Buckmasters News
2023 CRP signup open through April 7
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for its voluntary Conservation Reserve Program. Private landowners can apply at their local USDA...
Wildlife officers need details to catch game violators
It happens every fall. Someone sees a blatant game law violation and they wonder where the wildlife officers are. Or the observer may phone the Game and Fish...
Statewide holiday deer hunt Dec. 26-28
Deer hunters using modern guns have one more chance to collect on their scouting time and tag a trophy. The statewide modern gun holiday deer hunt is Dec....
Youth harvest sees 27% increase with 882 birds checked
Hunters under the age of 16 checked 882 birds during the two-day hunt to open the 2020 spring turkey season Easter weekend. Despite a major cold front, there...
Special urban bowhunt applications now available
The application period for special urban bowhunts for the 2022-23 deer hunting season is now open. Registration closes July 11, before the first orientation.
Deer harvest tops 200,000 for fifth straight year
With a month and a half left in archery deer season, Arkansas hunters have checked more than 200,000 deer. This is the fifth consecutive year the Arkansas...
Trapping, not shooting, works best to eradicate hogs
In an effort to eradicate hogs, the Game and Fish Commission has taken a new approach to an old problem and adopted rules against hunting feral hogs on the...
Apply for a WMA deer hunting permit June 3-July 1
The WMA deer permit hunt application period for the 2019-20 hunting season opens June 3 and runs through July 1 for hunters interested in pursuing...
Elk application period opens May 1
The application period opens May 1 for public land permits next fall in the Buffalo River country of northwest Arkansas.
From 12 a.m. May 1 until 11:59 p.m....
Commission puts special regs in place to slow CWD
Commissioners voted unanimously June 24 during a special meeting to approve a Chronic Wasting Disease Management Zone made up of Boone, Carroll, Johnson,...
Phase 2 sampling finds 2 more CWD positive deer
Two additional deer have tested positive for chronic wasting disease in Arkansas. A deer in Madison County and another deer in Pope County were positive for...
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