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Located on U.S. Highway 79, a privately owned, previously commercial Duck Hunting Lodge 13 miles outside of Stuttgart, Arkansas, and three miles outside of Humphery, Arkansas. Currently owned by Memphis businessman and Memphis University School alumni Chuck Smith.

History

Circle T was built in 1957 by Earl Wilson and first owned by Colt Arms Inc. At the time of its initial construction, the property consisted of just the club house site, an approximately 70 acre prime largemouth bass fishing lake, and 650 acres of greenwood timber positioned directly behind the club house.

After being relatively unused for several years, Circle T was sold to Pine Bluff, Arkansas based industrial manufacturer Central Moloney. Central Moloney courted clients at Circle T somewhat frequently (only during duck season, the springs and summers were basically deserted) until the mid- 1980's. It wasn't until it came under its third owner that Circle T eventually became the premeir hunting establishment it is today.

In 1988, Chuck Smith purchased a 200 acre track of greenwood timber on U.S. Highway 79, directly across from Circle T. His great friend George Dunklin (current Board Member of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission)informed him of its vacancy and talked Smith into buying it, as It was just costing Central Moloney money and producing no revenue since it had long been out of use.

In 1991, Smith finnaly bought Circle T for what would now be a ridiculous price, considering its value today. His first major project was restoring the club house and cabins that were in aweful condition, having been unkept for at least five years. Smith called on no one other than Earl Wilson himself, nearing seventy years in age to lead the project.

Apart from the restoration of the facilities, the next project that began to occur was the acquisition of land(primarily fields). To current date, Between Fields, Sloughs, and Catfish Ponds, there has been nearly a thousand additional acres added to the Circle T property.

In the first duck hunting season under the ownership of Chuck Smith in the fall of 1992, Smith began to commercially oufit hunts for business groups. These groups of businessmen usually consisted 12-25 people staying for several days. The Circle T staff consisted of gourmet chefs, many house maids, and duck hunting guides to take out the groups. Smith got into this business in hope that revenue could be produced from what he charged business groups. Expenditures were very costly, starting with the utilities (water pumped for three months to flood duck hunting woods) on the huge club house, payroll for the staff, gear and ammunition for guest, etc. The best Smith ever did was break even a couple of years.

In 2004, Smith finnaly got out of the commercial hunting business. He partnered wth Ducks Unlimited to proclaim it a conservation easment, changing the tax status and giving him a huge break. A component of the conservation easment was the prohibition of any payment to hunt on the private land, which legally took Smith out of the business for good.