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The Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, which has been critically deprived of essential water supplies for more than a decade, got a piece of good news: Farmers in the Klamath Basin have taken stock of their water needs and starting today they will be sending three times as much water to Lower Klamath as they’d […]

By MIKE PEETERS, VETERAN HUNT PROGRAM COORDINATOR Once again the Daily Double charter boat hosted California Waterfowl veterans along with Hope for the Warriors veterans on a fishing trip out of San Diego. In early discussion with where to go, Captain Fred Huber was a little unsettled with chasing the yellowfin tuna, but the bite […]

The Fall issue of California Waterfowl will soon be landing in members’ mailboxes, and we’ve got some great stories for our readers! Not a member? If you join now by clicking here, then email Editor Holly Heyser at hheyser@calwaterfowl.org, she’ll mail you a copy of this issue. Here are some of the highlights: On the cover: For […]

(Originally published in Fall 2019 issue of California Waterfowl) CONTENTS: – $300M secured for habitat – Junior license age extension dead for the year – Roadkill salvage bill advances – CWA supports rice flooding incentive measure – Bills threaten science-based management – For an up-to-date wrap-up of all bills we’re working on, click here. BY […]

(Originally published in Fall 2019 issue of California Waterfowl) by JOSH MILLER, SportDOG® Brand I’ll never forget the first time I went on a real dove hunt – “real” as in not just my buddies and me sitting in my parents’ back yard with our two foam dove decoys hoping to see something. My first […]

(Originally published in Fall 2019 issue of California Waterfowl) BY PHIL BOURJAILY Waterfowl guns grow more reliable, more user friendly and more weatherproof by the year. Cerakoted metals and enlarged controls that make guns more weather resistant and more user-friendly in the cold have crossed over from 3-gun competition to become almost standard, as you’ll […]

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(Originally printed in the Fall 2019 issue of California Waterfowl Magazine) article by CAROLINE BRADY, WATERFOWL PROGRAMS SUPERVISOR graphics by HOLLY A. HEYSER, EDITOR The news from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife this summer was both discouraging and confusing: California’s breeding population of all ducks was down 14% this year, and mallards were […]

PHOTO BY WAYNE TILCOCK by CAROLINE BRADY, WATERFOWL PROGRAMS SUPERVISOR When we posted the state breeding population survey results on Facebook in June (read article here), there were a LOT of questions. In case you missed it, the June 28 report said the mallard breeding population was down 12% at the very same time many […]