Results of deer management

The 2011 Hot Springs Village Urban Deer Management hunt is now complete. The no-bag limit, archery only hunt was managed by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. The two week hunt, which ran from September 24 - October 8, harvested 118 deer in the Village which yielded 3,600 pounds of meat or 14,400 meals. Ninety (90) of the deer were donated to Arkansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry.

The hunt would not have been successful without the help of community volunteers who helped check the deer. A special thanks is extended to John Ross, Dan Webb, Guy Yates, Jim Owens, Drew Kahle, Cathy Ament, Ted Schram, Cathy and James Williams, Amy Ball, Bill Wood, Craig William, John Harper, Ruth Kosoglow, Rick and Carolyn Barnes, Joe Burleigh, Louallen Thomasen, Bev Thompson, Wilbur Smither, Frank Ames, Bruce Caverly, Sam Justice, Jim Scott and Frank Pederson.

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission manages the Hot Springs Village no-bag limit archery only urban hunts. Permits for the hunt were awarded in August 2011 by the Game and Fish Commission after applicants successfully demonstrated their accuracy with a bow and arrow.

Usually an additional January hunt is held, but there is not one scheduled in 2012.