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Outstanding In Their Field: Dry Lake Hunting Service (Special Promotion)

We are located 15 miles south of Stuttgart in the Lodges Corner area. We have a lodge that sleeps 14. 5 private bedrooms with baths. This is one of if not the best areas in the state for mallard habitat and winter concentrations of ducks. We hunt on family owned property that we farm and manage for ducks on a year-round basis.

Outstanding In Their Field: CrossHeirs Retreat Center (Special Promotion)

Duck hunting is about more than just ducks. It’s about a hearty breakfast after a cold morning in the woods. It’s about a good afternoon nap in a quiet room. It’s about good friends telling stories around a fire pit…some of them true. It’s about a dinner so good you talk about it until you come back again next year. If you want more out of your next duck hunting trip you need to stay at the CrossHeirs Retreat Center.

Outstanding In Their Field: Bust-A-Duck Guide Service (Special Promotion)

Bust-A-Duck Guide Service provides the ideal Arkansas duck hunting experience. We offer some of the best flooded field and timber hunting in the Mississippi Flyway. Our 3,600 square foot lodge and hunting grounds are located about 40 miles north of Stuttgart, Arkansas between the Cache and White Rivers.

Outstanding In Their Field: Backwoods Duck Club & Lodge (Special Promotion)

Our seasoned staff has consistently delivered the best fowl hunting experience and genuine southern hospitality, all in the very heart of the duck hunting capital of the world. Grab your gear, pack up the dogs, and come on ... we’ve got the fire blazin’ and the experience of a lifetime ... all we’re missin’ is you.

Outstanding In Their Field: Arkansas Duckmasters (Special Promotion)

At Arkansas Duckmasters, our specialty is catering to each client to ensure they have a unique and successful trip. Every hunter is different in what they want and need to have a great hunt. Some may need the expert calling skills that our guides possess, while others may be focused on a more social and relaxed hunt. No matter the client, Duckmasters can deliver the ideal hunt for you.

Outstanding In Their Field: Webbfooted Kennel, Inc. (Special Promotion)

Founded in 1989, Webbfooted Kennels has trained over 4000 quality gun dogs for the hunting public. We have always strived to produce the best hunting companion possible for our clients and have changed our methods and equipment over time to ensure our success.

Outstanding In Their Field: 11 of The Best Lodges and Trainers in Arkansas (Special Promotion)

Read on to discover 11 of the top duck hunting resources in the state.

Tribute to a Grandfather, Dub Myers (1930-2012)

Many knew my grandfather as Gen. Myers, Dub, Dubber, Mr. Dub and so on, but I’ve always known him as Granddaddy.

There Is Nothing Quite Like a Hunting Dog

Two anterior cruciate ligament surgeries may have slowed him down briefly, but they never sidelined him for good. Right now, age hasn’t done that either, but we know it’s a matter of time. It’s that way for any athlete past his prime. Consider Woodrow one of those: a great athlete.

Rice Field Management Critical to Duck Densities

Food isn’t a duck’s only attraction to rice. Flooded rice fields serve as surrogate wetlands on a landscape that has lost the vast majority of its natural wetland habitat, providing a place for ducks to rest and conserve energy in addition to myriad other life-cycle needs.

Trainer Chris Akin Recalls Friendship With His Champion Labrador Boomer

Chris Akin and his trained Lab Boomer traveled together, hunted together, competed together and just plain spent time together. Boomer passed away in the spring of 2012, leaving a legacy that would be hard for any dog to duplicate and a place in Akin’s heart forever.

Duck Banding A Precision Operation

Most duck hunters are all about bagging their daily limits, but the real bonus comes when one is fortunate enough to harvest a duck wearing jewelry, a metal band used to track migratory habits.

9-Year-Old Carter Cochran Nabs Two Bands On One Shot

The waterfowler’s ultimate prize comes in the form of a stamped piece of aluminum affixed to a duck’s leg. In monetary value, the band itself may cost a few pennies but in the duck hunter’s world, it is invaluable. Last January it truly was a kid, 9-year-old Carter Cochran, who enjoyed that experience.