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>> HELLO, EVERYBODY, AND
WELCOME TO "OUTDOOR HOTLINE".
MY NAME IS STEVE WILDMAN WILSON.
M PUBLIC AFFAIRS COORDINATOR
FOR THE ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH
COMMISSION AND WILL SERVE AS
YOUR HOST RIGHT HERE ON THIS
SHOW THIS EVENING.
WE DO A COUPLE OF THESE S
EVERY YEAR.
IF YOU WATCH, WE ALWAYS DO ONE
THIS TIME OF YEAR ABOUT FISHING
AND THEN WE DO ABOUT
WELL, TONIGHT'S SHOW IS GOING
TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERE
IT'S SORT OF INATION OF
BOTH.
WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT
MOST OF THIS SHOW, BUT BEFORE
WE GO OUT THERE, WE'RGOING TO
GIVE YOU A FISHING FORECAST AND
GET YOUR FEVER UP FOR TH
SPRINGTIME HERE IN ARKANSAS AS
WESHING.
YOU KNOW, THE GAME AND FISH
COMMISSION IS ALREADY IN THE
PROCESOF SETTING NEXT YEAR'S
HUNTING SEASON AND BAG LIMITS
AND OTHER REGULATIONS.
TONIGHT VE A FEW THINGS
WEALREADY CONSIDERING
CHANGING FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE WANT TO WHAT YOU THINK
ABOUT SOME OF THOSE PRO.
THESE ARE SORT OF ED
PROPOSALS.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY LET US KNOW
WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THEM IN A
COUPLERENT WAYS.
YOU CAN GO TOWER WEBSITE, AGSC
ANY TIME AND YOU CAN COMPLETE
A SURVEY CALLED "YOUR OPINION
COUNTS" OR YOU N GIVE US A
CALL TONIGHT DURING THE SH
AND ASK US QUESTIOR TELL US
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW.
OUR PHONE NUMBER HERE IS
1-2-2386.
WE HAVE A VAY OF WILDLIFE
OFFICERS AND BIOLOGISTS ON HAND
TO TAKE YOUR CALLS THIS EVENING.
SO, GO AHEAD AND START YOUR
CALLS IF YOU HAQUESTIONS
ABOUT ANYTHING DEALING WITH
HUNTING SEASON OR FISHING.
E GOT BIOLOGISTS OVER THERE
BUT BEFORE WE START TALKING
ABOUT NEXT YEAR'S HUNTING
SEASON I'VE GOT A COUPLE GUYS
HERE THAT I WANT TO TALK WITH
JUST A LITTLE T ABOUT THIS
PAST HUNTING SEASON.
RIGHT HERE ON MY RIGHT IS BRAD
CONNOR, HE IS THE IEF OF THE
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT DIVISION
FOR THE GAME AND FISH
COMMISSION.
AND RIGHT NEXT TO HIM IS CORY
GRAY AND HE IS HEAD OF OUR
DEER PROGRAM, THE DEER PROGRAM
COORDINATOR FOR THE GAME AND
COMMISSION.
WELCOME GUYS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IT'S FISHING SEASON.
E WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HU
HUNTING.
ITKIND OF A YEAR ROUND THING.
>> IT IS
OUR REGULATION CYCLE GOES YEAR
ROUND FOR US.
>> NEVER STOPS.
>> NEVER STOPS.
>> LIKE I SAID BEFORE WE START
TALKING ABOUT NEXT YEAR'S
HUNTING SEASON, I ALWAYS KE
TO TAKE A LITTTIME AND LOOK
BACK.
LAST YEAR, MAYBE THE LAST
COUPLE YEARS, THESE ARE THE
GOOD OLD DAYS.
LAST YEAR WAS -- TALK ABOUT
DEER, CORY, ESPECIALLY, TWO
ALMOST RECORD DEER KILLS THE
>> YEAH, LAST YEAR WAS 213,000.
THAT WAS A RECORD.
THIS YEAR I ST CHECKEDA
LITTLE WHILEAGO, WE'RE 2
12,960, I BELIEVE.
SO, WE NEED MORE DEER KILLED
NEXT FIVE DAYS.
> WE PUT IT 40 MORE --
[MULTIPLE VOICES]
>> CLOSE TO 200.
>> WE'LL GET THERE.
SEASON IS OUT THE 28TH.
>> SO, WE'RE RIGHT ON TRACK.
THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS YEAR
THAT WE N NEVER SAY WE'VE
NEVER DONE BEFORE IS WE
HARVESTED MORE FEMALES THAN
LES.
MALES.S 107,000 DOES AND 500
ITS WASN'T A DIFFERENCE.
LADTHV YEAR WE WERE 30/30 RATIO.
NOW WE'RE /50.
>> WE'RE PLOWING GROUND
RIGHT NOW.
BRAD, WASN'T THAT OL?
FOR MANY YEARS WE TALKED ABOUT
IT HERE ON THE SHOW, WE'RE
ALWAYS KILLING WAY TOO CH ON
THE BUCKS, WAY OUT OF KILTER.
WE'RE GETTING THHERD IN
BALANCE.
THAT'S WHATR GOAL IS.
>> WE'VE BEEN MAKING SMALL
STEPS INCREMENTALLY EACHR
GETTING THERE.
WE ARE VERY NEAR WHERE WE WANT
B
NEW GROUND FOR US.
>> YOU KNOW, THINKING BACK TO,
AS WE'VE DONEESE SHOWS OVER
THE YEARS, WE'VE MADE CHANGES,
LIBERALIZE DOE SEACROSS
THE STATE.
IT HASN'T BEENPOPULAR ACROSS
THE STAY BECAUSE IT WAS A
CHANGE.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S WORKING BECAUSE
RE FINALLY GETTING THERE
WHICH MEANS YOU CAN'T KEEP
THE WAY IT IS.
SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE EVERY
YE
>> YEAH, WE HOPE CAN DO
THESE LITTLE MINOR TWEAKS.
WE SHOULDN'T MAKE ANBIG
SWEEPING CHOPS UNLESS THERE'S
SOMETHING HEALTH WISE.
WE CAN STILL MAKESE TWEAKS.
WE HOPE THIS HARVEST WILL JUST
KIND OF EBB AND FLOW A LITTLE
WAYS THROUGH HERE.
BUT E SEEING THAT TWO YEARS
NOW BACK TO BACK WITH OVER
200,000 BEING HARVESTED.
BUT WE'RE REAL GOOD SHAPE RIGHT
NOW.
I'M VERY PLEASED WITH HUNTERS.
>> CAN WE CONTINUE TO L
200,000 DEER EVERY YEAR HERE IN
ARKANS
>> I THINK SO
>> REALLY?
>> LOOK AT IT, YOU KNOW, A
DEER, ABOUT 10, 15 POUNDS A
DAY.
YS TRY TO GET THEM
THROUGH THE SPRIIN THE GOOD
CONDITION BECAUSE THAT'S WH
YOU HAVE YOUR FAWNS.
WHEN YOU TAKE THOSE IN THE
LANDSCAPE IN THE FALL, THAT'S
10 TO POUNDS PER INDIVIDUAL
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE OUT
THERE EXTRA FOR THE FAWN TO
EAT, FOR THE NURSING MOTHETO
EAT.
IT'S A DISINCENTIVE
RELATIONSHIP.
>> I EVERYTHING SEEMS TO
REAROUND DEER.
WE HAD OTHER SEASING ON
LAST YEAR.
SQUIRREL, RABBITS, ANYTHING
MAJOR LAST YEAR, EVERYTHING
LETTY NORMA, RABBIT
>> I HEARD WE SAW RE RABBITS
LAST YEAR.
ARE THEY CYCLIC?
WHAT DETERMINES THAT?
>> WELL, THEY GO THROUGH UP AND
DOWN PERIODS.
LAST TIME WE SEEMED TO NOTICE
BETTER THAN AVERAGE NUMBER OF
RABBIT DURING THE SUMMER AND I
KNOW THIS YEAR THE SQUIRT
SQUIRRELS, WE HEARD QUITE A BIT
SEEING AS MANY SQUIRRELS.
