Spot guides and public land
Field guides to public duck water in the Mid‑South: how each place hunts, how to get in, the official rules and today’s water. 6 guides and 10 public land pages.
Field guides
Cache River
The Cache River bottoms are classic Arkansas flooded-timber country. Public ground comes in three pieces: Cache River National Wildlife Refuge,…
Meeman-Shelby Forest
Meeman-Shelby Forest is the closest public duck ground to Memphis: flooded cypress and bottomland timber along the Mississippi. It is split into a…
Mississippi River near Memphis
The big river is open water you can hunt with the right license on the right days, but it is also dangerous. Here is how the Tennessee–Arkansas…
Reelfoot Lake
Reelfoot is a shallow, stump-filled lake in the northwest corner of Tennessee, and one of the most famous duck spots in the South. Public hunting…
St. Francis River
The St. Francis Sunken Lands are 30 miles of flooded cypress, sloughs and river along the St. Francis floodway in northeast Arkansas. It is some of…
Tunica Cutoff
Tunica Cutoff (Tunica Lake) is a long Mississippi River oxbow on the Mississippi–Arkansas line, not in Tennessee. The state line runs down the old…
Horseshoe Lake
An old Mississippi River oxbow near Hughes, ringed by cabins, homes and farmland. Most of the shoreline is private, and there is one free public…
Loosahatchie River bottoms
There is no TWRA wildlife management area on the Loosahatchie River, and the refuge near its mouth is closed to waterfowl hunting. Assume the bottoms…
Public land by state
Arkansas5 areas
- National wildlife refuge · U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceCache River National Wildlife RefugeOpen to duck hunting
- Wildlife management area · Arkansas Game and Fish CommissionSheffield Nelson Dagmar WMAOpen to duck hunting
- Wildlife management area · Arkansas Game and Fish CommissionRex Hancock Black Swamp WMAOpen to duck hunting
- Wildlife management area · Arkansas Game and Fish CommissionSt. Francis Sunken Lands WMAOpen to duck hunting
- National wildlife refuge · U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceWapanocca National Wildlife RefugeClosed to duck hunting
Tennessee5 areas
- Wildlife management area · Tennessee Wildlife Resources AgencyReelfoot WMAOpen to duck hunting
- National wildlife refuge · U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceReelfoot and Lake Isom National Wildlife RefugesClosed to duck hunting
- Wildlife management area · Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and Tennessee State ParksMeeman-Shelby Forest WMA and State ParkOpen to duck hunting
- State refuge · Tennessee Wildlife Resources AgencyEagle Lake RefugeClosed to duck hunting
- Wildlife management area · Tennessee Wildlife Resources AgencyWolf River WMAOpen to duck hunting
Mississippi0 areas
Area pages coming soon.
Louisiana0 areas
Area pages coming soon.
