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 [...]

Conservation spotlight

Hunt Of A Lifetime
By Tom Cadden, public information officer, Arizona Game and Fish Department

Many young people would love the chance to go on a hunting trip in Arizona, and many fine sportsmen’s and other organizations help [...]

New laws of interest to hunters
By Tom Cadden and Debbie Freeman, public information officers, Arizona Game and Fish Department
Several new laws of interest to hunters became effective on Sept. 21. One prohibits intentionally interfering with a legal hunt. Another establishes stiffer penalties for poaching. A third prohibits the feeding of wildlife in certain high-population counties. [...]

Avian Influenza monitoring at some check stations
By Debbie Freeman, public information officer, Arizona Game and Fish Department
Some waterfowl and sandhill crane hunters may find a new type of monitoring at several check stations this year, including at Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, Havasu [...]

Hunters can assist CWD monitoring
By Tom Cadden, public information officer, Arizona Game and Fish Department
Hunters can continue to assist the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s surveillance efforts for chronic wasting disease (CWD) this hunting season by submitting the heads of their deer or elk for testing. The department’s goal is to test [...]

Been hunting? The Walker brothers get their deer
By Loretta Walker, Mesa
It was cold and snowy on the North Kaibab when my husband Robert and I drove up with our two sons, Trebor, 13, and Clayton, 11, for our October 2004 deer hunt. The temperature dropped to 24F the night we arrived. Although we [...]

Schedule set for first-ever winter draw for elk, antelope
By Rory Aikens, public information officer, Arizona Game and Fish Department
Big game hunters are about to see a big change to the timing of the draw for two of the most popular hunting seasons in Arizona. This will be the first year that the Arizona Game [...]

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 [...]

Chasing dreams: deer hunting on the North Kaibab
By Tom Cadden, public information officer, Arizona Game and Fish Department
Hunting on the North Kaibab plateau is a unique experience in many ways. The diverse natural splendor of this area—spruce, fir and aspen “high [...]