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The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission waterfowl staff recently completed its December 2022 aerial waterfowl surveys for the Mississippi Alluvial Valley (Delta), the Arkansas River Valley and southwestern Arkansas. While mallard numbers in the Delta are about 100,000 below the 2009-22 long-term December average, the 480,846 mallards estimated are the most since 2018.
McDonald had been in declining health in the last couple of years and died Tuesday.
Rainfall in Central Arkansas since Sunday has helped ease dry conditions and made more habitat available for ducks.
The second segment of duck season begins Saturday and runs through Dec. 23. Rains have improved waterfowl habitat in some areas.
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