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California Waterfowl Association
4630 Northgate Blvd., Suite 150
Sacramento, CA 95834
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History of Waterfowl Hunting
Breeds
First Aid in the Field
Innovative Canine Products
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95% Mallards Harvested!
65% Honker to Lesser Ratio
Easy flight and or
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Record Breaking Harvest Averages - 2010-11 Season!
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Over 20 Flooded
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200,000 Acres of Private
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The Lodge is absolutely breathtaking and hunters are
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lodge where breakfast and coffee greet you
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Columbia Basin view. Also featured is
amazing food, a bar with a great selection of
Washington's finest wines as well as a large screen
television to catch those college or pro football
games after the hunt.
In loving memory of:
Paul S. Bernsen
Our founder, our father.
9.8.1931 - 11.11.2010
One of the most brilliant minds in wetland
development...You will be missed!
Mike Bernsen’s, Eagle Lakes Ranch / (509) 488-4484 / 903 Eagle Road / Othello WA, 99344
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M
ore and more it seems that California waterfowlers are
making the trek to the Columbia Basin in Eastern Washington State to hunt ducks and geese. Hunters making
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during the November doldrums in California, because Eastern
Washington offers tremendous “in your face” mallard and honker
hunting in a season that runs from mid-October to the end of
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the season, which provides a nice change of scenery.
Many California Waterfowl members have been visiting Eagle Lakes Ranch in Eastern Washington, and they have returned
with rave reviews. For some it is an alternative to traveling to
Canada: more economical and better accommodations. Eagle
Lakes might be the place to begin your Eastern Washington hunting experience. They offer a luxurious lodge, big bedrooms with
private baths, gourmet food, full service bar, great guides, and
great hunting, of course. Most of all, it is the beauty of the Columbia Basin and the tremendous hunting experience that keeps them
coming back. This year, instead of golfing in November, you
might try a trip to Eagle Lakes.
“Hunting Eastern Washington and Eagle Lakes especially is a lot
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WaterfoWl • fall 2010 2011
Canada geese abound against the backdrop of Eastern Washington’s
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Limits and unbeatable accommodations keep California hunters
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Editorial Committee
Glenn Rollins, Chair ∙ Dean Kwasny ∙
Joe Fleskes ∙ Yancey Forest-Knowles
Summer 2011 • Volume 38, Issue 2
Finance & Administration
John Carlson, Jr., President
Colby Heaton, Chief Financial Officer
David Bullett, Accounting Manager
Nancy Williams, Accountant
Heather Osheroff, Accounts Payable Clerk
Frank Marksman, Membership
Sylvia Done, Administrative Manager
Fundraising & Development
Scott Mueller, Interim Director of Fundraising
Katie McCarty, Development Specialist
Tim Davanis, Field Operations Representative
Tom Homen, Field Operations Representative
Darren Solaro, Field Operations Representative
Christine Mesaros, Fundraising Aide
Chris Crittenden, Fundraising Assistant
Waterfowl, Wetland, and Heritage Programs
Jake Messerli, Vice President
Dan Loughman, Waterfowl Projects Supervisor
Chadd Santerre, Wetland Projects Supervisor
Rick Maher, Northeastern CA Senior Biologist
Robert Eddings, Suisun Marsh Regional Biologist
Rich Wright, San Joaquin Valley Regional Biologist
Paul Phillips, Wetland Projects Coordinator
Greg Heydeman, Associate Biologist
Kelly Rathburn, Wood Duck Program Coordinator
George Oberstadt, Heritage Programs Supervisor
Jennifer Tolman, Education Coordinator
Jeff Smith, Hunt Program Coordinator
Nicole Chavez, Administrative Assistant
Dr. Bob McLandress, Endowed Chair of Conservation
Heritage
Policy & Communications
Greg Yarris, Vice President
Erik Bergren, Communications and Operations Manager
Courtney Ashe, Editor
Board of Directors
Yancey Forest Knowles, Chair and District 2 Director
Greg Daniel, Vice Chair
Jim Provenzano, Treasurer
Tom Tolliver, Secretary
Ray Lewis, Chair Emeritus
Bill Wright, District 1 Director
Jim Waters, District 3 Director
Ryan Broddrick, Director
Randall Brown, Director
Tracey Fremd, Director
Jay Goble, Director
Craig Grilione, Director
Terry Holberton, III, Director
David Honeyman, Jr., Director
Bill Quinn, Director
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Features
Hunters and
18 Dogs:
Companions
The shared passion of humans and canines
22 Innovative Canine Products
New gear for every sporting dog
25 First Aid in the Field
A guide for several emergency scenarios
by Tim Krasnansky, DVM
History of Waterfowl
28 The
Hunting Breeds
Waterfowling origins of popular and
lesser-known breeds
by Courtney Ashe, Editor
California Waterfowl Association is a 501(c)(3)
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ON THE COVER
An avid amateur photographer, Chris Della Maggiore shot this photo of
his German wirehaired pointer, Oliver, during the 2010 waterfowl season
while hunting near the Sutter Refuge. Chris and his wife Ann-Marie
adopted Oliver three years ago from UC Davis, and he has been part of
their family ever since. Rarely leaving for a hunt without him, Chris has
experienced more hunting success and more enjoyment in the field with
Oliver by his side.
IN THIS ISSUE
The Ace Ventura Story.............................. 36
A Boy and his Dog..................................... 46
Hunt Tests and Field Trials....................... 38
Major Donor Honor Roll............................ 56
You and Your Dog Are Not Alone
Out There..................................................... 40
Take Your Best Shot Winners.................. 62
Progressive Retinal Atrophy.................... 42
Selecting a Hunting Companion.............. 44
Hunter Expo & Skills Challenge............... 72
Youth Hunt Stories..................................... 73
IN EVERY ISSUE
President’s Report............................6
Public Policy....................................14
Fundraising Tracks &
Chair’s Message...............................7
COHA Update...................................15
Calendar.......................................64
In Brief................................................8
Now & Then.....................................48
Fundraising Feature........................68
Pintail Progress...............................10
A Look Back.....................................50
Member Scrapbook........................70
Habitat Spotlight.............................12
Cuisine..............................................61
In Memoriam...................................75
Hunters Classified...........................76
Photo by Fred Worrell
Youth Education Spotlight.............13
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CaliforniaHunters
A Big Family Who Steps Up for Each Other…
J
anuary 5, 2010, was a day that I will
never forget. I was sitting at lunch
with my wife, Michelle, celebrating
my 50th birthday when my cell phone
started ringing. It was a call that turned
out to be the worst call of my 21-year career with California Department of Fish
and Game (DFG). I was informed that a
contract helicopter with three DFG employees and a pilot went down while conducting deer herd surveys. There were no
survivors.
In the aftermath of this tragedy it became clear that one of the saddest parts
about it was that six young children were
left to carry on without their fathers. A
memorial fund was quickly set up and the
word was spread far and wide to contribute to help the families financially.
Two days after the accident I was attending a Western Association of Fish and
Wildlife Agencies meeting where Wyoming Game and Fish Commissioner Fred
Lindzey offered me one of his Wyoming
John with his dog, Jet.
Commissioner’s Big Game tags to sell to
the highest bidder with all of the proceeds going to children of the crash victims. Fred’s generosity paid off big time
when we were able to auction the tag at
the San Jose Mule Deer Foundation dinner in March.
I chose that dinner to sell the tag, be-
Welcome to the Family
I’d like to personally welcome
Tri-Tronics, our newest corporate
partner, to the California Waterfowl family. For the past 40 years, Tri-Tronics has
led the industry with innovations that make their e-collars the most durable and
easiest to use. With products to suit sporting dog competitors and traditional hunters, Tri-Tronics is going to be a great addition to our team. Expect to see Tri-Tronics and their products at our events and as the official sponsor of California
Waterfowl’s Canine Club (for more information, see the article on page 33). I am
excited about this new partnership, and I encourage you to check out all that TriTronics has to offer our hunting family at www.tritronics.com.
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cause I knew we could maximize the
funds raised for the children. It turns out
that my expectations were greatly exceeded! The tag was bought in the auction twice, donated back each time, and
then sold the third time around for a
grand total of $24,500 (the tag usually
goes for $9,000). In addition, the audience was asked to open their wallets, and
they responded with an additional
$7,000! The whole experience warmed
my heart, and I was especially pleased
when I found out that all three of the successful bidders for the tag were California
Waterfowl members.
Other significant efforts for the families include a general memorial fund that
has raised close to $40,000 to date. Individuals can still contribute to the fund any
time by sending a check (made out to
“State Biologists Memorial Fund”) to the
State Biologists Memorial Fund, c/o CAPS,
Attn: April Beale, 455 Capitol Mall, Suite
500, Sacramento, CA 95814.
Also, last fall through another set of
donations from anglers, hunters, and
conservationists, the six children were
given State of California lifetime hunting
and fishing licenses. After he presented
the licenses to the children, DFG Director
John McCamman stated, “We hope that
Ren, Jamie, Kayleigh, Michelle, McKenna, and Aiden grow up with an understanding of the important role their
fathers played in preserving the State’s
natural resources. They will always be
part of our DFG family.”
I would like to add that they will always be part of our California hunter/conservationist family, too!
It’s summer, and I hope you enjoy
this issue dedicated to ‘man’s best friend.’
Enjoy your four-legged companions and
remind them that hunting season is only
about 6 months away! Ruff, Ruff!
Best Afield,
John Carlson, Jr.
President
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A
s the new Chair of the Board of
Directors for California Waterfowl I would like to introduce
myself and express my humble gratitude for the opportunity to represent
our membership. First and foremost,
I would like to give my sincere thanks
to outgoing Chairman, Bill Wright,
for his extraordinary dedication and
leadership. I also want to extend special thanks to another past Chairman,
Rob Plath, who, with a wealth of experience and great talent, effectively
Yancey Forest-Knowles
led the lengthy and challenging proChairman of the Board
cess of selecting our new President,
John Carlson. I want to also thank all of my fellow Board members, past and
present, staff, and volunteers for the hard work they have dedicated to the
association over the years.
My earliest memory is that of following closely behind my father in a
pheasant field at four years of age. I’m certain that I was imprinted at that time
with a lifelong love of all things outdoors, especially hunting.
Throughout my career as a school principal, I worked closely with children and young adults – an interest that has served me well in helping with
California Waterfowl’s youth programs. Previously, I led whitewater rafting
trips. Prior to that, I served as an artillery battery commander in the US Army.
As an avid waterfowler with 55 years of hunting experience, I am passionate about our sport. I’ve hunted waterfowl throughout North America,
Western Europe, and Japan. Initially, I hunted the South San Francisco Bay in
a time when a young boy could safely ride his bicycle to the shoreline with his
single shot .410 strapped across the handlebars. Later, I was able to experience club hunting as a regular guest in the Suisun Marsh in an era when sprig
were truly the king of birds in California. After, I leased hunting rights on a
ranch in Fall River and then moved on to the Butte Sink where I hunted until
I became the managing partner in a wonderful north Sacramento Valley club.
Presently, I’m writing a book on the history and traditions of waterfowling
clubs in California – a 50,000 mile, five-year journey that has allowed me to
visit all the major wetlands in the state and to meet many wonderful hunters
and conservationists along the way.
My goal for my time as Chairman will be to help conserve, protect, and
further enhance our outdoor heritage, while ensuring that future generations
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Seldom does anything get as close to a
person’s heart as his dog. This is certainly true
for me. I admit it, I’m unabashedly Lab-smitten,
if you will, and have succumbed to their aura.
There are few things in life outside of my family
that mean as much to me as my relationship with
my dog, Char.
Much has been written over time about Labradors’ hunting skills, which they take to an art
form. But this is about their essence of spirit- a
deep and abiding connection. What I like most
in Char is that nothing is held back. You get everything up front. She has purity of character and
wisdom seems to radiate from her soulful eyes.
She’s affectionate to a fault, and her capacity to
love is limitless. I think it’s actually possible that
she understands me better than I understand her.
As such, she teaches me about myself. She’s not
just a pet; she’s a trusted companion.
It’s been said that man deserves one good
dog in life- not so. We should be entitled to many.
With Char, an ancient cycle of age has started the
all-too-fast transition to old age and what is beyond. The boundless energy has begun to fade,
just like sunlight does each day. Now, instead of
enthusiastically bounding at top speed through
the marsh and returning with a downed bird, she
slowly ambles out to the driveway and returns
with the morning paper. The timeless ritual of sorrow and loss has begun, and I’m fearful because
the emptiness of loss is forever. I cherish each
remaining moment with her and I wonder how
I will handle it when she’s gone. Char’s memory
will surely be with me for a lifetime. She is frozen
in my mind.
Sir Walter Scott put it all in perspective when
in 1830 he penned these poignant words:
“ I have sometimes thought of the final course
of dogs having such short lives, and I am quite
satisfied it is in compassion to the human race;
for if we suffer so much in losing a dog after an
acquaintance of ten to twelve years, what would
it be if they were to live double that time?”
Yancey with his dog, Char.
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41st Annual Pacific Flyway Wildlife Art Classic
The Pacific Flyway Decoy Association is hosting its
annual Wildlife Art Classic in the heart of California’s
duck country. On July 16th and 17th at the Double Tree
hotel in Sacramento, bring the whole family for a day of
family fun (admission is $5 for the weekend, children
under 12 are free). Throughout the weekend, awards
will be presented to the top hand-carved decoys in each
category. California Waterfowl will present our annual
Carver of the Year award and select the next Decoy of
the Year that will be at all of our fundraising dinners.
Look for the hourly raffles, kids activities, and mini
seminars all weekend. For more information, visit
http://www.pacificflyway.org/.
A Look Back – The Book
If you’ve enjoyed the “A Look Back” articles in
this magazine authored by retired DFG biologist,
historian, and duck hunter Frank Hall, you’ll be excited to hear that the articles, along with an extensive
inventory of California’s historic duck clubs, will be
published in a book this summer, 2011. The hardbound book, entitled “They Came to Shoot – A History of California’s Duck Clubs and Wetland
Conservation,” will include many never-before-published historic photographs, a foreword by California
Waterfowl author Tony Arnold, and information on
over 2,500 historic and current duck clubs in California. One hundred percent of
book proceeds will go to fund California Waterfowl’s irreplaceable work in wetlands, education, and conservation. Look for ordering information in our fall issue
of the magazine.
