Hunters are advised to wait for the 2009 elk/antelope regulations before purchasing

As part of the 2009 elk hunt recommendation package, the Arizona Game and Fish Department is proposing to once again offer elk over-the-counter nonpermit general and archery tags for certain areas—but with some minor changes to season dates, hunt [...]

The Arizona Game and Fish Department wants to remind archery-only deer hunters with over-the-counter permits there are a number of Game Management Units that are not open hunting areas for the 2008 December hunt, as in past years.
Game Management Units 17A, 20A, 22, 23, 37A, and 42 are not included [...]

Take advantage of great weather and fewer crowds during late dove season

PHOENIX —The second season for dove hunting begins Friday and the Arizona Game and Fish Department expects it to be one of the better seasons in years due to great seasonal rains and an abundance of crops.
“The second season [...]

Available for public review at Game and Fish regional offices

PHOENIX — The proposed recommendations for the 2009 pronghorn antelope and elk hunting regulations will soon be available for review on the department’s Web site and at a series of open houses at the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s regional offices.
Once [...]

PHOENIX – The draw process for the 2009 spring hunting season is complete, and the more than 35,000 eager applicants can now find out if they’ve been drawn by visiting the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Web site at www.azgfd.gov/draw.
Applicants can obtain draw results for spring turkey, javelina, buffalo and bear [...]

PHOENIX — Quail hunters are finding plenty of young birds in their harvest, according to Arizona Game and Fish biologists. Nearly 80 percent of the birds checked by hunters over the Oct. 4-5 opening weekend were juveniles.
Gambel’s quail harvest results, collected at two of the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s check [...]

A 3-D archery fun shoot will be held at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility’s archery range Saturday, Nov. 1 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
This fun shoot is a 20-target course designed to be fun, exciting and challenging. All ages and skill levels are welcome.
No registration is required. The cost is [...]

By Les Bell, volunteer coordinator,
Arizona Game and Fish Department

The Arizona Game and Fish Department’s volunteer program [...]

By Doug Burt, public information officer, AGFD
Deer and elk hunters: [...]

By Doug Burt, public information officer, AGFD
Hey kids, are you looking to hone your hunting skills even further? [...]

By Doug Burt, public information officer, AGFD

While we love to see those big game successes of young hunters, [...]

By Kellie Tharp, environmental education program manager, AGFD

I never thought [...]

By Doug Burt, public information officer, AGFD

Are you interested in hunting, but don’t know how to get started?
The Arizona Game [...]

By Rory Aikens, public information officer, AGFD

Clean and oil your [...]

By Randy Babb, Mesa information & education program manager,
and Doug Burt, public information officer, AGFD

Hunters want the [...]

Small Game, Big Fun: This is the year!
By Doug Burt, public information [...]

Arizona’s liberal 100-day waterfowl season has some restrictions
PHOENIX —  Waterfowl hunting season opens Friday, Oct. 3 in the mountain zone. The “liberal” season set by the federal framework and implemented by the Arizona Game and Fish Department is for a full 100 days, closing on Jan. 11 (in the mountain zone). However, duck hunters are [...]

This is the year! Set your calendar for a week earlier than past years. Small game season for quail, squirrel, ducks and more opens Friday, Oct. 3.
Abundant snow and rainfall has occurred since the end of 2007. Much of the precipitation fell at the right times and in the right areas. In short, plenty of [...]

Fall outdoor hunting activities just for the kids

See Arizona’s unique wildlife and reconnect with nature
PHOENIX —  Javelina, turkey and sandhill cranes - oh my! It may not be exactly like the famous Wizard of Oz quote, “lions and tigers and bears” – but to many it still invokes a sense of mystery and adventure.
In [...]

PHOENIX —  The early dove season closes Monday, Sept. 15, but wingshooters can extend their wingshooting opportunities by heading to the high country and pursuing band-tailed pigeons, blue grouse and chukar partridge beginning this Friday, Sept. 12.
After hunting dove in unseasonably hot desert temperatures, a retreat up north, where the [...]