The Duckhunter's Arc
By Bruce Ross, Executive Director
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I hope you are getting out this season as much as you are able. While it has been a tough season for me, my batteries get recharged each time I’m in the marsh.
The social aspect of duck hunting is frequently mentioned as one of its appeals. Read on...
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2021 Calendars: Just $20! |
Featuring 365 prizes, one for every day of 2021, including 56 handguns, 29 shotguns, 31 rifles, 4 crossbows, Conro’s Resort guided fishing trips, Stormy Kromer caps, Tactacam Cameras, SportDOG Brand e-collars, gift cards & much more! Only 5,000 sold, they make great gifts for you and yours. Get them here.
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Duck Stamp Outreach Continues |
On a Friday at the beginning of October, members of WWA and DU met with SE Wisconsin Legislators at Big Muskego Lake to consider and view Wisconsin Duck Stamp project work. Read on...
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WWA plays an active role in youth education. Particularly through Learn to Hunt, conservation and hunter education programs. Unfortunately, in 2020 COVID-19 has certainly had an impact on our ability to hold in-person events for those programs. Something you may not know, however, is the role WWA plays in assisting a local university in their waterfowl research. Learn more...
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In a unanimous vote by the WWA’s all-volunteer Board of Directors, George Ermert was asked to join their ranks to help guide WWA’s activities. George is a lobbyist and shareholder for the Schreiber GR Group. Read on...
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Help Ensure WI Continues to Provide Public Lands for Hunting & Recreation |
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Armistice Day
By Bruce Urben, President
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I originally wrote this article on November 9th, 2018, two days before Veterans Day, also previously known as Armistice Day. Read on...
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Class A "Need Not be Present to Win" Raffles |
Throughout the year most of our chapters hold Class A raffles, many featuring multiple prizes and some extremely desirable guns (that you probably wouldn’t buy for yourself, but sure would like to own). If you can’t attend every event, and who can, you can still get in on a chance to win the chapter’s showcase prizes, most with great odds to win. Check them all out here. |
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Ruger 57 Pistol Raffle
November's featured raffle is
The Ruger 57 Pistol 5.7 x 28mm cal raffle will be drawn November 12th at Tim's Auto Parts in Oconomowoc, WI at 12:30 pm. Tickets just $10 each. Get your tickets here!
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Endeavor to Persevere
In Memory of Erich Pitz
By Rob Monette, Regional Director
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"Endeavour to persevere"; one of the great lines in movie history, but which could easily be the mantra of our WWA and one of our former Volunteers of the Year, Erich Pitz. Read on...
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Green Bay Chapter Presents Cellcom with the Jack VanSistine Conservation Award |
The award, presented to a local person, company or organization that has supported outstanding conservation initiatives, is given in memory of Jack VanSistine who was instrumental in implementing WWA’s youth education effort in the Green Bay area. Read on...
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Consider volunteering to help one of our Chapters make a difference by improving the wetlands, waterfowl, and wildlife in Wisconsin. Thanks for all your past and future support. I want to help!
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Sponsor Spotlight: Tactacam |
WWA has been proud to have Tactacam aboard as a sponsor for several years now, and it’s been nice to see a Wisconsin Company grow during this period. Read on...
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Mark your calendars for the next WWA event near you and visit our Events Calendar for everything happening in 2020 & beyond: |
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Help Shape Future Seasons |
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Ducks Float, Don't They?
Or, the Uropygial Gland and You
Or – Why You Need Your Life Jacket!
By DNR Recreation Warden Mark Little
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Be the duck… BE the duck.
It’s what the voice in my head said while I was making some pretty sweet sounds on my call while waiting for the flock to side slip into my decoy set. Read on...
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Ferdinand Homme
By Bruce Urben, President
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Ferd, of Stoughton, WI, was an avid waterfowler and decoy carver who received his early training in carving from his father. Read on...
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The Importance of a Dog
By Dr. K.C. Brooks, an avid waterfowler, dog lover & practicing veterinarian at Lodi Veterinary Care
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Thank You to Our 2020 Sponsors & Donors |
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Thanks to all those that have cherished the memory of a loved one by donating in memoriam to the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association. Those recently memorialized were:
- Mr. Josh Meyers - Donor: Laurie Lemerond
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Mr. Randy McCoy - Donors: Multiple, view all here.
- Mr. Gordon Seibert - Donors: Jim Freck, Mike Depies, Dennis Guttmann, Greg Rausch
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Mr. Lawrence "Butch" Spaight - Donors: Jim Holwerda, Jeffrey & Katherine Nelson, Conservation Wardens of the Northern Region, Carol Mast, Richard & Cathy Bauman, Christopher & Stacy Spaight, Randy & Nichole Mittelstaedt, Thomas & Linda Cervero
If you'd like to consider a lasting and meaningful memorial fund contribution for that friend, hunting partner, co-worker or relative with WWA, please contact us. Each contribution will offer:
- A personalized letter to the family of the deceased,
- A letter from WWA sent to the donor confirming contribution for tax purposes (address & individual donation amount must be supplied),
- The option for the donor to designate which WWA program they wish their contributions be put towards, and a listing in this section for the duration of one year
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The Wisconsin Waterfowl Association is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission focuses on wetland and upland habitat restoration, youth and adult environmental education and environmental- and hunter-based legislation.
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