Grants Awarded to California Waterfowl Youth and Education
California Waterfowl’s Youth and Education staff have been busy securing grants to
help support programs like Marsh Madness, Junior Duck Stamp classroom presentations,
and youth outdoors camps and clinics. So far in 2011, funds have been granted
through:
Hewlett Packard Eco Fund
US Fish and Wildlife Service Challenge Cost Share Program
Butte County Fish and Game Commission
Contra Costa County Fish and Game Commission
Riverside County Fish and Game Commission
The NRA Foundation
There are also grants pending with:
Yocha Dehe Community Fund
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
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DFG Game Bird Heritage Special
Hunts Program
Did you know that the Department of
Fish and Game offers special hunts for everything from turkey to dove to waterfowl? Last year, 12 Game Bird Heritage
dove hunts were offered on lands not otherwise open to public hunting. If you possess a valid California hunting license and
the required stamps, you can apply for a
chance to be drawn through the lottery
process.
For more information, or to apply,
visit http://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/GameBirdHeritageHunts/Default.aspx. There you will be
asked to create or login to your DFG web
account (to create an account, you will
have to provide your full name, email address, and mailing address). As hunts become available, you can apply for them
through the DFG online registration system. Last year’s dove hunt applications
were due at the beginning of August, so
check the website often and don’t miss
your chance to apply!
Photo by Chadd Santerre
pintailprogress
progress
pintail
pintail
Banding report
T
he California Waterfowl banding
crew had a very successful banding
season, with a total of 1,000 pintail
captured, banded, and released. Efforts be-
gan immediately after the close of the waterfowl hunting season to take advantage
of the short window of opportunity before
pintail head north for the breeding season.
For the past five years, pintail banding
efforts have mainly been focused in the
Northern Sacramento Valley and Klamath
Basin regions. This year, with the help of
local duck clubs, banding crews were able
to explore new territory and add additional netting sites in the Suisun Marsh.
When numbers at the Upper Butte
Basin Wildlife Area netting sites began to
dwindle, banding crews headed north to
the Lower Klamath and Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuges. The California-Oregon border is a popular stopover area for
waterfowl needing to refuel during their
long migration. After 16 days in Klamath,
the 1,000 sprig goal was met. In addition,
over 300 wigeon (three Eurasian) were
also processed and banded by the California Waterfowl crew.
Since 2006, California Waterfowl has
been banding pintail in an effort to gather
critical data that can be used to update the
current process for pintail harvest management. The information gathered from
band recoveries will be used to improve
the precision of survival estimates, a critical component of the pintail population
model. If you are lucky enough to shoot a
banded bird this fall, be sure to report it
by calling 1-800-327-BAND or online at
www.reportband.gov.
California Waterfowl banding crew members (from left) Brian Huber, Jeremey Ashe,
and Scott McKnight, posed for this photo
while processing the final birds of the banding season in Klamath. Photo by Dan Loughman
All Wet
Pintail returned to find extreme wetness in Prairie breeding grounds last spring, thanks to a generous snow pack and
runoff. The snow water equivalent (SWE), which is an estimate of the water content of the snow if melted, was at least
150 percent above the long term average (since 1988) throughout the region (see figure). In certain locations in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, SWE was greater than 200 percent
above average. The US portion of the Prairie Pothole region
also had significant rain and snow this year. Pintail regulations are determined using a new strategy implemented last
year. The maximum bag limit under this strategy is two pintails per day, and hopefully the improved conditions will allow us to continue that recent trend again this year.
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Record runoff in the prairies of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and
Manitoba means excellent breeding conditions for pintail and
other ducks in 2011.
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SPOTLIGHT by Chadd Santerre, Wetland Projects Supervisor
Progress at Wister Unit
A
lthough the Salton Sea region may
not fit the traditional description of
a waterfowl hunting destination,
the mild climate and less than three inches
of annual rainfall make the area a favorite for hunters looking to escape colder
northerly climates. Waterfowl figured out
this appeal thousands of years ago and
continue to flock to the area every winter.
The region contains some of southern
California’s most valuable wetlands, providing resources to millions of birds from
more than 400 different species. It also
offers some of the state’s best waterfowl
hunting (both public and private) on
thousands of acres of habitat.
California Waterfowl began significant habitat improvement efforts in the
Imperial Valley in 2008 with the funding
from a North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) grant. Combined
with contributing partner funds, we accomplished nearly $1.2 million in habitat
improvements on just over 2,100 acres.
Imperial Wildlife Area’s Wister Unit was
just one popular public area that benefited. Improvements took place on 1,344
acres of the Wildlife Area using just over
$550,000 in NAWCA funds. At the same
time California Waterfowl and the California Duck Stamp Program teamed up to
accomplish an additional $54,000 in improvements.
“Working with California Waterfowl
biologists, we were able to increase diversity and management capabilities,
which in turn increased our feed production to levels we have never seen,” com-
mented Scott Sewell, Wildlife Area
Manager. “Results have increased bird
use on these units, and birds are remaining on the area longer than in the past.
This has also translated into increased
harvest of waterfowl on the Wister Unit
over the last two years.”
This summer at the Wister Unit is going to be another big year for Department
of Fish and Game (DFG) staff and California Waterfowl biologists as we undertake
additional habitat improvements. Funding from the Wildlife Conservation Board
and two additional California Duck Stamp
Program grants will allow for just over
$572,000 in improvements. The results
of these efforts should be ready for the
2011-2012 hunting season.
The long standing partnerships that
have been built between California
Waterfowl, the Wildlife Conservation Board, and DFG have allowed
us to work together in accomplishing hundreds of thousands of acres
of improvements to California’s
wetland habitats up and down the
state. Your support is a significant
part of this process. Remember that
waterfowl season is just around the
corner, and if you are looking for a
new destination consider visiting
Wister this fall.
Projects for the 2011 construction season at the Wister Unit will increase waterfowl feed production
as well as restore green feed fields specific to supporting geese throughout the fall and winter.
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Chadd and his dog, Durham.
YOUTH EDUCATION SPOTLIGHT
Junior Duck Stamp Program
2011 Participation Reaches All-Time High
by Jennifer Tolman, Education Coordinator
Erica Degap’s Snow Goose beat out over 3,000 entries to earn the Best of Show title. Her
artwork represented California at the National Junior Duck Stamp Judging.
F
ive hundred and seventy-six brightly
colored Junior Duck Stamp entries
covered every empty space possible
in the judging room at CornerStone in
Sonoma on March 25th. There was no
miscounting; everyone involved knew the
maximum number of entries that could
be displayed at a time. With over 3,000
pieces of artwork submitted, the room
was blanketed several times again before
the judging was over.
1,700, to an astonishing 3,100! This record wasn’t just for California, but for
every state and territory that has participated in the program since its initiation
in 1989.
When asked about the nearly doubled entry number, California Junior Duck
Stamp State Coordinator Marilyn Gamette
confirmed, “The increase is due to California Waterfowl’s Junior Duck Stamp classroom presentations.” Last year, California
Waterfowl classroom presentations
accounted for nine percent of the
total entries received. This year,
over 57 percent of all entries
received were collected from California Waterfowl’s classroom presentations. The 35 percent increase
was due to offering an entry pick
up service for participating teachers.
The jump in participation levels was
so high it caught the attention of Elizabeth
Junior Duck Stamp entries
reached an all-time high
this year, jumping … to an
astonishing 3,100!
The Junior Duck Stamp entries
reached an all-time high this year, jumping from last year’s amazing number of
Jackson, the National Junior Duck Stamp
Coordinator. Upon hearing the number
of California’s entries, Elizabeth immediately jumped on a plane from Washington
DC to be a part of history. “I didn’t want
to miss out on all of the excitement,” Jackson shared at the judging.
With so many entries, the judges had
their work set out for them. John Carlson,
Jr., California Waterfowl’s President, was
among the judges who declared Erica Degap’s Snow Goose entry from Sheldon High
School in Sacramento as the Best of Show.
Erica’s Snow Goose continued to compete
at the National Junior Duck Stamp Judging on April 15th, and will soon be replicated as California Waterfowl’s new Life
Member Print.
All 3,100 entering students will receive a certificate of participation and
thanks for helping California’s wetlands
and waterfowl. Each entry received
raised $1 for environmental education in
California, specifically for the Junior
Duck Stamp Program. The amazing
numbers achieved this year would not be
possible without the hard work of students, teachers, parents, partners, donors, our state coordinator Marilyn, and
the California Waterfowl and Sacramento
National Wildlife Refuge Complex staffs.
To see all 100 winners, or for more information about the Junior Duck Stamp
Program or classroom presentations, please
visit www.caljrduckstamp.org.
Jennifer with her dog, Drifter.
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POLOI CLIC
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A Taste of Tea
battleimpacts
Waterfowl
Budget
by Greg Yarris, Vice President Policy and Communications
T
he balance of power in Washington
DC shifted after the midterm elections last November, leaving hunters and other conservationists wondering
about the future of federally-funded wa-
terfowl and wetland programs. The Republicans scored gains in both the Senate
and the House of Representatives, and attained enough seats to control the House
and create a stalemate (Democrats main-
A previous NAWCA grant was used to restore this wetland at Kern NWR. A similar grant
approved last March was almost lost when the program was briefly zeroed out during the
federal budget battle.
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tained the majority in the Senate). The
Tea Party movement, which is generally
conservative and libertarian, has been given credit for the gains by the Republican
Party during the midterm elections. Tea
Partiers oppose new taxes and support
reducing the Federal budget and national
debt, a philosophy that favored conservative Republican candidates at the polls.
The new configuration on Capitol
Hill was expected to result in program
spending cuts when budget discussions
began, because that was the platform on
which many of the freshmen lawmakers
were elected. Which programs would be
targeted, and to what extent, was finally
revealed last February when the House
passed HR 1, their continuing resolution
bill for funding the remainder of Fiscal
Year 2011 (FY11 runs through September
30). While cuts from all programs were
expected and often warranted, the depth
of the cuts were drastic. All told, over
$100 billion in cuts from discretionary
funding were proposed in HR 1, including the complete elimination of some conservation programs.
One of the hardest hit programs was
the popular grant program created by the
North American Wetlands Conservation
Act (NAWCA). NAWCA has contributed
significantly to habitat restoration, acquisition, and enhancement in North America, especially in California. In California
alone, the program has affected over
600,000 acres of habitat on private, state,
and federal lands. In HR 1, NAWCA was
completely zeroed out for the remainder
of FY11, essentially killing the program.
Other programs facing severe reductions
were the state and tribal wildlife grants
(also zeroed out), the Land and Water
Conservation Fund, the Wetlands Reserve
Program (WRP), and the Conservation
Reserve Program (CRP).
HR 1 failed in the Democrat-controlled Senate, but they also failed to pass
a bill of their own, because their proposed
cuts were not enough to satisfy fiscally
conservative Senators. The Senate bill
would have fully restored most of the conservation programs. As a result, without
an agreed upon budget in place for the remainder of the year, another short-term
resolution was passed to keep the federal
government running until a compromise
could be reached.
The stalemate provided an opportunity for hunting and conservation groups
to contact their representatives and voice
their displeasure with cuts to critical wildlife programs. California Waterfowl staff
traveled to Washington DC in late March
in a coordinated nationwide lobbying effort to visit with legislators and their staffs.
Our visit also coincided with visits from
other members of the Central Valley and
SF Bay Joint Ventures, and targeted California Congressmen who supported the
cuts in conservation programs contained
in HR 1. Representatives from other Joint
Venture regions across the country, including the Prairies, the Gulf Coast, and
Intermountain West also converged on
Bill Introduced to Increase
Participation in Wildlife Habitat
Conservation Programs
Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los
Angeles) has introduced Assembly Bill
606, to encourage greater private landowner participation in voluntary, incentive-based conservation easement and
wildlife habitat conservation programs administered by the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG).
AB 606 seeks to clarify that private landowners participating in a DFG-managed conservation easement or wildlife habitat
conservation program, such as the Permanent Wetlands Easement Program, the California Waterfowl Habitat Program, and
the Landowner Incentive Program, can continue to engage in
hunting, fishing, and other wildlife-dependent recreational activities on their property, unless expressly prohibited.
“Voluntary wildlife habitat conservation programs preserve
thousands of acres of land a year,” said Assemblyman Gatto.
“If we can encourage more private landowners to participate in
these programs by ensuring that they will maintain the right to
recreate on their land, we could save countless more acres of
disappearing wetland and riparian habitat across the state.”
AB 606 passed off the Assembly Floor in April with the support of the California Outdoor Heritage Alliance (COHA) and Cali-
Capitol Hill to lobby for reinstatement of
critical funds for migratory bird programs.
The message delivered to Capitol Hill
was reinforced by letters, emails, and
phone calls by sportsmen and women nationwide. California Waterfowl, California Outdoor Heritage Alliance, and Ducks
Unlimited all sent several pleas to members asking them to take action and contact their representatives. The response
COHA Fights Proposed Ban on
the Sale of Dogs in Public Places
COHA staff recently provided testimony against Senate Bill 917 (Lieu),
which would make it a crime for any
person to sell, or even display for sale, a
dog in certain public places.
COHA pointed out to the Senate
Public Safety Committee that, while many commercial transactions of hunting and other sporting dogs take place at a kennel
or the residence of the seller, there may also be situations where
dogs are sold in public places specified in the bill. These include
sportsmen’s shows, wildlife conservation fundraisers, and dog
shows—legitimate venues for sale and advertising that do not
warrant additional regulations or restrictions.
COHA also argued that, due to the rural nature of many kennels, buyers often have to travel long distances in order to pick up
their dog. Occasionally, the breeder will agree to meet the buyer
at a midway point, which may be located in a parking lot or on
a roadside, for instance, as a matter of convenience to one or
both parties. In the absence of legitimate data showing that such
transactions have proven detrimental to the health of the dog,
they should remain lawful.
SB 917 is currently in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
fornia Waterfowl. COHA Opposes Long Gun Registration Legislation
AB 809 (Feuer/D-Los Angeles) proposes to expand the current handgun registration law to include all long guns by requiring the Attorney General to permanently maintain a registry of
all firearms purchasers. Under the bill’s provisions, those who
purchase or transfer a shotgun or rifle would be required to register that firearm by submitting their name, address, place of birth,
phone number, and occupation to the California Department of
Justice. At this point, it is unclear whether or not California’s existing
handgun registration law is helping to fight crime in any meaningful way. COHA believes it is unnecessary to expand the handgun registration law to include all firearms - particularly given
that traditional sporting arms make up a very small fraction of all
firearms related homicides in California each year.
