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Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Waterfowl Report
Dec. 14, 2022
Mallards find a slough near Five Oaks Hunting Club in Arknasas County during the 2021-22 season. There should be more areas like this on the Arkansas Delta landscape after the last few days of rainfall. Photo by Mike Wintroath, AGFC.
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Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Waterfowl Report
Dec. 7, 2022
More mallards have been seen in the Delta region of Arkansas in a few spots this week. Photo by Mike Wintroath.
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Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Waterfowl Report
Nov. 30, 2022
The regular Arkansas 60-day duck season is closed this week, but Saturday hunting will be available for youths, armed forces veterans and active dulty military personnel all day on public or private lands.
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Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Waterfowl Report
Nov. 23, 2022
Waterfowl hunters are urged to be vigilant about avian influenza; should they encounter a dead or sick bird, such as this goose in the photo, they are asked to report it to the AGFC.
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Arkansas Wildlife Weekly Waterfowl Report
Nov. 16, 2022
Finding water with cover might be a duck's biggest challenge while migrating through Arkansas after an abnormally dry summer and fall. Waterfowl season opens Saturday, Nov. 19, but the limited water will be a factor in hunter success again.
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Estimated decline in duck population only part of fall flight story
Sept. 7, 2022
LITTLE ROCK — According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s report “Waterfowl Population Status, 2022,” released in late August, total duck population estimates in spring 2022 declined 12 percent from the last recorded survey taken in 2019, but that doesn’t necessarily sound an alarm with waterfowl managers who have seen similar fluctuations in the past.
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Arkansas Wildlife Waterfowl Report
Feb. 2, 2022
Arkansas's regular waterfowl season has come to an end, but youths, veterans and active military personnel may hunt Saturday, Feb. 5, in the second of the state's two special statewide waterfowl hunts.