An event scheduled to be hosted by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has been postponed due to the threat of winter weather this weekend. The Umarex Big Squirrel Challenge was scheduled to begin Friday and continue Saturday, but it has been rescheduled to Feb. 7-8.
Game and Fish Assistant Chief of Education Eric Maynard stated in his announcement, “No one is more disappointed to postpone the Big Squirrel Challenge than our Education and Private Lands Habitat Division staff. They’ve put a lot of extra effort into programming that will take place during the event and always enjoy seeing the smiles on the hunters’ faces when they come in to weigh their squirrels. But we want to make sure that everyone in the state has the opportunity to get out, hunt and come to the nature centers and other weigh-in locations safely. Because of that, we had to make the call to move the event.”
The Big Squirrel Challenge is a hunting event where teams of two spend an afternoon and morning gathering the three biggest bushytails they can find and bring them to an official weigh station to compare to the other participants’ take for the day. Official rules and weigh-in locations are available with this story at ktlo.com.
Squirrel season in Arkansas will continue through Feb. 28.
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