Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has issued 43 public permits, with alligator hunting only allowed in designated areas.
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Author:5NEWS Web Staff
Published:2:29 PM CDT September 29, 2022
Updated:3:09 PM CDT September 29, 2022
MONTICELLO, Ark. — Thealligator hunting seasonended on Sept. 26 after two back-to-back weekends of night-only hunting.
According toArkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC), 157 alligators have been tagged and reported. Alligator hunting is overseen by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the AGFC must follow survey and harvest protocols each year to maintain Arkansas’s alligator hunting season.
Hunting is allowed in the following areas in Arkansas by permit only:
- Dr. Lester Sitzes III Bois D’Arc WMA
- Sulphur River WMA
- Little River below Millwood Lake
- Millwood Lake
- Lower Arkansas River Wetland Complex
AGFC’s Assistant Regional Manager Mark Barbee says that the hunting season went “very smoothly”. Barbee said that some public…
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