📣 Corning seniors, Bald Knob juniors lead qualifiers for Youth Shooting Sports tourney
JACKSONVILLE — Corning, a perennial contender for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Youth Shooting Sports state championship, led 63 other senior squads ...bit.ly/4aBn7Ip

🦃 Arkansas turkey harvest continues slow climb
LITTLE ROCK — According to the latest harvest statistics compiled through the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission licensing system, Arkansas hunters harvested 9,335 turkeys during the 2024 annual turkey ...bit.ly/451PRJ7

Online Auction at GovDeals
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The AGFC added more trucks to our auction. We have several Chevy trucks including one 2500 DuraMax. We outboard motors and plenty of take off tires. Keep an eye on our auction as we have several more trucks added weekly.

Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
May 23, 2024
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A couple of youngsters from Siloam Springs who were fishing recently on the Beaver Lake tailwater in Northwest Arkansas show off the first fish either has ever caught, two impressive rainbows.

🦃 Sharp County hunter sports strong beard game
LITTLE ROCK — They serve no practical function, but the whiskers protruding from a mature male turkey are a source of pride with the hunter who harvests that bird. The question heard by many hunters after ...bit.ly/3UWN2EC

🐟 🐟 Seeing double: Angler has twin fishing tales from Little Red River
HEBER SPRINGS — Angler Mitch Holland couldn’t believe his luck.
Almost a week to the day since he caught a brown trout measuring roughly 29 inches, he was back in the same spot at ...bit.ly/3QWZPpx

Big faker: Eastern hognose is Arkansas’s ‘counterfeit cobra’ 🐍
LITTLE ROCK — Snakes scare a lot of people. According to Web MD, half of the people in the world feel anxious about snakes while 2 to 3 percent of people experience ophidiophobia – a fear...bit.ly/3V7aAbc

🚤 Boater Education emphasis for National Safe Boating Week
The COVID-19 pandemic, and orders from health care officials to socially distance from others to limit spread of the virus, sent many people socially distancing on the lakes of Arkansas four ...bit.ly/3WKLNuM

Commission sets 2024-25 hunting seasons, expands hunting, angling opportunities
EL DORADO — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission passed a host of regulations changes to take effect during the 2024-25 hunting season and 2025 fishing year... bit.ly/3ymGLdU

🎣 Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
May 16, 2024
No, you’re not seeing double from last week’s Fishing Report: Mitch Holland went back to the Little Red River, near the same spot he was and at the same time of day when he caught a massive brown... bit.ly/44J7E7O

Arkansas squirrel hunting season open
LITTLE ROCK — It may be a few months from the opening of Arkansas’s duck, dove and rabbit hunting seasons, but there’s another reason to keep the shotgun handy now — Arkansas’s squirrel season opened May 15 and it’s ...bit.ly/3QOet2j

Join the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Meeting LIVE at 9 a.m.
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AGFC to break down barriers with federal grant
DE QUEEN — Thanks to a Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investment of $2 million from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will be able to tear down five stream barriers on ...bit.ly/3wBxSg1

Second Lake Conway cleanup scheduled for May 16-19
MAYFLOWER — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will host the second of three shoreline cleanups at Lake Conway from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. May 16-18.
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Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Fishing Report
May 9, 2024
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A youngster, named Miles, recently ventured to the opposite corner of the state, just below Beaver Lake on the tailwater in northwest Arkansas, and found out how much fun walleye are to catch.

🎣 Junior bass anglers show out at AGFF Commissioners Cup
HOT SPRINGS — Seventy-four teams consisting of anglers aged 8 to 18 hit the water with their boat captains Saturday to test their mettle against Lake Hamilton at the Arkansas Game and Fish ...bit.ly/3WsV3nk

🧐 USDA black vulture study taking flight in Arkansas, Missouri
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and U.S. Department of Agriculture need the public’s help collecting sightings of black vultures outfitted with special tags fitted to ...bit.ly/3QEa8i1

🐟 AGFC releases the titans at Lake Monticello
MONTICELLO — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is hedging its bets with bringing trophy-class bass fishing back to Lake Monticello with today’s release of roughly 9,000 special fish. These fish are the ...bit.ly/3UP9sc3

Mountain Home teacher named Outdoors Tomorrow Foundation Educator of the Year 🎣 📚 🛶
DALLAS – Freddy Penka of Pinkston Middle School in Mountain Home has been named the 2024 Educator of the Year by Outdoors Tomorrow Foundation. He was presented with...bit.ly/3Uujy0U