It's almost time for Arkansans to go nuts! In January, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will host its annual statewide squirrel hunting competition, the Umarex Big Squirrel Challenge. The ...

Hunters have big fun going after small game when the Big Squirrel Challenge rolls around each January. It's a statewide contest hosted by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to see who can bag the ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On Wednesday, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) announced the return of the Big Squirrel Challenge, a statewide squirrel-hunting celebration with prizes and notoriety at ...

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's statewide squirrel-hunting celebration is back, and this time Arkansas-based air gun company, Umarex, is pumping up the prize. The Umarex Big Squirrel Challenge is ...

LITTLE ROCK -- The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's statewide squirrel-hunting celebration is back for its third year Jan. 12-13, according to a news release. "AGFC Education Division staff started ...

The cutest lil hunter award goes to Jack Wooley, obviously. Credit: Arkansas Game and Fish, Mayflower office The big news from the Arkansas Game and Fish 2024 Big Squirrel Challenge is that the small ...

Arkansas’s Big Squirrel Challenge, which pits squirrel snipers against each other to bring home the plumpest specimens, is set for Jan. 12 and Jan. 13. Hunters can harvest a dozen squirrels, then put ...

Arkansas squirrel hunters showed off their woodsmanship skills Saturday afternoon at the 2026 Umarex Big Squirrel Challenge at 13 weigh-in facilities scattered throughout the state. This year’s ...