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With 14 days remaining in duck season, mild springlike temperatures could have ducks thinking it's time to migrate north.

The midwinter (aerial) waterfowl survey took place after an influx of arctic air into Arkansas.

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's waterfowl staff last week completed its December 2022 aerial waterfowl surveys for the Delta, Arkansas River Valley and southwestern Arkansas, with the report issued this week by Luke Naylor, Game and Fish chief of wildlife management.

Arkansas waterfowl hunters endured a deep freeze leading into last weekend, but temperatures will rise as the state's 60-day season reaches its midpoint. There are no more splits left in the season as it runs uninterrupted through Jan. 31.

Duck hunting has generally been slow this season, but Jabez Jackson and Dr. Guilford Dudley of Newport had a memorable day Dec. 3 during the Special Active Duty Military and Veteran Hunt at Cache River National Wildlife Refuge.