Umarex Big Squirrel Challenge postponed

LITTLE ROCK — The Umarex Big Squirrel Challenge, scheduled for Jan. 10-11, will be postponed until Feb. 7-8 to avoid winter weather predicted to hit Arkansas during the event.

“No one is more disappointed to postpone the Big Squirrel Challenge than our Education and Private Lands Habitat Division staff,” Eric Maynard, assistant chief of education for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, said. “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.”

Squirrel season runs through Feb. 28, so hunters still have plenty of time to get out and hone their woodsmanship skills for a late-season bushytail hunt.

The Umarex Big Squirrel Challenge is an easy-to-join 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 at www.agfc.com/education/2025-big-squirrel-challenge.

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