Natural State turkey hunters saw an uptick in checked birds during this spring’s three-week turkey hunting season, which ran from April 18 to May 8. Hunters checked 7,578 turkeys, an 8 percent increase from last year’s 7,013-bird total.
With turkey hunting season wrapped up, many hunters will be putting away their shotguns until fall, but there’s another spring season that gives Arkansas hunters plenty of reasons to keep the scattergun cleaned and ready. Arkansas’s squirrel season opened May 15, and for those who enjoy chasing these treetop targets, it’s a great excuse to be in the woods.
Find every AGFC fish attractor with your phone or fishfinder Last month Jon Stein, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission fisheries biologist in northwest Arkansas, had the opportunity to present to AGFC commissioners and the public the highlights from the latest large-scale habitat project at Beaver Lake. Biologists created 145 new fish attractor locations during the project, but it’s only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to habitat and fishattracting cover the AGFC has placed in the last five years.
It’s time to prepare those fishing poles and bait! It is fishing season, and to celebrate, Governor Asa Hutchinson has announced that anyone in Arkansas can fish license-free Friday, June 10 through midnight Sunday, June 12.
Each spring, young male black bears emerge from their dens and strike out to find new territories. While sightings of these misguided youths certainly grab the attention of people living in neighborhoods bordering bear country, they often move on as long as people don’t give them a reason to stay.
It’s time to prepare those fishing poles and bait! It is fishing season, and to celebrate, Governor Asa Hutchinson has announced that anyone in Arkansas can fish license-free Friday, June 10 through midnight Sunday, June 12.
Each spring, young male black bears emerge from their dens and strike out to find new territories. While sightings of these misguided youths certainly grab the attention of people living in neighborhoods bordering bear country, they often move on as long as people don’t give them a reason to stay.
Week of May 2 and May 6 Star of the Week 1 Game Score Plus Handicap Ray Hollis 198 May 9 Game Winners Pit 1 Weeks and McHugh 193 Pit 2 Simmons and Hollis 188 Pit 3 Clementi and Bass 170 May 13 Game Winners Pit 1 Gruger 97 Pit 2 Hollis and Prusak 191 Pit 3 Mchugh and Watts 189 .
Eighth grade students from Salem High School, Huntlee York and Colton Smith, recently won the Bassmaster High School Central Open held on April 24 on Lake Norfork. They caught a five bass limit that weighed 13 lbs 7 oz. They punched their ticket to the Bassmaster High School National tournament on Aug. 11-13 on Lake Hartwell in South Carolina. Pictured left to right are Huntlee York, Boat Captain Trapper York and Colton Smith.
Managing Editor, Arkansas Wildlife Magazine High-water events in recent years are paying off in a big walleye bite on Bull Shoals and Norfork lakes in north Arkansas, not only this spring but for the last several years, according to anglers from local fishing clubs, resort owners and guides on the lakes. Members of the Twin Lakes Walleye Club, which provides regular dissolved oxygen and water temperature research that is being used by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission on Bull Shoals, are having an excellent walleye season, which hits its peak from April until early to midfall, according to club president Don Thomas.