Ohio and Arkansas Deer Harvest Up Significantly April 10, 2025 Arkansas, American Hunter
... Arkansas hunters during the 2024-2025 season checked 199,863 deer. Although the raw data still needs to be analyzed, the preliminary results indicate an increase of nearly 4 percent over last year’s final harvest of 192,392..,
Arkansas deer harvest increases, just short of 200,000 March 6, 2025 Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
... the tally of checked deer stands at 199,863 [preliminary] ... an increase of nearly 4 percent ... “The deer population actually saw a bit of a double-whammy then,” Meeker said. “The deer season prior to COVID (2019-20), we saw a small drop in the harvest, likely indicating a slight population decline. But in the 2020-21 season, we saw many more hunters go to the woods and many of those were more inclined to harvest an additional deer for the freezer with some of the talks of food shortages circulating. That’s likely why we saw a dramatic decline from our record-high 216,835 in 2020 to 181,379 the next year.”..,
CWD detected in Baxter and Cleburne counties February 12, 2025 Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
... The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission recently confirmed that two deer in Cleburne County and another deer in Baxter County have tested positive for chronic wasting disease. Both deer were harvested during the 2024-25 deer hunting season. They join samples from Conway and Stone counties that were confirmed CWD-positive earlier in the season...
Northwest Arkansas hunters asked to help harvest collared deer December 26, 2024
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
... a four-year population study concerning the effects of chronic wasting disease and is asking hunters for their help recovering the deer tagged for the project... It is important for the hunters to report the harvest of these marked deer for researchers to gather crucial data ...
More deer test positive for chronic wasting disease November 8, 2024 Arkansas, MSN
... a deer in Conway County and another in Stone County have tested positive for chronic wasting disease... The Stone County deer was taken on private land near Sylamore Wildlife Management Area... The Conway County deer was harvested on Ed Gordon Point Remove Wildlife Management Area..,
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission researching chronic wasting disease as spread continues April 20, 2024 KATV
... The most recent CWD report shows an increase in deer testing positive for the disease—up to 236 from 217 last fiscal year... a CWD Population Impact Study ... to see what this disease will do to our deer herd in Newton and Searcy Counties, where we're seeing the highest prevalence ..,
White-tailed deer in Pea Ridge Military Park tests positive for Chronic Wasting Disease April 17, 2024 Arkansas, 5newsonline on MSN
... The one positive test came from a white-tailed herd health sampling at the military park. Although CWD has been present in Arkansas since 2016, this is the first positive detection at the Pea Ridge Military Park..,
White-tailed deer in Arkansas tests positive for chronic wasting disease, AGFC confirms February 23, 2024 Arkansas, KNWA Fayetteville on MSN
... a white-tailed deer in Craighead County tested positive for chronic wasting disease. Officials said that the 2-year-old doe was harvested near Jonesboro during the Arkansas modern gun deer hunt..,
Commission hears hunting regulations proposals February 22, 2024 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
... They include: Opening a three-day "velvet buck" archery deer hunt during the first full weekend of September... Eliminating the Private Land Antlerless-Only Modern Gun Deer Hunt... Restrict nonresidents to pursue deer with dogs during only the last nine days of modern gun season ...
Deer management on private lands gets boost in Arkansas January 30, 2023 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
... The establishment of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission in 1916 came as a result of the realization that deer were about to become extinct. At the time, estimates showed there were perhaps as few as 2,000 deer in the entire state..,
Once a hunter’s paradise, Arkansas’ deer population overhunted then restored December 17, 2023 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
... When pioneers arrived in Arkansas, wild game abounded... In 1916 ... it is estimated that there were perhaps as few as 2,000 deer in the entire state ... By 1930, less than 500 deer ... By 1946, there were 32,000 deer in the state ... In 1939, only 540 deer were harvested and in 1945 there was some 3,000 killed. It is estimated that the deer population in Arkansas today exceeds 1 million ..,
AGFC wildlife veterinarian, National Deer Association offer five reasons to test your deer for CWD December 15, 2023 Arkansas, Stuttgart Daily Leader
... Dr. Jennifer Ballard, wildlife veterinarian for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission ... recently partnered with the National Deer Association to increase awareness of chronic wasting disease and the importance of having your harvested deer tested. The article “Five Reasons to get Your Deer Tested for CWD” gave a concise message to a national audience ...
