The last viable deer management plan that Arkansas enacted was 10 years ago. It is time for a new one and to help accomplish that task, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission announced the formation of a Deer Management Advisory Group made up of a diverse group of hunters from all corners of the state. Their goal will be to offer ideas and suggestions to AGFC in formulating the plan.
The Arkansas News Bureau reports that in a meeting held recently in Dardanelle, the state was divided into three regions and the diversity of the Advisory Group was good.
The AGFC has divided Arkansas into three sections for this project. Called Deer Management Units, they are (1) Ozark Mountains, Arkansas River Valley and Ouachita Mountains, (2) Gulf Coastal Plan – South Arkansas, and (3) Delta and Crowley’s Ridge.
The Dardanelle meeting had about 25 hunters from various points of the Ozarks, river valley and Ouachitas. If diversity was a goal in the AGFC choosing the advisers, that part of the plan was accomplished.
On hand were bow-hunting specialists, private landowners, public land hunters, biologists with other agencies, storekeepers, insurance agents, a mayor and a couple of newspaper writers. Two of the group said they were avid dog people – they like to run deer with dogs – and for the AGFC wildlife people to select deer dog enthusiasts was notable in itself.
Tom Remington
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