Arkansas Youth turkey hunt tops seven-year slump

LITTLE ROCK — Excellent weather and receptive birds welcomed Arkansas’s youth hunters last weekend, and the young guns did not disappoint. According to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s online checking system, hunters aged 6-15 harvested 1,068 turkeys during last weekend’s two-day youth hunt, the first time the harvest has exceeded 1,000 since 2016. The…

Good news from Arkansas’s wild turkey population highlights northwest Arkansas meeting

SPRINGDALE — Commissioners with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission heard some good news about Arkansas’s turkey population during a presentation at today’s monthly meeting held at the J.B. and Johnelle Hunt Family Ozark Highlands Nature Center. AGFC Turkey Program Coordinator Jeremy Wood gave some preliminary results of the 2022 Wild Turkey Population Survey, which…

Arkansas biologist honored with National award for hard work, habitat gains

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The National Wild Turkey Federation at its 46th annual national convention Feb. 18, presented Jason Mitchell, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission wildlife biologist, with the Joe Kurz Wildlife Manager of the Year Award, for his outstanding management of wild turkeys and wildlife habitat management. Mitchell has worked for the Arkansas Game and…

Give love on Christmas: Bohemia Cares keeping communities COVID free

BOHEMIA Cares is honored to support low-income families in (Bradley and Drew counties) Arkansas for a second year with a turkey and bike giveaway set for Saturday, December 18. In efforts to slow the spread of the  Coronavirus in rural communities, we have partnered with Pinnacle Family Medicine and RHEA  Medical Support Services (RMSS) to…

St. James A.M.E. Church to host Annual Angie Young’s Festival of Tables

Warren, Arkansas – St. James A.M.E. Chuch will hold its annual Angie Young’s Festival of Tables Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 915 St. James Street in Warren at 5:00 p.m. Donations are welcomed at $10. Also, one lucky person will receive a personal/household basket. The menu for the event includes turkey and dressing, ham, green…

Boost the wildlife potential of your hunting property

Boost the wildlife potential of your hunting property

LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and its partners in conservation are hosting special workshops throughout the state to help landowners improve the wildlife habitat on their property, Whether your focus is deer, turkey, quail or the many non-game species that depend upon healthy habitat, AGFC biologists want to help. Clint Johnson,…