WE HAD A GOOD MASS CROP ACROSS
THE STATE.
THEY WERE KIND OF OUT
MORE SO THAN THEY WOULD HAVE
NORMALLY BEEN.
~
OVERALL I THINK IT WAS GOODTH
HUNTING SEASON, DUCK SEASON.
>> LET'S DON'T LEAVE OUT DUCKS.
>> MY BEST COMMENT WHEN PE
ASME HOW DUCK SEASON WAS, I
HAVE A STANDARD RESPONSE.
HOW WAS IT THIS YEAR, SPOTTY.
YOU TALK TO ME, THE T BESYEAR
WE EVER HAD, MAN, IT WAS THE
WORST YEAR WE HAD IN YEARS.
OVERALL WE HAD PRETTY GOOD
DUCK SEASON.
>> WE DID HAVEA GOOD DUCK
SEASON.
IT KIND OF STARTED OUT PRETTY
DRY.
WATER WAS LIMITED.
AS THE CONDITIONS IMPROVED, WE
A GOOD SEASON OVERALL.
ALL THE PRELIMINMEMBERS AND
STAMP SALES, THEY WERE
RECORD NUMBERS.
WE HAD LOTS OF FOLKS OUT THERE
AND SEEMS LIKE IT WAS A GOOD
SEASON.
>> BEFORE WE LEAVE LAST YEAR'S
SEASON, BEFORE WE GO TO THESE
OSED PROPOSALS WE'RE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, TURKEY
SEAN, MY FAVORITE AROUND THE
CORNER, CAN Y'ALL GIVE ME A
LITTLE TURKEY, GIVE ME AN IDEA
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THSPRING
FOR TURKEY HUNTERS?
>> I WOULD SAY, WHICH I
YOU STILL GOT THE UNKNOWN
FACTOR WHAT WEATHER WILL BE
LIKE.
BUT HARVEST SHOULD BE UP AGAIN.
WE HAD REALLY GOOD HATCH IN
2012.
THAT WILL MEAN WE'LL HAVE --
SHOULD HAVE MORE TWO-YEAR OLD
GOBBLERS OUT THERE THIS SPRING.
THAT'S WHAT MOST OF THE HA
WILL BE.
WE HAVE A NO JOKES RESTRICTIONS
NOW SO THAT ONLY A YOUTH IS
ALLOWED TOKILL ONE JAKE, BUT
DULT HUNTER CANNOT KILL A
JAKE.
SO, WITH THAT GOOD HATCIN
2012, I EXPECT A HARVEST TO BE
UP AGAIN THIS SPRING.
>> GOOD'S FAIR ENOUGH ON
THE INCLINE.
NOESE REGULATIS WE'RE
GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT
TONIGHT DON'T INCLUDE TURKEY
BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY SET
THIS YEAR, WHICH THE SEASON
OPENS HERE IN XT MONTH,
APRIL.
BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DOT
NOW, WE'RE GOING TOO SETBACK
AND WE'RE G TO GO THROUGH
THOSE I THINK 16 OR 17
PROPOSALS, THEY'RE REALLY KIND
THESE ARE NOT SET IN STONE.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM TO THE
GAME AND FICOMMISSION FOR A
VOTE.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE WANTING YOUR
OPINION OF WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT
WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT.
KIND OF A PROPOSED PROPOSAL.
WE'RE GOING TOGO TAKE YOU
THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE RIGHT
NOW.
WHEN WE COME FROM THAT,
WILL KIND OF GO THROUGH THEM
AND EXTHREASONING
BEHIND PROPOSED PROPOSALS.
SO, LET'S DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
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ADD A DOE TO THE ARMS LIMIT,
6, A, 8A AND 10.
A LIVE CAPTIVE WILDLIFE
EXCLUDING SURVEYS WHICH
ORIGINATE WITHIN ARK SAARC AND
LEAVE THE STATE FOR LESS THAN
40 DAYS TO REENTER THE STATE
WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A
VETERINARY EXAMINATION.
~ ARKANSAS
ALLOW AGFC TO IMMEDIATELY
RELOCATE CAPTIVE WILDLBEING
GIVEN IMPROPER CARE BY
REHABILITATERS BEING KEPT IN
INHUMANE OR IHEALTHY
CONDITIONS.
PROHIBIPRO SESSION OF NATIVE
WILDLIFE PETS BY REHABILITATERS
EXCEPT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
INCREASE THE RACOON HUNTING BAG
LIMIT TO UNLIMITED TO THE
ENTIRE SEASON FOR PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE LANDS.
AT A DEER MODERN GUN MUZZLE
LOADER, SHOTGUN, PERMITFROM
NOVEMBER 8 TO 12 2014 WITH THE
TWO DEER LIMIT, ONE BUCK AND
ONE DOE, STEVE WILSON BOTTOM,
WMA.
VE THE DEER MODERN GUN USE
PERMIT HUNT TO THE WEEKEND
YOUTH HUNT, OCTOBER 25TH AND
262014, ON STEVE WILSON
RANCH CREEK BOTTOM SOUTHERN UMA.
MAKE IT LEGAL TO DISCHARGE OR
POSSESS FIRE WORKS ON
COMMISSION OWNED OR CONTROLLED
PROPERTY.
ESTABLISH TURKEY PERMIT HUNTS
THREE WEEKENDS ON F. GORDON
POINT REMOVE WMA.
ESTABLISH TURKEY PERMIT HUNTS
THREE WEEKENDS ON GALLA CREEK
WMA.
ESTABLISH FIVE-DAY MUZZLE
LOADER DEER PERMIT HUNT FOR ED
GORDON POINT REMOVE WMA.
CHANGE THE MINIMUM ANT LETTER
CRITERIA ON LAFAYETTE COUNTY
WMA FROM THE 4 POINT RULE TO A
12-INCH INSIDE SPREAD OR
15-INCH MAIN BEAM RULE.
~
MOVE THE MODERN GUN DEER HUNT A
WEEK LATER, NOVEMBER 1 THROUGH
THE FIFTH, ON ED GORDON
POINT
REMOVE, WMA.
ADD LAKE GLEASON AND HOWARD
COUNTY WMA INTO E THE LEASLAND
PERMIT SYSTEM REQUIRING A
LEASED LAND PERMIT.
REMOVE THE HUNTER EDUCATION
REQUIREMENT FOR YOUTH HUNTERS 6
TO 15 YEARS OF AGE
PARTICIPATING IN WMA PERMIT
HUNTS.
ALLOW THE HARVEST TO FERREL
HOGS ONLY DURING THE MODERN GUN
DEER AND ELK SEASON N CERTAIN
WMA.
PROHIBIT THE HARVEST OF FEREL
HOGS AT ANY TIME ON CERTAIN
WMAS.
E ALL HUNTING SEASON FROM
JANUARY 5TH TO MARCH 31ST AND
PROHIBIT RSES AND MULES FROM
FEBRUARY 1ST TOMARCH 31ST ON
HARRIS ALEXANDER SPRING RIVER
WMA.
>> ALRIGHTY, THERE YOU ARE, THE
PROPOSED PROPOSALS.
NOW, THOSE ARE JUST THINGS THAT
WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PROPO.
WE WANT TO KNOW YOUR OPINION.
IF YOU HAVE AN OPINION, A
QUESTION ABOUT ANY OF OSE, WE
HAVE A TOLL FREE NUMBER FOR
YOU, 1-800-682-2386.
GIVE US A CALL.
WE HAVE BIOLOGISTS OVER THERE,
WE HAVE WILDLIFE OFFICERS OVER
THERE Z'BERG ANY QUESTIONS YOU
AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO
COMMENT ON THOSE 17 THAT WE
HAVETHERE, YOU'RE STILL
FREE TO US ANY IDEAS OR
OPINIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT LAST
YEAR'S REGULATION, ANYTHING
YOU'D MAYBE LIKE TO SEE CHANGED
OR KEPT THE SAME.
SO, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE.
THIS IS OUR STATEWIDE PUBLIC
ME BECAUSE IN YEARS PAST
WE HAD STATEWPUBLIC
MEETINGS AROUND THE STATE.
