Twenty-three drawn for Arkansas’s 2020 public land elk hunt
June 25, 2020
JASPER — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has selected 23 Arkansans to participate in this year’s annual public land elk hunt.
Young hunters check 882 during youth turkey hunt
April 15, 2020
LITTLE ROCK — Despite a major cold front and Easter services for many families last weekend, the annual Arkansas youth turkey hunt showed a 27 percent increase from last year. Hunters under the age of 16 checked 882 birds during the two-day hunt to open the 2020 spring turkey season.
Arkansas Wildlife Waterfowl Report
Feb. 5, 2020
An enormous number of snows, blues and Ross's geese were seen in a field in Arkansas County not far from Brett Morgan Halowell Reservoir last week. The Light Goose Conservation Order for hunting these geese is in effect through Feb. 7 and from Feb. 9-April 25 throughout Arkansas.
Arkansas Wildlife Waterfowl Report
Dec. 4, 2019
Saturday is the first of two Special Youth Waterfowl Hunt days during this season, but it also marks the first of two Active Duty Military and Veterans Waterfowl Hunt days.
Apply for a once-in-a-lifetime youth deer hunt at Cooks Lake on Dale Bumpers White River NWR
Sept. 25, 2019
CASSCOE - Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation will host a special hunting experience at Cook's Lake, Dec. 7-8, 2019. Applications for the hunt will be accepted through Oct. 20, 2019.
Arkansas public land elk hunting permit applications available online
May 1, 2019
LITTLE ROCK – If you want an opportunity to harvest Arkansas’s largest big game animal, now is the time to put your name in the hat. The application period for Arkansas’s public land elk hunting permits is open from 8 a.m., May 1 until 11:59 p.m. June 1.
First youth waterfowl hunt of Arkansas’s 2018-19 season Saturday
Nov. 28, 2018
LITTLE ROCK - The ducks have a brief rest between the segments of duck hunting season, but on Saturday, the first of two youth waterfowl hunts will have hunters back in the woods in search of Arkansas’s premiere game species.