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Northeast Arkansas Report: Desperate for Rain with Slim Hopes for Opening Weekend

Water is scarce and hunters are concerned once the shooting starts, the ducks that are around will be long gone within a few days.

Arkansas Duck Season Opener is a Week Away…For Some

Duck season opens November 20th with many hunters desperate for rain and a puddle to hunt.

Late October Scouting Locates a Few Ducks and a lot of Dry Dirt

A drive around Lonoke County in search of ducks and water lends a little hope for November 20th's opening day.

How Dry Is It? A Late October Look at the Cache River

Greenhead.net Pro Staffer Anthony Cassinelli surveyed the Black Swamp yesterday from the air and things are awful dry on the Cache River.

On the Hunt in Canada: Geese, Ducks and 70-degree Weather in Saskatchewan

Greenhead.net Pro Staffer Anthony Cassinelli hunted Canada geese and ducks for six days in northwest Saskatchewan near Battleford. After enduring unseasonably warm conditions in the first part of the week, things finally cooled off the ducks dropped in. Still, Canada's wet summer and warm temperatures could mean a late arrival of ducks in Arkansas.

Ducks Unlimited Names Legacy Greenwing Project in Canada After Paragould’s Tom Smalling

Ducks Unlimited honored Tom Smalling of Paragould for his contributions to the Arkansas Greenwing Camp and the Arkansas Greenwing program by naming a Ducks Unlimited Legacy Greenwing project in Saskatchewan, Canada, in his honor.

Here’s the Winning Design for the 2010-2011 Federal Duck Stamp

While most of us are thinking about this coming waterfowl season, others have been thinking about the 2011-2012 season. Among them, James Hautman, an artist from Chaska, Minn., who has been named the winner of the 2010 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest, an annual competition hosted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

What if the Habitat Goes Away? Why All Duck Hunters Are Conservationists, Whether They Know It Or Not

If we don’t have the habitat for ducks to reproduce and thrive, the fastest boats and the best calls won't raise your chances of high bag limits. Greenhead.net Pro Staffer Matthew Finley on why habitat and conservation are essential for modern waterfowlers.

Mack’s Prairie Wings Owner Marion McCollum to Receive Jerry Jones Sportsman’s Award

Little Rock Ducks Unlimited Sponsors says it will honor former Arkansas Game & Fish Commission Commissioner Marion "Mack" McCollum with the sixth annual Jerry Jones Sportsman’s Award.

Cache River National Wildlife Refuge Taking Applications for Youth Waterfowl Hunt

It’s on! Parents and young hunters get ready. The Cache River National Wildlife Refuge is now taking applications for the Youth Only Waterfowl Hunt.

Game & Fish: Flooding at Dave Donaldson WMA Delayed

The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission says flooding of the Dave Donaldson WMA -- among the top public hunting spots in Arkansas -- is being delayed.

Duck Hunting in Minnesota is Fizzling

Hunters in Minnesota have found success few and far between to justify making the effort to hunt. With more adults giving up the sport, odds are a generation or two of hunters will disappear.

Getting Ready: Clearing Land for Opening Day at the Squareshooter Hunting Club

Greenhead.net Pro Staffer Kody Riggan talks about getting land at his family's Black River Bottoms club, Squareshooter Hunting Club, ready for the season.