Arizona Game and Fish continues to monitor for chronic wasting disease
Deer and elk hunters’ participation requested
PHOENIX — Arizona deer and elk hunters: The Arizona Game and Fish Department is requesting your assistance to monitor for the wildlife disease called chronic wasting disease (CWD). CWD is fatal to deer and elk, [...]

Tuesday, Oct. 13 by 7 p.m. (MST) is the latest that the Arizona Game and Fish department will accept applications for the random drawing process for spring bear, turkey, javelina and buffalo.
Applications may be hand delivered to any of the seven department offices around the state, or sent by U.S. mail [...]

Deer hunters: Increase your odds for success
Game and Fish hunting clinic open to the public and webcast online

User submitted photo to the AZGFD photo gallery at www.azgfd.net/photos.

PHOENIX — Hunters preparing for deer season this fall are encouraged to attend or go online to enjoy a free deer-hunting clinic on Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 6 [...]

Learn how to hunt in a safe mentored environment
Game and Fish partners with sportsmen groups to host clinics for first-time hunters
PHOENIX — Parents, do you want to see your kids take a break from playing video games all day and get outdoors for some healthy activity?
Then check out the Arizona Game and Fish Department, your [...]

Doe shot with arrow and left to die
The Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Operation Game Thief program is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of the individual(s) responsible for illegally killing a doe.
Game and Fish personnel are investigating a case in which a doe was shot with an arrow and left [...]

Wing shooting perfect for new hunters, lifelong tradition for seasoned hunters
Gather up your shotgun, birdshot, retriever, and ice chest because Arizona’s dove season opens on Tuesday, Sept. 1.
“With the continued drying conditions throughout the state this summer, dove hunters will find birds concentrated around traditional agricultural areas due to the dependable food sources,” said [...]

Guidelines to be considered at Arizona Game and Fish Commission meeting Sept. 12
PHOENIX — The proposed hunt guidelines that will be used for developing the specific hunt recommendations and permit levels for the fall 2010 through spring 2013 hunting seasons are available for review on the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Web site at www.azgfd.gov/huntguidelines.
“The hunt [...]

Have you ever dreamed about one of those special year-long commissioner-tag hunts in Arizona?
Well, there are multiple opportunities to make your hunt dreams come true in Arizona.
The Arizona Game and Fish Commission awarded those Special Big Game License Tags, sometimes called Commissioners’ tags, to selected 501(c)(3) wildlife conservation organizations to raise [...]

Antlers from bull elk found shot and left to waste in Pinetop area.

PINETOP, Ariz. – The Arizona Game and Fish Department is asking for the public’s help in finding the individual responsible for the illegal killing of a large bull elk found shot on July 31. It was left in the [...]

The proposed spring hunt recommendations for the 2010 spring turkey, javelina, buffalo and bear regulations, as well as the recommendations for 2009–10 waterfowl and snipe regulations, will be available for review at all of the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s regional offices beginning July 28.
These hunt recommendations are formulated according [...]

Hunters can start applying for fall hunts now; draw deadline is June 9

April 30, 2009

PHOENIX —The 2009-10 Arizona Hunting and Trapping Regulations are available now at the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Web site at www.azgfd.gov/draw. Applications are now being accepted for hunting permits for fall deer, turkey, juniors-only [...]

Your input will help shape and preserve Arizona’s hunting heritage

April 29, 2009
PHOENIX — The Arizona Game and Fish Department is accepting public input for revising the state’s hunt guidelines now through the end of May. Comments may be submitted either electronically via email or mail them directly to the department [...]

Enhances first-come, first-serve system for leftover permit-tags
The Arizona Game and Fish Commission approved the remaining big game fall hunting seasons for deer, turkey, javelina, bighorn sheep, buffalo, bear and mountain lion at its April 18 meeting in Phoenix.
The application deadline to apply for a hunt permit-tag is Tuesday, June 9 [...]

PHOENIX – The Arizona Game and Fish Department reports lab tests found no detection of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in any of the 2,343 testable samples from hunter-harvested or road-killed deer and elk during Arizona’s 2008-09 hunting season.
The department has tested approximately 12,500 deer and elk samples since beginning its surveillance program in 1998. None [...]

AZ Game & Fish Outdoor Expo – March 28 & [...]

PHOENIX — The Arizona Game and Fish Department is bringing a new format to the fall hunt recommendation process by offering six public forums across the state to allow constituents an opportunity to provide input to regional biologists before the hunt recommendations are presented to the commission for the 2009-10 hunting [...]

Beat the rush and take advantage of Jan. 22 “grace” period to correct errors

Jan. 9, 2009
PHOENIX — The 2009 Pronghorn Antelope and Elk Hunt Draw Information booklets are now available at all Arizona Game and Fish Department offices and license dealers statewide. Applications are now being accepted by mail only.
Apply before Jan. [...]

License encourages sportsmen to mentor others, assist hunter recruitment effort in Arizona

PHOENIX — Effective Jan. 1, the Arizona Game and Fish Department is offering a new “Apprentice Hunting License,” at no charge, to encourage existing hunters to become mentors and introduce a friend, neighbor, relative, or co-worker [...]

Hunters can start submitting applications now

PHOENIX — The 2009 Arizona Pronghorn Antelope and Elk Hunt Draw Information regulations booklet is available online at the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Web site at www.azgfd.gov/draw. Hunters interested in obtaining a hunt permit-tag via the draw process can start applying now.
All applications must be [...]

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 [...]