ducktape April 7th, 2009 Share

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission set the hunting season dates for this years fall seasons.  A few notable items:

• antler restrictions in zones 16, 16A and 17 moved from 3-point rule to a 4-point rule
• zone 6 was split into 3 zones and zone 8 into 2 zones, new zones will be 1A, 6A and 8A
• 2 more days were added to the youth modern gun deer hunt on Jan. 2-3
• A proposal to add telephone checking also was approved by the commission

The new telephone checking option starts with the October bow season. Along with the phone checking, on-line checking will still be available as will the check sheets at DMAP camps. The change allows more real-time, accurate data for the AGFC biologists, which is beneficial to gauge the deer herd’s health in Arkansas.

The commission also announced the 2010 opening hunting season dates for deer season. Arkansas Bow season will open on Oct. 1, 2010 followed by muzzleloader season on Oct. 16, 2010 and modern gun season on Nov. 13, 2010. The 2009-2010 public meeting dates for various wildlife were also announced. The 2009 Arkansas waterfowl meetings will be held June 2 from 7-9 p.m., spring turkey on Aug. 25 from 7-9 p.m. and the 2009-2010 general hunting public meetings on Jan. 5, 2010 from 7-9 p.m.

For the full read up on this newsletter from the AGFC head over to our forums and check it out. Post your opinions or any thing you want to add that we may have missed.

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