For 25 lucky hunters, the highlight of the Buffalo River Elk Festival was the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s drawing for public land elk hunting permits. The two-segment season will be Oct. 6-10 and Oct. 27-31.
JASPER – For 25 lucky hunters, the highlight of the Buffalo River Elk Festival was the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s drawing for public land elk hunting permits. The two-segment season will be Oct. 6-10 and Oct. 27-31.
Elk hunting on private land is restricted to one zone, consisting of all private land in Boone, Carroll, Madison, Newton and Searcy counties except for a portion of Boxley Valley.
The private land hunt will end the evening of Oct. 31, or the evening that the 28 elk quota (8 bulls, 20 antlerless) is met; whichever comes first.
Public land elk permit winners:
Rodney Dodson, Fouke, Zone 1, either sex, Oct. 6-10
Olivia Lowe, Conway, Zone 1, antlerless, Oct. 6-10
Brian Smith, Bismarck, Zone 4, antlerless, Oct. 6-10
Kenneth Brown Sr., Magazine, Zone 1, antlerless, Oct. 27-31
Adam Carlton, Mulberry, Zone 1, antlerless, Oct. 27-31
Kolbey Wood, Clarksville, Zone 2, youth either sex, Oct.27-31
Warner Henderson, Jonesboro, Zone 2, either sex, Oct.27-31
Jay Criswell, Alexander, Zone 2, antlerless, Oct. 27-31
Jordan Johnson, Little Rock, Zone 2, antlerless, Oct. 27-31
Adam Keeth, Rogers, Zone 2, antlerless, Oct. 27-31
Robert Cooper, Concord, Zone 2, antlerless, Oct. 27-31
Robert Brown, Cabot, Zone 2, antlerless, Oct. 27-31
Jack Keeling, Hot Springs, Zone 3 youth, either sex, Oct. 27-31
William James, Benton, Zone 3, either sex, Oct. 27-31
William Stearman, Waldron, Zone 3, antlerless, Oct. 27-31
Derek Mallen, Cabot, Zone 3, antlerless, Oct. 27-31
Andrew Guffey, Pangburn, Zone 3, antlerless, Oct. 27-31
Michael Dillard, West Fork, Zone 3, antlerless, Oct. 27-31 J
ohn Williams, White Hall, Zone 3, antlerless, Oct. 27-31
Jaden Fraser, Vilonia, Zone 4, either sex, Oct. 27-31
Stan Jones, Hoxie, Zone 4, antlerless, Oct. 27-31
Bryan White, Mountain Home, Zone 4, antlerless, Oct. 27-31
Rita Foster, Viola, Zone 1, either sex, Oct. 27-31
Bobby Launius, Camden, Zone 2, antlerless, Oct. 6-10
Kent Ruddick, Garfield, Zone 3, antlerless, Oct. 6-10
