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Standard Sportsman Podcast: Highs and lows

Another duck season has come to pass, and it was another year of mixed results for Arkansas hunters. In this week's episode, hosts Brent...

SITKA launches footwear collection

SITKA Gear, a leader in performance hunting apparel, announces the launch of its new footwear collection, designed to exceed the demands of outdoorsmen and...

Duck season coming to an end; youth, veterans hunt set

As slow as things were for waterfowl hunters in early December, it seemed like we might never get to the end — and yet,...

Standard Sportsman Podcast: Making sense of the season

Hunters nationwide have had a tough duck season, and in this week's episode, Brent and Cason talk about some of the issues that are...

Midwinter survey shows jump; still under 1M ducks in Delta

Like the estimates from early December, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s annual Midwinter Aerial Survey showed a jump in total ducks and mallards...

Standard Sportsman Podcast: UAM scientist offers explanation for mallards’ behavior

In this week's episode of the Standard Sportsman Podcast, University of Arkansas - Monticello professor and director of the Five Oaks Ag Research &...

Conditions finally in hunters’ favor

Arkansas has the habitat conditions it was hoping for earlier in the waterfowl season, after being covered up by snow and ice this week...

Duck count up in December, but mallards still elusive

The December 2024 count of 153,423 mallards in the Arkansas Delta region was almost double the total from the same time last year, but...

Standard Sportsman Podcast: First split recap & a look ahead

This week on The Standard Sportsman, the guys recap the first split of the Arkansas duck season and the outlook heading into the second...

AGFC warns of avian influenza

LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is warning waterfowl hunters and wildlife watchers that sick and dead birds found in the...

Poll: What kind of dog do you hunt with?

If dogs are man's best friend, they're hunters' soul mates. Here at Greenhead, we've covered the strengths of breeds from Labradors and Chessies to Boykin...

AGFC chief Booth named CEO of Banded Holdings, Inc.

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Director Austin Booth has been named Chief Executive Officer of Banded Holdings, Inc., the parents company of premier outdoor...

Tickets available now for annual Gillett supper reception

The 13th annual Berry Pre-Coon Supper Reception will be held on January 11, 2025 at the Berry Farm Shop in Gillett. "The Coon Supper has...