BUT THEY JUST REALLY WEREN'T
VERY EFFECTIVE, ESPECIALLY
SINCE INTERNET CAME ABOUT AND
ALL THE TECHNOLOGY.
SO, WE'RE G GOINTO A WEBSITE
NOW WHERE YOU CAN GIVE US YOUR
OPINIONS AND TAKE A SURVEY ON
THERE, AGSC.COM.
I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE
GUYS THAT WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR
MAKING OF THESE CHANGES.
SAME TIME, BUT TALK ABOUT EACH
ONE OF THESE ONE ON ONE.
OF COURSE WE HAVE BRAD AND
STILL WITH US, THE WIFE
ALSO J.P. FAIR HEAD, HE IS OUR
HOG SPECIALIST I GUESS YOU
WOULD CALL J.P., THE HOG
SPECIALIST.
GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT HOGS.
OF COURSE CAPTAIN FREDDY DOWN
THERE A NUMBER OF YEARS.
HAMPTON, ARKANSAS.IDTOWN OF
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> HOW LONG U BEEN WITH US,
FREDDY?
>> OH, LITTLE MORE THAN 34
YEARS.
>> YEARS.
YOU GOT ABOUT A YEAR -- YOU'RE
COUNTING YOUR DAYS.
>> I ABOUT ANOTHER YEAR
AND A HALF.
>> AN YEAR AND YOU'RE
GOING TO HANG IT UP.
I IATE YOU GUYS COMING ON
WITH US.
WE WANT TO SPEND THIS TIME LIKE
I ABOUT GOING THROUGH
EACH ONE OF THESE PROPOSALS.
BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WANT
TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME ABOUT
INEFFECTIVENESS OF PUBLIC
MEETING.
WHEN FREDDY AND I STARTED,
J.P., PROBABLY WEREN'T EVEN
BORN YET WHEN WE STARTED.
[LAUGHTER]
>> YOU KNOW, WE HAD PUBLIC
MEETINUND THE STATEMENT.
WE'VE ALL BEEN INVOLVED.
THINK LAST YEAR WE HAD 10 OF
THEM AROUND THE STATE, INVITED
PEOPLE TO COME TELL US WHAT
THEY THINK.
REALLN'T VERY EFFECTIVE.
I THINK YOU HAVE SOME NUMBERS
ON MANY PEOPLE ATTENDED
>> YEAH, I MEAN, WE'VE SEEN A
PAOVER RECENT YEARS OF
LOWER ATTENDANCE.
LAST YEAR WE DID HAVE A TO
OF ABOUT 200 PEOPLE THAT
TENDED.
>> STATEWIDE.
>> THAT TENDED THOSE MEETINGS
AND SEVERAL OF THOSE, WE HAD
MORE OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN
ATTENDANCE THAN THE PUBLIC.
SO, WE SEE THIS AS A WAY OF
GEG BETTER INPUT AND INPUT
FROM MORE PEOPLE.
SO, WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT THIS
IS A BETTEUTE.
>> WELL, WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN
SOME OF THE SURVEY OUT THERE
THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.
BY THE WAY, YOU HAVTILL MARCH
15TH, ACTUALLY TO TAKE THE
SURVEY ONLINC.COM.
AND YOU'RE TELLING ME WE'VE
LREADY HAD OVER 5,000 PEOPLE
TAKE THE SURVEY.
SO, GHT THERE IT'S ALREADY --
>>, AS OF THIS AFTERNOON
WE HAD 5,250 PEOPLE THAT HAVE
COMPLETED THE SURVEY ALREADY.
>> THINGS CHANGE, DON'T THEY?
I GUESS --
>> LUTELY.
>> SOMETIMES WE TEND TO DO
THINGS JUST BECAUSE WE'VE
ALWAYS DONE THEM THAT WAY.
I MISS THE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
I MISS SEEING EVERYBODY, GET
TOG FELLOWSHIP WITH EVERYBODY.
AT THE SAME TIME WE GET BETTER
PUT HERE.
SO, ONCE AGAIN, YOCAN CALL US
HERE TONIGHT,-682-2386.
GIVE US YOUR OPINION.
OR YOU CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE,
WE'D REALLY LIKE FOR YOU TO DO
THAT AGSC.COM AND THE NAME OF
THE SURVEY IS YOUR OPINION
COUNTTION.
THERE IS A BANNER VERY EASE TOY
A NUMBER OF WAYS YOU CAN TELL
UST YOU THINK.
>>> GUYS, WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT
ON THE SCREEN.
WE'RE GOING TO SPEND FEW
MINUTES ON EACH ONE OF THEM.
KIND OF GIVE A JUSTIFICATION OF
THESE PROPOSED CHANGES.NDG
SO, LET'S LOOK AT NUMBER ONE
AGAIN ABOUT ADDING DOE TO
THE FARMERS BAG LIMIT UP THERE
IN THE NORTHERN ZONE.
YOU'RE THE DEER MAN, CORY, YOU
WANT TO ADDRESS THAT?
>> IT'S A SET PROCESS.
SINCE 2000 WE HAVE SET THIS
THING UP.
WE WENT FROM HARVESTING NO DOES
IN THIS PART OF THE STATE
ZONE DOE PERMITS WHERE YOU HAD
TO APPLY TO GET A DOE.
THEN WE WENT TO DOE DAYS, NOW
WE WENT TO ONE IN THE BAG
LIMIT, NOW TWO IN THE BAG LIMIT.
IT'S A PROGRESSION.
WE'RE LOOKING 60% BUCKS, 40%
DOES.
FAR BETTER THAN E WE WERE
IN 2010.
WE WANT TO GET 50/50.
WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE AGE
STRUCTURE OF THE FEMALES.
WE WANT A FAIRLY YOUNG HARVEST.
WE WANT 60% 2-1/2 AND YOUNGER
ANTHEN 4% 3-1/2 AND OLDER.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE
NEED TO INCREASE THE DOE
HARVEST JUST A LITTLE BIT AND
WE THINK THIS ONE DOE IN THE
BAG LIMIT DO THAT.
>> YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THAT
PROGRESS, LIKE YOU SAID, THE
PROGRESSION TO GET THEM THERE,
IT'S A LOT BETTER TO MISS ON
THE CONSER SIDE THAN THE
LIBERAL SIDE BECAUSE WE HAD
INSTANCES WHERE WE LIBERALIZED
TOO QUICKLY AND IT TAKES TIME
>> IN THE OZARKS IT TAKES A
LITTLE BIT TO REBOUND.
ARKANSAS WE CAN KNOCK THEM IN
THE HEAD AND REBOUND.
IN SOUTH ARKANSAS HAVE TO
BE CAREFUL.
WE'RE STEPPIHIS THING OUT.
>> ALL YOLKS UP NORTH,
THERE YOU GO, A LITTLE BIT MOREO
OPRTUNITY OUT THERE TO
HARVEST A DOE.
SO, IF YOU HAVE AN OPINION
OUT THAT, 1-800-682-2386.
OR GO TO OUR WEBSITE, AGSC.COM.
LET'S GO TO NUMBER 2 NOW,
TALKING ABOUT CANTIVE WILDLIFE.
WHAT IS THIS ONE, BRCAN YOU
TALK ABOUT THIS ONE A LITTLE
BIT?
~ CAPTIVE
>> ACTUALLY 2 AND 3 ARE BOTH
CAPTIVE WIFE.
SPECIFICALLY, CURRENTLY FOR
CERTAIN ANIMALS, WE REQUIRE
INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE PERMITS,
WHETHER IT'S AN IMPORTATION
PERMIT TO BRING THEM INTO E
STATE OR A WILDLIFE BREEDER
DEALER PERMIT TO KEEP THEM AND
RAISE THEM AND --
>> WHAT WOBE AN EXAMPLE OF
SOMEBODYINGING SOMETHING --
>> SOME S THAT'S RECENTLY
BEEN IN THE NEWS, A CAR MIGHT --
>> MONKEYS AND THINGS?
>> MEY PERMITS.
>> THERE IS A STATE NOW
THAT HAS PERMIT REQUIREMENTS
WITH THAT.