COHA is working with California Waterfowl and other sporting interests to defeat this unnecessary and intrusive legislation. AB 809 will next be heard in the Assembly Committee on Appropriations in early May.
Conservation Easement Protection Bill Passes First
Committee
SB 328 (Kehoe) would help ensure that the public resource
values of a conservation easement are duly considered should a
public agency attempt to condemn the property. Conservation easements on private land protect hundreds of
thousands of acres of the state’s most important wildlife habitat
from development and other incompatible uses. However, urban
growth increasingly threatens conservation easements in cases
where public agencies attempt to use their condemnation powers to construct roads and other infrastructure.
SB 328 would help to ensure a more comprehensive analysis of the potential impacts to wildlife and other natural resources
found on property subject to the easement, and, if condemnation
proceeds, help ensure adequate mitigation.
With COHA and California Waterfowl’s support, SB 328
passed the Senate Judiciary Committee in April.
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was overwhelming, and hearing directly
that should be encouraged, not eliminatlevels restored in FY11 will likely serve as
from constituents in their local districts
ed, during periods of fiscal crisis. Lastly,
the benchmark for negotiations for the
was critical to reinforcing our message to
these programs sustain jobs immediately
FY12 budget, a process which is now unCongressional representatives.
during the planning and construction
derway. Congress has authorized spendThe message was apparently heard.
phase, and indirectly when visitors toting
ing of up to $75 million on NAWCA,
In April when a budget agreement was fibinoculars or a bag of decoys spend monwhich is not likely to occur considering
nally reached, cuts were made as expectey in the local communities during their
the deficit and national debt. But the value
ed, but many of the programs in California
visits.
of this and similar wetland restoration
had most funding restored. The most critRestoring conservation funding durprograms are critical to California Waterical of these programs are the Wetlands
ing the latest budget battle was critical for
fowl’s mission, and we will continue to do
Reserve Program and the NAWCA grant
our habitat improvement efforts this fiscal
what is necessary to avoid losing ground
program. WRP will retain full funding in
year, and also for future years. Funding
in budget battles.
California for the remainder
of FY11, although cuts were
made in other states. NAWCA was cut from $47.6 to
$37.5 million, so not all projects approved this year will
go forward. Fortunately,
NAWCA proposals for California are high priority because of the importance of
our state to waterfowl and
other wetland species. Therefore, grants for the San
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Dogs: Hunters & Companions
W
elcome to this special issue dedicated to our canine companions. More than 95 percent of
California Waterfowl members have at least one four-legged family member. Inside, you will
find information about waterfowling dogs both young and old, new and “used.” Many of the
articles are focused on canine health, including everyday care, disease prevention, and field emergencies. We also showcase products your pet can use both in the field and for training at home. Every
article has a unique focus, but all of them connect through the same underlying theme: the importance
of our dogs in our lives. The passion for hunting that we share with our dogs only strengthens the
bond with our companions at home. And the tremendous response to our call for dog photos only
reinforced that notion! Throughout the magazine you will find some of our favorite dog photos submitted by our members. Enjoy!
– Courtney Ashe, Editor
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Caring for Your Senior Dog
By Dr. Jason Shelton, Ph.D.*
Pets today are living longer thanks to improved nutrition and healthcare. In order to
make sure your dog’s senior years are as healthy and happy as possible, it is important to
be aware of changes that can occur as dogs get older.
The age that a dog is considered senior will vary with breed and size, but a good estimate
is from 5 to 8 years old, with larger breeds tending to age faster than smaller breeds. Just
like people, as dogs age they can become less active and lose muscle tone and bone mass. Skin and hair quality
issues, digestive disorders, obesity and joint health problems may also occur.
One of the biggest benefits you can give your senior dog is to feed a diet that is specifically designed for older
pets. The nutrients dogs need change throughout their lives, which means that the food they eat should also
change. Senior dogs need pet food that contains:
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Innovative
Canine products
Cabela’s 5mm Neoprene Flotation Vest with Armor-Flex™ Chest Protector
Reengineered with
extra bar tacks and a
wider velcro closure,
the Cabela’s Neoprene Vest allows for
a customized fit for
your canine companion. The Amor-flex™
reinforcement and
extra flotation foam
offer durable
protection for your
hunting partner in
the field or water.
Suggested retail price:
$34.99-$38.99
V
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S
T
S
Ruff
Wear
Swamp Cooler Evaporative
Dog Cooling Vest
Tanglefree Canine Vest with Back Grab Strap
Constructed with thick 5mm neoprene, the
new Tanglefree Canine Vest will protect your
sporting dog in icy waters. This vest is
equipped with a durable zipper and a velcro
closure for a secure fit and a nylon grab strap so
you can assist your dog into the boat, blind, or
truck. Suggested retail price: $29.99
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The innovative three-layer
construction of this Ruff Wear vest
maximizes cooling through evaporation. To
activate the vest, soak in cold water, wring out,
and fasten to your dog. Light-colored fabric
reflects the sun’s harsh rays, making this a summer
essential for all dark colored and thick-coated dogs.
Suggested retail price: $49.95
blinds &
stands
Sportstand Folding Dog Stand
Hunt where you want while
your dog stays dry (no boat or tree
required). Nylon shoulder straps
allow the Sportstand to be carried
like a backpack. Choose from the
short or tall model with an optional
detachable decoy bag. Perfect for
the refuge hunter. Prices start at:
$170.00
Rig’Em Right™ Field Bully™ Dog Blind
The FieldBully blind has a unique triangular profile, only 18”
high, with peep-hole doors in the front and rear, virtually
disappearing in the field. The patent pending Bullycoil™ frame
system weighs only 12 lbs., sets up in seconds, compresses flat
for storage, and contains no pins, hinges, or poles. Suggested
retail price: $119.99
Tanglefree Hound Hide
Boasting a mere eight
pounds, the Tanglefree Hound
Hide introduces a state-of-theart double entry feature with
velcro closure in the front and a
zipper in the back. The corrosion-resistant frame folds flat in seconds. Snow
covers are also available. Size: 44” x 30.5” x
16”. Suggested retail price: $99.99
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Tri-Tronics Flyway G3 EXP
This top-of-the-line e-collar system allows you to easily
control up to three dogs with 18 levels of stimulation to
choose from. Operates consistently at a one-mile range and
reaches full-charge within two hours. Waterproof and durable,
Tri-Tronics stands by this system with a comprehensive
two-year warranty. Suggested retail price: $465.00
training
& safety
Remington® Mallard Dog Trainer from Coastal
Pet Products
Made in the USA, Coastal Pet Products’ line of Remington
waterfowl trainers offers a lifelike weight and feel. The durable,
self-healing foam floats and can accept training scents. The tethered
head encourages dogs to properly retrieve, carry, and hold game birds.
Available in three sizes. Suggested retail price: $28.49-$34.49
Sporting Dog First Aid Kit from Creative Pet
Products
More comprehensive than other pet first aid kits, this
top-of-the-line sporting dog kit includes a skin staple gun, eye wash
fluid, styptic pencil, pill gun, forceps, 10cc syringe, in addition to all
the standard bandages, wraps, and ointments . The kit also
includes a first aid book, as well as free enrollment in the Roam to
Home™ Pet Return Program. Suggested retail price: $98.95
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First Aid
Field HuntingDogs
in the
for
G
ood hunting dogs, by nature, often put themselves at risk when
out pursuing their passion. Thankfully, most injuries and adverse events are
minor. For these, a few simple supplies
easily carried in your game vest or fanny
pack can come in handy. I keep a much
more complete veterinary kit back in the
truck, but that’s beyond the scope of this
article. For more significant emergencies,
I tend to focus on prevention, an awareness of potential hazards in the environment, and an abundance of caution. This
approach has worked for me and my Labs
and Chessies for 30 years, but injuries can
still occur.
Do your groundwork before going
hunting. Keep the phone numbers and
addresses of the vet clinics nearest your
destination with you. Find one that offers
after-hours emergency service. Know how
to get there or have the addresses entered
into your GPS unit.
With respect to life-threatening
events, the most common in my experience are heat stroke, being hit by car or
ATV, falling/jumping out of a truck or
Conibear Traps
An uncommon but real danger in the field are furbearer or
varmint traps. The savvy hunter
familiarizes himself with these,
and knows how to release his dog
from them. The Conibear trap
is particularly dangerous, being
a rapidly lethal head-hold trap.
Please see http://www.terrierman.
com/traprelease.htm for a good
explanation of how to free your
dog from certain death should it
encounter one of these devices.
ATV, rattlesnake bite, and gunshot wound.
It’s pretty obvious that all but snake bite
can be reasonably avoided with common
sense and foresight, and other than heat
stroke, won’t be addressed here. Minor injuries including lacerations, broken toenails, and corneal (eye) scratches can all
ruin your day. But, there are a few things
you can do to limit the damage with a
minimum of supplies, until you can get
your best friend out of the field and into
the nearest clinic.
Snake Bites
I believe in the benefits of rattlesnake
vaccines. My clinical experience indicates
that previously vaccinated dogs do better
if bitten than unvaccinated dogs. It’s not a
substitute for immediate evacuation and
emergency treatment at a clinic, but it’s
going to give your dog a better chance at a
good outcome. Ask your vet about a rattlesnake vaccination, especially if you
hunt in rattlesnake country.
About the only thing you can do in
the field for a rattlesnake bite, prior to
emergency transport, is to give your dog a
milligram (mg) of Benadryl (an antihistamine) per pound of dog. The average Labrador would get three 25 mg
over-the-counter capsules, also useful for
insect or spider bites or stings.
Heat Stroke
Hyperthermia, overheating, or heat
stroke in sporting dogs is disturbingly
common and easily avoided. Dogs overheat more rapidly and cool less efficiently
than humans. A dog’s normal body temperature is about 100 to 102.5 degrees.
It’s not unusual for the rectal temperature
of an exerting dog to approach 104, but
then it’s time to take a break in the shade,
wet the dog’s coat, and offer small amounts
of drinking water. When he stops panting, it’s time to hunt again. Remember to
allow an overheated dog to cool by evaporation of water from the coat; don’t keep
the dog immersed in water. You can carry
a digital thermometer in your kit, but I
leave mine in the truck and carry an ounce
of common sense in its place.
Lacerations
Barbed wire, roofing tin, broken glass,
dog fights, and sharp rocks are all common causes of cuts and punctures. To
treat these in the field before heading into
a clinic, my first advice is don’t get bitten!
Even loyal, docile dogs may bite their
owners when injured, pained or frightened. A muzzle can easily be fashioned
from a two-foot long piece of roll gauze.
Tie it with a bow, so it can be removed
quickly if necessary. Never apply a muzzle
to an overheated or vomiting dog.
Your next priority is to stop the
bleeding, with direct pressure and a pressure bandage, or in worst case scenarios,
by applying a tourniquet between the
wound and the heart. Carry a few things,
like duct tape, nonstick gauze pads, and
cohesive bandage. If you’re having difficulty controlling bleeding, apply a pressure bandage and get back to the truck.
Have a buddy drive you to the nearest
clinic, so you can continue attending to
the dog’s wound.
If the laceration is a minor injury,
rinse out any obvious dirt or debris with
clean water from your water bottle, apply
some Vetericyn wound treatment and
Collasate spray or EMT Gel, and then
bandage.
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DR. KRASNANSKY’S
ESSENTIALS
Nonstick pads – can be applied to lacerations
and are conveniently available at any drugstore.
Duct tape –
can be used to
hold a pressure
bandage or
splint in place.
Roll gauze – a single two-foot piece can be
fashioned into a makeshift muzzle for a injured,
panicked dog and keep you from getting bitten.
Kwik-Stop styptic powder – also comes
in chalk form, and can stop bleeding caused by
minor toenail injuries.
Needlenose pliers or Leatherman multitool– doubles as cutting tool for toenails and other
supplies in your first aid kit, and can also be used to
remove cactus thorns, fishhooks (expose the barb by
pushing through surface, cut barb off, and back hook
out), and porcupine quills.
Cohesive bandage – sticks to itself and not fur
or skin, and can be used with gauze pads to bandage
minor cuts and scrapes.
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Clean water –
can be used to help
cool and rehydrate
an overheated
dog, as well as an
emergency eye
flush to remove
debris from under a
dog’s eyelid.
Antibiotic eye ointment – is available
only through veterinarian
prescription, and can
greatly reduce irritation
after an eye injury. However, if you are unable to
obtain the prescription
in advance, a saline eye
wash (available overthe-counter) can also
be used.
Digital thermometer – can help you
determine if your dog has reached the state of heat
stroke.
Headlamp – gives you a hands-free light source
in case a canine emergency happens in the dark.
Canine Anti-Microbial
Wound Spray – Dr. Krasnansky specifically recommends
Vetericyn (a one-step cleanser
and dressing, with prices starting
at $24 for 4 oz.) and Collasate
Spray or EMT Gel (both are wound
dressings that speed healing). If
you do not have any of these on
hand, substitute with anti-microbial wound spray made especially
for dogs.
Benadryl – use
1 mg per pound of
dog to help soothe
reactions from insect
stings, spider bites,
and rattlesnake
bites. Dr. Krasnansky
especially recommends taking preventative measures
like the rattlesnake
vaccine.
A Note from the Editor
With a sporting dog of my
own, I set out to assemble my own
canine first aid kit based on Dr.
Krasnansky’s recommendations.
Many of the items I already had at
home, and others were available
at the local pet store. Others were
more difficult to locate. Dr. Krasnansky provided these websites for
those who would like to investigate
some of the products further:
• Emtgel.com (EMT gel)
• Prnpharmacal.com (Collasate
spray)
• Vetericyn.com (Vetericyn
spray)
• Solutions.3m.com (Vetrap
conforming bandages)
Broken Toenails
While common, this injury can be
prevented in most cases by keeping your
dog’s nails trimmed short, or, better yet,
worn down by regular exercise. Long nails
are more likely to catch on rocks, branches,
and fences. For a broken and dangling nail,
muzzle the dog, hold him down, pull or
trim off with your Leatherman or needlenose/cutting pliers, apply Kwik-Stop Styptic Powder, and bandage if necessary.
