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Duck Hunting a Drought
Arkansas and much of the Deep South are locked in a serious drought as duck season approaches, leaving hunters and habitat managers with some difficult decisions. Do you hunt birds as soon as they find pumped habitat, or play the long game by carefully managing pressure under tough conditions? With the cost of diesel and irrigation running high, can enough water be put on the landscape to attract and hold the early “Halloween mallards”? And will a strengthening El Niño deliver meaningful rain in time? Cason and Brent sort through the questions, uncertainties and tough choices shaping the…
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