CURRY THOSE INDIVIDUALS, IF
EY HAVE A MONKEY AS A PET AND
VACATION, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A N
VETERINARY CLEARANCE TO COME
BACK.
SO, THIS WOULD DROP THAT
REQUIREMENT.
WE FEEL THERE'S PRETTY MINIMAL
DISEASE RISK AND IT'S PROBABLY
AN UNNECESSARY STEP.
>> CORY, LET ME ASK YOU A
QUESTION.
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE MONKEY?
IS THAT A PROBLEM?
>> THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MO
THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE.
[LAUGHTER]
>> IF YOU EVER RUN INTO ANYBODY
WITH A MONKEY FOR A PET?
>> I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE.
>> EVIDENTLY, SY DOES.
OKAY, GOING TO NUMBER 3 KINDOF
DEALING WITH THE SAME THING,
ABOUT RELOCATING WILDLIFE AND
REHABILITATING, RIGHT?
>>AND THIS APPLIES TOOUR
WILDLIFE REHABILITATERS
PERMITTED THROUGH THE GAME AND
IF ITION COMMISSION.
~ GAME AND FISH COMMISSION.
THIULD ALLOW US IF WE
DISCOVERED ANIMALS ARE BEING
KEPT IN IN CONDITIONS OR
THEY'RE UNHEALTHY, WE
WOULD IMMEDIATELY BE ABLE TO
TAKE E ANIMALAND FIND
ANOTHER FACILITYARE FOR
THEM.
>> OKTHAT'S FAIR ENOUGH. WE
GOT REHABILITATERS ACROSS THE
STATE.
NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE
TAKING PROPER CARE.
NUMBER 4 IS PROBABLY MORE
WIDESPREAD THAN ANYTHING.
I LIKE THE WAY THIS IS WORDED.O
ATE LANDS.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION, DOES THAT
PRETTY MUCH SAY NO LIMIT ON
*** STATEWIDE?
>> YES, NO MATTER WHERE YOU'RE
HUNTING, STATE, PRIVATE, PUBLIC.
>> THERE'S BEEN A LIMIT FOR
*** HUNTERS, BUT NOT FOR
TRAPERS.
>> TRAPPING HAS LIMITED TO 2
BAG LIMIT.
HUNTSEASON IN THE FALL.
SO, WE'RE HAVE PLENTY OF ***..
I IMAGINE, FREDDY, YOU WORK
WITH DEER FEEDERS WITH CORN.
YOU PROBABLY SEE A LOT MORE
*** THAN DEER.
>> WHAT DO I DO WITH ALL THESE?
A DEER CALLER.
>> YOU CAN SAY KILL THEM ALL,
Y'ALL.
GO TO NUMBER 5, TALKING ABOUT
ADDING A MODERN GUN PERMIT TO
SOME ZONES OR WILD MANAGEMENT
AREAS?
>> THAT'S A WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
AREA.
CREEK.
YOU MAY SEE REGS IN HERE.
WE HAVE A SET GOAL ON THE
NUMBER OF ANIMALS WE WANT TO
TAKE OFF ON THESE WMA.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT SUCCESS RATES.
WE TRY TO BALANCE THAT OUT TO
ENSURE THAT WE GET THE PROPER
NUMBER OF DEER TAKEN AND ALSO
AT THE SAME TIME GIVE THE
ADEQUATE OPPORTUNITY TO HARVEST
THESE.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, IT'S
JUST TRYING TO BALANCE WHAT
NEEDS TO TAKEN OFF VERSUS
HUNTER OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'RE MOVING SOME DATA ROUND
AND HUAROUND.>> YES, SIR.
THAT BE A NEW HUNT.
>> A NEW HUNT.
>> MORE OPPORTUNITY.
>> NUMBER 6, MOVE THE MODERN
GUN YOUTH PERMIT HUNT.
THAT WILL PROBABLY AFFECT A LOT
OF KIDS OUT THERE.
THIS IS ON THE SAME AREA
REASONING BEHIND --
>> TRYING TO INCREASE THE YOUTH
PARTICIPATION ON THIS AND
TRYING TO MOVE IT OUTSIDE FOR
MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE
YOUTH HUNTERS.
>> SO, THAT WAY DO YOU HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR A KID TO
EXPERIENCE TWO YOUTH DAYS, ONE
ON WMA AND ONE ON PUBLIC.
>> NUMBER 7,MAKE WORKS ON
COMMISSION-OWNED OR CONTROLLE
PROPERTY.
WHAT'S BEHIND THAT ONE?
>> A COUPLE ISSUES, WHICH WE
HAVE A LOT OF LIMITING PROBLEMS
IN OUR PARKING AREAS ON WMAS
AND BOAT LAMPS AND PEOPLE LIKE
TO DID TO THOSE AREAS AND SHOOT
FIRE WORKS DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
ALSO WE HAVE A FIRE HAZARD
THERE.
WILDFIRE DANGER.
SO, WE'RE TOTRYING TO CONTROL
THAT.
>> I CAN IMAGINE, WOULD IT
DISTURB THE ANIMALS AS WELL SET
OFF ME OF THESE FIRE WORKS.>>
OKAY.WATER EFFECT AND
WILDLIFE HAZARD.
>> NUMBER 8, TALKING ABOUT
TURKEY PERMIT HUNT, THREE
WEEKENDS, ED POINT REMOVED.
>> ON ED GORDON WE'VE HAD A
RESTRICTED TURKEY SEASON THERE
FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF AN
OUTLIER.
IT HAS A MORE RESTRICTING
SEASON THAN THE SURROUNDING
ZONE.
WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING DOING IS
ESTABLISHING THREE DIFFERENT
PERMITNTS THERE ON THAT AREA.
AND THEN NUMBER 9 IS --
>> I WOULD SAY IT'S KINDTHE GAL
CREEK WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.
>> NOT TOO FAR, JUST SOUTH OF
RUSSELLVILLE THERE.
A VERY POPULAR AREA.
WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD SOME ISSUES
THERE WITH OVERCROWDING AND
HAVE ACTUALLY HAD SOME PUBLIC
REQUESTS TO TRY TO CONTROL
NUMBERS THERE.
>> DO YOU THAT WITH PERMITS
CECAUSE YOUAN --
>> WE DO IT WITH PERMITS .
>> NUMBER 10 IS KIND OF AN ED
GORDON WMA 2, ESTABLISHING A
FIVE DAY PERMIT ON ED GORDON.
>> THIS WILL BE A NEW HUNT.
THIS WILL BE MORE POOPRTUNITY,
AS CORY SAID.TAKE MORE ANIMALS
OFF.
SO, THIS WOULD BE A NEW HUNT,
ANOTHER HUNT.
WE HAVE A MODERN GUN PERMIT OUT
THERE, BUT THIS WOULD BE A NEW
GUN HUNT.
>> LAFAYETTE COUNTY WMA DOWN IN
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS NUMBER 11,
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING
THAT FROM A 4 POINT RULE TO A
MINIMUM OF MAIN BEAM?
>> THAT WAS THE ONLY AREA IN
THE STATE THAT HAS THE
FOUR-POINT RULE.
FULL STATE IS THREE POINT RULE.
IT WASN'T PROTECTING CO TO
THE 3-POINT RULE.
AVERAGE POINT, JUST THE WAY IT
IS.
WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS MOVE MORE
OF THE HARVEST INTO 3-1/2 AND
OLDER.
12 INCH MAIN BEAM, THAT WOULD
ALSO CORRESPOND TO SOME OTHER
WMAS WE HAVE TO BLAME SOUTH
ARKANSAS REGION.
>> SO, IF YOU'RE HUNTING DOWN
IN THAT AREA, LET US KNOW WHAT
YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
1-800-682-2386.
TAKE THE SURVEY ONLINE AGSC.COM.
ALL THESE STARE LIED ALONG WITH
SOMETHE EXPLANATIONS.
YOU CAN GIVE O.
MOVE THE MODERN DEER HUNT A
WEEK LATER IN THE --
>> THE TOPIC OF ADDING THE
MUZZLE HUNT, WE MOVE TO MOVE
THE MODERN GUN HUNT.
