**Important message from
Charles and Jackie Snapp**

I've decided to retire from the hunting business. I offered to give the business operation to the guide staff that had been with me and stayed through last season and let them buy what equipment they might need/want at market price. However, due to some policy changes at their regular jobs, work would not permit them to handle the management of the operation, guide and a have any sort of personal life ... which I understand better than anyone!

I knew those staff members could and would have run the operation right, but it just wasn't meant to be. With their decision not to take the business over, added to increasing knee and back problems, along with a significant amount of additional rental units that need consistent upkeep ... I decided to retire from the hunting business completely.

Letters will go out to everyone with hunts scheduled with us for next season, but I wanted to let everyone know of my decision as soon as possible, so they could make other plans and arrangements for hunts. We are working on shutting down the phone lines and the website, but the email will still work, as will my cell phone.

There are numerous other people in the outfitting/guiding business in Arkansas and while some are good, some just don't seem to care about their clients. There are two people I feel confident can/will provide quality hunting opportunities and are business minded enough to call and let you know when their ground is, frozen, flooded, or conditions are bad. Those two people are:

Joey Gill 870-809-0782

Scott Brady 870-759-2096

These guys are good and have been guiding and outfitting for many years. They offer both guided and un-guided hunts. They do have some great ground and all their hunts are in buried pits, in some of the top rice fields in Arkansas. These two guys also farm their hunting ground. By farming their hunting ground, they can maintain what they need for waterfowl, yet they can afford (financially) to be 100% honest on weather conditions and floods. Let them know I reccomended them ... that might make them buy an extra round, or better yet, take me hunting!!!!!

As near as I can figure, it's been just over three decades since I took my first paying clients. While hunting the ducks has always been fun, the people who hunted them were even more fun. I've made a lot of life friends (and a few enemies) through my years as a guide and outfitter and I will miss everyone. I do hope we can stay in touch and I do value the friendship that has developed around the world.

From this point on, I'll be doing repairs and maintenace on our rental proeprty, so HammerTime will have a different meaning :-) Who knows, it might even end up changed to charles "RepairMan" snapp, but either way ... a life time of memories and friends will always be cherished. "May they all land at your feet next season!"

Charles "HammerTime" Snapp

"When their wings are cupped and their feet are down, It's ... HammerTime!"