Arkansas Duck Hunting Blog

Each August, North America’s waterfowl hunters anxiously count down the days awaiting the publication of the USFWS Waterfowl Population Status Report. The report and the resulting fall flight forecast by Delta Waterfowl offer excited hunters the best crystal ball in predicting what the hunting seasons ahead will hold.

Due to overwhelming feedback from the public, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, today unanimously approved a change to the 2023-24 duck season dates to the traditional opener, the weekend before Thanksgiving.

Picture this: You're out in the flooded timber, shotgun in hand, ready for an exciting duck-hunting adventure. But do you know where to start? That's where duck hunting guides in Arkansas come in.

Arkansas is famous for green timber duck hunting as hunters travel from far and wide to have an opportunity of shooting mallard ducks in the trees. These bottomland hardwood forests are impounded then managed with a series of levees and water control structures allowing landowners to manage water at suitable levels for waterfowl.

Duck hunting is a sport of preparation and planning. Lots of hard work and time goes into making a successful hunt, which is what makes it so rewarding. From calling to concealment, there are many factors that will affect the outcome of a hunt, but in the end it all boils down to one thing: you need to be where the birds are. The only reliable way to do this is to scout.

In a 180-degree reversal of guidance it confirmed less than one week earlier, the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced today that game birds taken by hunters in Canada will not be permitted to enter the United States regardless of the province in which they were taken.

Everything We Thought We Knew About Snow Geese Was Wrong. Hunters have been shooting spring snow geese for 20 years, but light geese populations continue to rise. Why is this happening?

After being canceled for the previous two years by concerns over COVID-19, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Canadian Wildlife Service were able to conduct the annual Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey this spring. The results were released today in USFWS 2022 Waterfowl Status Report.

Total populations were estimated at 34.2 million. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) today released its report on 2022 Trends in Duck Breeding Populations, based on surveys conducted in May and early June by FWS, Canadian Wildlife Service, and other partners.

An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza — a.k.a. the bird flu — means the harvested meat of ducks, geese and game birds from affected areas will not be allowed to be brought into the United States.