Eye Injuries
Sporting dogs like Labs have long
noses, prominent cheeks, and brow ridges. Eye injuries, like a poke with a sharp
stick, are uncommon but may be serious
enough to cause the dog loss of the eye.
Prompt veterinary care for serious eye injuries is critical. Limit further damage by
preventing the dog from rubbing its eye,
and generously apply an antibiotic eye
ointment, which should be available from
a vet who understands the needs of hunters. Minor scrapes or plant material under
the eyelids are usually evidenced by squinting, redness, pawing, and tearing. Rinse
the eye thoroughly with clean water from
your water bottle, apply the ointment, and
get it checked by a vet if the squinting per-
sists. Remember, eyes are important and
easily damaged. Follow up all eye problems as soon as possible with a vet.
For more serious, life threatening injuries like chest or abdominal wounds or
broken bones, stay calm and follow these
simple steps: don’t get bitten, stop the
bleeding, limit contamination, cover and/
or immobilize the injury, and evacuate to
a clinic without doing further damage.
Duct tape and ingenuity can go a long way
out in the field. Remember the words of
my mentor, Dr. David Pugh: “Improvise,
adapt, and overcome.”
Tim with his dogs Badger
and Daisy.
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The History of
waterfowl
Hunting
Breeds
RETRIEVERS
The Kraus family Labrador, Cooper, brings in a teal during son Jim’s last shoot as a
junior hunter.
Photo by Jeff Kraus
All waterfowl hunters are likely familiar with the
Labrador retriever, golden retriever, and even the
Brittany spaniel. However, you might be surprised
at some of the varieties that were originally bred as
duck dogs. This article will highlight several breeds
used for waterfowling, the traits that make them so
suited, and a brief history of each breed’s hunting
heritage. Who knows – maybe this information will
inspire you to add a new canine member to your
family!
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Labrador Retriever
The roots of the Labrador retriever stretch
back to the 1600s in Labrador (Newfoundland),
Canada. The fisherman’s assistant, the Labrador
towed ropes between boats and gathered fishing
nets from the water. The Labrador’s love for swimming is facilitated by their webbed paws, somewhat water-repellent coats, and resistance to cold.
The dog’s strong desire to retrieve, coupled with
its keen nose, make it an excellent waterfowl and
upland hunter. Some Labs have even been trained
(and bred) to point. The breed became popular
with waterfowl hunters in England in the 1800s.
Today’s Lab comes in three distinct colors:
yellow, chocolate, and black. Each Lab owner has
their own preference, but the overwhelming number of black Labs that have won National Field
Trial Championships may give some indication of
hunting abilities (or at least popularity) within the
breed. Sportsmen and women of today prefer the
Lab, because it is easily trained, has a gentle disposition, and ranks among the top ten breeds for intelligence. Not only are Labradors the most popular
dog in the US and have been for the past 20 years
(according to AKC registration), they comprise 60
percent of the nation’s working guide dogs.
Golden Retriever
Golden retrievers share many of the desirable
waterfowling qualities of the Labrador. The breed
was developed in the 1800s by Scottish Lord
Tweedmouth who sought to create an ideal gun
dog for hunting parties in Scotland’s Highlands.
REtrieverS
He originally crossed the wavycoated retriever with the Tweed
water spaniel (now extinct).
Later, Irish setter and bloodhound were incorporated into
the bloodline of today’s golden
retriever. The Scots used the
breed for both waterfowl and
upland game birds and bred
the dog to have a soft mouth
and strong love for water. Today’s waterfowler chooses the
golden retriever for its ability
to wait patiently in the blind
for hours, its size for getting in
and out of boats with ease, and
its ranking among the top five
in breed intelligence. The nonhunter loves the golden for its
beauty and friendly nature,
making it the fifth most popular dog in the country.
Chesapeake Bay Retriever
The Chesapeake Bay retriever is the only
American-developed retriever breed. Unlike the
origins of many other breeds, its history is welldocumented. In 1807, a trading ship wrecked off
the coast of Maryland. Among the survivors were
two Newfoundland puppies. Bred with local retrievers, their offspring were the dawning of the
Chesapeake Bay retriever. Considered the toughest
of the retriever breeds, local market hunters preferred the Chesapeake for its stamina, work ethic,
and ability to retrieve. Although waterfowl were
plentiful, hunting the Chesapeake Bay was often Ch. Meadowoods Flyway Scout, a Chesadifficult due to rough seas and icy water. Only the peake Bay retriever, hunts ducks and geese
strongest dogs, who could weather these tough with his owner, Mike Fixter, in Northeastern
California.
Photo by Mike Fixter
conditions, were selected to perpetuate the breed.
“Chessie’s” have been recorded as having retrieved 200 ducks in a single day in those cold waters,
and there are (unverified) accounts of the breed rescuing humans from the Bay. Today’s waterfowl hunter continues to utilize the dog for the same characteristics it was selected for in the 19th
century. The Chesapeake’s large head sets it apart from other retrievers. It has a dense, wooly undercoat that keeps the dog’s body insulated in cold water and an oily, water-resistant top coat.
Standard Poodle
Fifteenth and 16th century artwork depicting the poodle offers evidence that the poodle
may be the oldest of the retrieving breeds discussed here. Originating in Germany, the German word “pudel” means “to splash in water.”
Despite its fancy show dog reputation, the poodle is the oldest known water
retrieving breed. The seemingly goofy way the coat is trimmed for show also
stems from the dog’s hunting heritage. The shaved hind areas facilitate swimming by reducing drag, while vital organs and leg joint areas are kept thick
to keep warm in cold water. The “poofs” left around the feet also add mobility in the water. Some believe the ribbon commonly tied atop the poodle’s
head was a means of identifying the dog while it was working in the water.
Others assert the pom-pom tail was fashioned for that purpose. Although
not considered a sporting breed by the American Kennel Club, the standard
poodle is used by upland and waterfowl hunters, especially in the Midwest.
The seemingly goofy way the coat is
trimmed for show also stems from the
dog’s hunting heritage.
Southern Standards Red Creole “Cooper,” is the
first and only red standard poodle in the country
to hold the highest hunt test titles. He is owned by
proud parents, Angie and Rich Louter.
Photo courtesy of Louter Creek Hunting Poodles
When low-maintenance retrievers like the Lab came on the scene, the breed
fell out of favor with hunters who did not want to bother with the poodle’s
grooming requirements. I know some hunters who would not be caught
dead with a poodle in the blind, but this breed is truly capable of retrieving.
In fact, it ranks second on the list of most intelligent breeds and is considered highly trainable.
(Other retriever breeds not discussed here are the curly-coated retriever
and the flat-coated retriever, formerly known as wavy-coated. The curly-coated retriever declined in popularity for the same maintenance reasons as the
poodle. However, for those who love retrievers but suffer from dander allergies, the curly-coated and poodle coats are considered more allergy-friendly.)
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POINTERS
German Shorthaired Pointer
The German shorthaired pointer (GSP), also called Deutsch
Kurzhaar, dates back to the 1800s. (It should be noted that there is
some contention when the term Deutsch Kurzhaar is used interchangeably with German shorthair. The name is a literal translation, but some
Kurzhaar groups maintain that their dogs are characteristic of the original German breed, while the Americanized GSP has been bred to meet
show dog standards that do not necessarily reflect the breed’s origins.) Before the dawn of firearms, early German
hunters sought to create an all-around
breed that could hunt land and water,
fur and feathers, day and night. The
GSP can hunt, point, and retrieve
thanks to its excellent sense of smell,
Penny Lane, an eight-yearold from a family of duckwebbed feet for swimming, and sleek,
loving German shorthaired
muscular body for swiftly navigating
pointers, waits anxiously
dense terrains. Although most popular
in the blind with her owner,
Jeremey Ashe. for upland hunting, the German shortPhoto by Jeremey Ashe
haired pointer can be trained for waterfowling. The breed also excels at hunting large game. Some sportsmen
and women do not favor the breed because of its long lead in the field
and inability to sit still in a blind. But those who own this dog love it
for its intelligence (ranked among the top 20 breeds) and incredible
endurance. Shorthairs love human interaction and are very affectionate, which make them great family dogs. This breed is gaining popularity among hunters who want to do it all with one companion.
German Wirehaired Pointer
Don’t let the name fool you – the German wirehaired pointer is not just a shorthair with different fur!
The two breeds share many of the same hunting abilities, but their build and temperaments are not identical. With contributing bloodlines including shorthair,
pointer, foxhound, poodle, and griffon, the wirehair
can hunt all types of game. They are incredibly obedient, loyal, and loving with their owners, but the breed
tends to be “sharp” with others outside the family
unit. Not necessarily a disadvantage for the breed,
this edge makes them excellent guard dogs as well as
fierce hunters. The thick, wiry hair allows the wirehair to tolerate colder water compared
to their shorthaired
cousins. (Note: The
same political issue
regarding the names
German wirehaired
pointer and Deutsch
Drathaar being used
interchangeably, as
discussed with the
Michael Thompson’s German
wirehaired pointer, Parker, was
German shorthaired
named after the famous Parker
pointer, also apply to
Shotguns. this breed.)
Photo by Michael Thompson
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
The publishing of Mendel’s findings on genetic heredity inspired a young Dutchman named Korthals to create a more versatile breed of hunting dog. By the 1800s, wirehaired pointing
Griffons had become a distinct breed. Although able to hunt on
all terrains and in all weather conditions, the Griffon is welladapted to the marsh, as it loves to swim and has a protective
coat. Ginger Hughes of Wirehaired Pointing Griffons says most
of her customers seeking Griffons are upland game hunters, but
she does get some requests from duck hunters. “Duck hunters
have been absolutely impressed with these dogs,” she notes.
“They don’t take a lot of training, are very intelligent, and have a
great nose. And the older hunter appreciates that the dog works
within range.” Despite these characteristics, the wirehaired
pointing Griffon is even less common to see among waterfowlers
than the German shorthaired pointer.
Ch. Royal Points Sir Ruckus, called “Rucky,” is owned and was
bred by Ginger Hughes of Wirehaired Pointing Griffons. www.
griffonranch.com Photo by Judy Stansbury Photography
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SPANIELS
Brittany Spaniel
The Brittany spaniel’s ancestry traces back to the
mid-19th century and possibly further according to
some sources. Coming from Brittany, France, early
hunters desired a gundog with a keen nose, strong retrieving instinct, and small size for maneuvering
through dense cover. The dog’s short, clipped tail
prevents injury in thick undergrowth, but the Brittany performs equally as well in open country. It is
prized for its superb performance on all species of upland game, and, unlike most other spaniels, the breed
points instead of flushing game. Today’s duck hunter
loves the Brittany for its trainability and eagerness to
please (the breed ranks in the top 20 for intelligence).
Although a little thin-skinned for late season waterfowling (nothing a vest cannot overcome in California), more and more hunters are utilizing this
incredibly versatile dog for all types of hunting.
Mesa, a mere 35-pound Brittany spaniel, stepped up into the waterfowling
role after owner Mike Wolder’s Lab passed away last summer.
Springer Spaniel
The springer spaniel has been depicted in artwork as
early as 42 A.D. Not popular in the Americas until the
1700s, springers have long been a favorite breed in Scotland, Ireland, and England. Before the development of firearms, the dogs would flush game to be hunted with hawks
Before the development of
firearms, the dogs would flush
game to be hunted with hawks
and falcons.
and falcons. An excellent hunter of upland species, the
springer is also easily trained to be excellent waterfowlers.
Their relatively small size, agility, and endurance, combined with their affectionate and cheerful temperament,
have made the breed a growing favorite for waterfowlers
and their families in California. Although too thin-skinned
to hunt in freezing climates, springers can easily tolerate
the cold waters of California’s waterfowl season.
American Water
Springer spaniel,
Dexter, was rescued from Hayward
Animal Shelter by
Myles Sanchez. He
is pictured here
proudly displaying the last duck
he ever retrieved.
Sadly, he passed
away the following
spring.
Photo by Myles Sanchez
Photo by Mike Peters
Spaniel
Like the Chesapeake Bay retriever, the American water
spaniel is an American-made breed. The breed’s origins can be
traced to the 1800s in the valleys of Wisconsin. “Hunters needed a dog that could handle the weather and cold water of the
Great Lakes,” notes Linda Ford of California American Water
Spaniels. The breed was widely used by market duck hunters
along the Mississippi Flyway and its northern tributaries, because the dog’s size was suitable for a canoe or skiff. Today’s waterfowler favors the American water spaniel for its ability to
work both land and marsh. The dog is soft-mouthed and able to
retrieve large geese despite its moderate size. “People like them
because they are methodical and work more closely to the hunter,” says Ford, who has been breeding and training American
water spaniels for 20 years. Ford notes that most of her dogs are
requested by hunters
in the Midwest and are
a less popular breed in
California.
(The Boykin spaniel is another American
breed, developed for
very similar reasons by
waterfowlers in the
swamps of South Carolina. I do not cover it
in detail, because the
dog is a rarity here in
California compared
to the East and
South.)
Mike McDonald, California Waterfowl
Life Member, loves to hunt with his
American water spaniel, Jimmy. Mike
describes Jimmy as very social (lots of
yowling and “talking”) but focused and
aggressive in the marsh. Photo by Mike McDonald
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TOLLERS
Kooikerhondje
The Kooikerhondje (pronounced
koy-ker-hond) is also known as the Dutch
decoy spaniel or small Dutch waterfowl
dog. In Dutch, the “kooi” is a blind. These
dogs were developed in the 1500s as decoy dogs, meant to lure ducks into traps.
Romping in the marsh, the dog’s white
tail would arouse the curiosity of the
ducks, which would follow the Kooikerhondje down a long chute and eventually
into a catching pen. The breed was popular in Europe in the 17th and 18th centu-
ries and was featured in
paintings by Rembrandt. The
Kooikerhondje also has a
great sense of smell, flushing
abilities, and retrieving instinct. Averaging 22 pounds,
15 inches makes the Kooiker
the smallest of the waterfowling breeds. Its lap dog size, affectionate
personality, and limited barking have attracted a small but growing following as a
family dog here in the US. Still relatively
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
Although not common in the US, the Nova
Scotia duck tolling retriever is very unique in
its hunting technique.
