Sanders pardons turkeys ahead of Thanksgiving
The annual event highlights the contributions of the state’s turkey industry, which produces more than 25 million birds yearly, ranking third nationally for turkey production
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Practice food safety during Thanksgiving festivities
Whether it’s roasted, braised or fried, the Thanksgiving turkey should be prepared with food safety as a top priority
Prices may rise for Thanksgiving birds as respiratory virus thins turkey numbers
Retailers may try to take the sting out of higher turkey prices as a respiratory virus called aMVP affects production of turkeys that would end up on the Thanksgiving table
Report quail, turkey sightings and help biologists measure the hatch
Turkeys and northern bobwhites have relatively short lifespans, so annual reproduction is extremely important to the total population and the quality of hunting
Arkansas turkey harvest continues slow climb
Arkansas hunters harvested 9,335 turkeys during the 2024 annual turkey season, a few hundred birds more than last year
Youth turkey hunt tops seven-year slump
The harvest eclipsed the 2022 special youth hunt harvest of 887 by 19 percent.
Youth turkey hunt opens this weekend in Arkansas
This weekend opens up a special two-day hunt for Arkansas’s youths to tag a turkey before the die-hard gobbler getters hit the woods for Arkansas’s regular turkey season opener, April 17.