Volunteer opportunities for hunters
By Sandy Reith, volunteer coordinator, Arizona Game and Fish Department The Arizona Game and Fish Department’s volunteer program provides opportunities for volunteers [...]

Help Arizona’s big game species: Donate to the Big Game
Habitat Fund
By Sal Palazzolo, landowner relations program manager, Arizona Game and Fish Department
Sportsmen are given the opportunity on their big game hunt applications to make a donation to the Big Game Habitat Fund. The generous sportsmen who contribute to this fund help support wildlife habitat [...]

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 [...]

Sportsman’s club partners with SCTP team to teach
quail hunting, bird dog skills
By Dave Higgins, president, Cochise Bird Dog Club
For the second consecutive year, the Sierra Vista-based Cochise Bird Dog Club partnered with the Huachuca Hot Shots team from [...]

Junior hunters: First elk hunt
By Chase Karvanek, Anthem
I went on my first elk hunt last year at the age of 12. It’s an experience I’ll never forget.
My dad (Randy) and I hunted up near Mormon Lake. On opening day, we went out in the morning but only saw four cows, running hard.
We [...]

Free seminars teach shotgun safety, sporting clays shooting
“First Shots” classes offered May 30-June 3 at Ben Avery Clay Target Center
By Tristanna Bickford, hunter recruitment and retention coordinator, Arizona Game and Fish Department
Are you interested in learning about shotgun shooting and the exciting sport of sporting clays, but don’t know where to start?
The [...]

Been hunting? Carrying on the tradition
By Melissa Durazo, Nogales
Hunting has been in my family for the past three generations. I’m 15 years old and am proud to say I’m carrying on the tradition as the fourth-generation—and first female hunter—in my family.
The person who got me interested in hunting was my dad, Tony. I’ve [...]

Application deadline for fall big game hunts is June 12
By Rory Aikens, public information officer, Arizona Game and Fish Department
It’s time to apply for the remaining fall big game hunts.
Arizona big game hunters can now download a copy of the 2007-2008 Hunting and Trapping Regulations and apply online at azgfd.gov for the available fall big [...]

What happens to turkeys after Thanksgiving?
Relocation programs help turkey populations
By Brian Wakeling, big game program supervisor,
Arizona Game and Fish Department
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Many sportsmen think about turkeys maybe two or three times a year. Generally speaking, the “hunter-turkey cycle” goes like this. Hunters apply for fall hunts right [...]