It's Finally Here!
By Bruce Ross, Executive Director
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Well, I hope by the time you read this that you’ve been able to get out teal or goose hunting. Not me yet, but soon. Last year this time, I was waiting to mount my new longtail motor on my home-built skiff, “The Splendid Splinter”. I got it mounted a few days into the season, and I have to say it served me extremely well last season and have confidence it will serve me well again this year. It’s a Backwater – I’m very pleased with it and they aren’t even a WWA sponsor (yet!). My skiff is freshly brushed and ready for the season. Hope you’re ready to go too. Read on...
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Steven Bessac Won the UTV & Trailer! |
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We've just received notice from the DNR that we will unfortunately be required to cancel all of our planned Learn to Hunt activities for 2020. Learn more...
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Where Did Summer Go?
By Bruce Urben, President
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Even though the temps are in the nineties as I write this column at the beginning of our last full week of August, it certainly smells like fall. Leaves are falling, mornings are cool and our wildfowl are starting to be active. Read on...
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Thanks to all of the support we received from our membership over the summer, WWA was able to continue its good work on the ground, restoring habitat where ducks need it most and will thrive best. Read on...
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Policy Program: Duck Stamp Updates |
Senator Devin LeMahieu (R-Oostburg) carved out some time to join reps from WWA, the DNR, Conservation Congress, DU, Delta, Pheasants Forever, WI Society for Ornithology, and local waterfowlers for a look at recent project work at Killsnake Wildlife Management Area north of Chilton. Read on...
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Tait Takes First, Will Represent WI in Stuttgart |
Congratulations to Mason Tait who took home top honors at our Wisconsin State Duck & Goose Calling Championships August 22nd at Wern Valley. Mason will represent Wisconsin at the World's Championship in Stuttgart in November. Find out who else won...
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SportDOG Brand has been a tremendous sponsor of WWA over the years, if you’ve come to even one of our events you’ve seen their quality products and information on display - indeed, we just had a dog raffle at the “Hunter’s Eve Bash” last Sunday. We are proud to work with the quality SportDOG people and equipment, both organizationally, and for me personally, with my own dogs. We’re passing along a discount offer from them that may help you better afford this great dog training tool - Gear the Way You’d Design it® Get the discount! |
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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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Great Odds, Only 50% Sold, Drawing TONIGHT!
This month's featured Class A is for our Waukesha/West Allis Chapters who have teamed up to offer three iconic firearms celebrating the end of WWII! All three will be drawn TONIGHT at Boxhorn Gun Club starting at 7:20pm. Tickets range from $10 - $20 each. Get your tickets here (available online until 5pm today)
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Waterfowl Summit Update from Chief Warden Casey Krueger |
At the WWF-sponsored Waterfowl Summit, Chief Warden Casey Krueger reported that his first half year in the job has been a challenging one, and not just due to COVID (although it had significant impacts). Learn more...
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Taylor Finger's Timely Tidbits |
At the WWF-sponsored Waterfowl Summit, Taylor Finger, the DNR’s Migratory Bird Ecologist, had some last minute updates before the season begins.
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DNR Waterfowl Initiatives: Dr. Drew Fowler |
Dr. Fowler came to the DNR to fill a too-long vacant position that focuses on the research that should underpin waterfowl management decisions in Wisconsin. And he’s been hard at work in the year that he’s been here. 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: Links Wild Safaris |
We just drew the UTV raffle and while the UTV got top billing, we had a pretty sweet prize as second place: a three-day archery hunt with Link's Wild Safaris on nearly 10,000 acres in Minong, Wisconsin. 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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Early Seasons
By Taylor Finger, WDNR Migratory Game Bird Ecologist
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Hunting season is finally here, and if you are like me it couldn’t get here fast enough. Read on...
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Warden Meinholz: Serious About Waterfowl for a Decade
By DNR Conservation Warden Taylor Meinholz
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With the early goose season on our doorstep, I’d like to share with you how I prepare for one of my favorite times of the year that is as much social as actual hunting.
And it helps to have a patient family and friends. More on that in a bit. Read on...
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Joe Sieger - Another WI Original Decoy Carver
By Bruce Urben, President
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An accomplished woodworker, Joe Sieger made exceptional furniture and violins, also crafting some of Wisconsin’s most classic decoys. Read on...
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Keeping Your Dog Safe in the Field
By Dr. K.C. Brooks, an avid waterfowler, dog lover and practicing veterinarian at Lodi Veterinary Care
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I am quite certain that dogs are much like us when it comes to practice versus the real competition. They happily comply with our training regimen most days, and even are thoroughly engrossed in it on other days. Read on...
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Waterfowlers Taking Action Against Invasives
By Jeanne Scherer, AIS Outreach Specialist
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Over the years, waterfowl hunters across the state have been one of the keys to successfully slowing the spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS) where they hunt.Learn more...
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How You Can Stop the Spread! |
Check out this video made just for waterfowlers on how you can stop the spread of aquatic invasive species this season. |
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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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