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Fourth elk hunt closes in Arkansas COMPTON - The first segment of Arkansas' fourth elk season began slowly on Monday morning, but after that slow start hunters began streaming into the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's check station at Compton in Newton County.
By Tuesday night, three elk from the public land hunt along with 11 from the private land hunt had been brought in to AGFC check stations. The largest bull harvested during the hunt was a 6 x 7 elk taken by Walton Short of Magnolia. AGFC officials estimated the bull's live weight at 936 pounds. That is believed to be the largest elk taken in the state's history, according to elk program coordinator Mike Cartwright. "The largest elk before this had been taken in 1998 and weighed about 900 pounds," he said.
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Lake Chicot: A Natural State Natural LAKE VILLAGE -- Lake Chicot is Arkansas's largest natural lake. An oxbow of the Mississippi River, this delta gem covers a total of 5,300 acres near Lake Village in extreme southeast Arkansas. The lake and surrounding attractions form a popular vacation spot for Mid-South anglers and tourists.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is creating a Lake Chicot management plan with the aid of a newly formed citizens advisory committee.
Lake Chicot has a long, interesting history. Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto discovered the lake in the 1500s. Sixteenth-century French explorers later named it Chicot, a French word meaning "stumpy."
In the early 1900s, people came from throughout the nation to visit this hunting and fishing mecca. Lake Chicot and the surrounding area offered superb fishing for bass, catfish, crappie and bream, along with excellent deer and duck hunting. Hotels, restaurants, camps and weekend homes flourished around the lake.
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Have you seen a porcupine in Arkansas? Let AGFC know LITTLE ROCK - One of nature's oddest animals, the porcupine, doesn't live in Arkansas. At least, not that the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission knows. But it's possible one or a few could wander this far south.
The agency would like immediate reports if someone should a porcupine in the wild in Arkansas.
Easily recognizable because of their many sharp quills, porcupines, though mainly found in the northern and western United States, have traveled into Arkansas at least once. In December 1984 a female porcupine was accidentally killed near Ben Lomond in Sevier County. No one knows how she got here, but she may have floated down the Red River on a log from the nearest known population in Oklahoma.
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