Rarely do I go on a hunt without my smartphone, sometimes even packing the iPad, and so do most of my buddies, based on the number of texts I get on days afield. Everything from live hunt reports to post hunt pics to questions like “Where’s lunch?” flows pretty steadily most days.
The commission voted Thursday to approve a 60-day hunting season for waterfowl. Duck season will run Nov. 22 to Nov. 30, and from Dec. 4-Jan. 25, except for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Two days ago water was at a premium. Then the rains came and a big cold front will give some hunters new opportunities when the Arkansas duck season starts tomorrow.
The 2013 issue of Greenhead heeds the call of birds and business, what Arkansas executives carry to the blind, what the club guides are doing to prep for the upcoming season and how the Natural State became a leader in the field.
Certainly corporate members visiting Arkansas duck camps are nothing new. Arkansas waterfowl hunting clubs that have been around since the late 1800s were mainly owned by private groups. By 1956, private clubs comprised 1,820,921 acres in Arkansas. The clubs ranged from exclusive to primitive, depending on a hunter’s taste and depth of pocketbook.
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Those who maintain hunting properties in Arkansas have duties such as planting management for deer and waterfowl as well as housing upkeep and general land maintenance responsibilities. So you think you have what it takes to do the job? Let’s take a closer look into the lives of some of the best managers in the state to see what they do to earn a living.
Waterfowlers share a legacy generations in the making – stories and experiences so alike that only the names of the people and places change. A venerable history enriches our beloved pastime.
