BY Randy Zellers , AG&FC The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission application window for 2025 Wildlife Management Area Turkey Hunt Permits is open through Feb. 15. These permits are required to hunt on a few WMAs that present some of the best public hunting available in the state. Turkey hunting is open on many Arkansas WMAs to anyone during the season, but a handful of locations are managed through randomly drawn permits…
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Chairman Bobby Martin loaded the first batch of rainbow trout May 17 at the “ribbon-cutting” of the newly remodeled Jim Hinkle Spring River State Fish Hatchery at Mammoth Spring. The hatchery, Arkansas’s only state-owned cold water hatchery, supplies rainbow trout to 43 locations throughout The Natural State, including the famed White, Norfork and Spring rivers. The hatchery, which was originally built in 1974 and was donated to…
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has set our sights on building a flagship recreational shooting sports facility in Northwest Arkansas. In order for us to build the type of facility we know Arkansas recreational shooters want, we need your help in finding the ideal location to build the facility. The Commission is searching for a site that’s flat, at least 150 acres, near existing Northwest Arkansas population centers and adjacent to…
