Greenhead.net - The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine

Serious duck hunters rarely if ever let a spate of bad weather keep them from hunting. But most of them still want to know if the weather around them will influence how many ducks they might see on that particular hunting morning.

The challenges to shooting a duck hunt with a camera surpass even those of shooting a duck with a shotgun. Temperature, moisture, standing water, timber underfoot — all of these will work to complicate a video shoot.

Many articles have been written about the father-and-son relationships built through shared outdoor activities. For some, the relationship is forged on the golf course. For others, it may be at deer camp or casting spinner baits at a favorite fishing hole. But in Arkansas, there is something about sharing a duck blind with your dad that creates a unique bond and fosters the desire to pass on to the next generation the significant life lessons learned there.

Without question, some excellent hunting opportunities exist outside Arkansas. The popularity and affordability of trips to Canada and the Dakotas for early-season birds proves that to be true. But the assumption Arkansas is losing its place as the premier mallard-hunting destination simply isn't true. So where is successful and improving mallard hunting taking place?

The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission set the dates for the upcoming season at a meeting on Thursday.