Light news day: Catch up on Arkansas’s modern gun deer opener and the continuing access update for the Continental Divide Trail’s southern terminus before you head out. Two verified news items published within the past 48 hours qualified for today’s briefing.

In this briefing: Hunting and Seasons | Trail and Access Closures

Hunting and Seasons

• Arkansas modern gun deer season opens: If you are hunting Arkansas this weekend, modern gun deer season opened November 14, with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission expecting more than 300,000 participants over opening weekend, according to KARK’s November 13 report (KARK). The report says more than 70,000 deer had already been checked before the opener, a season-to-date figure rather than an opening-weekend harvest total (KARK). For your stand setup, AGFC’s Trey Reid advises checking stability and keeping your firearm unloaded while climbing up or down (KARK).

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Trail and Access Closures

• Continuing CDT update: southern terminus reopened, permits required: If your route takes you to the Continental Divide Trail’s southern terminus in New Mexico, CDTC’s November 13 update says the National Defense Area closure has been lifted, but you still need a Department of Defense permit issued through Fort Huachuca (Continental Divide Trail Coalition). Construction remains active, so allow for traffic, delays and temporary road closures, and follow posted signs and directions from on-site personnel (Continental Divide Trail Coalition). The coalition says the terminus monument must be moved outside the double-wall barrier and could become temporarily inaccessible during construction and relocation, with the timing still unknown (Continental Divide Trail Coalition).

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Photo: National Park Service / Chad Allmendinger. NPS white-tailed deer photo. Illustrative wildlife photograph from Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, not Arkansas or a photograph of the reported hunting season. No claim to original U.S. Government works.