Shorty Owens was the owner and guide of the Pluck A Duck Lodge in Beedeville, Arkansas, where Jim Quessenberry cooked during the winter duck-hunting season. The lodge was one of those places where Jim's cooking crossed from competition into the everyday — feeding hunters who came for the ducks but stayed for the BBQ.
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The World Jim Lived In
Shorty Owens
Owner — Pluck A Duck Lodge, Beedeville, AR
Beedeville, Arkansas
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