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UC Davis college students get taste of hunting life
You can't talk about wildlife management without mentioning hunting. But in our increasingly urbanized world, fewer of our future managers get to experience hunting before entering the workforce. CWA's College Camp aims to combat that.

A collaborative effort with the UC Davis  Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Biology department, this year's camp welcomed 14 Aggies to  Bird Haven Ranch, where they completed their Hunter Education, learned to shoot shotguns and helped prepare fresh duck that even the vegetarians tried.

Year-end offers extended
It might be 2019, but our year-end special offer is still going! We've extended five special offers through the end of January. Donate as little as $50, and we'll send you some fantastic gifts.

Your support of California Waterfowl is crucial to our success. Help us as we help protect your way of life in 2019!

New fundraising banquet organizer hired to focus on San Joaquin Valley
California Waterfowl recently hired Richard Christie to round out our field rep staff.

Born and raised in South Africa, Rich’s love of the outdoors grew early on as he accompanied his father on photography flights in single-engine planes over the bush. Later, as a private pilot and photographer, he moved to New Zealand to play rugby and fly fish while working in the import-export business.

After moving stateside, Rich found out about CWA at the International Sportsmen’s Expo 15 years ago. Figuring it was never too late to start something new, he went to a dinner, was invited to duck hunt and, like most of us, was hooked.

Rich will be focusing his fundraising efforts on the San Joaquin Valley from south of Bakersfield up to Manteca. If your interested in starting an event or helping out in this area, contact Rich at 650-722-2444 or rchristie@calwaterfowl.org .
WWII veteran hunts the marsh with CWA
There aren’t many people around who have seen as many sunrises as 94-year-old Pete Arnold has.

Some of those were during his three-year stint in the Navy, serving as a pharmacist’s mate in the Pacific Theater during WWII. Many more sunrises have been spent out in a blind during his 81 years of hunting.

Click for Pete's riveting account of his recent veteran hunt.
Deadlines approaching for post-season youth and goose hunts in Hunt Program
The post-season youth hunts and goose hunts are less than a month away! All zones except for the northeastern zone will have special youth hunts on February 2 and 3, and we have some late goose hunts on February 9. We've got a bunch of special hunts on exclusive lands all over the state including Closed Zone Farms, Little Dry Creek Farm, Mom’s, Mulberry, Family Club, Sanborn Slough and more!

The deadline to apply for youth hunts is THIS Saturday, January 12, and the deadline to apply for goose hunts is January 19.

Please click here  for more information on how to apply.
CWA asks F&G Commission to allow duck hunting until January 31
CWA recently asked the California Fish and Game Commission support a federally authorized regulatory option that would allow duck hunting season to extend until January 31. 

For the 2019-20 season, this would allow five more days of duck hunting within California’s Balance of State, Southern San Joaquin and Southern California zones. Currently, those zones only use 102 of the 107 federally authorized hunt days for ducks. 

At its December 2018 meeting in Oceanside, the Commission agreed to further study this regulatory proposal. The Commission will make a final decision at its April meeting in Los Angeles.

Click here for a copy of the letter that CWA and other wetland interests sent to the F&G Commission regarding the January 31 proposal.
Sacramento ISE Show - January 17-20
The Sacramento International Sportsmen’s Exposition show is in its 32nd year and is California's largest sportsman expo! We'll see you at Cal Expo on January 17-20 at booth #949 and in the FREE Weekend Youth Outdoor Fair. Check out over 600 exhibitors in five buildings plus outside space with gear, local and worldwide destinations and a dozen free theaters and demo areas.

Featured event
Come on out to our America's Freedom Fighters Banquet at the McBean Pavilion in Lincoln on February 9.

We will have FREE active duty veteran AND kids gun raffles!

UPCOMING EVENTS
February 16
Chico "Fall Harvest" Banquet (rescheduled)


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California Waterfowl is a 501c3 organization whose mission is to grow California’s waterfowl populations, wetlands and hunter-conservationist communities.

Our vision is a California with thriving waterfowl populations, vibrant wetland ecosystems and respected hunting communities.
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