Modern gun deer season kicks off this weekend: What's new and reminders November 9, 2023 Arkansas, KATV Little Rock/Pine Bluff
... over 300,000 people expected to be out hunting ... "We had almost 40,000 deer checked in on [last year's] opening weekend ...
AGFC looks into spear hunting October 26, 2023 The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
... Currently, Nebraska is the only state in the Lower 48 that allows spears for deer hunting statewide. Spears are legal for all game in Alaska... An arrow broadhead, in comparison, has a small diameter. Marginal shots wound and maim animals and often cause delayed mortality. Often, hunters do not recover poorly shot animals...
Wild deer find refuge in urban habitats in northwest Arkansas October 24, 2023 KUAF
... An overabundance of nuisance deer which began to appear fifteen years ago, prompted voters to approve a limited number of urban bow hunting permits. “I think they found that really didn't work well inside the city,” Evans said. Because residents opposed to hunting deer banged pots and pans to drive them away from hunters’ tree stands in Eureka. The city has since outlawed feeding deer within city limits, which has resulted in a population decline, Evans said, citing deer-car collision data...
AGFC requests deer disease samples October 8, 2023 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
... the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission wants to remind all hunters to help monitor chronic wasting disease in the state by using one of the AGFC's free CWD testing locations... All testing locations are available at www.agfc.com/cwd
Nine Arkansas cities to begin deer hunting in early fall May 23, 2023 KARK
... “We need a safe way to hunt deer, and obviously shooting deer in places like that is not safe and that’s why we turn to urban bow hunts,” Jeff Williams of the Arkansas Game and Commission said...
Chronic Wasting Disease, Map exposes deer disease’s sobering reality April 23, 2023 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
... the latest map shows the disease steadily filling gaps between occurrences across the state. The highest prevalence rates, about 32%, are in the vicinity of the Buffalo National River... The intent of eliminating antler point restrictions in the CWD control zones is to encourage hunters to shoot young bucks, but hunters are not doing that ..,
Factors Affecting the Sex Ratio of White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Fetuses in Arkansas J Garrie, R Meeker 2022, Arkansas Academy of Science [recently posted online
... Fetuses from 1,208 female white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) were collected over a 10-year period (2002-2012), across 75 counties in Arkansas... We found that mass of the mother had the greatest impact on fetal sex-ratios, with heavier females producing more male fetuses (β = 0.217 ± 0.008, P = 0.001). Female body condition (KFI) did not impact fetal sex-ratios...
2022-23 deer harvest up from 2021-22 season March 9, 2023 Arkansas, Stuttgart Daily Leader
... “There’s a variety of reasons why we will be down (from our average). We had a record harvest in 2020, so we may have impacted some carryover. Add to that some inclement weather during muzzleloader season, the warmest Arkansas winter on record, and a phenomenal mast crop (which is known to greatly affect deer movement), and it’s easy to see where we landed...
Clarksville man faces jail time for illegally dumping deer carcasses January 13, 2023 Arkansas, KNWA News
... Arkansas Game and Fish found that a taxidermy and processing business in the area paid a man to dispose of the carcasses ...
Piles of deer carcasses and bones dumped on Johnson County, Arkansas land January 10, 2023 Arkansas, YAHOO!News
... Illegally dumping deer carcasses can spread chronic waste disease, a commission spokesman reports. None of the remains had been buried properly when found, and the man accused of dumping them did not have permission, law officers allege...