>> TOO MANY OPPORTUNITIES, GUYS.
THAT IS APE GOOD PROBLEM T
HAVE.
~ A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE.
THIS IS THE NATURAL LAND.
13, HEART WMAS.
>> THOSE TWO WE'VE HAD IN OUR O
BOTH OF THOSE WMAS FROM TIMBER
COMPANIES.
>> OKAY.
>> AND WE HAVE NOT HAD THOSE
WMAS IN OUR LEASE LAND PROGRAM.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE'VE NOT
REQUIRED OUR LEASE LAND PERMIT
TO OWN THEM.
BUT WE'RE CONSIDERING THAT
WHICH WOULD REQUIRE $40 LEASE
LAND PERMIT WOULD HELP US
RECRUIT SOME OF OUR COST WITH
LEASING THOSE PROPERTIES .
AND HE IFWE WOULD DO THAT, WE
WOULD DROP THE MUSCLE LOADER
AND MODERN GUN PERMIT HUNT ~.A
MUZZLE LOADER, HE WOULD PAY $10
FOR EACH OF THOSE.
WE WOULD DROP THAT AND LEASE
THE PERMIT UNLIMITED NUMBERS.
>> MAKES SENSE TO ME.
14 IS NEAR AND DEER TO MY HEART.
I STARTED OUT WITH LEGISLATION.
REMOVE THE HUNTER EDUCATION
REQUIREMENT FOR YOUTH OWNERS 6
THROUGH 15, OF AGE
PARTICIPATING IN WMA PERMITS.
I LISTENED TO YOU, AND IT MAKES
SEHUNTER TO PARTICIPATE IN
A PERMIT HUNTER WMAS.
WE REQUIRE THAT THEY HAVE
RECEIVED THEIR HUNTER
CERTIFICATION IN ORDER TO EVEN
APPLY FOR THE PERMIT.
AND WE FEEL THAT THAT'S KIND OF
A ADDED DETERRENT, KIND OF
RESTRICTING PARTICIPATION.
WE ALREADY REQUIRE THAT THOSE
INDIVIDUALS BE WITH AN ADULT
RUNNER BY DROPPING THAT
REQUIREMENT ALLOWS SOME OF
THOSE SEVEN-YEAR OLDS THAT RTIC
IN THOSE PERMIT HUNTS.
>> REMOVING THE BARRIERS,
>> RIGHT.
>> WE WANT TO MAKE IT AS EASY
FOR THE KIDS TO GET INVOLVED.'R
THEYE GOING TO BE SUPERVISED
ANYWAY.
>> THAT'S A GOOD MOVE.
I'LL FORGIVE YOU FOR IT.
>> THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO
EXPLAIN THE REASONING BEHIND IT.
THAT MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE
THAN READING THE HEADLINE
THERE.
>> ALL RIGHT, J.P., YOU'VE BEEN
PRETTY Q.
WE'RE GET INTION YOUR AREA,
HOGS, PUT THAT UP THERE, ALLOW
THE HAOFEST HOGS ONLY
DURING DEER SEASON AND -- TALK
ABOUT IT.
>> WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS
ADDRESTHE FEREL HOG ISSUE BY
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA.
WE FEEL OUR EFFORTS ARE GOING
TO BE BEST SERVED BY THE FISH
AND TRAPPING EFFORT.
>> TRAPPING IS KEY.
>> IT'S THE MOST EFFICIENT
METHOD.
WE HAVE TO UTILIZE ALL THE
EFFORTS.
MAYBE ONE OF THOSE AT A LATER
DATE.
THE FACTOR WE'RE FINDING
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BECAUSE WIA
LEGAL METHOD OPEN FOR THAT
SEASON.
WE'RE STILL FINDING THE
POPULATIONS ARE GROWING,
THEY'RE EXPANDING AND WE FEEL A
STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO
TAKE SOME CORRECTIVE MEASURES.
>> IT'S KIND OF A CHANGE FROM
THE WAY WE STARTED OUT.
WE KNOW IF IT'S NOT WORKING,
TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
TALK ABOUT LOGS WITH HOGS.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF NEWS
LATELY.
IT'S BEEN IN THE LEGISLATURE.
CAN YOU TRANSPORT THEM OR HOW
DOES IT WORK? 2013 LEN, THE
LEGISLATURE PASSED ACT 11 04,
AND WHAT ACT 11 04 SAYS YOU'RE
ALLOWED TO TRANSPORT LIVE
FERREL HOGS.
BASICALLY, IF YOU CATCH IT WITH
A DOG, IF I CASH IT WITH HIGH
END, WHATEVER MEANTTION ODYOU
CATCH HIM, THAT HOG HAS TO BE
KILLED.
THERE IS AN EXCEPTION THERE
THAT LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY HA
SOME REGULATIONS THEY'RE
CURRENTLY WORKING TO GET
THROUGH THE LEGI
ATTACHED TO THE ACT, AND ESTHE
ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT'S -- BUT
BASICALLY YOU CAN'T TRANSPORT A
LIVE FEREL HOG.
OUR WMAS, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A
REGULATION, HAVE HAD SEVERAL
YEARS.
IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO POSSESS
A FEREL HOG.
>> DEAD OR ALIVE?
HE
>> DEAD OR ALIVE.
WELL, ONLY ALIVE.
YOU KILL HIM, YOU CAN TAKE HIM
HOME.
THE THING ABOUT IT ISOUR WMAS L
COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO WHAT WE'RE
TRYING TO DO.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO
SAY.
WE'RE KIND OF MAKING A SWITCH
HERE BECAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE TO
KILL THEM, BUT THE MOST
EFFECTIVE WAY IS TO TRAP THEM
LIKE YOU SAID.
WE ALLOWED PEOPLE, IF YOU'RE
SQUIRREL HUNTING WMMA YOU COULD
KILL ONE.
IF YOU'RE RABBIT HUNTING, WE'VE
HATTLE PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE
SUPPOSEDLY GRABBING THE
SQUIRREL WITH DOG HOGS BECAUSE
IT'S DISTURBING THE HOGS.HAPPEN
REGULATION RIGHT NOW.
>> THE LAST TWO YEARS, YOU
CAN'T TAKE A DOG ON OUR WMAS
AND THEY TAKE OUR [SPEAKER NOT
UNDERSTOOD] WITH A DOG.
THE QUOTE-UNQUOTE WITH A DOUGH
AND THAT GETS ON REGULATION
ANYWAY.
>> ONE THING I WANTED TO POIN
OUT, THE 15, THE RDING THERE,
IT SAID ALLOWINGTHE T HARVESOF
HOONLY DEER AND MODERN GUN.
ACTUALLY THAT YS FIREARMS WHICH
SEASON OR MODERN GUN.
>> MOSTLY WE'RE CONSIDERING
MUZZLE OR MODERN GUN.
IF YOU'RE STANDING THERE ON THE
DEER STAND YOU COME OUT THERE
AND YOU'LL KILL THEM.
>> I THINK 16AND 17 IS KIND OF
THE SAME THING.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ONE WMA UP
THERE, CLOSING THE WHOLE INTHG
DOWN TO MAKE TRAPPING MORE
EFFECTIVE.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> JUST PART OF IT.
>> THAT'S .
HOW LONG, JP? SIR.
>> WHAT THAT DOES IS THERE ARE
SEVERAL FACTOR INVOLVED.
CORY KIND OF ALLUDED TO EARLIER.
THIS IS A TIME WHEN ALL TRAFFIC
EFFORTS.
AVENUE I CAN'T TELL ON THAT.
WE HAD A BUMPER ACROSS THE
STATE THIS YEAR.
THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN
IT'S COLD, CRITTER ARE BURNING
MORE CALORIES TRYING TO STAY
WARM.
WE SHOULD BE A LOT MORE EASIER
TO GET THESE CRITTERS AND GET
THEM IN A TRAP.
WE'RE TRYING TO ODS TO WHERE WE-
>> HOMANY CAN YOU CATCH AT
ONCE, 10 OR 20 12?
>> THE MOST WE CAUGHT IS 23.
>> 23 AT ONE TIME IN A TRA
P?
