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Deer Hunting

Open Houses Offer Help Leading into 2026-27 Deer Season

Aug. 27, 2026

Early buck-only hunt offers head start to deer season

Aug. 26, 2026

Apply for a WMA deer hunting permit by July 1

Jun. 1, 2026

AGFC adjusts fishing and hunting regulations, sets waterfowl season dates

Apr. 17, 2026

Arkansas’s modern gun deer hunting season begins Nov. 8

Nov. 5, 2025

Early buck-only hunt offers head start to deer hunting season

Aug. 26, 2025

Apply and qualify for an Arkansas urban archery deer hunt

Jun. 25, 2025

Apply for a WMA Deer Permit Hunt by July 1

Jun. 3, 2025

Arkansas deer harvest increases, just short of 200,000

Mar. 6, 2025

Arkansas’s Triple Trophy Award rewards elite hunters for diverse hunting skills

Feb. 28, 2025

Deer clubs step up to feed Arkansans in need

Nov. 20, 2024

Rising water threatens to close deer hunting in portions of east Arkansas 

Nov. 7, 2024

Free youth deer tags available at AGFC.com

Oct. 29, 2024

Triple Trophy award gives reason to keep Ol’ Betsy handy

Oct. 17, 2024

Hunters check 1,231 deer during inaugural early buck hunt 

Sep. 20, 2024

AGFC expands CWD zone, open house workshops scheduled

Sep. 6, 2024

AGFC names Jackson Point 2024 Arkansas Deer Club of the Year 

Aug. 14, 2024

Commission clarifies nonresident deer dog regulations, early archery hunt 

Jul. 25, 2024