PHOENIX — To ensure the safety of customers and staff, the Ben Avery Shooting Facility (BASF) is temporarily limiting shooting sports opportunities effective immediately.
Until further notice:
- All rifle and pistol ranges, as well as the Clay Target Center, are closed to the public. This includes clay-target shooters with preloaded Gold Cards.
- The rifle and pistol ranges are only available for law enforcement officers and user groups.
- The archery range is open to the public from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday on a cash-only basis. Archers can deposit their $7 daily fee into a dropbox at the archery range.
Get the latest information about changes to processes and procedures, and review frequently asked questions, by visiting the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s new web page: www.azgfd.com/agency/covid-19-related-updates/. Customers also can call (602) 942-3000 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, or email [email protected].
As a reminder, most department business can be conducted online by visiting www.azgfd.gov.
AZGFD temporarily makes service level changes at its customer lobbies
Customers encouraged to use online, phone and mail services
PHOENIX — To protect the health and safety of customers and
employees while continuing to provide services and support, the
Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) has temporarily modified
in-person customer service.
Effective April
1, 2020, front lobbies at AZGFD offices
will be closed to in-person transactions except those made by
appointment. Appointments can be made by calling (602) 942-3000
(select item 4 if you wish to be connected to one of our regional
offices
in Pinetop, Flagstaff, Kingman, Yuma, Tucson or Mesa rather than
the Phoenix headquarters office). Customer service representatives
will also be available to answer questions by phone during normal
business hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday).
Customers
are encouraged to take advantage of our online services available
24/7:
- Purchase of fishing, hunting, and combo licenses (or reprinting a duplicate for a lost license purchased online or at an AZGFD office), and migratory bird stamps. (www.azgfd.com/license/)
- Watercraft registration renewals. (www.azgfd.com/boating/registration/)
- Off-highway vehicle (OHV) decals (please note the separate sections for resident and nonresident decals). (www.azgfd.com/OHV/Decals/)
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The following services can be conducted by U.S. mail: - New watercraft registrations, watercraft transfers of ownership, duplicate watercraft decals and certificates (for information and forms, visit https://www.azgfd.com/boating/registration/). Please call (602) 942-3000 before sending your application through the mail to ensure that the proper documentation and fees are submitted.
- Pioneer, disabled veteran and lifetime licenses. (https://www.azgfd.com/license/, scroll down page)
- Special licenses, such as CHAMP, crossbow, guide license, trapping license, etc. (https://www.azgfd.com/license/, click on the “special licenses” link)
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Leftover tags from 2020 elk draw – can apply via U.S. mail
or with an application at a Department office (if the latter, make
appointment); visit www.azgfd.gov/draw
(scroll down to 2020 Pronghorn, Elk and Raptor Capture Hunt Draw
Information section for links to the list of available tags and an
application form).
AZGFD encourages customers to stay updated by signing up for the department’s free e-News service (www.azgfd.gov/signup) or by following us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
2020 bighorn sheep, migratory bird hunt recommendations posted online
Amendments to deer, small game hunts also available for review
PHOENIX — The Arizona Game and Fish Department’s 2020 hunt recommendations for bighorn sheep and migratory birds, as well as some 2020 deer and small-game hunts, are available for review online at www.azgfd.gov/huntguidelines.
The department annually makes recommendations to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission regarding the management of game species, which establish the seasons, dates, bag limits, open areas and permit-tag allocations based on the framework of the hunt guidelines set by the Commission.
The proposed recommendations will be presented to the Commission for consideration during its April 17 meeting. The department will share meeting logistics at a later date. The agenda will be posted at www.azgfd.com/Agency/Commission.
Questions or comments on these recommendations, prior to the Commission meeting, may be submitted by email to [email protected], or by contacting any department office statewide and asking to speak to a biologist. No formal presentations are planned.
To learn more about the hunt recommendations and hunt guidelines processes, visit www.azgfd.gov/huntguidelines.
