Public meetings on hunt guidelines set for June
By Rory Aikens, public information officer, Arizona Game and Fish Department
The Arizona Game and Fish Department has scheduled public meetings to gather input on proposed hunt guidelines that will be used the next two years to guide biologists when setting their unit-by-unit hunts.
This is the [...]

ISE show gets a new domed home in 2007
Visit the Arizona Game and Fish Department booths and wildlife assets sale
By Rory Aikens, public information officer, Arizona Game and Fish Department
Don’t miss the 7th annual International Sportsmen’s Expo on March 9-11 in its [...]

Experience the great outdoors at the Arizona Game and Fish
Department Outdoor Expo
By Tom Cadden, public information officer, Arizona Game and Fish Department
Outdoor enthusiasts: You won’t want to miss the FREE Arizona Game and Fish Department Outdoor Expo on March 31 and April 1 at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility in Phoenix.
Want to try your [...]

Arizona Game and Fish Department Outdoor Expo to be held
March 31 and April 1
By Tom Cadden, public information officer, Arizona Game and Fish Department
Outdoor enthusiasts: Mark your calendars! You won’t want to miss this year’s Arizona Game and Fish Department [...]

Big Game Hunter Survey: Arizonans look forward to more
opportunities to hunt
By Rory Aikens, public information officer, Arizona Game and Fish Department
A newly released independent study shows Arizona hunters feel having more opportunities to hunt is more important than hunt quality or the outcome of the hunt.

“This agency has always prided itself on [...]

New laws of interest to hunters
By Tom Cadden and Debbie Freeman, public information officers, Arizona Game and Fish Department
Several new laws of interest to hunters became effective on Sept. 21. One prohibits intentionally interfering with a legal hunt. Another establishes stiffer penalties for poaching. A third prohibits the feeding of wildlife in certain high-population counties. [...]

Hunters can assist CWD monitoring
By Tom Cadden, public information officer, Arizona Game and Fish Department
Hunters can continue to assist the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s surveillance efforts for chronic wasting disease (CWD) this hunting season by submitting the heads of their deer or elk for testing. The department’s goal is to test [...]

Schedule set for first-ever winter draw for elk, antelope
By Rory Aikens, public information officer, Arizona Game and Fish Department
Big game hunters are about to see a big change to the timing of the draw for two of the most popular hunting seasons in Arizona. This will be the first year that the Arizona Game [...]

Spring big game hunt draw changes
Expect paper application process, increased opportunity for turkey hunters
By Rory Aikens, public information officer, Arizona Game and Fish Department
In order to provide the best possible customer service, the Arizona Game and Fish Department is going to offer only paper applications for its upcoming spring 2007 big game hunts.
The [...]

The hunt recommendation process
By Leonard Ordway, game branch chief, Arizona Game and Fish Department

“How do you determine how many deer permits to authorize for a unit [...]