?
WOO, THAT'S A RODEO.
>> AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE HUNTERS
HARVESTING HOGS, BUT 23 AND THE
MAJORITY OF THOSE MAYBE BEING
SOWS, THAT'S TAKINGOUT A LOT
OF PIGS IN ONE WHACK AND THE
DISTURBANCE IS SUCH A CRITICA
FACTOR.
IT ALL MAKES SENSE TO ME,
GUYS.
>> YOU A COMMENT?
>>15,
16 AND 17, WANT TO POINT OUT
THOSE, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT
HOGS ON ALL WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
AREAS.
WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING ANYTHING
TO DO WITH ANY CHANGES TO WHAT
PEOPLE ALREADY ARE ALLOWED TO
DO TO THE HARVEST AND CONTROL
HOGS.
>> THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
>> SECONDLY IS THAT WE ARE
SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT.
WE HAVE TAKEN THE PAST COUPLE
YEARS AND WE'VE ENCOURAGED
PEOPLE TO COME TO OUR
WHAT WE'VE REALIZED IS THAT
THAT'S NOT EFFECTIVE.
THAT'S NOT WORKING.
HOGS ARE CONTINUING TO EXPAND
ON OUR AREAS AND WE REALIZE WE
HAVE TO CHANGE HOW WE ADDRESS
IT.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR NOW IS
FOR THEM TO HELP US TO CONTROL
AMONG SURROUNDING ATE LAND
BY TRAFFIC.
>> FAIR ENO GUYS.
BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT, ENOUGH
ABHUNTING.
IT'S FISHING SEASON.
I APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING IN.
SURE AND GIVE TO OUR WEBSITE, A
AND TAKE THAT LITTLE SURVEY.
IT'S CALLED YOUR OPINION COUNTS
BECAUSE IT DOES.
RIGHT NOW LET'S LOOK AT LITTLE
FISHING VIDEO.
WE'RE GOING TALK ABOUT
FISHING THE REST OF THE HOUR.
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>> I LOVE SEEING THOSE KIDS
CATCH FISH. THAT'S GETTING
IN THE MOOD TO GO FISHING.
WARMER WEATHER, CHANCE OF SNOW
TONIGHT.
IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE FISHING
SEASON HERE.
I WANT TO SPTHE REST OF THE
TIME THIS EVENING TALKING ABOUT
FISHING AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE
FISHING FORECAST.
LET ME HE REMIND OU WE'RE
STILL TAKING E REMAINDE TOF THE
HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK FISHING
RIGHT NOW WITH SOME OF MY GOOD
BUDDIES AND THE GUYS THAT'S IN
THE KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO
FISHING.
FIRST RIGHT HERE ASSISTANT
CHIEF OF FISHERIES, DON BRADER,
BEEN AROUND AWHILE.
NEXT TO HIM STEVE FILIPEK.
NEXT TO HIM COLTON DENNIS, THE
BASS BIOLOGIST, BASS MAN.ON
HIS RIGHT OVER THERE IS --
WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
THAT'S BEN BATTEN, I'M SORRY.AN
COMMUNITY FISHING PROGRAM.
DOA LOT OF STUFF STOCKING CITY
PARK PONDS AROUND THE STATE.
WE'RE GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME
NOW TALKING ABOUT FISHING
BECAUSE THIS YEAR HAS ALREADY
STARTED.
GIVE ME A FISHING REPORT.
I'M HEARING THEY'RE BITING.
>> YEAH, THEY ARE BITING.
IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR.
WE HAVE THE SO-CALLED FRONT
THAT CAME IN.
IT DON'T GET TURNED ANYTHING,
COME BACK TO ARKANSAS
I WENT WITH MY OLDEST SON, WE
CAUGHT 15
>> YEAH, TROUT SEASON IS ALWAYS
IN.
BEFORE WE GET TOO CH INTO
THAT, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
RULES AND REGULATIONS TONIGHT
WITH HUNTING SEASON COMING UP.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME WHEN DO
YOU HAVE THE PUBLIC MEETINGS
FOR FISHING SEASON?
THERE'S NO FISHING SEASON.
FISHING REGULATIONS IS A
DIFFERENT TIME FORM
HOW DOES THAT WORK?
>>'RE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
IT'S YEARLY 12 MONTH FROM
JANUARY TALK PUBLIC INPUT IN
MAY, BIOLOGIST IN APRIL PUT THE
PROPOSALS OUT MUCH LIKE WE JUST
HEARD FROM WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.
AND THEN IN JUNE, JULY, AND
AUGUST OUR COMMISSION TAKES A
LOOK AT THOSE.
THEY APPROVE THEM IN AUGUST AND
THEN WHEN THE GUIDEBOOKS COME
OUT THE FOLLOWING JANUARY, THEN
THAT'S WHEN YOU COMPLETE THE
CYCLE.
>> OKAY.
>> BUT AS ALWAYS, PEOPLE ARE
WELCOME TOGIVE THEIR OPINIONS
ALL YEAR ROUND, E-MA
AND I IMAGINE THEY DO.
>>EXACT SAME PROCESS, YES.
>> ANY COMPARED TO LAST
YEAR FOR ANY THAT HASN'T GONE
FISHING YET?
ANY CHANGE --
>> LET ME --
>> YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE THE WHOLE
CODE BOOK, BEN?
>> FIRST I WANT TO SAY ANYBODY
GRAB A BOOK.
THEY'RE AT ALL YOUR SPORTING
GOOD STORES.
LOT OF DIFFERENT REGS,
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
IT'S GOOD TO KNEFORE YOU GO.
I'M GLAD TO ANNOUNCE WE ADDED
THREE NEW SPOTS TYEAR.
LAKE IN JACKSONVILLE, AND
MONTICELLO POND.
>> THESE ARE CITY PARK PONDS
THAT YOU GUYS STOCK DURING THE
WINNER WITH TROUT AND DURING
THE SUMMER WITH CATFISH.,
SOHOW MANY PONDS TOTAL IS
THAT NOW, 30 OR 40?
>> I'VE GOT 35 PONDS TOTAL
STATEWIDE.
>> 35 TOTAL STATEWIDE, THAT'S
JUST PUTTING TAKING BUDDY.
THAT'S PUTTING FISH IN THE POND
AND LETTING YOU CATCH THEM
IF ITS SN'T FOR OUR HATCHERY B
NEIGHBORHOOD OF 100,000 FISH A
YEAR.
>> A HUNDRED THOUSAND FISH TO
STOCK?
THAT'S A LOT OF FISH.
>> THAT'S JUST CATFISH.
TROUT AS WELL.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE BASS FISH.
I WENT TO A TURN LAST WEEKEND
AND CAUGHT SOME PRETTY BASS FOR
THIS EARLY IN THE YEAR.
IT CHANGES, I KNOW A LOT OF
OPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT 15-INCH
LIMITS.
ANY CHANGES THIS YEAR?
>> ONLY TWO CHANGES IN BASS
REGS THAT WENT INTO EFFECT
ARY 1ST.
FIRST 12 INCHES ON
SPOTTED BOUGHT LIT.
REMOVE THE LOT LIMIT ON
COLUMBIA.
MOVE TO A 10 FOOT CREOLE, BASS,
ONLY ONE CAN BE OVER 20 INCHES.
>> REMINDS ME A LOT WE JUST GOT
THROUGH TALKING TO THE HUNTING
GUYS HERE.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUSPECIFIC
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS,
AREANED.
SAME THING WITH FISHING.
YOU HAVE TO MANAGE EVERY
DIFFERENT BODY OF WATER
DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE IT REQUIRES
-- NOW,YOU'RE OVER STREAMS AND
RI
THOD FISHERY HERE IN
AR
>> THINK ABOUT IT, WILDLIFE IS
KICKING IN RIGHT NOW.
THEY LIKE BASS.
THAT WILL BE BASS AND IT THEN
BRIM AND CATFISH.
IT'S ALREADY TO EXPLODE.
>> THE RACE IS ON.
TURKEYS ARE GOBBLING.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM IT ALL
HAPPENS AT ONE.
DHOW DO YOUO IT?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> WHITE BASS RUN.
