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 [...]

Did you know that increased gasohol demand and the bountiful dove hunting opportunities in central Arizona this year for the Sept. 1-15 early season have [...]

Hunting outlook: Spring turkey forecast 2008
By Brian Wakeling, big game management supervisor,
Arizona Game and Fish Department

Brian and son, Seth, after [...]

Hunting outlook: Javelina
By Brian Wakeling, big game management supervisor, Arizona [...]

2007 deer and elk outlook
By Brian Wakeling, big game program supervisor, Arizona Game and Fish Department
Getting [...]

Hunting outlook: quail, cottontail, deer and elk
By Mark Zornes, small game biologist, and Brian Wakeling, big game supervisor, Arizona Game and Fish Department
Quail
Early reports appear to confirm the department’s forecast that hunters should not expect a repeat of last year’s terrific season for Gambel’s quail, although those who do their homework and try new areas [...]

Hunting outlook: dove, archery deer and pronghorn
By Mike Rabe, migratory game bird supervisor, and Brian Wakeling, big game supervisor, Arizona Game and Fish Department

Dove outlook
Overall, expect a good dove opener this year and a normal to above-normal season. Over most of the state, expect the early dove hunt to be good in areas where [...]

Spring turkey outlook
By Brian Wakeling, big game supervisor, Arizona Game and Fish Department

Spring turkey hunts this year have the potential to be really good–or, [...]

Hunting outlook: javelina
By Brian Wakeling, big game supervisor, Arizona Game and Fish Department

If you were lucky enough to draw a spring javelina tag, you [...]

Hunting outlook: predators
By Pat Barber, predator and furbearer biologist, Arizona Game and Fish Department

Many of us who weren’t [...]

Hunting outlook
By Mark Zornes, small game biologist, and Brian Wakeling, big game program supervisor, Arizona Game and Fish Department

Interested in going after some of Arizona’s abundant small game, such as quail or cottontail? Planning a fall deer or elk hunt? Here are our regional forecasts for these species.
Quail
Hunters [...]