Applications will be accepted for disabled military and mobility-impaired hunters through Sept. 1 for the 2017-18 special deer hunts by the Army Corps of Engineers.
Hunters can apply for up to three different hunting locations throughout Arkansas. Eligible applicants with paralysis, amputation of a limb, or those who have at least a 50 percent disability rating are eligible to apply and are not required to be retired military.
Active duty military in a Wounded Warrior Program are also eligible to apply for these hunts.
Applicants must submit a completed application form and a doctor’s letter verifying their disability to be eligible. A drawing will be held in September to select hunters.
Disabled Military/Mobility-Impaired Hunts application coordinators:
For Greeson Oct. 5-6, Muzzleloader, contact Marty Reynolds at (870)285-2151 ext. 5003; for Mountain Home Oct. 23-25, Muzzleloader, contact Ty Fowler at (501)340-1433; for Greers Ferry Oct. 31-Nov. 2, Muzzleloader, contact Jason Presley at (501)340-1905;
For Clarksville Nov. 2-3, Muzzleloader/Shotgun, contact Scotty Ashlock at (501)340-1741; for Nimrod Nov. 8-9, Modern gun, contact Terry Gentry at (501)324-6957; for Gillham Nov. 15-17, Modern gun/
Muzzleloader, contact Victor Kuykendall at (870)584-4161; for Ouachita Nov. 18-19, Modern gun, contact Joe Bailey at (501)767-2101 ext. 73079;
For Arkansas Post Nov. 29-Dec. 1, Muzzleloader/Shotgun, contact Russell Malahy at (870)548-2291;
for Cooks Lake* Dec. 8-10, Modern gun, contact Wesley Howard at (870)282-8247; and for DeGray Duck* Jan. 20-21, Shotgun with slugs, contact Jeff Lockwood at (870)246-5501 ext. 64012.
*Note medical requirements for the Cooks Lake deer hunt or the DeGray Lake duck hunt are different from other hunts listed, and require a different application. Hunters who wish to apply for these two hunts, should contact the hunt coordinators listed.
Interested hunters can request applications and refer specific questions to each lake’s point of contact listed, or should apply by mail to the district’s program coordinator Bruce Caldwell, 324 W. 7th Street, Mountain Home, AR 72653, by calling (501)340-1425, or by sending an e-mail to Bruce.w.caldwell@usace.army.mil.