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The ongoing heatwave might keep most hunters out of the woods right now, but skipping your pre-season stand safety check is a recipe for disaster. A quick trip to inspect your stand and hunting location is well worth the effort if it means coming home safely at the end of each hunt later this year.

According to Matt Gideon, Hunter Education and Boater Education Co...


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It’s way too early to predict a Super Bowl winner or this year’s National Champion college football team, but the big show of odd eats and outdoor cooking will decide the best chef of the woods at the World Champion Squirrel Cook Off at the J.B. and Johnelle Hunt Family Ozark Highlands Nature Center in Springdale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Sept. 12.

“Just like always,...


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September 10, 2026

Jim Harris

Managing Editor Arkansas Wildlife Magazine

Neauman Coleman enjoyed the fishing on the Spring River recently with guide Mark Crawford, who says there are lots of hungry bass on the Spring these days, even with lower-tha...

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WYNNE — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission unanimously approved the official name of the state’s latest wildlife management area as Pat Fitts Oakwood WMA at its monthly meeting held Wednesday at the Bill Thomas Wynne Economic Development Commission Building and Technology Center in Cross County.

Pat Fitts Oakwood WMA was added to the AGFC’s hunting opportunitie...


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The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will open bids tomorrow to begin the reconstruction of its Jonesboro Field Office. The bidding window opened Aug. 8-Sept. 8, and the mandatory pre-bid meeting was held Aug. 24.

“We’ve already submitted building permits and plans, so once we open the bids and select a contractor the rebuild should begin fairly quickly,” Reid Ph...


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