The smallest of the retrievers, it is one of only
two types of dogs known
to “toll,” which in Middle English means, “to
lure or decoy game.”
When tolling, a hunter
will hide in the blind or Nelson Johansen entered this photo of Loki, his Nova Scotia
brush while the dog tolling retriever, in the Take Your Best Shot photo contest.
goes out to play in the Even with a sprig in his mouth, Loki is always looking for
more ducks!
Photo by Nelson Johansen
water. The dog’s activity and white markings attract the curiosity of resting waterfowl. As the birds near the
shore, the dog is called back to the blind. The hunter rises and takes his shot as birds
flush. The retriever then fetches the downed birds. Tolling dogs have been popular in
Europe since the 1600s. The tolling retriever did not make its way to the United
States until the 1960s, and tolling remains a rare form of waterfowl hunting with US
hunters.
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Despite their history as the
waterfowl hunter’s helper,
the petite Kooikerhondje
is mainly sought after as a
family pet today. However,
a few Kooikers still embrace
their heritage as aids to
waterfowl researchers in
Holland.
unknown, the American Kennel Club
does not yet recognize the breed. There
are still a few working Kooikers in Holland, mainly used for trapping waterfowl
for research and banding.
Centuries ago, early hunters sought
working dogs that could compensate for
the unavailable technologies of the times.
The resulting breeds were born to hunt
and love it, quite possibly, more than you
do. Their instincts and their passion make
your hunting adventures possible, so take
the time to explore your dog’s history in
more detail and appreciate your gun dog
for the integral role the breed has played
in shaping our hunting heritage. And next
time you see someone taking a poodle out
to the blind, know that they aren’t crazy –
they’re serious hunters just like you!
Courtney with her dog,
Maggie Mae.
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K ibb l e s & B it s
Mighty Mick:
The Diminutive Duck Dog
As a pure retriever of birds, there has never been a Jack Russell remotely in the same league with
Mighty Mick who, for thirteen seasons now, has been the waterfowling partner of renowned wildlife photographer Tupper Ansel Blake. Blake, whose work has been featured in six books as well as in such publications as Audubon, National Geographic, and Smithsonian, refers to Mick as his “diminutive duck dog.”
When the mallards, pintails, green-wings,
and other birds start flying at Marsh Island
Ranch (Blake’s place in northern California’s
waterfowl-rich Klamath Basin) chances are
that you’ll find the two of them crouched on
some murky point of land, with decoys bobbing around, the wind rustling the tules, and
their eyes—both sets of them—scanning the
lowering skies.
Mick’s reputation has grown well beyond
the Klamath Basin, as he was a 2009 National
Gun Dog Hall of Fame nominee. Mick, a Jack
Russell terrier with an extra dose of beagle, retrieves not only ducks, but flushes quail, enjoys Rocky Mountain oysters at spring cattle
brandings, and generally follows the trail of
good times.
Photo by John Lyons
Did you know?
The smartest dog in the world understands
more than 1,000 human words – that rivals the
vocabulary of a three year old!
Photo by Madeleine Blake
Is Pet Insurance Right for You?
If something catastrophic happened to your dog tomorrow, are you prepared to pay for emergency veterinary care?
For some, the money is there in case any type of care is needed. For others, there could be a very difficult decision ahead
if an emergency actually happens. Purchasing health insurance plans for pets has become a growing trend among owners. Like human health insurance, there are a range of plans
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that vary in cost and the types of services they cover. Some
only cover major illness and accidents, but others will help
you pay for preventative care like check-ups. Do your homework, compare costs and coverage, ask your vet about his or
her preferences, and assess your dog’s risk. For gundogs that
lead a truly adventurous lifestyle, the exposure to various
wilderness dangers increases the odds of an injury.
Accidents Happen…
Practice Dog Box Safety
To Chip, or Not to Chip…
With more than one in three pets going missing at least once during their lifetime, shelters and rescues across the
country have become proponents of microchipping pets. Microchips are tiny,
painless implants that possess a unique
number read by scanners at most shelters
and veterinary clinics. Owners of sporting
dogs should consider microchipping for
this reason: sporting breeds have the endurance to cover very far distances in
short periods of time. By the time your
dog is found, it could be in another county or even state. Identification tags and
collar could easily be lost along the way,
preventing good Samaritans from calling
you directly. You will probably make
phone calls to every shelter in the county
of loss, but where do you go from there?
There’s no way to know exactly how far or
which direction your dog may have headed. If your dog is microchippped, the
odds of being recovered, especially far
from home, increase tenfold.
The microchip system is not perfect,
however. With different brands of microchips, not all scanners read all types of
chips. There are universal scanners, but
those too have a margin of error. Although
prolific among shelters and veterinary
clinics, some places still do not have scanners. Finally, whoever finds your animal
would need to bring it to one of these
places (potentially problematic for more
intimidating breeds).
Nothing has been emphasized
more in this issue than the love
hunters have for their dogs, and
vice versa. And nothing is more
tragic than seeing a sporting dog
rushed to the hospital because of a
shotgun accident. Many waterfowl
hunting clubs require the use of
dog boxes. Strongly consider tethering your dog in the box if:
• Your dog even occasionally breaks before being
Photo by Rich Wright
instructed to do so;
• Your dog is still new to using the dog box;
• You are hunting with guests and/or dogs you do not know well.
Your dog may be well-trained and predictable, and you may be very experienced at avoiding low shots that could injure other dogs or humans. However,
anytime you do not know a guest’s dog or hunting style well, tethering both dogs
is the safest bet. Four shotgun injuries to dogs were reported at a single California
club last season. All were dedicated hunters who love their dogs like the rest of us,
and all of which could have been avoided if the dogs were tethered.
Snack with a Purpose
Many owners of sporting dogs are particularly conscientious about their dogs’ diets and nutrition. After
all, these animals need to be able to perform in the field.
But what about treats? If you are one of many dog owners who offer their companion an occasional treat, consider giving snacks with a purpose. Since retriever
breeds are prone to joint pain and arthritis, why not
choose a treat that includes a glucosamine supplement?
There are also treats that promote skin and coat health,
contain energy supplements, and help with stinky
breath. With numerous brands and varieties to choose
from, check out your local pet store or try one of Cabela’s new Functional Dog Treats varieties.
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The Ace Ventura Story:
From Stray to Beloved Hunting Dog
by Jan Burkholder
W
hen David and Tina Ventura met a black Labrador
named Ace in late August, 2010, it was a lucky day
for all involved. Ace, who was in the care of Central
California Labrador Rescue, found his new home. And the Venturas, who are both avid waterfowl and upland hunters, found the
perfect companion for their hunting family. “We’re so happy with
Ace,” David said. “Ace has been on numerous hunts this season
and has retrieved many pheasants and ducks. He’s just fantastic great in the field and at home too.”
David turned to Central California Lab Rescue, because he
knew that he wanted an older dog. He also realized that, because
he wanted to hunt with his Labrador, he had to make a careful
selection. A Lab rescue volunteer, who had been acting as Ace’s
foster mother, told David that Ace loved to retrieve. Then David
met Ace in person and believed it was a good match.
A week after David and Tina adopted Ace, they were at my
door wanting to be sure that he was properly trained not only in
basic obedience, but in hunting skills as well. I see many hunters
who turn to Lab rescue groups to find their hunting companion,
and I support Central California Labrador Retriever Rescue by occasionally fostering dogs and by extending a discount on training
for adopted dogs.
The stories, however, don’t always have as happy an ending
as that of Ace and the Venturas. A dog that winds up at a rescue
organization is a used dog. Many of them are burdened by bad
habits or issues that are the result of unfortunate occurrences that
the dog endured before ending up at the rescue.
Not all Labs come from hunting lines. A rescued dog, although he or she may be a wonderful pet, may not have the instincts needed to be a good hunting dog, and that can lead to
disappointment. Potential adopters need to be prepared to love
Tina and her rescued Lab, Ace, had a successful 2010-2011 hunting
season together. Photo courtesy of the Ventura family
and enjoy their new companion, even if he or she doesn’t have
the drive to hunt. They must also have the patience to work with
their adopted Lab to resolve issues such as separation anxiety that
Other Rescues
If you are interested in rescuing another hunting breed, here are some additional California-based rescues to
check out:
• California GSP Rescue (Bonsall, CA) www.gsp-rescue.org
• Golden Gate Springer Rescue (Oakland, CA) www.springers.homestead.com
• NorCal Golden Retriever Rescue (Menlo Park, CA) www.golden-rescue.org
• NorCal GSP Rescue (Menlo Park, CA) www.norcalgsprescue.org
• Southern California Golden Retriever Rescue (Los Angeles, CA) www.scgrrescue.org
There are also national rescues for almost every hunting breed imaginable. A quick internet search can lead you to a
national home-page where you can view listings in your region or find a California contact who can help you locate an adoptable dog near you.
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a rescued dog might quite naturally experience.
Although results can never be guaranteed, if you are turning
to a Lab rescue organization to find a hunting dog, you can maximize the chance of being successful by communicating your
needs clearly to the rescue staff. Even more important is listening
carefully to what the volunteers tell you about the dog’s history
and temperament. A dog at a rescue may have been saved from an
animal shelter after being a stray or may have been surrendered to
the rescue by owners who are facing foreclosure or other financial
hardships. Focus on finding a dog that shows the kind of energy
level and temperament that you will be comfortable with, and try
to overlook such superficial factors as color.
California has a number of Labrador rescue services operating in different areas of the state. Most rescue organizations have
dozens of dogs available each month, and they are all run by dedicated volunteers. Often the volunteers will keep an eye open for
a dog that they believe will fit your needs and notify you if one
comes in.
Each rescue operation has slightly different adoption procedures. Typically, a rescue organization will have an application
process that involves learning about you and the home you will
be able to provide for the dog in order to ensure a successful
match. Some rescues will check references or make home visits.
A donation fee of up to $350 is common, with discounted fees
sometimes being available for those who adopt an older or special
needs dog.
Most rescue groups post profiles of available dogs on their
websites and also take the dogs to various places in the community to meet prospective adopters. Central California Lab Rescue
regularly holds adoption events in Folsom and Lodi. Southern
California Labrador Retriever Rescue regularly appears at pet expos and other events.
If you’re looking to adopt a Lab, here are some places to start
your search:
• Golden Gate Labrador Retriever Rescue,
www.labrescue.org.
• Central California Labrador Retriever Rescue,
www.cc-labrescue.org/top_dog.htm.
• Southern California Labrador Retriever Rescue,
www.sclrr.org.
Good luck!
Jan Burkholder has been
training gun dogs for more than
two decades and owns her kennel, Stonewall Retrievers in
Acampo, CA. Learn more at
www.stonewalldogs.com.
Jan and her dog, Audrey Hepburn.
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Hunt Tests and Field Trials:
GettingStarted
T
here’s nothing like watching a well-trained retriever work in
the field. Their hunting abilities are innate; they were bred to
retrieve. Hunt tests and field trials were developed to evaluate dogs’ abilities according to the given breed’s original purpose.
What’s the difference between a hunt test and a field trial? Hunt
tests appraise the dog’s performance against the breed standard. If
a dog meets the requirements, it achieves the title. Field trials, on
the other hand, create a venue for dogs to compete against each
other. Titles are only achieved by those who perform the best.
The American Kennel Club (AKC) has established the standards for both events. Hunt tests judge dogs in three divisions. At
the Junior level, dogs must be able to mark and retrieve birds to
hand. The Senior level incorporates blind retrieves and the ability
to remain steady. At the Master level dogs will be able to perform
the most difficult of retrieves, including marking multiple birds before being sent. The Master National is an annual competition open
to those who have achieved five Master level passes in the last 12
months and allows the “best of the best” to showcase their skills.
Field trials separate dogs into competition groups according
to the dog’s age and the professional or amateur status of the
trainer. Dog/trainer teams travel to events, compete in various re-
10-10-10 Master National Event
by Mimi Drake
Two years ago, Jay and Raelene Phelps of the Lassen Retriever Club made a presentation to the Master National Retriever
(MNR) Board of Directors in Minnesota, proposing that Lassen be
the host club for the 2010 MNR Hunt Test. Lassen was ultimately
selected as the 19th annual event host, with the 1,400-acre ranch
owned by the Nomlaki Indian Tribe in the Corning providing the
actual event grounds.
The October 10, 2010 (10-10-10), Master National presented
a challenge never before encountered. The event went from two
stakes to three stakes - there were over 300 competitors entered!
Relationships developed between the nearby Clear Creek Sports
Club, Rolling Hills Casino, RV Park, Ramada Inn, Lodge, and even
the Texaco Station. The team had a single purpose in mind: to
make the 10-10-10 Master National Hunt Test the best ever. Based
on testimonials after the event it was a smashing success well beyond expectations.
Mimi Cary Drake has been a retriever field trialer since the 1980s,
having started in the sport under the legendary Rex Carr. She is a Lassen Retriever Club member and the web administrator for the event
website, http://101010masternational.com.
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Wyatt, owned by Dan Cronin, started hunting waterfowl and upland
game at six months old. He has already passed his Master Hunt Test
at age three. Here he is shown here training on grounds owned by
the California Retriever Training Association. Photo by Mike Scizak
trieving scenarios, and advance through a competition of elimination. The last dogs standing earn points that count towards
qualification in the National Championship held annually.
For those who are interested in pursuing hunt tests or field
trials to keep your dog in shape and performing at a top level for
hunting season, consider joining your local retriever hunt club.
Many clubs meet up for training days, giving those who don’t
have access to private property a place to train in a realistic hunting environment. The Department of Fish and Game has some
public areas open to training after July 15th. Contact your local
Wildlife Area for more information. To find an AKC registered
club in your area, visit www.akc.org select “Club Search,” select
“Performance Clubs,” and then select either hunt tests or field trials. Or, you can visit the websites of one of the clubs below:
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California Retriever Training Association www.crtaonline.com
California South Coast Retriever Club www.southcoastretrievers.com
Golden Retriever Club of Great Los Angeles www.grcgla.org
Great Western Flat Coated Retriever Club www.gwfcrc.org
Inland Valley Retriever Club www.inlandvalleyretrieverclub.com
Labrador Retriever Club of Southern California www.lrcsocal.org
Lassen Retriever Club www.lassenretrieverclub.org
Marin Retriever Club www.marinretrieverclub.com
Monterey Bay Hunt Retriever Club www.montereybayhrc.com
Northern California Golden Retriever Club www.norcalgrc.org
San Diego Retriever Field Trial Club www.sdlrc.com
You and Your Dog are Not
Alone out There…
You’ve been looking forward to this day for weeks—a day alone,
in the field, just you and your gun dog. No interruptions, no crowds,
no phone calls. Just wind, water, some passing ducks, and you and
your dog.
