A new and potentially confusing twist to waterfowl seasons in California this year is the overlap between Youth Hunt Weekend and spring goose seasons in the Balance of State and Southern California zones. Here’s what you need to know about where you can hunt this weekend and who can hunt on these days (and if […]
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Help CWA fight regs that would prevent thousands from buying ammo
California Waterfowl needs your help quickly to fight a proposed state emergency regulation that would make it impossible for tens of thousands of law-abiding Californians to purchase guns and ammunition! In this article, we’re going to explain the problem, and at the end, we’re going to give you two options for speaking up. Your voice […]
Don’t just complain; come to the Capitol and make a difference!
Don’t just complain about laws you don’t like – join California Waterfowl at the state Capitol on Aug. 14 to talk to lawmakers and their staffs about how proposed laws affect waterfowl, wetlands and hunting! A huge part of California Waterfowl’s public policy efforts involves educating lawmakers about waterfowl conservation issues and the role hunting […]
California gets extra January hunt days for 2019-20
California’s waterfowl hunters will enjoy an extra five days of hunting in January in most of the state this coming season, thanks to the Fish and Game Commission’s approval last week of a Jan. 31 closing date in the Balance of State, Southern San Joaquin Valley and Southern California zones. California Waterfowl fought for this […]
January 31 season end date approved
No more searching the calendar for the last day of duck season. The California Fish and Game Commission unanimously approved Jan. 31 as the official regular season end date today at its meeting in Santa Monica. The move replaces the previous system of using the last Sunday of January as the closing day. For the […]
CWA’s 2019-20 regs recommendation: Jan. 31 closing day
A proposal to allow waterfowl hunting through Jan. 31 in California in the 2019-20 season won the endorsement of California Waterfowl’s Regulations and Traditions Committee and Board of Directors today. The proposal, which goes before the California Fish & Game Commission on April 17, would add five days of duck hunting to the 102-day season, […]
Supporting California’s Hunters
by MARK HENNELLY, Vice President for Legislative Affairs and Public Policy As a new legislative session begins, California Waterfowl’s Advocacy team is keeping tabs on upcoming legislation at the state and federal levels for proposals that may affect hunters and waterfowl. Here are some of the issues we are watching and acting on: GUN-CONTROL BILLS […]
What the New Ammunition Rules Mean for Hunters
by JEFFREY A. VOLBERG, Director of Water Law and Policy The last of the ammunition restrictions approved by California lawmakers and voters in 2016 go into effect this summer, spelling significant changes for hunters. People who have purchased firearms recently should have no problem buying ammunition, but the transactions will take longer and cost more, […]
CWA seeks expanded duck hunting opportunity
In late November, CWA traveled to Washington, D.C., and met with recently nominated U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Aurelia Skipwith, as well as U.S. Department of Interior leadership, about the importance of pintail hunting opportunity to California waterfowlers. In particular, we urged that the northern pintail adaptive harvest management strategy revision be completed as […]
Unimpaired flows: water solution or threat?
(Originally published in the Winter 2018 issue of California Waterfowl.) by JEFFREY A. VOLBERG, DIRECTOR OF WATER LAW AND POLICY Once again, it seems that every water issue revolves around fish, not waterfowl. The State Water Resources Control Board has decided that the answer to declining fish populations is a mandate that will result in losses of water supplies […]
