The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission proposed last week at the Mississippi Flyway Council meeting in Tunica, Miss., a flyway-wide ban on all spinning and flapping wing decoys.(Brief Article)

From: Arkansas Business | Date: July 25, 2005 | Copyright information

The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission proposed last week at the Mississippi Flyway Council meeting in Tunica, Miss., a flyway-wide ban on all spinning and flapping wing decoys. The ban would apply to a...

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