George Dunklin
Deborah Dunklin Tipton  


“In 1907, our grandfather L.A. Black began acquiring farmland in the Grand Prairie of Arkansas. This was the beginning of the Dunklin-Black family tradition of farming, hunting and conservation. It is a pleasure for us to share Five Oaks Duck Lodge with our friends and guests.”
GEORGE H. DUNKLIN, JR.
Co-Owner, Manager
DEBORAH DUNKLIN TIPTON
Co-Owner
“Five Oaks is a place where family and friends make hunting memories.”
MARVIN BAKER
Director of Field Operations
“It is a pleasure to be given the opportunity to not only 'hunt for pay,' (my wife's favorite statement) but to also meet so many exceptional people from all over the United States.”
BILL FREE
6th season as guide
“Meeting people, helping with things around the lodge to make people feel welcome and enjoy their stay is what I like best about my job.”
CONALD GILL
20th season as guide
“I enjoy duck hunting, making friends and maintaining those friendships down through the years. I have missed only 4 days of hunting during the last 30 years.”
DOUG JACOBS
21st season as guide


“I enjoy cooking and taking care of our guest, but the best is watching them eat and enjoy my cooking.”
BRIAN HARGIS
1st season of cooking and caring for guests
Cecil
Marvin Bill Conald Doug Brian
Jeanne Jody Harlen Scott Scott
“I truly enjoy the enthusiasm of the hunters I get to talk with. Their excitement is contagious and makes every hunt special.”
JEANNE OWENBY
11th season
as administrative assistant
“I’m all about the ducks! I get up in the morning and go to bed thinking about how I can improve or restore wetland habitat for waterfowl.”
JODY PAGAN
Wildlife Services
Chief Biologist

“I enjoy the people that I have the opportunity to meet and the duck hunting.”
HARLEN
PATTERSON

5th season as guide
“The worst day hunting with good friends, good fellowship and good groceries is better
than the best day sitting at home counting your money.”
SCOTT PATTERSON
16th season as a guide and 2nd season at
5 Oaks

“The guests are totally taken care of and come back year after year. I am proud to be part of a lodge that is well known and successful.”
SCOTT TEFTELLER
9th season as guide
IN MEMORIAL
CECIL KAGEBEIN
1941-2003
 



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Ducks Unlimited, Inc.


 
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Five Oaks Duck Lodge
P.O. Box 586
DeWitt, Arkansas 72042
1.800.880.7423
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