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4 weeks ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Max Inchausti |Randy Zellers
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn moreBass fishing rod prices can run anywhere from the price of a super-sized meal deal at a fast-food restaurant to something that requires a considerable portion of a paycheck. Add the various lengths, powers, and actions of specific rods needed to present the different types of lures to catch bass in any pond, and the decisions can be overwhelming.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
magnoliareporter.com | Randy Zellers
Gov. Sarah Sanders took time during her annual State of the State address Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at a joint session of the Arkansas Legislature to recognize Dallas County Sheriff Mike Knoedl as the recipient of the first Arkansas Medal of Freedom. Knoedl previously served as director of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, culminating a 31-year career with the agency.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
agfc.com | Randy Zellers
LITTLE ROCK — Nearly 100,000 acres of private land has been positively influenced for wildlife and fisheries habitat conservation in the last year, thanks in part to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Conservation Incentive Program. AGFC commissioners heard a robust presentation about the makeup of the program and its incredible results during Thursday’s regularly scheduled meeting at the agency headquarters.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
theeveningtimes.com | Randy Zellers
Get your opportunity to bag a bird for your Thanksgiving feast By Randy Zellers AGFC Communications LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will open the application window for 2025 Wildlife Management Area Turkey Hunt Permits Jan. 15-Feb. 15. These permits are required to hunt on a few WMAs that present some of the best public hunting available in the state.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
theeveningtimes.com | Randy Zellers
Monday holiday hunting may be icy cold By Randy Zellers AGFC Communications If you follow The Weather Channel closely, as we do when planning our hunting excursions around Arkansas, you’re keeping an ear out for word about arctic air masses, as well as the old “blue norther” fronts of fast-moving cold air that arrive around wintertime. This week, the weather folks are talking about “clippers,” which this week involves one around the Great Lakes that might stir some waterfowl movement there.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
agfc.com | Randy Zellers
LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Sarah Sanders took time during her annual State of the State address at a joint session of the Arkansas Legislature Tuesday to recognize Dallas County Sheriff Mike Knoedl as the recipient of the first Arkansas Medal of Freedom. Knoedl previously served as director of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, culminating a 31-year career with the agency.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
theeveningtimes.com | Randy Zellers
Help Arkansas’s animals thrive in cold weather By Randy Zellers AGFC Communications LITTLE ROCK — Take a moment while stocking up on the bread, milk and eggs in preparation for this week’s snowstorm and think about how you can better prepare your yard for the local wildlife. The good news is that native wildlife are highly adaptable to a random winter storm if they have the right habitat nearby. Reptiles and amphibians have already found burrows and shallow pools to ride out the winter.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
theeveningtimes.com | Randy Zellers
AGFC offers insights for state hunters, anglers across Arkansas By Randy Zellers AGFC Communications Ducks Unlimited continues to step up its media offerings during duck season, and one of its must-listen (or mustwatch) shows just for the educational component for regular duck hunters is the “Waterfowl Weather LIVE” podcast, available through audio-only on the DU website, ducks.org, or with audio/video (the best choice) on YouTube. Click here for this week’s podcast, from Tuesday.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
theeveningtimes.com | Randy Zellers
Hunters take down 20 of Arkansas’s largest game prize this season By Randy Zellers AGFC Communications JASPER — Twenty elk were harvested during Arkansas’s 2024 season, including some impressive bulls, according to Wes Wright, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s elk program coordinator. Of the 20, 14 were taken on private land and six from public land. Nine were bulls and 11 were antlerless.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
mhobserver.com | Randy Zellers
Anglers turning the pages of the newly revised 2025 Arkansas Fishing Guidebook, which is arriving at local sporting goods stores this week, will notice a few changes to regulations on the “New This Year” section in the front. Most changes to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s fishing regulations were minor modifications to make the rules more consistent across the state, but a few tweaks are meant to offer new opportunities for Arkansas anglers.
