Arkansas Elk Harvest Up From Last Year
Arkansas –-(AmmoLand.com)- Arkansas elk harvest up from last year LITTLE ROCK โ Arkansasโs 2009 elk harvest was up five animals from last yearโs season. During last weekโs short meeting of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, commissioners were provided a harvest report on the stateโs recent elk season.
Cory Gray, the AGFCโs elk biologist, reported that a total of 21 elk were harvested during the stateโs three seasons. In 2008, only 16 elk were harvested in Arkansas. On public lands this year, 16 elk were taken. Five elk were taken during the private land hunts.
During the September hunt, four bull elk were taken by hunters. In December, hunters took 17 elk. The largest bull harvested weighed in at a live weight of 800 pounds. The largest cow weighed a dressed weight of 370 pounds and the largest antlers were a 7×7. Since the modern Arkansas elk hunt began in 1998, a total of 275 elk have been taken by hunters.