Arkansas Wildlife Waterfowl Report
Dec. 31, 2019
Some pockets of Arkansas have good numbers of ducks, but most recently survey shows that overall numbers are below the long-term average by about 25 percent.
Arkansas Wildlife Waterfowl Report
Dec. 24, 2019
Arkansas's waterfowl habitat has seen a huge upsurge in greater white-fronted geese (specklebellies) in recent years. Geese in general are prominent on the landscape now from the northern border of the state to the southeast corner, and in last week's AGFC aerial survey, geese outnumbered ducks on the Delta.
Arkansas Wildlife Waterfowl Report
Dec. 18, 2019
A mallard hen is caught in flight in the Stuttgart area. More mallards were seen in anecdotal reports from waterfowlers over the weekend after a cold weather front approach and passed through the state.
WRICE program permit hunts producing for lucky hunters
Dec. 11, 2019
The second split of Arkansas’s waterfowl season is underway, and high water in some portions of the state has made hunting on some public areas near the White River a bit more challenging with many more flooded acres of habitat for the ducks to spread out. Hunters are, however, seeing some good success from fields procured through Arkansas’s Waterfowl Rice Incentive Conservation Enhancement Program.
Arkansas Wildlife Waterfowl Report
Dec. 11, 2019
Pintails and teal are captured in flight over an Arkansas field. Waterfowl season has resumed with its second of three segments, running through Dec. 23. After a Christmas Eve and Christmas Day split, the final segment runs Dec. 26 to Jan. 31. Photo by Mike Wintroath.
First statewide youth and veterans waterfowl hunt this weekend
Dec. 4, 2019
LITTLE ROCK – This Saturday marks the first time in Arkansas history that members of the armed services and veterans will have a special day in the wetlands chasing ducks and geese. The Special Active Duty Military and Veteran Waterfowl Hunt will take place alongside Arkansas’s Special Youth Waterfowl Hunt Dec. 7, 2019 and Feb. 8, 2020.
Celebrate the upcoming youth waterfowl hunt with a first duck certificates offered by AGFC
Dec. 4, 2019
LITTLE ROCK — With the first statewide youth waterfowl hunt Saturday, Dec. 7, many first-time duck hunters will pull the trigger on their first mallard, pintail or other duck in Arkansas. Memorialize that unforgettable day in the outdoors with a My First Duck certificate from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.