Chuck Cook of Regions Bank shares his best moments from his time in the blinds.

Jay Van Dover of Shelter Insurance weighs in on a variety of subjects near and dear to hunters’ hearts.

We asked the following eight business executives to weigh in on a variety of subjects near and dear to hunters’ hearts and to share their best moments from their favorite sport.

Pine Bluff native George Dunklin Jr. will become just the second Arkansan to serve as Ducks Unlimited’s national president when he assumes the role in May at the national meeting in Portland, Ore. The Hon. E.L. McHaney of Little Rock was president of DU in 1948. DU also will have just finished this year’s celebration of its 75th anniversary.

As more options have become available to today’s youth that keep them indoors, fewer are spending time outside enjoying Arkansas’ abundant natural resources. Luckily, the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation is taking the lead in exposing kids to the opportunities outdoors.

When it comes to choosing a duck hunting spot in Arkansas, the Arkansas River is not high on the usual duck lover’s priority list.

Bad weather compels some hunters and ducks to stay home, the former swearing the latter move less when conditions are bad. Others say the worse the weather, the better the hunt. But there’s another crowd that simply points out that duck hunting is an outdoor activity, one that’s earned their attention, weather be damned.

Last season had plenty of water. This season will have seen a drought precede it. What effect will this have on the behavior of transient waterfowl?

Once a pass shooting fancy, more and more Arkansas duck hunters are turning their attention to the pursuit of Greater White-Fronted Geese, also known as specklebellies. These geese have exploded in terms of the number of birds now wintering in Arkansas over the last decade or so. Waterfowlers have taken notice and are working to improve their skills as an alternative or supplement to their traditional mallard hunts.

A tug of war over Northeast Arkansas blinds comes to a head.

A look at the events that helped preserve the Cache River's natural state.

One man stands above all others when the discussion turns to the stirring of passions and the corresponding salvation of the Big Woods. His name was Rex Hancock, a Stuttgart dentist who became so much more to those who enjoy hugging flooded trees on cold winter mornings in the Arkansas Delta.

When he finished college and put his tennis racquet away for good — except for the occasional recreational game — Pine Bluff native George Dunklin Jr. took up farming on the family’s vast acreage in Arkansas and Jefferson counties. It led Dunklin into a volunteer role with Ducks Unlimited that’s now approaching 30 years.