What if you found out that you’re not alone out there? The hunt
field is crowded, very crowded. In fact, it’s teeming with hordes of
competitors, closing in on your coveted time alone with your fourlegged best friend. They’re hiding in plain sight in the marsh plants,
in the mud and water, only you can’t see them.
The annoying, uninvited guests you’re sharing the marsh with
are parasites and other “bugs” and “germs” you and your dog come
into contact with in the great outdoors. Part of the deal you have
with your hunting dog and your family is to learn enough about
these biological hazards to take the appropriate, reasonable steps in
order to protect them.
Fleas and Flea Control
Flea exposure is a fact of life in most
parts of California, and last year we saw
one of the biggest surges in flea
populations in recent memory.
Anywhere there are rodents,
there are fleas. Some campgrounds
in California were closed last summer because of bubonic plague (think
Black Death from medieval Europe’s 14th
century) carried by rodent fleas.
You’re probably thinking “I don’t see
any fleas on my dog,” but we see these
blood-sucking insects on house pets that
come into our clinic every week. Only
about five percent of the fleas in the environment can be found on the host at any
given time. If you see a flea, it’s just the tip
of the iceberg. Beyond the itching, scratch40
ing, and skin infections, flea bites can
transmit several serious diseases to domestic animals and people. In fact, researchers at the University of
Maryland believe the stage is set for
a recurrence of epidemic typhus
in southern California involving
the flea life cycle of rodents and
domestic dogs and cats.
From a veterinary perspective, the
only difficult aspect of flea control is convincing skeptical owners to do it. When
we ask a pet
owner “Are you
using any flea
control on your
pets?” the most common response is “MY
dog (or cat) doesn’t have fleas.” Some clients think we’re just trying to make a sale
of something they don’t need. But fleas
are found everywhere and can cause serious disease and discomfort in domestic
animals and people before you’re even
aware they’re in the environment.
There are several brands (among the
scores of products) that I personally recommend. I’ve outlined them in the table
on the adjacent page. Some of the products have broader spectrums and control
other parasites in addition to fleas.
All of the products I list in the table
can be effective, and your choice will depend upon your individual circumstances
and the habits of your family and pets.
Your veterinarian or registered veterinary
technician can steer you in the right direction. When the teenager at the feed store
recommends a flea collar or some other
“miracle” over-the-counter (OTC) product at one-third the cost of Frontline or
Advantage, it’s not going to work, and it
may not even be safe.
Ticks and Tick Control
Ticks are different from fleas. They
consume your dog’s blood like fleas, but
they are arachnids (related to spiders), not
insects. They can transmit very serious
bacterial diseases, like Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, babesiosis, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Ticks are easier than
fleas for a dog owner to see. The problem
is that ticks, when present, are more diffi-
Last year we saw one of the biggest
surges in flea populations…
cult to control than fleas. The most effective products are topicals, and include
Frontline, Revolution, and a companion
product to Advantage called AdProduct
vantix (refer to the product table). Typically, ticks will still
attach to a dog treated with these
products but will soon detach or
begin to die. For very serious tick
infestations, a Preventic tick collar can be very helpful, but care
should be taken to ensure that
it’s not eaten by a dog (it’s poisonous if ingested).
If you experience a serious
There are a variety of parasite control products on the market. Dr. Krasnansky has included several
environmental infestation on brands in this table that he recommends, but the table is by no means an exhaustive list of all the opyour property and in your house, tions out there. Two new broad spectrum products, Advantage II and Trifexis, were recently introduced
you’ll be stuck playing catch-up, after this article was written. Dr. Krasnansky thinks they will be “promising new additions to a constantly changing field.”
sometimes for months, and using
sprays on the premises in addiprescription. Many products will prevent
mature and set up shop in the heart, lungs,
tion to products for your pets. Waiting for
some other internal or external parasites
and major blood vessels. The mature
a problem like this to develop is like putin addition to heartworms (refer to the
worms look like thin spaghetti noodles
ting out a forest fire with smokejumpers
product table).
and will kill a dog if not treated early.
and air tankers when it could have been
Parasite control prodprevented with a garden
ucts can be a crowded,
hose.
overlapping, and confusing
field. Again, work with your
Mosquitoes and
veterinary clinic—not the
Heartworm Disease
kid at the feed store—to
As if fleas, ticks, and
choose a parasite control
the Black Death weren’t
program that is safe and effective and fits
Treatment is rough on the dog and the
enough, in California we also have heartyour budget, lifestyle, and geographic
pocketbook (typically well over $1,200),
worm disease to worry about. Heartworms
area. The table accompanying this article
and not always successful. Fortunateare blood parasites that are transmitted
is not complete. There are other brands
ly, preventing rather than treatfrom one dog (or coyote) to another by
available, and the spectrum of protecing heartworm disease is easy
the bite of an infected mosquito. Califortion against common intestinal paraand affordable. It’s far less exnia doesn’t have the level of heartworms
sites that we haven’t yet addressed
pensive to keep a dog on heartthat other regions in the US do, but we
(hookworms, roundworms, whipworm prevention for its entire life
still see it regularly. It only takes one bite
worms, and tapeworms) is not included.
than it is to treat the disease once.
from an infected mosquito to transmit the
The table is intended to provide a summaAgain, there are several heartworm
disease to your dog; therefore, the more
ry of the flea, tick, and heartworm protecprevention products available, some oral
bites your dog receives, the higher the risk
tion provided by widely used, effective
and some topical. They are administered
of infection becomes.
products that I recommend.
monthly, and all require a veterinarian’s
Once onboard your dog, heartworms
It’s far less expensive to keep a dog
on heartworm prevention for its entire
life than it is to treat the disease once.
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Progressive Retinal Atrophy:
An Education the Hard Way
by Nick Iacopi
Progressive Retinal Atrophy causes blindness in many breeds, including Labradors. The only way to prevent the disease in a puppy is to rule
out both parents as carriers before breeding. Photo by Larry Leidelmeyer
I
have been around dogs my whole life
and, like all dog owners, have experienced health issues with my pets along
the way. Some can be corrected, some cannot, and some prove to be fatal. It is only
natural that, in time, all pets are going to
experience a health issue. The best way
low Lab, Luke, was having a problem with
his eye sight. At first, I didn’t pay much attention to this, but as time moved on and
the behavior continued, I realized that
something was wrong. On my way out to
the blind in the mornings, he would follow behind me a lot more instead of run-
I realized that something was wrong. On my way
out to the blind in the mornings, he would follow
behind me a lot more instead of running ahead
the way he normally did.
to deal with these unexpected issues is to
be educated on what is out there. Dogs
can appear perfectly healthy and happy,
but something very serious could be happening within them that goes undetected
until it is too late.
This past hunting season I started to
notice that my six-and-a-half year old yel42
ning ahead the way he normally did.
When I would stop suddenly, he often ran
into me. In addition, he was clearly having a problem seeing my truck’s tailgate
and was sometimes hesitant to jump in. In
low light mornings he was having difficulty marking birds. Due to his relatively
young age and his proven abilities in pre-
vious years, I became alarmed to the fact
that his vision was failing.
An appointment was made with an
animal ophthalmologist, and after the examination I was informed that Luke was
suffering from what is called PRA, or Progressive Retinal Atrophy. I had never before heard of the condition. Affecting
many breeds, PRA deteriorates the retina
simultaneously in both eyes, and blindness is inevitable. The gene is hereditary,
and both parents must be carriers in order
for a dog to be affected. If only one parent
is a carrier, then the full litter will be carriers, but not affected. There is no cure for
PRA, and nothing can be done to arrest it.
From birth, affected dogs are programmed
to eventually become blind.
Some of the early signs to look for in
a dog with PRA are decreased vision in
low light, lack of night vision, poor depth
perception, and inability to focus on stationary objects. Although there is no cure,
it is still important to pay attention to your
dog’s vision. Seek medical help if any of
the warning signs appear. Having a confirmed diagnosis in the early stages of the
disease will allow you to make accommodations so your dog can have the highest
quality of life possible.
dogs with PRA familiar with their surroundings. This will allow them to remain
comfortable keep them assured of their
safety, which will make a difference in
their quality of life as this condition progresses. The only positive to this disease is
that no pain or physical suffering occurs.
Do not be afraid to ask the right questions and to
spend a little more money on a good breeding
line that has a proven bill of health.
Dogs with early onset PRA (more
likely in collies) will start showing signs of
the disease as early as six weeks old and
can become fully blind in as little as a year.
Late onset PRA (the more common type
for Labs) will present between two and
five years of age, progressing to full blindness as soon as a year after the initial signs.
As dogs gradually lose their vision, they
begin adapting with their other senses. In
the beginning, they can even fool their
owners into thinking that their eyes are
fine, but with time it will become obvious
that they are compensating. It is important to do everything possible to keep
My hope is that you will use this information, further educate yourself on
this condition, and always consider it in
any future breeding decisions. It’s important in this day and age, where it seems
that there are ads for puppy litters on every grocery store bulletin board, sports
shop window, and newspaper, that people do their homework on how to select a
healthy puppy. Do not be afraid to ask the
right questions and to spend a little more
money on a good breeding line that has a
proven bill of health. Since the disease
can go undetected for up to five years, the
safest bet is to buy from an established
breeder. Well aware of this malady, a good
breeder will remove known PRA carriers
from their breeding stock. Learning about
the puppy’s parents is just as important.
Also, before deciding to breed your
dog, thoroughly investigate its health history. In addition, complete a solid background check on the potential mate and
both of its parents.
Although dogs with PRA may not be
able to participate in all the activities they
used to enjoy, especially if they were hunters, they can still have a good life as a pet.
It’s understandable that someone may feel,
“short changed” in losing the valuable
years that a healthy working dog could
give, but keep in mind that a dog’s love for
its owner and family is one of the strongest
and most unconditional loves that can be
experienced. We are
blessed to have these
animals and the experiences they provide us. And at the
end of the day, everything else is a bonus.
Nick’s dog, Luke.
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Selecting
a
Hunting
Companion
by Gary Bethel
S
o you’re thinking about getting a
new hunting dog. You’ve probably
thought about a breed, and you may
have even selected a breeder. But what
else is there to consider? As a breeder and
trainer of sporting dogs for the past 44
years, I’ve compiled the following information to help you select your next hunting companion.
pies are selected at seven or eight weeks of
age, so you don’t have as much to go on in
judging what the grown dog will be like.
On the other hand, if you opt for a trained
dog, someone else has done the basic
training, and you bring home a dog approximately a year to a year and a half old
that is obedient, trained, and just needs to
be welcomed into your family. You will
You may already have a breed in
mind, but I encourage you to think about
what you want and need in a dog so that
you can select the breed that suits you
best. The retriever breeds are all generally
similar, but there are some definite differences. Your dog will be a family pet nine
months of the year and hunt three months.
Research and learn all you can about each
breed before deciding.
When buying a puppy you are buying a pedigree and a breeder’s reputation.
Investigate both. Learn about pedigrees or
Too much of a good
thing, however, may
result in a dog with
an insatiable hunting
desire that will be too
“hot” to make a good
family dog.
Puppies are usually selected when they are only eight weeks old, which makes it hard to
predict their personalities and abilities when they are grown. The author recommends doing
your homework on the pedigree, and allowing the breeder to help you make your selection.
Photo by Gus Santerre
The first question is, do you want a
puppy to raise and train, or do you want a
trained dog that can hunt right away?
Each has its merits, and your lifestyle will
be the biggest determining factor. Do you
want to have the “puppy experience?” Do
you have time to train the little guy? Pup44
need to spend time becoming a hunting
team with your new dog, and the trainer
should help you accomplish this. Trained
dogs usually aren’t selected until several
months of age, so you will be able to see
the dog’s personality and tendencies much
more clearly.
get advice from someone who is familiar
with them. For the family gun dog most
people desire, look for enough working
and competition titles to show that there
is a good chance the pup has inherited
some hunting genes. Too much of a good
thing, however, may result in a dog with
an insatiable hunting desire that will be
too “hot” to make a good family dog. I recommend looking for a nice balance.
Reputable breeders will have a history that you can easily verify. References
should be readily available on request. If
you’re looking for a family gun dog, go to
a breeder that specializes in family gun
dogs. Observe the dogs from previous litters. I always inspect the mother of the
puppies very carefully and ask in great
detail about her training, personality, and
ability. My experience has shown that she
will have the greatest influence on your
puppy. Health information on the parents is critical, as well as
a health guarantee on the
puppy. At a minimum,
the parents should be
OFA (Orthopedic Foundation for Animals) certified for healthy hips and
joints, CERF (Canine Eye Registration
Foundation) certified for healthy eyes,
and cleared for EIC (exercise-induced
collapse).
The next decision to make is male
dog or female dog. I find most people usually choose for the wrong reasons. The
dog’s personality will be determined and
formed by the breeding and early rearing,
not the sex of the dog. The sex will not
make a dog better, hardier, easier to train,
more family-oriented, or any of the multiple other reasons I have heard. The
breeding and the early development are
the most critical factors. The major difference: a female will go into heat approximately every seven months, which can be
annoying, but if you don’t intend to breed
her then spaying her will cure that problem. My preferred approach when actually selecting a pup is to have an open mind
about sex, simply choose the pup that best
fits your other wants and needs, and then
turn it over and see what sex it is.
I’ve seen most every method for selecting an individual puppy. Some want
the biggest, some want the smallest, some
want the adventurous one, and some want
the cuddly one. What puppies are at eight
weeks old means very little to what they
will be as adults. There is no best way, but
if you have done a good job in selecting
your breeder then allow him or her to reduce the numbers for you. Have it narrowed down for you to two or three pups,
and then pick the one that you like best or
the one that likes you best. No one knows
the pups better than the breeder as he or
she sees them daily and knows their abilities and personalities. Hopefully the
breeder has done some basic things like
introducing the pups to loud noises, water, birds, etc. You did the critical work of
picking the right litter and now you can
almost pick your pup at random. There is
no fail safe way of picking the right pup-
your needs. Since this will be a 10-12
year hunting companion and family
member, think critically when making
your decision.
