Hunting Arkansas: The Sportsman's Guide to Natural State Game

by Keith B. Sutton

Overview

Reading Hunting Arkansas is like walking alongside acclaimed Arkansas outdoorsman and writer Keith Sutton as he searches for the elusive woodcock in bottomland timber near the L'Anguille River, stalks deer across farmland, or treks through woodlands hunting black bears. Sutton weaves hunting know-how with personal stories and histories of various regions to produce this book telling you when, where, why and how to hunt in the Natural State.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781610751940
Publisher:	University of Arkansas Press
Publication date:	02/01/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	291
File size:	35 MB
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About the Author

Keith B. Sutton has hunted the fields and forests of Arkansas for more than thirty years. His award-winning works as a freelance writer and photographer have appeared in such outdoor publications as Field & Stream, Sports Afield, Outdoor Life, North American Hunter, and Petersen's Hunting. He serves as editor of Arkansas Wildlife and Sports Afield's "Almanac," writes an outdoor adventure column for ESPN.com, and is past president of the Southeastern Outdoor Press Association. He lives with his family in Alexander, Arkansas.

Table of Contents

Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Black Bears Bear State Bruins Charged by a Bear Bottomland Birds Timberdoodle Time Hunting Snipe: For Real! Gunning for Gooney Birds Crows A Calling Card for Crafty Crows Doves A Place to Hunt Natural State Doves Whistling Wings and Waterways This Dove Hunting Is the Pits Ducks Green-Timber Greenheads Ducks the Color of Autumn Teal, We Meet Again Mud-Puddle Ducks Big-River Duck Hunts Elk Buffalo River Renaissance Furbearers A Case for Coon Hunting Of Possums and Possum Dogs Geese Canadas on the Comeback Snow Storm Specialize for Specklebellies Predators Bobcat Action The Arkansas Coyote: Nobody’s Fool Quail Hunting Arkansas Bobwhites Leapfrog Quail Hunting Rabbits The Canecutter Challenge Rabbit Tactics: Lewis Peeler Style Rabbits without Rover Squirrels Crowley’s Crackers A Fishy Way to Squirrel Hunt Outfoxing Ol’ Foxy Peak Hunting for Bushytails White-Tailed Deer Wilderness Whitetails Farmland Deer, Arkansas Style Hunting the Rut Big Bucks on “The Refuge” Wild Hogs Hunting the Legendary Razorback Wild Turkeys On Being a Turkey Hunter Special Stories About Arkansas Hunters The Rabbit Man Limbgripper Jim Gene Moore Appendix: Arkansas Hunting Information Sources Index

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Few states offer a better mix of hunting opportunities than Arkansas. . . . This book is a must for any hunter who aspires to visit this hidden sporting paradise."

--Chris Dorsey,

VP/Editor-in-Chief, Sports Afield

Editorial Reviews

"Few states offer a better mix of hunting opportunities than Arkansas. . . . This book is a must for any hunter who aspires to visit this hidden sporting paradise." —Chris Dorsey, VP/Editor-in-Chief, Sports Afield

From the Publisher