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Hunting

Private property in Winona WMA becomes new leased land area

Jul. 22, 2020

AGFC sets Veteran/Active Duty Military Waterfowl Hunt, Arkansas waterfowl season dates clarified

Jul. 16, 2020

Northeast Arkansas field joins list for permitted dove hunts

Jul. 15, 2020

Thirty-eight Arkansas draw public land alligator hunting permits, private land hunting still available

Jul. 15, 2020

Leftover WMA Deer Hunting Permits available July 14

Jul. 13, 2020

Twenty-three drawn for Arkansas’s 2020 public land elk hunt

Jun. 25, 2020

AGFC holds virtual roundtable on deer disease

Jun. 24, 2020

Deer hunts within city limits available to hunters in Helena-West Helena

Jun. 24, 2020

Apply for a WMA deer hunting permit by July 1

Jun. 1, 2020

Buffalo River Elk Festival canceled, elk permits to be drawn online

May. 29, 2020

Apply for Arkansas’s urban archery deer hunts

May. 27, 2020

Landowners encouraged to enroll rice fields in new habitat/public access program

May. 26, 2020

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission approves 2020-21 hunting regulations changes

May. 21, 2020

AGFC offering payments to rice farmers for waterfowl habitat and hunting access

May. 13, 2020

Arkansas squirrel season opens May 15

May. 13, 2020

2020 Elk Hunt permit application available May 1

Apr. 29, 2020

Commission hears wildlife regulations changes

Apr. 23, 2020

AGFC commissioner meeting announcement

Apr. 15, 2020