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By Steve Waters SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
Mighty Duck Days -- Southeast Arkansas, in the heart of the Mississippi Flyway, claims the best waterfowl hunting in the world, and the hospitality is top-notched. Gillett, ARK. - For those who hunt ducks with religious fervor, southeast Arkansas is the undisputed Holy Land. The area's flooded rice fields and forests create a waterfowling Mecca to which thousands of believers make pilgrimages each duck season.
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By Stuart Williams BIRD HUNTING REPORT
Why This New Lodge Is Worth Checking Out This Season -- Arkansas has long been known for its mallard shooting. In fact, Stuttgart, Ark., bills itself as "the duck hunting capital of the world." Of course, there is a lot of hype built into that claim, since the daily limit is just six ducks, of which no more than four may be mallards, and the duck hunting here has not been especially good in recent years. However, there is a group of guides here who have established a good reputation for providing a quality hunt. They own large parcels of land, which they manage for ducks, and have just expanded their operation by adding a newly built lodge.
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By Gene Mueller
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
GILLETT, Ark. -- "Be still," whispered Bill Cooksey as we huddled in a well-concealed blind in the middle of a soggy, harvested rice field, occasionally brushing off an impertinent mosquito. "We've got some widgeons up there." While Cooksey pointed a finger into a pink dawn sky, maybe 150 mallards passed to our left, another 50 or so on the right. A dozen wood ducks zipped straight toward us in the middle, and heaven only knows how many thousands of other web-footed critters fluttered, careened and flapped about in the distance.
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