Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday appointed Bobby L. Martin of Rogers to the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission to serve a 7-year term, replacing outgoing commissioner Emon Mahony.
After some opening weekend success, most of Arkansas duck hunters have found limited success with unseasonably warm temperatures and unbelievably too much water.
No other state is as steeped in such rich duck hunting tradition and history as Arkansas. Out sixth annual edition is available online and at various locations across the state.
Duck call maker. World Champion caller. City councilman. Baseball coach. Mayor. Just a handful of the many hats Mr. Butch wore throughout his lifetime, which ended June 29, 2015 after a long battle with cancer.
After a century of helping protect and promote wildlife and wildlife habitat in Arkansas, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is going strong and continuing to carry out its mission.
Two seasons in, the group has banded about 1,000 ducks, and the information gleaned from harvested ducks in coming years will provide valuable insight into migration patterns. The bands are U.S. Fish and Wildlife bands, and the project is one of several privately funded banding programs around the country. Maxwell said he is not aware of another such project in Arkansas.
Ducks Unlimited began with the vision that the best days of waterfowl hunting were not behind us but were still to come. The organization has built upon its successes and now there is a tribute to what it has accomplished within a forgotten building transformed into a sporting destination. Welcome to the Ducks Unlimited Waterfowling Heritage center located inside the Bass Pro Shops Pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee.
Don’t be surprised to see Kelsi Mashburn compete for the 2017 men’s World’s Duck Calling Championship at the Wings Over The Prairie festival in Stuttgart.
