Allen and his RNT duck call takes the title and the top four contestants were all Arkansans.

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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Getting the day’s limit is the ultimate goal, but there is nothing wrong with making memories along the way.

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.

During his two terms, it turns out, Mark Pryor, now the state’s senior senator, has found plenty of time for duck hunts. The path to a third term promises to be a grueling one: He’s the last Democrat of the six lawmakers representing Arkansas, and with a Senate majority potentially at stake, the 2014 race between Pryor and Republican Tom Cotton promises a fray like few in the country.

Arkansas Game & Fish Commission officers face a variety of challenges in a day’s work.

Jethro the Poodle may not have the sleek lines and heroic profile of the Labrador Retrievers, the first string dog of choice for so many hunters through the years, but he gives as good as a Lab, Dietz says, right down to the companionship.

The Labrador Retriever is the pickup truck of American duck hunting — reliable, hard-working, durable and iconic. And they photograph well. But waterfowlers sometimes break with tradition in favor of utility, turning to a number of other breeds almost as photogenic and definitely as loyal and hard working as the noble Lab.

Pat Pitt has owned many retrievers over the years, as he believes nothing adds more enjoyment to waterfowl hunting than a good dog. Of all his canine partners over the decades one stands above the rest, a black male Labrador named Ace.