In January 2026, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will host the Umarex Big Squirrel Challenge. Here's what to know.

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 ...

SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Hunters of all ages have joined the 2024 Big Squirrel Challenge despite the winter weather and frigid temperatures. Across the state, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) ...

It’s almost time to go nuts, or acorns, for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s annual statewide squirrel hunting competition, The Umarex Big Squirrel Challenge. Now in its fifth year, ...

For Upstate hunters looking for a change of pace during the holidays, squirrel hunting offers plenty of challenge as well as ...

SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Arkansas Game And Fish is hosting the big squirrel challenge this weekend. Participants can start hunting at noon on Jan. 13 through 30 minutes after sunset, then hunt again 30 ...

Officials with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish had to scrap their plans for an R3 event earlier this week that was meant to promote small-game hunting and wildlife photography. After ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is launching an event in January to celebrate small game hunting. The inaugural Big Squirrel Challenge will take place across Arkansas Jan. 7-8. Participants can ...

Squirrel fanatics from western Arkansas claimed top honors in this year's Big Squirrel Challenge statewide squirrel-hunting contest put on by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. The contest, which ...