Editing Arkansas County, Arkansas (section)

===Annual cultural events===
The most widely known annual cultural event in Arkansas County is the [[Gillett, Arkansas|Gillett]] Coon Supper, described by ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' as "a political rite of passage" for those seeking public office in Arkansas.<ref>{{ cite web |title= For Politicians on the Stump, a Rack of Raccoon Is a Must Eat |date= January 8, 2016 |first= Alison |last= Sider |url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-politicians-in-arkansas-theres-one-dish-they-must-eat-1452292605 |work= The Wall Street Journal |publisher= [[Dow Jones & Co.]] |location= [[New York, NY]] |access-date= July 4, 2018 }}</ref> The meeting of local residents and politicians started in 1943 as a fundraiser serving boiled, and smoked [[raccoon]] for the Gillet High School football team, but has remained a tradition long after the school's consolidation.

[[File:Waterfowl near Bayou Meto, Arkansas.jpg|right|thumb|Waterfowl near Bayou Meto]]
Perhaps the most popular annual event is duck hunting season between November and January, a tradition dating back to the [[Illinois Indians]] who traveled south to Arkansas to hunt. Popular with Arkansans and tourist hunters from across the country, annual hunting trips in Arkansas were first documented by French explorers [[Jacques Marquette]] and [[Louis Jolliet]] in 1673. Many hunts are organized through [[Club (organization)|hunting club]]s (like the historic [[Crocketts Bluff Hunting Lodge]]) and usually involve local guides for tourist groups. Public lands are very desirable and fill up quickly; many Arkansans seek to use private lands in Arkansas County to avoid crowds. In the 2016–17 season, the AGFC sold over 100,000 waterfowl stamps, roughly equally split between in-state and out-of-state hunters. The numbers include over 8,000 to out-of-state hunters to hunt on WMAs.<ref>{{ cite web |title= 2017-18 Arkansas Waterfowl Hunting Guidebook |url= https://s3.amazonaws.com/agfc-static/guidebooks/waterfowlguidebook.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222212531/https://s3.amazonaws.com/agfc-static/guidebooks/waterfowlguidebook.pdf |archive-date=February 22, 2022 |url-status=live |publisher= Arkansas Game and Fish Commission |location= Little Rock |page= 11 }}</ref> Festivities begin during Thanksgiving Week with the World's Championship Duck Calling Contest and Wings Over the Prairie Festival in Stuttgart.

The Arkansas County Fair has been held annually since 1938 at the Arkansas County Fairgrounds in DeWitt during mid-September.