Hunting dogs may be born to retrieve, but it takes training to bring out the best of their natural abilities.

Levoyed Heagwood preserves memories in the exclusive art of taxidermy.

Restaurateur Stanley Young serves up good food and good cheer at hunter mainstay Murry's.

From TV work to duck calls to conservation, waterfowler legend Jim Ronquest finds the passion that keeps him going.

Maggie Williams is equally at home on the pageant stage and in the duck blind.

How different should a bird dog’s diet really be in the long, boring months between seasons?

The grind has officially started as Arkansas waterfowlers hurdle into the last 4 weekends of the season.

Take advantage of slow hunting days by turning the outing into an effective training day with your dog.

The annual Arkansas Duck Derby, which raises funds for Conway Regional Health System initiatives, is being rescheduled for 2022.

Dr. Buck Foster of the University of Central Arkansas shares an excerpt from his upcoming book "The Battle for Arkansas's Animals: The End of Market Hunting and the Birth of the Sportsman, 1880-1925."

After a ten day hiatus, waterfowlers across the state will take their place amongst the fields, rivers and reservoirs with high hopes of a productive December stretch.

The University of Arkansas at Monticello, the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture and the Five Oaks Ag Research and Education Center have announced a partnership for forestry and wildlife research and a graduate certificate program in conservation, property and land management.

With all that has gone on this year, I am not sure there has been a more anticipated opening day of Arkansas’s duck season than 2020. Here is the latest and greatest summary plus some food for thought.