I WAS CATCHING WHITE BASS OUT
RE.
ARE WHITE BASS FOUND
EVERYWHERE?
>> NO, BUT THEY'RE FOUND IN
MOST OF THE BIG RESERVOIRS.
AVER DEGRAY, OUACHITA,
THE LAKE LANDS
>> TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> THE GROWN UPSTREAM SPAWN,
DON GETS A LOT OF THOSE TO
SPAWN WITH STRIPERS TO MAKE
HYBRIDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AT THE TIME YOU CAN SEE THEM
SPAWNING AND IT'S NOTHING TO
CATCH 20 OR 30.
GETHEY'RE TTING READY TO DO
THEIR THING.
>> AGAIN, THE MORE INFORMATION
YOU CAN FIND OUT ON THIS SHOW
ABOUT WHERE TO GO, THINK T
BODIES OF WATER, YOU WANT TO
FIND WHERE CREEK COMES IN
BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE
TRYING TO GO UP THE CREEK.
WHAT ABOUT THE SH
THAT'S A FOREST FISH.
>>SOME OF OUR RESERVOIRS, YES,
WE HAVE HAD SHAD.
THEY DIE WHEN THE WATER
TEMPERATURE REACHES 40 DEGREES.
WE HAD A MILD WINTER THIS
WINTER.
DE GREASON, WE HAD SOME
INDICATIONS.
AGAIN, THE SPRING RAINS COMING
IN IN APRIL AND MAY, THEY'LL DO
THEIR THING AND HOPEFULLY HA
A GOOD SPAWN AND REPLENISH
THEIR POPULATION.
>> THAT'S THE KEY TO OUR
FISHERY IS THE SHAD POPULATION.
>> THE BASS AND CROP ARE EATING
THEM UP. >
>BASS WON'T SPAWN.
THEY'RE NOT MOVING IN YET.
YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THOSE
THINGS START.
WHEN DO THE BASS START MOVING
IN TO SPAWN?
>> LATE 50 DEGREES, 60 DEGREES.
>> WATER TEMPERATURE IS THE
KEY?
>> IT'S COLD NOW.
RESERVOIR IS STILL IN THE 40S,
MAYBE LOW 50S RIGHT NOW.
SO, YEAH, WE'VE HAD SOME COLD
WINTER.
>> SO, RIGHT W NOW IF YOU WERE
GOING TO GO WILDLIFE, THEY DO
THE SAMELAKES HAVE WILIE IN
THEM IN ARKANSAS?
I DON'T KNOW MANY WILDLIFE
FISHERMEN OUT THERE CATCH THEM
CONSISTENTLY.
>> ACTUALLY CAMEL TON, OUACHITA
IS GREAT.
ALL THOSE HAVE GOOD WILDLIFE
RUN.
>> SO, RIGHT NOW --
>> SPRING RIVER IS A WILD RUN,
TOO, WHICH IS A LOT OF FUN.
>> SO, TROUT IS GOOD ISTO FH
YEAR ROUND.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CROPP
T NOW GETTING READY.
THE WHITES ARE RUNNING.
WII LIE ARE RUNNING.
MY RITE FISH, THE BRIM, IT
COMES IN LATER IN THE YEAR.
IS THAT -- WHY ARE THEY SO
LATE?
WHY IS BRIM FISHING BETTER
DURING MAY AND JUNE?
[LAUGHTER]
>> WELL, THEY SPAWN MORE THAN
ONCE A YR.
>> DO THEY?
>> YEAH.
THEY'RE MULTIPLE SPAWNERS.
THEY CAN BE.
YOU CAN CATCH BLUE GILL IN
APRIL AND YOU CAN CATCH THEM A
LITTLE LATER AND THEY'RE STIL
SPAWNING, SO, AND THEY'RE EASY
TO CATCH AND I LOVE TO CATCH
THEM, TOO.
>> THEY'RE GOOD TO EAT.
>> THEY ARE.
WHAT HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN HEARING
OUT THERE SO?
I KNOW RK THEM A LOT.
THEY STARTED UP THE LAST COUPLE
WEEKS.
WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT WEEKENDS
LATELY.
>> YEAH, I WORK -- I COVER
LITTLE ROCK, THE COUNTY.
WE HAD THAT IN THE UPPER 60S,
LOWER 70S.
EVERYTHING WAS GETTING LIVE AND
THINGS WERE STARTING TO BITE,
OF THE LAKE.OVING THE WEST END
NOW THIS LITTLE COLD SHAFT IS
GOING TO PUSH THEM BACK.
THE MORE WE GET 60S AND 70S AND
LITTLE RAIN FLOW IT'S GOING TO
BE ON.
>> LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
COME INTO MYGOOD BUDDY RANDY
WHO DOES THE FISHING REPORT.
I HEARD RUMORS THERE WAS A BIG
BASS CALLED --
>> IT WAS YESTERDAY.
IT WAS A 9-1/2 POUNDER CAUGHT
ON A ALABAMA RIG YESTERDAY AND
I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
>> DID YOU GET PROOF OF THAT?
>> THAT'S LAKE MA MAYO, A GREAT
TESTAMENT.
TO US.
THATKE IS NOT KNOWN FOR ITS
BIG BASS.
>> IT'S DEAD SEA.
>> IT IS ALAN MULLALLY
>> THIS WERE BRINGING IN GOOD
FISH.
THAT'S MANAGEMENT, COMING IN
DOING ALL THE LAKES.
IT'S PAYING OFF LIKE THAT.
9-1/2 POUNDER.
>> YEP.
>> WOO!
THAT WOULD BE FUN.
>> HOT SPOTS, IF YOU HAVE A FEW
MINUTES LEFT, IF YOU WERE GOING
TO SEND SOMEBODY LET'S SAY
CROPPYFISHING, A LAKE APIECE,
WHERE DO YOU THINK CROPY WOULD
BE, WHERE WOULD YOU SEND
SOMEBODY CROPY FISHING?
>> LAKE GREASON.ND WE HAVE A LO
OF FISH SHELTERS SUNK IN THE
LAKE.
>> THEY HAVE GPSES ON THEM.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT SHELTER.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
>> LAKE CONWAY IS ONE OF THE
BEST COBY IN THE STATE.
>> WE'VE DONE RESEARCH ABOUT
THE CROPY.
THERE'S SOME NICE IN CONWAY, UP
IN GOLD CREEK.
THESE ARE SECRETHING HOLES.
>> ADAMS LAKE AREA.
>> GOLD CREEK.
SON, CONWAY, CENTRAL
ARKANSAS.
GO DOWN TO CHICO CROPY AND
BASS FISH IN CHICO.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE BASS
IN THERE.
>> THERE YOU GO, SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS.
DOES THAT LAKE WARM UP FASTER,
QUICKER DOWN SOUTH THAN --
>> THEY TYPICALLY DO.
NORTHERN SUNLIGHT, TYPICALLY
WARM UP SOONER IN SOUTH
ARKANSAS COMPARED TO OUR
RESERVOIRS, YES.
>> PRETTY BIG LAKE.
LAKE CHICO IN SOUTH ARKANSAS.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE?
>> HARRIS BREAK.
>> OVERLLN PERRY VIE?
>> IT HAS THE SIZE OF FISH YOU
FISHED HARRIS LAKE.
>> IT'S A SMALL LAKE, BUT IT'S
REALLY PRODUCTIVE AND I'VE
GOTTEN THE PLEASURE OF RUNNING
TROUT FOR CROPY BEFORE.
>> NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO A
LIETTTLE SECRET HERE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN DRAG NETS FOR
CROPY?
>> A TECHNIQUE IN THE FALL AND
WINTER.
CATCH FISH IN THE NETS.
THEY SWIM IN AND CAN'T GET OUT.
THAT'S HOW WE SAMPLE CROPY IN
THE SHALLOW .RESERVOIRS.
>> THEY'RE ALL RELEASED.
NE OF THESE GO HOME TO THE
FRYING PAN.
WE DO THAT SINGLE LINE SAMPLING.
I CALL THMPLING.
FISHING IS WHAT THING.
