WRICE program permit hunts producing for lucky hunters
Dec. 11, 2019
The second split of Arkansas’s waterfowl season is underway, and high water in some portions of the state has made hunting on some public areas near the White River a bit more challenging with many more flooded acres of habitat for the ducks to spread out. Hunters are, however, seeing some good success from fields procured through Arkansas’s Waterfowl Rice Incentive Conservation Enhancement Program.
AGFC cooks up a Christmas gift for everyone
Dec. 11, 2019
LITTLE ROCK — If Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday all have your pockets looking a little bare, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has just the thing to lighten your holiday spirits. How about a free download of the AGFC’s cookbook “A Celebration of Conservation” to keep on your phone, computer or to print out at home?
Five locations added to Family and Community Fishing Program
Dec. 11, 2019
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission stocks hundreds of thousands of pounds of trout and catfish in small ponds throughout the state each year to offer anglers an opportunity to enjoy a day fishing from the bank without driving long distances to wet a line. The following ponds have been added to this growing list of locations and will begin to receive stockings of trout this week:
AGFC powers up SWEPCO Lake with massive fish habitat project
Dec. 11, 2019
SILOAM SPRINGS — During the last week, biologists and staff with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission planted a literal forest of fish habitat under the surface of SWEPCO Lake in northwest Arkansas. Throughout the week, men and women cut, tied and sank nearly 500 mature hardwood trees into the lake to create habitat for bass, crappie and other sportfish in the 500-acre powerplant reservoir.
First statewide youth and veterans waterfowl hunt this weekend
Dec. 4, 2019
LITTLE ROCK – This Saturday marks the first time in Arkansas history that members of the armed services and veterans will have a special day in the wetlands chasing ducks and geese. The Special Active Duty Military and Veteran Waterfowl Hunt will take place alongside Arkansas’s Special Youth Waterfowl Hunt Dec. 7, 2019 and Feb. 8, 2020.
Public invited to speak up about Spring River trout fishery
Dec. 4, 2019
MAMMOTH SPRING — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will host a special public meeting at the Mammoth Spring School Complex from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 16 to gather public input on a trout management plan specific to Spring River. The Complex is at 410 Goldsmith Ave. in Mammoth Spring.
Triple Trophy: deer hunting’s trifecta
Dec. 4, 2019
LITTLE ROCK — With the annual white-tailed deer rut beginning to decline across most of the state, many hunters are beginning to trade in their deer rifles for duck guns, but there’s still plenty of time left to claim a spot in Arkansas’s deer hunting honor roll by completing the Triple Trophy Award.