Northeast Arkansas 12/11-12/13

[mhowerton]

When they published the Arkansas duck dates in late summer I circled this weekend on the calendar and made plans for a hunting trip with my dad and brother.   It looked like a perfect weekend after a 10 day split. Late enough for ducks to make it down but not too late that it would be frozen up.   The best laid plans of mice and men....   With the weather forecast of 70 degrees and clouds and no good reports from the area we almost cancelled, but we all had made plans so we went ahead.    We drove probably 40 miles on gravel roads in the area on Thursday afternoon and didn't see a duck except for on the refuge lake.    But you can't kill em at the cabin.      We  ended up having decent hunts all three days for the amount of ducks in the area.   Mainly green wing teal which are a joy to watch barreling towards the decoys.   Many memories made with Dad and my brother.    Now bring on the cold weather.    

[Buck]

I heard it had been real slow until last week, best I've heard of was 6 limits in the timber around Paragould. I'll be hunting SE Arkansas and NE Arkansas early next week and I'm really hoping this cold front will push some more birds down. Good job working with the conditions though, looks like a good hunt.

[Slippery]

Nice work!

 

[JohnP]

Congrats.  More birds on that tailgate than I've seen down here so far this season.  Need some snow and freezing up north .

 

[moodyfour]

Headed down for the last three days of this split. Can't wait. Always look forward to this trip!  Hope for good reports!