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11/1/2006
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Triple Trophy Award
rewards deer hunters |
 LITTLE
ROCK – The 2006-2007 deer modern gun season is just around the corner,
but a few anxious hunters are aiming for the Arkansas Game and Fish
Commission’s Triple Trophy Award requirement by taking a deer by all
three of the methods available.
Hunters who qualify for the Triple Trophy Award must, within a single
annual deer season framework, take at least one deer by each of the
three legal hunting methods – modern firearms, muzzle-loading rifle or
pistol, and archery/crossbow tackle. Certificates suitable for framing
are given to qualifying hunters.
The program was started in the mid-1980s to encourage primitive weapons
hunting. It was hoped to accomplish two things – to increase the
harvest of antlerless deer, and to spread out hunting pressure and
reduce crowding.
Primitive weapon hunting increases antlerless harvest partly because
antlerless regulations are generally less restrictive for primitive
weapons seasons, and partly because hunters seem more willing to take
antlerless deer with primitive weapons than with modern forearms.
Harvest of antlerless deer is essential for maintaining the health of a
high-density deer herd, as is present in most of Arkansas.
Triple Trophy Award applications can be found in the back of the Game
and Fish Commission’s popular Wildlife Calendar. Applications are also
available from the Commission’s Communications office at 501-223-6331.
The application deadline is April 10. |
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