duck hunting
Can anyone recommend a duck hunting guide ? have boys 9 & 10 who have experience. They would prefer hunting in timber. will be a Christmas present for 2014. thanks.
|
This list may be helpful -
http://www.ducks.org/arkansas/arkans...sas-duck-links |
Brother in law used to hunt in Stuttgart.
|
Stuttgart is very well-known for good duck hunting.
|
This has been a realtively bad year so far for duck hunting - at least out here on the Pacific Flyway. Either too cold up north or not enough rain/moisture to attract them, so suggest you double check in the various Arkansas area to see how they are doing and hope to do next season.
|
THANKS for the info. What I need is a child friendly guide service. Hopefully someone on here has had an experience that would help.
|
What on earth does duck hunting in CA have to do w/ Arkansas? My cousins live not far from Stuttgart and hunt in the area every season.
|
I live on the Oklahoma/Arkansas line. You will not have ANY problem finding ducks to kill, with or without a guide. I think most people here hunt on and around the Arkansas River. I don't agree with him, but my 18 year old neighbor killed 58 last Saturday.
|
58? There are limits for how many ducks can be killed on a hunt.
|
58 dead ducks? Holy Blasting the skies. Was it a private club?
I haven't hunted ducks in a while but here is the California limit: "7 / day, which may include: 7 mallards no more than 2 females, 2 pintail, 2 canvasback, 2 redheads, 3 scaup. Possession limit triple the daily bag. " |
Just looked it up. The daily limit is 6 in OK. Even if there were 2 or 3 of them hunting together, obviously I disagree with him/then even more so now.
|
6 is the limit in AR too. Other rules, such as so many Mallards, so many hens, etc.
|
THAT is reprehensible, unless it is 10 people hunting.
My dear BIL is an avid duck hunter--and all it takes to make sure that hunting is continued by conservation of wetlands and everything that entails. |
Gretchen, reprehensible and illegal. The duck "hunter" who bagged 58 ducks will not only lose his hunting license, but should/could get a big fine and/or worse. This is an illegal action.
|
Spiro- you should give the game warden a heads up on your neighbor. Disgraceful and illegal.
|
And ole high school classmate/teammate of mine - who still goes back to Oregon to hunt ducks/geese/pheasants with our friends - now lives in Hot Spring, Arkansas - amd he confirmed Stutgart is the place to go:
"Duck hunting is best in Stutgart Ar." |
It would seem to me that almost any guide will also be "child friendly" because they love the sport and would like to share that with a kid. Also, you are paying, so just say --be good to these boys!!
I don't have first hand info but I would think there are B&Bs or lodges that cater to duck hunters, and perhaps searching for your lodging choices would gain the name of a respected guide. |
Gretchen, I've lived in Arkansas for decades and know lots of duck hunters, but they all seem to hunt on either their own property or that of a friend. I've never heard of any lodges (and definitely no B&Bs because they're all in towns) that cater primarily to hunters. Most hunters use "duck camps" that are relatively primative and hunter-owned - sometimes by a group of hunters.
|
Well, the reason I suggested it was because DBIL did go to Stuttgart for many years to hunt. I agree with your assessment of the usual method of hunting.
This from google might help. I sort of think the OP is overly concerned with getting a specific "child friendly" guide, but I applaud his desire to give his little ones a great experience. https://www.google.com/#q=Stuttgart+...s+duck+hunting |
I agree with you on the "child friendly" guide. Actually, there are classes for young hunters to take on gun safety, etc. My son took one decades ago, and I think most of his friends did, too. In fact, they might be mandatory for getting a license for a young hunter.
|
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 07:46 PM. |