Outdoor Skills Program

Beginner

• Attend an AGFC basic archery course.

Intermediate

• Shoot proficiently from two distances (Five arrows in the red or all five arrows in a scoring portion of a 3D target at 10 and 15 yards). -OR-
• Participate in an Arkansas National Archery in the Schools Program Regional tournament. -OR-
• Compete in an Arkansas Bowhunter’s Association or AGFC 3D tournament.

Advanced

• Participate in the ANASP state tournament. -OR-
• Score a 120 on a FITA-style 80 centimeter archery target at 10 yards with 15 arrows twice. -OR-
• Shoot five arrows in a 3D target kill zone at 20 yards twice.

Expert

• Score a 135 on a FITA-style 80 centimeter archery target at 10 yards with 15 arrows twice. -OR-
• Harvest an animal with a bow. -OR-
• Shoot five arrows in a 3D target kill zone at 35 yards.

Mentor

• Take someone bowhunting/bowfishing who has never been before.

Beginner

• Attend an AGFC conservation program.

Intermediate

• Buy a hunting, fishing license or conservation stamp. -AND-
• Attend a cleanup project.

Advanced

• Join a conservation group. -OR-
• Create a food plot or backyard habitat.

Expert

• Volunteer at a nature center or education center to lead guided hikes or programs.

Mentor

• Organize a clean-up or group conservation project.

Beginner

• Take an AGFC fishing class -AND-
• Demonstrate how to rig a pole from scratch. -OR-
• Participate in a fishing derby.

Intermediate

• Go fishing on your own twice.

Advanced

• Catch, process and cook your catch.

Expert

• Obtain one AGFC Master Angler Program qualification pin.

Mentor

• Take someone fishing who has never been before.

Beginner

• Attend an AGFC class to make your own call or learn basic game-calling.

Intermediate

• Demonstrate proficiency of three types of calls to AGFC staff. -OR-
• Identify 10 wildlife sounds.

Advanced

• Use call while hunting. -OR-
• Compete in calling contest.

Expert

• Harvest game while using call.

Mentor

• Take someone hunting, while teaching them how to call. -OR-
• Help someone achieve intermediate patch level.

Beginner

• Pass a Hunter Education class, -AND-
• Demonstrate how to safely operate a firearm.

Intermediate

• Go on two hunts with someone.

Advanced

• Hunt two types of game (two times each).

Expert

• Obtain an AGFC Triple Trophy Award. -OR-
• Harvest, process and cook your game.

Mentor

• Take someone hunting who has never been. -OR-
• Help them achieve intermediate patch level.

Beginner

• Attend basic AGFC shotgun-shooting class

Intermediate

• Shoot two rounds of trap, skeet or recreational clays with a score of 15 or better on each round.

Advanced

• Compete in a tournament and shoot 18/25 or better. -OR-
• Go hunting with a shotgun and harvest game.

Expert

• Compete in a tournament and shoot 23/25 or 46/50 or better. -OR-
• Shoot three non-tournament rounds of 20/25 or better. -OR-
• Harvest a limit of small game animals or migratory game birds with a shotgun.

Mentor

• Take someone trap shooting who has never done it before.

Beginner

• Attend basic AGFC canoe or kayak class.

Intermediate

• Acquire your own life jacket, -AND-
• Go on canoe/kayak trip.

Advanced

• Paddle three AGFC Water Trails or bodies of water: Confirm with a photo of paddle gear at trail sign.

Expert

• Organize and go on overnight paddle trip.

Mentor

• Take someone on a float trip who has never been before. -OR-
• Help someone achieve the intermediate patch level.

Beginner

• Attend basic AGFC rifle-shooting class

Intermediate

• Shoot air rifle and score 30/100 at standing position on AR-5/10 targets at 10 meters three times.

Advanced

• Shoot rimfire rifle and score 180/300 on A-17 targets at 50 feet with iron sights – 10 shots each position: prone, kneeling, standing.

Expert

• Shoot a five-shot, 1-inch group at 100 yards three times.

Mentor

• Take someone to the range and shoot rifles for the first time.

Beginner

• Attend a basic trapping workshop.

Intermediate

• Help someone run a trap line on two occasions.

Advanced

• Run your own trap line six times. -AND-
• Join a trappers association.

Expert

• Process hides from two different species.

Mentor

• Take someone trapping who has never been before. -OR-
• Help someone achieve the intermediate patch level.

Beginner

• Take any AGFC wildlife class.

Intermediate

• Identify 25 birds in the AGFC Wings Over Arkansas Program, -AND-
• Attend five animal feedings/programs at an AGFC nature or education center. -OR-
• Attend an Audubon, Herpetological Society, The Nature Conservancy or Arkansas Wildlife Federation meeting/event.

Advanced

•  Identify 50 birds in the AGFC Wings Over Arkansas Program, -AND-
• Identify 10 wildlife tracks. -OR-
• Attend a wildlife field trip with AGFC or a conservation partner.

Expert

• Participate in the Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count. -OR-
• Create an eBird, eMammal or iNaturalist account and log sightings.

Mentor

• Take a person on a hike and teach them to use binoculars or a field guide, -AND-
• Teach a person to identify five animal calls, tracks or signs.