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AGFC sets 2020 Veteran/Active Duty Military Waterfowl Hunt - Waterfowl Seasons Clarified



Submitted by:  TBC Press
Posted on: 07/17/20
News # 13729
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission unanimously approved the addition of the veteran’s/active duty military waterfowl hunt to Arkansas’s youth waterfowl hunt days Dec. 5, 2020 and Feb. 6, 2021. On these days, only youths 15 and younger, members of active duty military and military veterans may harvest ducks, geese, coots and mergansers. This is the second consecutive year the Commission has approved the option since it was made available by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Additionally, the Commission heard a clarification to waterfowl seasons to correct discrepancies in wording between the AGFC’s Official Code of Regulations and the dates published in the Federal Register. The following dates have been published in the Federal Register and will be officially voted on during the Commission’s August meeting: