From the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

-- Want to learn how to hunt deer in Arkansas? The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is sponsoring  several deer hunting seminars across the state in preparation for one of Arkansas’s most popular hunting seasons.

The clinics will help avid hunters and those new to the sport pick up a few pointers for the upcoming season. AGFC wildlife biologists will be on hand to answer questions.

Topics scheduled for seminars include:

•  History of deer in Arkansas
•  Regulation changes for the upcoming season
•  Best places in Arkansas to go deer hunting
•  2009-2010 deer season forecast
•  How to age deer
•  Deer antler scoring
•  Food plots
•  Deer management
•  Preseason preparation
•  Arkansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry
•  Deer hunting safety

All seminars will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the following locations:

Aug. 24   AGFC Central Office building in Little Rock
Aug. 27   Forrest L. Wood Crowley’s Ridge Nature Center in Jonesboro
Sept. 1   Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center in Fort Smith
Sept. 3   Gov. Mike Huckabee Delta Rivers Nature Center in Pine Bluff
Sept. 8   Fair Park Community Center in Hope

For more information call (800) 364- 4263 or visit www.agfc.com for details.