I cannot emphasize enough the importance of research,
research, and more research. You are playing
an odds game. There
are no guarantees that
you will select the perfect dog, but you can
put the odds heavily in your favor with
thorough preparation. No matter what,
have fun and enjoy your new dog to the
fullest.
No one knows the pups better than the
breeder as he or she sees them daily and
knows their abilities and personalities.
py, but the goal is a strong, healthy puppy
with good conformation that is active and
obviously well cared for.
The process is a little different when
selecting a trained dog. You still must do
your homework and go to a breeder/
trainer that has a verifiable reputation.
But now you get to see a dog that is a little
older and has developed more of its personality and abilities. Most of our trained
dogs are selected at about five months
old. The buyer can come and spend time
with dog in the field, see the dog work,
and get a good feel for the fit in his family.
By all means, bring the family to help. If
you are picking from several dogs, be sure
to take notes. If they are all litter mates,
there is a good chance that they will be
very similar, and you will need to look
for small traits that you like or don’t like
to make your decision. Be sure each candidate is trained and capable of doing
what your hunting situation calls for.
Don’t be afraid to ask the trainer to show
you the skills you want to see. If the dog
hasn’t been trained to perform a particular skill, the trainer may agree to do some
additional training to get the dog to meet
Gary Bethel, owner of Bird Dog Bunkhouse, has been an active hunter for over 62
years and has been training retrievers since
1966. He competed in many levels of retriever tests all over the West for many years and
now uses his vast hunting and training experience to specialize in breeding and training
family gun dogs. His dogs and facilities can be
seen at his website, birddogbunkhouse.com
and you can read more articles and view videos at www.wingandclayonline.com.
Gary Bethel and his dogs.
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A Boy
and
his
Dog:
The Story of my First Duck Dog
by Rick Maher, Northeastern California Senior Biologist
M
y love of dogs goes back to the early 1950s. That’s me
in the photo wearing overalls. No, my first duck dog
wasn’t my grandfather’s collie – it’s that other dog in
the photo. My sister, Bonnie, is actually holding my first protégé to be trained for the hunt, known back then as the family
cocker spaniel, Dolly.
One province, three states, and a decade later would find
me on the edge of the Back Bay of Newport Beach, California.
It was the early 1960s, and I was 13. My passion: hunting. Unfortunately, I was lacking a bird dog. That’s when I decided to
change Dolly from family pet into finely-tuned bird dog. The
first order of business was to change Dolly’s name to something respectable. I decided on Buck. My grandfather had a
collie named Buck, so it seemed like a good choice. The next Rick’s sister, Bonnie, held his soon-to-be duck dog in her lap: the family
objective was to condition Dolly – I mean Buck – for the hunt. cocker spaniel, Dolly.
Buck was a willing participant and would jog along my side as
er forget: “Don’t you kill that dog.” Of course, I had no plans of
we edged around the Back Bay. In the process of transitioning
doing that, but I did have a plan. Maybe, just maybe my mother
Buck into top-notch condition, my mother noticed that returning
would consider getting me a Lab puppy to spare her precious
from these conditioning trips Dolly’s tongue was somewhat lonDolly. Oh, I had hope!
ger than the rest of her body. Mother said something that I’ll nevBuck/Dolly was now turning into a finely-tuned hunting machine. At 12 years old she still possessed
natural hunting instinct and was somewhat
of a natural retriever (if there was bacon involved). As duck season approached I was
eager to take Buck on her first duck hunt.
Soon we were nestled in one of my hand dug
blinds, looking over my newly purchased
Herter decoys that enticed a flock of teal to
come right at us. I shouldered my single shot
.410 with a hammer and let one go. The bird
(just behind the one I was actually aiming
for) dropped like a rock. Oh, the joy. Buck,
however, headed for high ground as fast as I
had ever seen Buck run. At this point, most
of you must realize that I failed to familiarize
Buck with gunfire. This was a critical mistake and almost, I say almost, impossible to
overcome.
Shown here with his dog, Tar, this is one of the few photos Rick has of his childhood Lab.
Fortunately for me I had a mentor who
Rick recalls, “I logged many hours of training with Tar prior to the season opener. She looked
knew everything. His name was “Tule
regal and solid as I folded my first bird. I can see it like it was yesterday: she marked the bird,
Mike” Vanlandingham, and at 16 he knew
held, and then I sent her. She had a long swim, went right to the bird, looked at it, and then
continued elsewhere, probably to look for a retrieving dummy (another of my training miseverything there was to know. I made a
takes). However, all she could find was butterflies to chase. This was unfortunate to say the
phone call to Mike. He had a surefire cure.
least, and to compound the injury, there were witnesses. The butterfly incident stayed with
Mike’s family actually owned a Labrador reus, in the form of a campfire story, for years to come.”
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Rick later went on to own a German shorthaired
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triever, the ultimate dog. Mike instructed me
to cover my .410 in bacon grease and set it
next to Buck’s food dish. It worked like a
dream: Buck would finish her dinner and
then lick that .410 until it was as shiny as
gold. I should mention a few things about gun
safety at this point. Mike neglected to tell me
to leave the bacon grease off the gun’s hammer, which Buck and I discovered the downfalls of on our next hunt (bottom line: don’t
try this in real life). As time went by Buck got
over being gun shy, and we had some really
great hunts together.
But, as good as that time with my first duck
dog was, it didn’t hold a candle to the sound of
a Lab puppy coming through the front door on
Christmas morning. A real duck dog. Oh, the
joy! Black Tar of Newport was all mine. My
mentor had heard through the grapevine that I
was getting a puppy for Christmas. He was familiar with my training mishaps, so he purchased the ultimate training guide for me: a
book by Richard Wolters called “Water Dog.”
Tar was going to be my ultimate duck dog, even
though for awhile she was known around Newport as “Tar the butterfly chaser.”
But I will always look back on Buck, my
first duck dog, with great fondness. She taught
me a lot about training a gun dog. I’ve now
had several dogs since, but I suspect the time
in the field I had with Buck was some of the
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Guarding
Lab Ailments
Against Two
Common
J
ust like their owners, Labs sometimes let their enthusiasm
get the better of what should be (but aren’t) their common
sense and better judgment. Combine that with the breed’s
generally high pain threshold, and you have a formula for trouble.
As we come into the summer work season, here are two possible
dangers to watch out for.
Tailgate Arthritis
This is an all-year affliction, not limited to the summer, but it
might be more likely when the jump from a truck bed to ground
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meets sun-hardened earth instead of rain-softened mud. A Lab’s
weight distribution is more concentrated in its forequarters than is
common in many other breeds. The jarring impact of a happy dog
leaping down onto a hard surface may not seem worth bothering
about, but it is.
In less than two months, my dear, late dog Suisun went from
being able to soar over high obstacles like a frightened deer to being a permanently pain-wracked, arthritic semi-cripple. She could
still swim – in fact that was the only way I could keep her in condition – but her upland bird hunting days were over.
I never even knew of that danger until it suddenly lamed and
then stayed with her for her final three years. A dog ramp (and
forcing your dog to use it!) is one way of avoiding the problem,
but the ramp requires some time to deploy and then to fold up
again. Another way is to have a light, strong box for the dog to use
as a stepping stone. My own solution now is to grasp my dog’s
collar and cushion her forequarter landings by physically holding
her up. Anything that softens the landing will help.
Heat Stroke
We had been doing some duck blind work on a June day that
was not uncomfortably hot for humans, perhaps a temperature in
the low 80s. But when my Lab, lying under an ATV, first ignored
my call and then started dragging herself toward me using her forelegs alone, her hindquarters paralyzed, it was instantly clear we had
a big problem. Bundling her into an ATV and then into my car, we
made for the nearest vet, whose emergency measures for the next
12 hours saved her life. Barely.
What had I done wrong or failed to do?
First, I had not known that what feels only warm to humans
can be fatally hot for dogs. Labs can take cold that would be lethal
for us, but heat is another matter.
Second, I didn’t bring along water for her. In hunting season, I’d seen how she regularly drank brackish slough water
that would gag a seagull, but it just did not register with me that
not even poor-quality water would be available in summer.
Third, I was totally ignorant about heat stroke and the imme-
diate first aid to apply. I should have wet her down with cool
(NOT ice cold) water, at least partially applied via a wet towel on
her belly, where the most efficient temperature transfer can take
place.
Fourth, I should have let her drink some water, but in moderate amounts that probably would have been less than what she
wanted.
And fifth I should have broken even more speed limits than
I did to get her to immediate professional help.
What to watch out for: Dry heat alone can set things off, but
heat combined with humidity is even worse. Look for any abnormal signs or behaviors in your pup during hot weather, such as
excessive panting, goofiness, inattention, off-color gums, shallow
breathing, vomiting, signs of internal bleeding – or just about
anything to tell you things are not okay with your friend. Then
take action right away.
Heat stroke is more common than is generally recognized.
Most people know enough
to leave windows open in
parked cars with pets
aboard, but watching for it
in a dog that has done only
apparently normal exercise
on a mildly sunny afternoon may seem somewhat
foolish. Not to me. Not
Tony with his dog, Shade.
anymore.
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Photo courtesy of Ray Barlow
A Look Back
Duck Club and Wetland History
of California’s Southern Interior
by Frank Hall
T
he canal was silted up. In the fall of 1903 the California
Development Company could not deliver enough water to
thousands of acres of Imperial Valley farms. The canal had
been designed with too low a gradient to keep it clear of silt, and
now it was blocked. A new cut into the Colorado River bank was
hastily built to try
to increase the
flow into the Alamo Channel and
provide more irrigation
water
down the canal.
Then the river rose and chose its own course into the new cut,
and soon the entire Colorado River flow was blasting westward
toward the basin that would become the Salton Sea. It was a jawdropping example of “Be careful what you wish for…” like an
event straight out of the Old Testament.
At peak flow, 90,000 cubic feet per second was rushing
across the desert through a series of channels 10 miles wide with
enough water to fill Shasta Dam in 40 days and 40 nights. By
April 1906, the discharge from the river was roaring westward
through a crevasse a half-mile wide, and the original Colorado
River channel below the cut was
dusty dry. The new
inland ocean of
the Salton Sea was
rising a foot every
two days and already covered over 400 square miles. It became the largest body
of water in California.
The outflow from the Colorado River was finally stemmed in
February, 1907 by Southern Pacific Railroad dumping hundreds
of cars of rock into the breach. Irrigation water continued to flow
At peak flow, 90,000 cubic feet per second was
rushing across the desert … with enough water
to fill Shasta Dam in 40 days and 40 nights.
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Present at the Creation;
in May, 1905, W. C. Mendenhall took this photo
of New River grinding
west out of the Colorado
River channel, across the
desert, and into the Salton Sink. In a few months
the entire Colorado River
would follow the same
path. This was one of the
major hydrologic events
(man-caused) which
shaped western North
America and formed
California’s largest body
of water.
Photo courtesy of
US Geological Survey
into the valley in a regulated manner, agriculture boomed, and
the desert was tamed. In the popular press of the times the whole
process was wrapped up in the heroic efforts to close the cut, never mind that it was the good intentions of the hand of man that
diverted the river in the first place. You want more water? You got
it. And, a rather large duck pond remained.
So many waterfowl were attracted to the Imperial and
Coachella valleys that within just a few years the Sea became a
destination resort for hundreds of duck hunters. “All agree that
there are immense numbers of wild ducks at Brawley just now…”
was published in the LA Times as early as fall, 1906. “Millions” of
sprig, wigeon, and mallards were reported to be using wheat
fields near Brawley and resting on the Salton Sea in January, 1907.
Later in 1907, before the Colorado River was finally stopped
from spilling into the Salton
Sink, duck hunters were speculating that the Salton Sea was
attracting ducks away from
coastal southern California.
That same year, ducks were reportedly so abundant along the
shore of the Salton Sea that pintails were being caught by hand at
the mouth of New River.
Hunters were shooting ducks at the mouth of New River as
early as the fall of 1907. The earliest club I have found in the Imperial Valley was the El Centro Gun Club, established along the
lower Alamo River in the fall of 1908. Ducks were reported to be
in “countless flocks” in the Imperial Valley by 1912. There were so
many ducks that farmers could hardly irrigate a field without having the first sprouts wiped out by hordes of wigeon and pintail.
Standing crops of barley, if they survived past seedling stage, were
leveled by waves of ducks flying in from “The Sea.” Signs went up
that said “Hunters Welcome!” Over a hundred duck clubs have
been established near the Salton Sea since its formation.
The majority of duck clubs in the southeastern portion of the
state have always been near the Salton Sea. Most of these clubs
were, and are, concentrated either at the north end near Mecca in
the Coachella Valley in Riverside County (about one-third) or at
the south end in the Imperial Valley (about two-thirds). A few
clubs were scattered along the Alamo and New rivers south of the
shore and also up the east shore of the Sea to near Niland. Many of
the earlier duck clubs on the shore of the Sea were now inundated,
because the level of the Salton Sea had been rising. Large volumes
of irrigation water imported from the Colorado River had been
spilling into the sea and, despite very high evaporation rates, the
waters continued to rise. A duck club developer named Ben Skupen formed the Calipatria Duck Club in the late 1920s. In the early 1930s he sued the Imperial Irrigation District for discharging
water into the Salton Sea and causing the waters to over-top the
club dikes and flood the blinds. Remarkably, he won the suit.
Virtually every lake, pond, water hole, and desert basin that
could hold water in the interior of southern California was a duck
club at one time or another.
From Castaic Lake near the
Grapevine, to small reservoirs
on Malibu Creek in northwestern Los Angeles County,
to the Salton Sea in the southeast, almost all of the intervening lakes and marshes provided some duck hunting in the
first half of the 20th century. By the 1920s the coastal southern
California duck clubs were being encroached upon by development, oil field expansion, and strong competition for water. New
highways fanned out north and east to mountain lakes and desert
basins in Antelope Valley and near the Salton Sea. Duck clubs
within three to four hour’s drive became all the rage, and dozens
of clubs were started as the Twenties “roared.”
