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I was in Moline two weeks ago for a business trip and went over the new bridge...the river was shockingly low. Petit Jean is a WMA I've never hunted but wanted to; it's just far enough away that I couldn't hunt it and learn it well enough to do it justice. I like Bayou Meto, but the crowding...

Sorry to see this. Never like to hear about duck hunters dying, and a young man having his life cut short makes it worse. Seems like it's always easy to let your guard down...it's a short run, I know the river/lake, not a big deal, Sad reminder that the sport we love so much can take your life.

Wish I could Like this a thousand times...that is a beautiful spot...holy schnikees...

4 am rule; the boat races were the stuff of legend, and eventually, someone was going to get themselves dead. I did it one time at Bayou Meto, and while I can say I saw it for myself and am glad, I don't need to do that ever again. There were some injuries here and there, and several years ago...

At least down here, it seems like there is a significant difference in the volume of an outboard versus mud motor, particularly now that 4-stroke outboards are more the norm. You can hear the mud motors from a much longer distance in the timber or on the river channels. I also agree with what...

I have the original Hybrid packet in pdf; I know there were some larger/different variants done later on. Shoot me a message or email me if you would like a copy.

This trio is two of my drake mallards and a hen by my father...delivered to Pat Gregory for the Delta Waterfowl Decoy Hunt. They pick a species and a place - this year was mallards in the Arkansas flooded timber. I carved an extra drake for the group to present to the host as a "thank...

Yeah...guy stuck on a log, other guys yelling at him because he's blocking the boat lane on a low water year, and it goes south from there. There is nothing a duck hunter hates so much as another duck hunter during the season. Arkansas has always had its share of conflict during duck season...

Finding good data on "true" numbers of duck hunters by State is difficult. License sales reflect all hunting licenses...deer, duck, pheasant, turkey. State duck stamp sales are more indicative, but don't necessarily split the number between resident and nonresident, though that data could be...

Hammer, meet nail. I think you captured owning duck ground pretty accurately; there are very few areas that you can just "show up and hunt", unless you own part of a cypress brake or land along a river. It takes a long time to get a property to the point where people think it just sort of...

Eric, Sorry to take so long to respond...life and work get in the way. I think any state with "good hunting" is facing a lot of tough choices on their public lands, particularly with respect to game birds. It's funny that people inherently understand, or at least don't gripe too much, about...

Eric, I think his assessment may be correct, with the exception of Missouri, but for a freelance hunter I think he's right. Arkansas is still probably the best bet at this point within the region, even with all the "hair" around the OOS regs. If it were closer, I would consider investing time...

Sorry to hear that, Mark, on several counts. I hate that a quality trout stream gets ruined and nobody seems to get held accountable. I've lost all those little spots like that, and I miss them. Had nothing to do with the number of ducks; usually more about the privacy and having someplace...

Well first...let me know if you come over here! Especially if you bring that SuperFox...I'll drag mine out, along with the wooden decoys, and we'll make a hunt of it. I also have Worth Mathewson's old LC Smith that I've never hunted...it's a Grade 3 made in 1898 with steel barrels, not...

Ok, realistically, I can more easily understand the States that restrict OOS for certain species like cervids, turkey, quail and pheasants which are popular game species and mostly grown within their borders. As an example I never really questioned South Dakota on limiting pheasant hunters; if...

Arkansas has some premier public duck hunting grounds, but they have been mismanaged and have been at the mercy of the neighboring farms and landowners. We have issues with many of the "green timber" areas turning into stands of dead and dying timber - much of it caused by flooding in the...

Eric, I was on a Kansas forum on another site, and the Kansas residents that post there are overjoyed. They cite OOS license plates being 50-75% of the plates in the parking areas, the locals gunning a couple of hours while the OOS guys gun all day, and how they are the paragons of...

I get that people are not very good with their duck ID on the wing. Surprisingly, down here in Arkansas you'd think every hunter would be amazing, but they aren't. And ID is a perishable skill...you don't hunt as much, don't see as many birds for a year or two, and it gets rusty. I've called...