Northwest Outdoors
ARKANSAS SPORTSMAN: Marion angler finds title spot
Posted: November 12, 2009 4:20 a.m.Mark Rose of Marion finished his 2009 fishing season in style by winning the FLW Stren Series Championship last weekend on Alabama’s Pickwick Lake.
ARKANSAS SPORTSMAN: Finding birds isn’t a problem
Posted: November 5, 2009 3:28 a.m.Several readers have asked why I wrote about my first Idaho bird hunt last week, but not the second one.
ARKANSAS SPORTSMAN: Opening of muzzleloader hunt a family thrill
Posted: October 25, 2009 2:31 a.m.During the 2008 muzzleloader season, my youngest son missed his first deer because I failed to remove oil from the bore of my muzzeloader.
Fishing report
Posted: October 22, 2009 5:40 a.m.Northwest & North-Central Arkansas BEAVER As of Wednesday, the lake was at 1,126.4 feet, or 6 feet above normal level.
Heavenly sights in Devil’s Den
Hike reveals park’s hollows, fall foliage and handsome hills
Posted: October 22, 2009 5:38 a.m.The patriotic anthem “America the Beautiful” came to mind Saturday morning while taking in heavenly views at a state park bearing the unlikely name of Devil’s Den.
NORTHWEST TERRITORY: Hunting of deer hard to judge
Posted: October 22, 2009 5:37 a.m.Cool and mostly cloudy weather coinciding with a new moon should have meant good hunting for Saturday’s opening of the muzzleloader deer season, but it’s difficult to tell from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s deer harvest report.
Bagging the bugler
Cabot’s Balenko savors epic hunt on Buffalo River
Posted: October 18, 2009 4:07 a.m.When Mike Balenko finally killed his elusive bull elk near the Buffalo River on Sept. 23, he thought the hardest part of his hunt was behind him.
ARKANSAS SPORTSMAN: With one quick breath, autumn arrives in state
Posted: October 18, 2009 4:04 a.m.October, the real October, arrived Thursday evening riding the tail of an autumn shower.
OUTDOOR BRIEFS
Posted: October 15, 2009 4:08 a.m.Harp captures Supercasters title David Harp bagged five-bass limits Saturday and Sunday totaling 21 pounds to win the Beaver Lake Supercasters Tournament of Champions and $1,432.
History and hiking
Hobbs State Park festival visitors get a feast of Ozarks lore, beauty
Posted: October 15, 2009 4:07 a.m.The inaugural fall festival last weekend at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area exemplified the park’s mission of helping folks get to know and appreciate the Ozark Mountains.
NORTHWEST TERRITORY: Deer checks go high tech, impersonal
Posted: October 15, 2009 4:05 a.m.The new telephone/online deer-check system has virtually negated a time-honored social tradition.
Hunting seasons
Posted: October 15, 2009 4:01 a.m.FURBEARERS (STATEWIDE) Gray fox, mink, red fox and striped skunk hunting: Through sunset Feb. 28 Opossum hunting: Through sunset Feb. 28 Bobcat hunting: Sunrise todaysunset Feb. 28 and from the first day of spring turkey season to the last day of spring squirrel season River otter hunting: Sunrise Nov. 4-sunset Feb.
Fishing report
Posted: October 15, 2009 4 a.m.Northwest & North-Central Arkansas BEAVER As of Wednesday, the lake was at 1,125.4 feet, or 5 feet above normal level.
ARKANSAS SPORTSMAN Squirrels scarce for annual Crutchfield family hunt
Posted: October 11, 2009 3:29 a.m.For once, everybody was awake when I arrived at camp for the annual Crutchfield family squirrel hunt.
OUTDOOR BRIEFS
Posted: October 8, 2009 4:31 a.m.Workday Saturday at Cherry Bend A workday is planned Saturday along the Cherry Bend area of the Ozark Highlands Trail.