Second chance trophy
Trophy bucks don't often give hunters second chances, but the most remarkable buck taken in 2023 offered Clay Tanner of Corning a rare exception.
Trophy bucks don't often give hunters second chances, but the most remarkable buck taken in 2023 offered Clay Tanner of Corning a rare exception.
Turkey season opens in just 75 days, and now is a good time to start preparing.
Benjamin Garner, professor of marketing at the University of Central Arkansas, recently completed an excellent documentary about trout fishing on the Little Re…
A Pulaski County buck took top honors for the first time among a record number of entries Sunday at the Arkansas Big Buck Classic at Barton Coliseum.
Members of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission had harsh words recently with a vendor that botched the commission's mobile smartphone app.
While firearms are more high-tech than ever, old-school lever-action rifles and revolvers are enjoying a renaissance.
We hear a lot about our most popular crappie lakes, but many lesser known lakes in Arkansas offer top-notch crappie fishing, as well.
On an Arkansas duck hunting social media page, someone claiming to be a new hunter asked for advice on how to assimilate into the duck hunting culture.
In the 1999-2000 duck season, duck hunters killed nearly 1.13 million mallards compared to about 311,000 in the 2022-23 duck season.
January is show season, starting Friday through Sunday with the 42nd annual Arkansas Marine Expo and ending with the 34th annual Arkansas Big Buck Classic, bot…
Ammunition will be a lot more expensive in 2024, but you can insulate your budget by loading your own rifle and pistol cartridges and shotgun shells.
Nothing screams "Arkansas" louder than a drake mallard's plumage aloft in the soft morning sunlight.
Brett Leach, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's new waterfowl biologist, is the most important person in the state to duck hunters.
If you are looking to start a gun collection or to bolster an existing one, the market is flush with some top rate hunting firearms.
As uncomfortable as it can be, hunting and fishing in the cold makes me happy.
What was it like to hunt at Bayou Meto Wildlife Management Area in the 1970s and 1980s?
Mike Stanley of Highland has killed a warehouse full of trophy bucks, but his most meaningful fell Dec. 6 in Iowa.
Many sportsmen consider early January to be a dull time, but it is actually rich with hunting and fishing opportunities.
Browning is no longer making its famous Browning Pump Shotgun.
Even though it's always a doe hunt, my annual Christmas shoot with Dr. Bobby McGehee of Little Rock and Jason Shipp of Hensley is one of my favorite events.
On Dec. 18, I was in a duck blind on Mill Bayou with Jess Essex and Connie Meskimen when my phone buzzed.
The sight of 5,000 geese coming at me almost head high was so fearsome and so startling that I almost forgot to shoot.
Providing food and managing disturbance are the two most important things duck managers and duck hunters can do to improve duck hunting.
From 1988 to present, I have taken 66 deer -- 17 bucks -- in four states and in 10 Arkansas counties.
Jess "The Undertaker" Essex, Connie Meskimen, and I had our own version of a duck hunting boat race Monday to start the Purple Hull Society's annual duck hunt …
If I can kill a buck, anyone can do it.
Scott Henderson, 75, the former director of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, called Thursday to assure us that he is not deceased as we mistakenly wrote …
Outdoor recreation is the economic future in the Ozarks.
Few things in the shooting world are as maligned as the adjustable collet choke for shotguns, but the hideous appendage is ideal for target games.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission held a live presentation on YouTube Thursday to quell rumors over a false social media post about Dave Donaldson Black Ri…
Hunters young, older and oldest have bagged their biggest bucks this fall in state and out.
Reading my duck hunting articles from 10 years ago and before are like reading old letters from a love gone sour.
In 1995, I wrote in an article for Arkansas Sportsman magazine titled, "Go West, Young Man, For Ducks!"
Arkansas deer hunters are thrilled to "buck out" in the fall, but Tristan Sitzes of Hope tripled with a unique "and one" opportunity in Montana.
As is being discussed for the Buffalo National River, Congress in 2020 redesignated West Virginia's New River Gorge National River a national park and preserve.
New WMA permit for non-residents
Brent Birch addressed the most controversial aspect of duck hunting at the Duck-Onomics presentation Tuesday at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock.
Jeff Howlett of Hot Springs had a fine Thanksgiving, but the day after Thanksgiving was even better.
Duck hunting is undervalued in Arkansas, according to experts who spoke at a Duck-Onomics panel Tuesday at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock.
Misinformation has turned residents of the Buffalo River Country against redesignating the Buffalo National River into a national park and preserve.
Nick Brichacek of Schyler, Neb., put the finishing touch on the Wings Over the Prairie Festival on Saturday by winning the World's Championship Duck Calling Co…
There are reasons why we call it deer hunting instead of deer shooting.
Prevent spread of invasive species
World's Championship Duck Calling
Images arrived in my email Monday showing a large trailer load of deer carcasses on the side of U.S. 270 near Mount Ida.
Mike Romine of Mabelvale capitalized on exceptional hunting conditions Tuesday to bag a fine 8-point buck in Grant County.
Glenn Wheeler, Newton County sheriff, says his county can't bear the burden of expanding the Buffalo National River into a national park.
For many hunters, a dot sight can replace a magnified optic for most hunting situations in Arkansas.
Arkansas lost one of its great turkey hunters Nov. 4 with the passing of Bill Rhodes.
Nearly a dozen members from the ACCESS Academy contributed to a unique grassland restoration project at the Audubon Delta headquarters Tuesday in Little Rock.