Arkansas Antlerless Hunt Offers Head Start to Deer Season

By Ammoland Editor Joe Evans

USA -(Ammoland.com)- With shorter days and football season in full swing, many Arkansas hunters are starting to get the itch to enjoy a quiet morning in the woods, waiting on a deer to show at their favorite hunting spot.

Hunters who can’t stand the wait until modern gun season opens have a great opportunity to get out and get some meat in the freezer during Arkansas’s private land antlerless deer hunt, which runs from Oct. 14-18.

During the hunt, only antlerless deer may be harvested with a modern gun on private land. Hunters interested in hunting for a buck may still bowhunt, but must wear hunter orange. In the past, some hunters elected to bring both a rifle and bow to the stand, with the idea that they would hunt for does, but if a buck walked out within range they would still have an opportunity to take it with the bow. This year a regulation was passed restricting hunters to choose one or the other, however.

During the regulations cycle, Brad Carner, chief of wildlife management for the AGFC explained that there was concern that hunters bringing both weapons to …Read the Rest

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