fight Ban of Traditional Ammo in National Parks 09/28/09
A letter signed by numerous United States senators to Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar raising important questions about actions by the National Park Service (NPS) to ban the use of traditional ammunition in parks . . . [4 Comments]
Arkansas Closes Fall Turkey Seasons 09/28/09
After voicing concerns about declining spring turkey harvests, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission today voted to close all 2009 fall turkey hunting seasons in the state. [Comments?]
Arkansas Deer Season Second Highest on Record 06/01/09
It was a very good year for deer hunting in Arkansas. Hunters recorded the second highest harvest total on record. Preliminary harvest figures show that almost 183,700 total deer were checked during the 2008-09 season. [Comments?]
Arkansas GFC Closes West Boundary Road 04/17/09
In the interest of public safety, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has closed the West Boundary Road on the Trusten Holder Wildlife Management Area. [Comments?]
Arkansas 2009-10 Hunting Seasons Set 03/30/09
Arkansas youth deer hunters will enjoy two extra days for their modern gun hunt and a relaxed antler restriction during the upcoming deer season. Commissioners from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission formally approved the regulation changes as part of the 2009-10 hunting season-setting process at its monthly meeting. [Comments?]
Arkansas GFC Met Jan 22nd 01/26/09
During the short meeting, commissioners were provided a harvest report on the state’s recent elk season. Cory Gray, the AGFC’s new elk biologist, reported that a total of 16 elk were harvested during the state’s three seasons. [Comments?]
Arkansas WMA Turkey Hunt App Period Begins Dec. 15 12/15/08
Beginning Monday, Dec. 15, Arkansas turkey hunters may apply for limited permits on several Arkansas Game and Fish Commission wildlife management areas for the 2009 spring turkey season. [Comments?]
Coal Pile Lake Area in Arkansas Closed to Hunting 11/20/08
In October 2008, the Echubby Lake Hunting Club deeded the Coal Pile Lake area to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. The lake is located approximately 15 miles east of Dumas near the community of Pendleton on the Arkansas River. [Comments?]
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Pennsylvania Whitetail Deer & Black Bear The whitetail deer was a 173 lb 8 pointer I harvested on public land in Pike County, Pennsylvania with archery equipment. The black bear was 150 lbs, and harvested on public land in Pike County, Pennsylvania with a 12 gauge 870 Remington using 2 3/4 inch Remington Premier Copper Solid Sabot Slugs. This was the second Pennsylvania black bear I have taken in 10 years in the Commonwealth.
