This weekend opens up a two-day hunt for Arkansas’s youths to tag a turkey before the regular season opens April 17.
The annual Arkansas youth turkey hunt offers two days for hunters aged 6 to 15 to get to the woods with a mentor to learn the ropes of the turkey woods. According to a release from Arkansas Game and Fish, wild turkeys can be one of the most challenging of an Arkansas turkey hunter’s pursuits, so capturing the success needed to continue a young hunter on their journey to adopting the hunting passion can be a difficult proposition.
By opening with the special youth-only hunt, AGFC hopes to give youth hunters opportunities to learn how to work birds that are ‘gobbling well.’
The hunt is set for Saturday and Sunday, and only children between the ages of 6 and 15 may hunt at this time and may take one juvenile or adult turkey. The bird does count toward the youth’s seasonal bag limit of two turkeys as well as any zone or WMA limits.
Youth who have completed hunter education may hunt without supervision, but those who have not must be under the direct supervision of an adult who is 21 or older.
All turkeys harvested must be checked using the AGFC’s online checking system or telephone checking system. The online system may be accessed through AGFC’s website by clicking the green “Buy Licenses/Check Game” button at the top of the page. Checking by telephone is available at (833)289-2469.
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