ducktape February 16th, 2010
Well you guys and girls turned out in full force for our most popular competition to date and picked 3 of the best Arkansas duck hunting pictures we have seen this year. Over 2,000 votes came in over the course of our competition. Arkansas Outdoors Online wants to thank Killer Kallz for becoming our title sponsor in the Arkansas duck hunting photo contest. The winners will be extremely happy with the new calls.
Thanks for everyone who entered a photo into the contest.
Without further delay, here are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.
3rd Place, with roughly 17% of overall votes, goes to Brian Stamps with the picture “Mallard Near Velma”
Check out the 1st and 2nd place winners inside the Arkansas Duck Hunting Forum
ducktape January 26th, 2010
Well, it seems like this time of year gets here faster and faster. Arkansas duck season closes this weekend, and what a season it has been. From the crazy freeze to the muggy weather, and the ducks just not cooperating, I would say my duck season wasn’t the best in recent years, but it surely wasn’t the worst duck season I’ve ever had either. 
Many of our members have submitted their Arkansas duck reports to our Arkansas Duck Report Map — a great resource for duck hunters around the state.
Many more have voted on and submitted their photos to our Arkansas Duck Hunting Photo Contest, where the winners will take home a custom Acrylic duck call from Killer Kallz.
A few things coming up: the conclusion to photo contest, which closes on Jan. 31st. No entries will be accepted after this date. We will have the winners reported back before the 15th of Feb.
Also, don’t forget that turkey season is just around the bend. Get ready for some great Arkansas turkey season tips, tricks, and who knows, maybe even a contest or two.
Thanks for helping the 09-10 hunting seasons our most popular ever, and for your support over the last year and a half. We look forward to another great year of Arkansas hunting.
ducktape January 7th, 2010
This late season tip for hunting ducks in Arkansas is brought to you by our friends over at Game and Fish Mag.
Hunting ducks in Arkansas is hard enough — from overcrowded wildlife management areas to weary ducks and uncooperative weather — but hunting ducks late in the season is just about as hard as Arkansas duck hunting gets. We hope this year’s late season waterfowling tip helps you out this weekend because the Arkansas weather sure won’t with temperatures forecasted to be in the single digits.
“Good weather for ducks” always means bad weather for hunters. This month’s sudden turn toward wintry conditions also freezes small inland waters and drives ducks and geese to the big lakes, rivers and coastal marshes. December’s frequent northwest cold fronts or northeastern coastal storms will also put a chill in your bones and bring safety to the forefront.
Harsh conditions await hunters determined to get in on the hot shooting opportunities, but with severe weather and good gunning come conditions that early-season hunters rarely have to deal with. Ice on decoys and gear, different rig setups, rough water conditions, substantial clothing, warmer blinds and modifying hunting times may all figure into your game plan.
Here are some tips and tactics for foul-weather hunting when “fowl” weather is at its best… Read the rest in the Arkansas Duck Hunting Forum
kevin December 11th, 2009
For many duck hunters these days, carrying a camera into the field is second nature. After all, the only thing better 
than coming home with a limit of ducks is having a camera full of great photos that enable you to relive hunting memories for decades to come.
But while you may have taken plenty of photos that have earned you praise from friends and family, when is the last time your pictures actually won something?
With out new Waterfowl/Duck Hunting Photo Contest, you can have something to show for your great shots.
All you have to do is upload your favorite waterfowl hunting-related photo to ArkansasOutdoorsOnline.com, and you’ll be eligible to win a custom acrylic duck call courtesy of Arkansas-based duck call manufacturer, Killer Kallz.
The contest is free to enter, allows multiple entries and unlimited votes, and will be judged by the readers of ArkansasOutoorsOnline.com via online voting. The three photos with the most votes as of Feb. 15, 2010 — the deadline of the contest — will each win Killer Kallz duck call.
Check out the most recent contest entries!
ducktape December 2nd, 2009
Everyone has their favorite duck call and the call they think is the best sounding call out there. My favorite call WAS an RNT original, that is, until I met Jay with Killer Kallz last Saturday in Stuttgart. Killer Kallz is a new duck call company out of Batesville, AR. They do not have a big selection of calls at the moment, but you can get your double reed marsh call in just about any color you want. I took the black and red, I am not into neon green and pink duck calls. 
Each duck call Killer Kallz offers is acrylic and turned on CNC machine, just like the big duck call companies, but what I like about my call, over the other guys, my reeds just do not stick, period. Now the duck call I have is just that, a duck call, not a competition call. This call will seduce ‘em with a soft quack and a range of aggressive or easy comeback calls. The double reeds make for an effortless feed call that can get as loud or as soft as you want it. This picture does not do the duck call justice, this call is awesome to look at and at this point, you can judge this book by the cover.
I feel pretty certain once we get some mallards down, this call will bring them right on in with the landing gear down, whether I am in my secret timber hole or sitting in one of the pits. Head on over to the Arkansas Duck Hunting Forum for the continuing review and more pictures. Their website is still under construction but you can find them here, Killer Kallz.
ducktape November 13th, 2009
Arkansas duck season is right around the corner. Last year we did several tips on what to do during duck season as far as decoy spreads, calling techniques, etc.
Arkansas Outdoors Online will still give more duck season tips this year, but we want to take a minute to remind all Arkansas duck hunters about a potentially life saving device that you might often overlook: the life jacket.
I received an email this morning about the importance of the life jacket being worn to and from the duck blind, and if hunting from a boat in deep water.
Not only is it the law in Arkansas to have a life jacket and a throwable flotation device for each hunter in the boat, having these things can save your life in case of an accident.
Head over to the Arkansas Duck Hunting Forum for the full article I received in my inbox this morning.
ducktape November 3rd, 2009
Adding an extra caller in the mix can greatly enhance the realism of your spread and increase the number of birds in your bag. Our good friends over at DU have offered up excellent tips and creative ways to increase your success in the field, but teamwork can be the most useful tip when hunting Arkansas ducks.
All things considered, two duck callers can be much more effective than one
Wether you blow a P.S. Olt or an RNT MVP, teamwork with your hunting buddy or buddies is imperative to calling in Arkansas ducks. The same factors can be true in multiples up to a given point, 3 callers are better than 2 and 4 better than 3, but anything more than 4 just gets chaotic at times and can do more harm than good.
“You can practice it [working with a teammate] but the best thing you can do is hunt together and learn what works that way,” says Curtis, a Missourian who spends a good part of each waterfowl season laboring as a guide. “When two people are calling, and you are working as a team, one can be calling like one or two different ducks, and the other can be calling another way. That sounds like several different ducks.”
Head over to the Arkansas duck hunting forum for the full article.
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