Field Journal

For me, early deer season in Arkansas is probably the most difficult time of the year to hunt effectively. You are still dealing with the late summer heat, as well as the bugs and mosquitoes that come

My Introduction to the Fishing LifestyleI’ve been fishing since I could walk. I still have a photo of my first fish from my grandparents’ backyard on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Some say f

I’ve always enjoyed hunting turkeys, but it’s never been close to my love for hunting whitetails and ducks. Maybe that’s because when I played ball, our season was always ramping up just in time to co

Top Row: (left to right) Command Sergeant Major (Retired) Mike Hack, Colonel (Retired) Art Kandarian, Command Sergeant Major (Retired) Dennis Smith, Command Sergeant Major (Retired) John Brady; Bot

Jeff Lawson (Private Lands Biologist for the AGFC) contacted me last week and asked if I could help do some wood duck banding in southern Calhoun County. His quota for the year was to band 100 woo