For decades, the flooded green-timber reservoirs of east Arkansas have attracted duck hunters from across the country. They ...

WE WAIT with the old men, each of them rooted in the muck, worn and furrowed. In the early light, their limbs and branches overhead are kinked and storm-shattered, like the arthritic fingers of the ...

Duck hunters explore wild, unforgettable places, but a few classic hunts should be on every waterfowler's to-do list. Here are four of the most memorable and iconic duck hunts you could ever dream of, ...

If it walks, waddles and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a mallard but might be a redhead, a scaup, a canvasback, a pintail or some similar pattern. Unlike most casual observers who suffer not if ...

Fowl Al's evasiveness told me everything I needed to know. I called Alan Thomas Friday for a duck hunting report. Thomas, a longtime hunting companion mostly at Lake Dardanelle in years past, now ...

Duck hunting used to be a grand tradition. It’s still a tradition, with strong ties to conservation of sensitive and important ecosystems. But it is fading. It’s been well known for some time that ...

On the last day of the 2025 duck season in the heart of Arkansas' premier duck country, longtime hunter Todd Taylor said the hunt just wasn't as good as previous years. Sitting in his boat in the ...