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Providing food and managing disturbance are the two most important things duck managers and duck hunters can do to improve duck hunting.

Providing food and managing disturbance are the two most important things duck managers and duck hunters can do to improve duck hunting.

Its a hot July morning, and duck hunting isnt on the minds of most Arkansans. Its very much on my mind, though.

Beginning at 9 a.m. Feb. 11, Five Oaks Duck Lodge near George Dunklin/Bayou Meto Wildlife Management Area welcomed 42 young people for a day of waterfowl education. The program is in its second year, hosted by Arkansas 4-H in conjunction with the University of Arkansas at Monticello and Five Oaks Agriculture, Research and Education Center.

University of Illinois researchers studying Canada geese found most harassed geese moved elsewhere in the same park or were back within the hour.

Geese chased out of a park in Chicago returned to the area twice as quickly on days when they were harassed, compared with days when they left of their own accord

New research indicates that traditional goose harassment tactics are ineffective, particularly in the winter when birds should be more vulnerable to intimidation techniques.