Entries Tagged Arkansas

The Natural State’s black bear hunters took full advantage of a new zone.

Arkansas officials reported 157 alligators killed by hunters during the state’s late summer season in six public areas and on private lands.

Waterfowl hunters can begin planning trips to Arkansas to hunt the famed timber and rice fields, with dates set for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons.

The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission approved the addition of two new black bear hunting zones during its May meeting.

Thanks to well-placed trail cam, an epic after-dark battle between a 180-class non-typical and another monster whitetail was captured on video.

The 86th World's Duck Calling Championship, held each Thanksgiving weekend in Stuttgart, Arkansas, has been postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fisheries biologists study the age of fish by otoliths, a calcium carbonate structure in the fish's inner ear, or by scales. With catfish, age also can be determined by counting growth rings on pectoral fins.

Crickets, worms, wax worms and other baits have their place and time on a hook. But few rival a natural seasonal bait that shows up in Arkansas and some other states in mid-summer: the catalpa worm.

Record harvests and expanded seasons are the norm as populations of black bears increase throughout the United States.

The war on feral hogs is intensifying in Alabama and nine other states with almost $17 million from the United States Department of Agriculture for site-specific removal projects.

Duck hunters in the Southeast suffered through a tough season in 2018. So far in 2019 things aren't much better according to waterfowl migration reports from one major destination state.

Aerial surveys in Arkansas show mallard numbers are on track for the long-term November average, but other puddle and diver ducks have migrated south.

Whitetail bucks can be aggressive during the breeding season, and all deer can be dangerous when wounded.

Arkansas is on the "must visit" list of any diehard waterfowl hunter. Here are the dates for the 2019-20 duck season so you can start making plans for a trip to the famed flooded timber or a cool lodge.