Posted January 10, 2016 9:30 am by Comments

By Justin Stakes

Deer at Gil Plants property near Carlisle
Deer at Gil Plants property near Carlisle
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Arkansas Game & Fish Commission

Little Rock, AR -(AmmoLand.com)- For the fourth straight season, Arkansas hunters have passed the 200,000-deer mark in harvest.

With seven weeks of archery hunting remaining, hunters have taken 208,951 deer. The high mark was set in the 2012-13 season with 213,487 deer logged. Cory Gray, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission deer program coordinator, says the total harvest likely will fall just shy of the record now that modern gun and muzzleloader seasons have concluded.

“Typically we’ll harvest around 3,500 deer statewide during January and February,” Gray said. “So we’re going to end up with a very consistent harvest compared to the last few seasons.”

Gray says the consistent harvest numbers indicate a solid deer population and season structure.

“As a deer manager, sometimes you wonder if a high number is just a one-time deal because of a change in checking or regulations,” Gray said. “But when you’re consistently stacking your bullets on top of each other like this, you know you’re shooting true.”

This year’s high harvest also came in spite of extremely poor weather conditions, according to Gray.

“We started off really well,” Gray said. “We …Read the Rest

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