Think squirrel isn’t a dinner-table staple? The World Champion Squirrel Cookoff is back to prove that Arkansas’ wildest ingredients can make for some surprisingly creative dishes.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is once again teaming up with Ozark personality Joe Wilson for the annual event, which will take place Saturday, Sept. 12, at the J.B. and Johnelle Hunt Family Ozark Highlands Nature Center in Springdale.
The AGFC’s Northwest Arkansas nature center has hosted the cookoff since the event returned in 2023, following the COVID-19 pandemic. Wilson originally launched the competition in 2012…