Arctic air about as cold as Arkansas sees is on its way out and the warmer temps will hopefully thaw waterfowl food sources before ducks vacate the state.
With a little more than three weeks left in the 2010-2011 Arkansas duck season, waterfowlers are finding the weather to be as inconsistent as their hunting success.
Greenhead.net Pro Staffers Brent Birch, Joel Whicker and friends hit an east Arkansas reservoir on Dec. 15 to bag mallards and specklebellies. With most mallards shot as the sun came up, Birch picked up his video camera for the final shots of the hunt.
Northeast Arkansas' eighth annual NEABCF Duck Classic was held December 9 and 10 and proceeds benefited a handful of NEABCF's health care community programs.
In its latest Weekly Waterfowl Report, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission says things are slowly looking up, with rain and colder weather in the forecast.