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Balmy temperatures, storms could plague hunting
From AGFC
���� LITTLE ROCK � The frigid temperatures of earlier this month have been replaced by unseasonably warm weather, and many reports indicate lackluster success for Arkansas hunters.
���� Daytime temperatures will be far from favorable over the next several days, with forecasts calling for highs in the 60s and lows in the upper 40s and 50s through the weekend. Cooler temperatures are forecast for the first part of next week.
���� Complicating matters for The Natural State�s hunters is a short-term forecast that includes the possibility of thunderstorms, especially across the southern half of the state.
���� Field reports point to ducks being widely scattered, which is likely the result of abundant available habitat across the state. River bottoms, green-tree reservoirs and agricultural fields that previously had abundant water likely will receive even more water as a result of rainfall over the next several days.
���� With so much water across the landscape, ducks likely will remain scattered.
���� Though AGFC biologists have seen large numbers of ducks in recent aerial surveys, many ducks have been using nontraditional habitats such as scrub-shrub habitat in flooded river bottoms.
���� AGFC biologists are attempting to fly this season�s final aerial surveys this week, and pending the successful completion of those flights, the season�s final estimated duck numbers should be available next week.
���� AGFC has created maps showing relative duck densities around the state. The maps are included in several Web links AGFC has created to assist hunters in tracking waterfowl movements throughout the flyway and within the state.
����� For a list of links, visit http://www.agfc.com/hunting/huntingseas ... tions.aspx.
���� This waterfowl report provides capsule information from agency staff in all corners of Arkansas and is updated each Wednesday throughout waterfowl season.
From AGFC
���� LITTLE ROCK � The frigid temperatures of earlier this month have been replaced by unseasonably warm weather, and many reports indicate lackluster success for Arkansas hunters.
���� Daytime temperatures will be far from favorable over the next several days, with forecasts calling for highs in the 60s and lows in the upper 40s and 50s through the weekend. Cooler temperatures are forecast for the first part of next week.
���� Complicating matters for The Natural State�s hunters is a short-term forecast that includes the possibility of thunderstorms, especially across the southern half of the state.
���� Field reports point to ducks being widely scattered, which is likely the result of abundant available habitat across the state. River bottoms, green-tree reservoirs and agricultural fields that previously had abundant water likely will receive even more water as a result of rainfall over the next several days.
���� With so much water across the landscape, ducks likely will remain scattered.
���� Though AGFC biologists have seen large numbers of ducks in recent aerial surveys, many ducks have been using nontraditional habitats such as scrub-shrub habitat in flooded river bottoms.
���� AGFC biologists are attempting to fly this season�s final aerial surveys this week, and pending the successful completion of those flights, the season�s final estimated duck numbers should be available next week.
���� AGFC has created maps showing relative duck densities around the state. The maps are included in several Web links AGFC has created to assist hunters in tracking waterfowl movements throughout the flyway and within the state.
����� For a list of links, visit http://www.agfc.com/hunting/huntingseas ... tions.aspx.
���� This waterfowl report provides capsule information from agency staff in all corners of Arkansas and is updated each Wednesday throughout waterfowl season.
