Big Squirrel Challenge set for Jan. 9-10
Now in its fifth year, this celebration of the bountiful bushytail has become a favorite January event for families across The Natural State
Category: Outdoors
AGFC fisheries making room for megabass
Any angler who catches a largemouth bass weighing 10 pounds or larger from Arkansas waters from Jan. 1-March 31 can call the Lunker Line any time, day or night, and someone from the AGFC will meet them at the lake and take possession of the fish if it is healthy enough, return it to the AGFC’s Joe Hogan State Fish Hatchery in Lonoke and spawn it with genetically superior male bass to create improved fingerlings that will be stocked in the lake
Arkansas biologists help band this year’s duck migration
Cayce Guy is waiting with anticipation for the peak of the waterfowl migration at Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek Bottoms Wildlife Management Area — maybe a little more intently this year than any other
Arkansas Advocate: North Arkansas’ Blanchard Springs Caverns set to become state park
North Arkansas’ Blanchard Springs Caverns is in the process of becoming Arkansas’ 53rd state park, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Monday
AGFC: Alligator Gar Trophy Tags available through end of 2025
Many Arkansas anglers travel all the way to the Gulf of Mexico each year in search of trophy fish like tarpon and sailfish. Most don’t know they are passing up a similar opportunity right here in The Natural State
Experts warn Arkansans to be ‘Bear Aware’ as populations rise across the state
With Arkansas’ black bear population continuing to grow and sightings becoming more common, wildlife experts are urging Arkansans to stay informed about bear behavior and safety practices in the outdoors
No Second Thoughts: Man in the Box
This Saturday will mark the first day of modern gun deer season, yet I’m hardly excited about it because modern gun season has lost its allure in Arkansas