WHY FIRST DUE
Built on a standard that means something.
In the fire service, the first-due company is the crew expected to arrive prepared, ready to work, and ready to take responsibility for what comes next.
That idea became more than a name. It reflects the standard behind First Due Duck Club: prepare the right way, take care of people, respect the resource, and leave things better than you found them.
SERVICE-MINDED. WATERFOWL FOCUSED.
Built from a love of Arkansas waterfowl.
First Due Duck Club was established in 2021, but the story behind it began long before then. What started with a love for Arkansas duck hunting grew into a desire to build something lasting: a place centered on good hunting, strong friendships, family, and the traditions that make duck season worth returning to year after year.
Today, First Due brings together a limited-membership hunting club and professionally managed guided hunts led by owner Blake Stout. The goal is not simply to provide a place to hunt. It is to create an experience built around preparation, safety, respect for the resource, dependable communication, and the kind of camp culture people want to return to.
First Due is proudly first responder and veteran owned and operated.
THE NEXT GENERATION
Some of the most important hunts don't end with a limit.
A first morning. A patient lesson. A dog at work. A story retold long after everyone is back at camp.
First Due is intentionally built to make room for families and the next generation of waterfowl hunters. Young hunters have the opportunity to learn that duck hunting is about more than pulling a trigger. It is preparation, patience, safety, stewardship, respect for the resource, and time spent with people who matter.
Those are the traditions worth carrying forward, regardless of what the day produces.