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Arkansas Wildlife Waterfowl Report

Dec. 8, 2021

Ducks continue to look for water around Arkansas. The second split of the 2021-22 season opens Saturday, Dec. 11. Photo by Mike Wintroath.

Arkansas Wildlife Waterfowl Report

Nov. 24, 2021

Ducks have arrived in Arkansas, and during the opening weekend of the 2021-22 they were finding the open pockets of water in some of the AGFC-managed hunting areas. Photo by Mike Wintroath.

Arkansas Wildlife Waterfowl Report

Nov. 17, 2021

Ducks will be looking long and hard for water to access other waterfowl habitat as the season begins Saturday, Nov. 20.

Five WRICE fields offered for early teal hunt Sept. 25-26

Sept. 16, 2021

LITTLE ROCK - Five private rice fields that are part of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Waterfowl Rice Incentive Conservation Enhancement program are being made available to public hunters via draw for next weekend, Sept. 25-26, during the state’s special early teal season.

Early waterfowl seasons offer sample of hunting to come

Aug. 25, 2021

LITTLE ROCK – Hunters wanting an early taste of waterfowl action need to break out the shotguns and bug spray. Arkansas’s early Canada goose season kicks off Sept. 1, and the Sept. 15 teal season opener is just around the corner.

Arkansas Wildlife Waterfowl Report

Jan. 6, 2021

Many Arkansas hunters have this image in their minds, but mostly throughout the state as 2021 arrives, the wait is still on for a major influx of mallards. Photo by Mike Wintroath.

Arkansas Wildlife Waterfowl Report

Dec. 23, 2020

Greater white-fronted geese (specklebellies) glide into a field filed with fellow specks in Arkansas County. An aerial estimate of specks in the state's Delta region in December numbered more than the estimated mallards in the state. Photo by John Hout.