Urban Deer Hunting

That’s right. Gather around the cull de sac and pull out your bows. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission announced the open application period for Arkansas’s special urban bow hunts for the 2021-2022 year. Yes, you heard correctly. Urban bowhunting. AGFC works with cities experiencing issues with wildlife damage from deer to create hunting opportunities. The following areas will host that urban hunt here in the Natural State: Bull Shoals, Cherokee Village, Fairfield Bay, Heber Springs, Helena, Horseshoe Bend, Hot Springs Village, Lakeview, & Russellville. These nine opportunities are being coordinated with the Arkansas Bowhunters Association & the Bull Shoals and Lakeview Urban Bowhunters Association. AGFC says this partnership helps to ensure participating hunters are proficient on how to be discreet and understand the nuances of hunting in an urban setting. In addition to reducing deer populations this opportunity serves to help provide food for needy families in Arkansas. As a stipulation of the hunt hunters are required to donate their first deer to Arkansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry. Deer harvested during urban hunts do not count toward a hunter’s seasonal limit. For this urban hunt there are no limits and all antler restrictions are lifted.