The current deer season isn’t even over, and the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission is already working on dates for next season.

At last week’s monthly meeting of the AGFC in Dumas, commissioners were presented with proposals for the state’s 2008-2009 deer hunting seasons.

The commission will study the proposals and make a final decision at its March 20 meeting in Little Rock.

Proposed season dates for the 2008-2009 seasons are:

Archery – All zones: Oct. 1 to Feb. 28.

Modern Gun - Zones 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11: Nov. 8 to Nov. 16 and Nov. 27 to Dec. 7.

Zone 4: Nov. 8 to Nov. 9.

Zone 5: Nov. 8 to Nov. 9 and Nov. 15 to Nov. 16.

Zone 4A, 5A, 13, 14 and 15: Nov. 8 to Dec. 7.

Zone 4B and 5B: Nov. 8 to Nov. 16.

Zone 9 and 12: Nov. 8 to Dec. 14.

Zone 16, 16A and 17: Nov. 8 to Dec. 25

Muzzleloader - Zones 1, 2, 3, 4A, 5A, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 15: Oct. 18 to Oct. 26 and Dec. 13 to Dec. 15.

Zones 4, 4B, 5 and 5B: Closed.

Zones 9, 12, 16, 16A and 17: Oct. 18 to Oct. 26 and Dec. 29 to Dec. 31.

The statewide Christmas holiday modern gun deer hunt will be Dec. 26-28.