>> BUT I NEVER CAUGHT --
>> THE GREAT LAKE, THERE'S SOME
CROPY FISHERY THREE MILES FROM
IT, BIG FISH.
HE KNOWS.
>> DE GREASE IS PRETTY QUICK.
>> ROCK SPRINGS, I LIKE
OUACHI
IT'S REALLY GOOD.
>>IT'S ATE FOR EVERYTHING,
ESPECIALLY BASS.>> HOLD A LOT O
FISHING.
ALL KINDS --
>> AND RECREATION --
>> ALL KINDS.
>> HOW MANY ACRES?
>> I'M GOING TO SAY IT'S ABOUT
40,000.
>> 40,000 ACRE LAKE.
WE'RE BLESSED IN ARKANSAS.
YOUR F LORITE BASSAKE.
>> I'D SAY DEGRAY.
I'M A HOMER, BUT I'VE BEEN
THERE A LOT.
>> HAVE A LOT OF BASS
TOURNAMENTS THERE.
>> HOW MANY ACRES IS DEGRAY
ROUGHL
>> 13,000.
>> TEXAS ITE , FISHIT'S GOOD
FOR BASS.
MY BUDDIES FISH FOR HYBRIDS OUT
THERE.
THEY START RUNNING AND --
>> DON'T FORGET THE BRIM.
>> I DON'T NEVER FORGET THE
BRIM.
BUT WHAT ABOUT YOU?
>> I STAY WITH CHICO AND CROPY
AND BASS.
IF I WANT TO CATCH A LOCAL
FISH, I GO INTO MONTICELLO AND
TRY TO CATCH THAT 10 POUNDER.
>> WHERE DO YOU LIVE, HOT
SPRINGS?
I THT YOU WERE CHOOSING IT
BECAUSE YOU WERE CLOSE.
YOU LIVE IN HOT SPRINGS.
>> I LIVE IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.
'RE OUT THERE EVERY DAY
DOING THEIR SAMPLING.
THAT'S THEIR JOB.
THAT'S WHY WHEN THEY COME TO
THE BUILDING TO MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT FISHING
AREAS AND FISHING REPORTS,
THEY'RE OUT THERE EVERY DAY.
THEY'RE FISHERMEN GIVE US
FISHING REPORTS.
YOU'RE GOING TO STAY WITH CHICO.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
>> FISHING REALLY HOT, THEY HAD
SOME REALLY GOOD SPAWNS ABOUT
AND 5 YEARS AGO AND THOSE FISH
ARE BIG NOW THEY WERE HERE LAST
YEAR.
DEGRAY THEY WERE RAVING ABOUT R
CHOPS SAMPLING EVERYTHING.
AND I JUST LOVE THE ARKANSAS
RIVER.
LOT OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF
HABITAT AND THINGS THAT
FLOURISH AND IT'S A GREAT --
>> THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
PROBABLY EVERYBODY DRIVES
ACROSS THE ARKANSAS RIVER GOING
TO ONE OF THESE OTHER PLACES,
WHICH THEY'RE GREAT.
THERE ARE SO MANY NEAT PLACES
TO FISH IN ARKANSAS AND WE'VE
GOT -- I THINK THAT'S WHY WE DO
SO WELL WHEN OUR TOURNAMENT
FISHERMEN GO OUT OF ATE
BECAUSE WE'VE GOT ALL THESE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF WATERS.
REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY GO FOR
THE TOURNAMENTEY FISH HERE
INATARKANSAS ONE TIME
>> LAST JUNE BROTHER AND I,
HE LIVES AT DIAMOND CITY ON THE
LAKE.
AND I HAVE TO ECHO WHAT BEN WAS
SAYING A MOMENT AGO.
WE SPENT 4 HOURS ONE SATURDAY
MORNING, 19 BASS IN FOUR HOURS.
>> CATCH AND RELEASE?
>> YES, IT WAS.
WE DID.
WE DIDN'T TAKE A ONE HOME, BUT
IT WAS THE BEST.
>> UNBELIEVABLE.
WHAT AVERAGE SIZE BASS --
THIS WERE ABOUT TWO POUND
FISH.
THAT'S GOOD.
BASS ING IS GETTING READY --
>> SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO SAY
IS THERE ARE PLACES WHERE YOU
NEED TO TAKE BASS OUT.
SO, EVEN THOUGH WE RELEASED ALL
HIS, WE WANT *** ANGLERS TO
BE TAKING SOME BASS ~.
>> WE STARTED IN MONTICELLO
CATCH AND RELEASE.
WE'VE GONE OVERBOARD.
EVERYBODY IS PUTTING ALL OF
THEM BACK.
IT'S HARD TO MANAGE UNTIL YOU
DO NEED TO KEEP SOME BASS.
IT CAN ONLY SUPPORT MANY
BASS, FISH IN GENERAL.
>> BEFORE WE RUN OUT TIME, I
KNOW YOU LIKE STREAMS AND
RIVERS.
I LIKE SMALL MOUTH BASS
FISHING, TOO.
IF SOMEBODY OUT THERE WOULD
LIKE TO GO SMALL MOUTH BASS
WELL, ACTUALLY IT'S IN
ANOTHER MONTH OR SO BECAUSE
JUST LIKE COLTON WAS SAYING,
THAT TEMPERATURE IS GETTING UP
IN THE 50S AND LOWER 60S.
THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE SPAWNING,
TOO.
SO, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT TIME TO
G. STREAM FISHING FROM, SAY,
APRIL UNTIL OCTOBER IS GOOD.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR BEST
FISHING HAS BEEN IN THE
SUMMERTIME WHEN THERE'S NOT A
LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE BECAUSE
THEY THINK IT'S TOO HOT OR
WHATEVER, THAT'S A GREAT TIME
TO GO.
ALO RIVER, CATTLE RIVER, 11 ON.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF LITTLE
STREAMS, TOO, WE WEREN'T EVEN
TALKING ABOUT.
PEOPLE CAN GO AND FISH WITHOUT
ANY PRESSURE.
SO, WE'RE BLESSED.
>> WE REALLY ARE IN KANSAS.
IF YOU CAN'T GET TO ONE OF
THESE PLACES WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT, GO TO GOOD OLD BEN
BATTEN DOWN THERE.
HE'S BRINGING THEM TO YOU IF
YOU LIVE IN THE CITY.
TALK ABOUT THAT, WHEN DO YOU
YOUR TROUT?
BECAUSE I KNOW THE WATER
TEMPERATURE GETS TOO WARM TO
SUPPORT TROUT.
WHEN DO YOU STOP YOUR TROUT
STOCKING AND START CATFISH
STOCKING?
>> FUNNY YOU ASKED.
WE YE
HAVE SIX SECTIONTION LEFT
TO CATCH WHAT TROUT ARE LEFT.
CATFISH WILL START THE END OF
APRIL.
>> NEVER STOPS.
THERE'S A LOT OF TROUT IN THOSE
PONDS BECAUSE YOU STOCK 700 TO
A THOUSAND TROUT.
IT WON'T GET WARM ENOUGH TO
HURT TILL MAY.
>> PROBABLY USUALLY EARLY MAY
IS THE TIME IT HITS THE 70S
WHBECOMES INTOLERABLE FOR
RAINBOW TROUT.
>> NEED TO HARVEST SOME.
>> BOTTOM IS GO FISHING.
>> THAT'S IT.
>>S, THANKS SO MUCH UP ALREADY.
SO, MAY TAKE OFF TOMORROW.
[LAUGHTER]
>> THANK YOU AGAIN.
FOLKS, NOW YOU KNOW WHY WE CALL
THIS SHOW KUNTZ HUNTING AND
FISHING IN ARKANSAS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US THIS EVENING AND
REMEMBER TO CALL AND GIVE US
YOUR OPINIONS.
1-800-682-2386.
YOU STILL HAVE A MINUTE OR TWO
TO DO THAT HERE IN THE STUDIO.
WE E BIOLOGISTS HERE,
ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS.
OR YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE
AGSC.COM AND TAKE THAT SJOINING.
WE'LL SEE YOU ON THE NEXT
"OUTDOOR HOTLINE".
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