Lakes and reservoirs like Hughes, Elizabeth, Crane (now
Quail Lake), Baldwin, and Big Bear mostly north and east of Los
Angeles, and Warner lakes and a dozen reservoirs in interior San
Diego County provided some of the best canvasback shooting
ever to be found in California. Baldwin is an intermittent lake at
the east end of Bear Valley in the San Bernardino Mountains. The
dam at Big Bear Lake was built in 1884, and Gus Knight constructed a hotel there in 1888. Baldwin and Big Bear lakes were
adjacent, and both were canvasback and redhead magnets.
Knight, eventually known as “The Duck Baron of Bear Valley,”
provided a commercial duck club which was operated from his
The WAGAS Club, founded in 1925
north of Lancaster, is the last active
duck club in Los Angeles County.
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Mecca Duck Club, north end of
the Salton Sea, mid 1920s. The
take looks substantial; probably
three limits (25) for three guns.
Note the bait – grain – in sacks on
the platform at the left edge of the
photo. After legal baiting ended
in the rest of California (1930s),
baiting remained legal but highly
regulated on Salton Sea clubs to
near the end of the 20th century,
mostly to attempt to offset severe
crop depredation.
Photo courtesy of Tom Weynand
hotel and later from Knight’s Camp (mostly cabins) after he sold
the hotel in 1920. In the early 1920s, additional “duck camps” at
Baldwin/Big Bear included Belt’s Camp, Stocker’s Camp, and Ballard’s Camp. These camps provided boats, cabins, and guides for
duck hunters until the early 1930s when Baldwin nearly dried up
during its own mini-Dust Bowl. Near its peak in 1919, about
5,000 ducks were killed in the first two days of the season; on
Baldwin Lake alone there were an estimated 300 hunters with 90
boats plus many shore blinds.
The weather could be harsh on these high elevation lakes;
many a legendary canvasback shoot was recalled to have been
in December blizzards. One duck hunter reporting from Big
Bear in the 1920s lamented he could have shot 200 canvasbacks if it wasn’t for the limit (25) and the howling blizzard he
was shooting in.
At the far northeastern corner of this vast region there were
once a few duck clubs strung along the eastern base of the Sierras
from near the mouth of Rush Creek at Mono Lake, south to the
modern Dirty Socks Duck Club at the south edge of Owens Lake,
on south to the Little Lake Gun Club near Inyokern, and to the
Flyway Club near Olancha in Inyo County. In the middle years of
the 20th century, Little Lake may have been the best club in the
state to shoot redheads. The most consistent thing about all of
these clubs was how harsh and unusual
the weather could be, from snow falling
sideways, blowing dust, sand, salt crystals, and minerals in the air, to just plain,
old ultra-violet poisoning from the incessant sun.
One thing about the desert, like the
arctic, is that when the ground is disturbed the traces are visible for a long
time, because soil weathering and vegetative re-growth are so slow. In the Ante-
lope Valley, near Rosamond and Rogers lakes in southern Kern
County, the small levees and dikes built by duck clubs 60 to 90
years ago are still clearly visible in modern satellite views. Like the
wreckage from the test planes that have crashed or been abandoned in the Mojave Desert or on Edwards Air Force Base over
the past 50 to 60 years, the desert is littered with the wreckage of
wetlands established for duck clubs on the dry lake beds of interior Southern California. Sites of clubs like the Oasis, Crystal
Wells, Piute Gun Club, the Moore Club – and some whose names
will never be known – were taken over by the Air Force during
the 1940s-1950s expansion of Edwards. The Base expanded to
over 300,000 acres at the dawn of the Cold War-Space Age, and
it froze in time all the previous land uses within its borders.
Blinds, dikes, ponds, wells, pumps, and clubhouses of over 30
clubs became off-limits military property. By 2008, seven of these
duck clubs on Edwards were recommended as eligible for National Historic site status, because they were unique and untouched remnants of early California waterfowl hunting.
Off the base to the west, the pond dikes of abandoned clubs
north of Lancaster today look like the crumbling walls of the
buildings of lost civilizations. The remains of these mostly forgotten duck clubs litter the dry lakes of the Mojave Desert. Unlike
wetlands in the Central Valley, the soils here were too poor for
Big Bear Lake, January, 1925; all canvasbacks in the snow at one of several “Duck
Camps” that provided cabins and boats on
Baldwin and Big Bear lakes.
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these sites to have been later converted to farming. The waters
were too limited or too mineral-laden to sustain waterfowl habitat
or farming. This is a desert after all. The huge urban expansion of
the Antelope Valley could not have taken place without imported
fresh water. The WAGAS Club, founded in 1925 north of Lancaster, is the last active duck club in Los Angeles County.
Today, two sites on Edwards Air Force Base still provide a
little duck hunting for off-duty “Top Guns” whose hunting partners can include some non-military public. The old Piute Gun
Club grounds at Piute Ponds and the previous Oasis Duck Club
at what is today called Red Barn Marsh still provide shooting for
a few mallards, sprig, spoonies, and teal. The water for Piute
Ponds is from both Armargosa Creek and City of Lancaster treated sewage. These wetlands are actually larger today than they
were when the Piute club was active in the late 1930s, thanks to
California Aqueduct water from the Central Valley and a Ducks
Unlimited expansion project.
If yucca trees around Antelope Valley ponds don’t seem quite
exotic enough as a horizon for a duck hunt, there were a few
clubs in the lower Mojave Desert at Harper Lake, Koehn Lake,
and in the Fremont Valley that could have made a hunter envision duck hunting on Mars. These sites commonly have Saharalike summer temperatures in the 115-120 degree range. A duck
hunter could fry breakfast on the metal blind lids. Duck hunting
here could also give him an excellent perspective of how well
neoprene waders can retain body heat and attract cholla cactus
spines. At least as late as the 1970s, Fremont Valley had five active
duck clubs. Also in the hard-to-believe category was a small duck
club at Lovejoy Springs, and another between Llano and El Mirage, 16 miles east of Palmdale and both active in the early 1950s.
Just watch out for any Mojave green rattlesnakes hiding under the
cover near the blinds.
The inland reservoirs of San Diego County have a long his-
For Further Reading:
“Duck Hunting on the San Diego Lakes,” E. H. Glidden, California Fish and Game, vol. 24, no.3, July, 1938, p.233.
“Gus Knight Jr., Entrepreneur of Bear Valley and Rogue Sportsman,” Dr. Harold M. Hill, Presented to the Fortnightly Club
of Redlands, California, December 2, 1999.Text available at
http://www.redlandsfortnightly.org/papers/hill99.htm.
“Duck Hunting Tradition Carries on at Lake Cuyamaca,
Despite Past Attempts to Stop It,” Ed Zieralski, Staff Writer,
December 4, 2004, San Diego Union.
Dirty Socks Duck Club website: http://www.dirtysocks.us/
index.html.
Piute Ponds (Edwards Air Force Base) website: http://www.
piuteponds.com/hunting.php.
tory of duck hunting. The Otay Gun Club was founded in 1897
at Lower Otay Reservoir and was soon followed by public hunting
at nine additional artificial lakes. Most of these reservoirs were,
and are, municipal water supply reservoirs for the City of San Diego. One of the most unusual types of duck hunting ever practiced in California were “duck drives,” especially on Otay reservoir
as early as 1911 and on almost all of these lakes through about
1928. Duck drives were most highly organized at Sweetwater
Reservoir in 1916 through 1928.
The duck drives were conducted by rowing boats in a line
across the lake surface at low speed to keep ducks in front of the
boats. Herding ducks, like herding cats or pushing a piece of
rope, usually doesn’t go quite as planned. Of course, most puddle
ducks wouldn’t put up with such
foolishness and promptly flushed,
left the lake or flew too high back
over the advancing line of boats. The
real shooting started when diving
ducks, especially ruddy ducks,
would “run the gauntlet” and fly
back through the line of boats towards the relative safety of more
A crumbling and lost civilization in
the Mohave Desert; remains of the
Moore Duck Club in a 2006 satellite
view. The dikes from portions of only
four of the original nine square ponds
remain after 90 years of wind-blown
sand and intermittent wave wash
from Rogers Lake. The dark spots on
the dune tops are shrubs that have
established on the highest parts of the
old dikes. A portion of the Armargosa
Creek channel shows at the bottom
right edge.
Satellite Photo courtesy of US Air Force and
Google Earth
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Lake Hodges, about 1925, at
the start of an organized “duck
drive.” There are at least 30
boats and close to 50 gunners
in the photo. These drives provided some fast shooting and
were murderously effective on
diving ducks.
for $10,000 as a crafty “Rain-maker” to enhance rainfall in the
open water behind the boats. The shooting was often so fast that
Morena watershed. In classic elected-official wisdom, one city
hunters used two guns and would switch guns when barrels becouncilman stated “...if he
came too hot. One early
fails to fulfill his contract,
drive that occurred on
the city isn’t out anything.
Otay Reservoir consisted
It is heads the city wins,
of boats formed in a semitails Hatfield loses.” The
circle that closed in on the
city couldn’t be out anyrafted ducks in a 180 dething? Oh, really?
gree arc. Individual drives
After Hatfield erected some towers and blasted some pyroof this sort often resulted in 50 to 100 or more hunters taking
technics and chemicals into the sky for several months it started
over 1,000 ducks.
to rain in January, 1916. I mean really rain; rain like few in San
Some hunts at the Otay Gun Club in the 1897-1901 era proDiego County had ever seen. All the creeks and rivers began to
duced as many as 2,000 ducks for 10 guns or 200 ducks per gun
per day with no limit. These hunts were
probably a combination of drives and shooting over decoys. In the late 1920s, after the
duck drives were “banned” on the publically
hunted lakes, probably due to safety concerns, as many as 75,000 ducks were taken
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per year on these reservoirs with per-hunter
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Lesser scaup, green-winged teal, and pintails
over decoys made up most of the duck take
by then. Today, highly regulated duck hunting for the public is made available by the
City of San Diego on Cuyamaca, Morena,
and Sutherland reservoirs, mostly by scull
boats or layout boats with decoys.
This Changes Everything
In another “only-in-California” and “Be
careful what you wish for…” adventure in water (mis-) management, it is hard to beat the
exploits of one mild mannered Charles Hatfield at the San Diego reservoirs. In 1915, San
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rise. After six days and nights of torrents, Sweetwater Dam overtopped on January 14th. Lower Otay Dam failed and collapsed
on January 27th, because it was originally built without an emergency discharge channel. So much rain fell that floods wiped
out all but two of San Diego’s 112 bridges and killed several
dozen people.
With the drought truly over, Hatfield presented another
$10,000 bill to the city council on February 4th proudly announcing he had completed his contract for filling Morena Reservoir. You wanted water? You got it. At first speechless, the city
council finally retorted that it would pay the fee if Hatfield accepted responsibility for the $3.5 million in flood damages caused by
the rainfall. Hatfield continued in the rainmaking business for
several years. All of the damaged dams were rebuilt - Otay got an
emergency discharge channel - and provided many more years of
duck shooting.
Lakes and interior valleys in Western San Bernardino and
Riverside counties once had duck clubs scattered from Pomona to
Chino, Prado Basin, Lake Elsinore, and inland to the San Jacinto
Valley. Members of the Redlands Gun Club were shooting ducks
in 1898 at Dunlap Lake, and the Prado Basin’s first duck club was
founded in 1908 by the Rowley Club. Lake Elsinore had hunting
from boats similar to the San Diego Reservoirs as early as 1899.
Even Vail Lake had a duck club for at least its first 30 years after
the dam was constructed in 1948. The San Jacinto Valley was always a center for duck clubs in this area and had at least 20 historic clubs with at least a half-dozen still active near San Jacinto
Wildlife Area. Dr. Harold Hill was closely associated with the
founding of at least five of the mid-20th century San Jacinto
clubs.
The persistence of duck hunting in this part of California is
captured by a December, 1991, anti-hunter and homeowner lawsuit and protest against duck hunting at Lake Cuyamaca in San
Diego County. In an effort to frighten away ducks and distract the
hunters, the protestors set up loud speakers on the dike and started singing Christmas carols over the lake. This flushed most of
Kathie, Elizabeth, and Tony Haralambos, one half of the Board of
Directors of the Dirty Socks Duck Club near Owens Lake in Inyo
County, at one of their four newly drilled wells. The name for the
club did not originate at the bottom of someone’s waders. Rather,
“Dirty Socks” was the name of a nearby hot spring which miners
used for washing clothes as early as 1917.
Photo courtesy of Tony Haralambos
the ducks off the lake and over the blinds and decoy setups on the
shoreline, prompting some brief but fast gunning. Then a cold
wind came up. The protestors packed up their loud speakers and
decided they’d had enough. The hunters hunkered down in their
blinds and pondered the sometimes small fortunes of unintended
consequences. And lo, it came to pass that the courts affirmed legal duck hunting shall continue at Lake Cuyamaca.
Frank Hall spent over 37 years with the Department of Fish and
Game, retiring as a wildlife biologist in Lassen County. He is currently completing a book on California’s historic duck clubs which should
be available in 2011. This article is copyrighted, and no portion of it
may be used or reproduced without the expressed written permission
of the author. Contact the author at (530) 257-2957 or fagrhall@
frontiernet.net.
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Ms. Joanne S. Lewis
Gordon T. Lisser
George Macaulay
John F. Maher
Bradley H. Mallory
Richard A. Markstein
Walter H. Markstein*
Gerald Matteucci*
Jake R. Messerli
William J. Moresco
Hammer Nelson*
Mr. Neal J. Nelson
Cranford D. Newell
Michael T. Ogles
Arthur C. Oppenheimer, II
Mr. Peter J. Ottesen
Greg R. Palamountain*
Michael G. Parker
Alan Parry*
Dr. Michael A. Passaglia
Bob Potter
William R. Pritchard, Sr.
James W. Ramsay
C. Dean Rasmussen
Alfred L. Renker
Paul D. Renker
Jeffrey W. Roderick
Eddie W. Rodiack
James W. Rodman
Mike J. Sanders
Chadd Santerre
George W. Saul*
Edward J. Schlick
David G. Schmidt, Sr.*
Bruce C. Smith
Mark Steidlmayer
Dr. Edward L. Stoddard
Gary L. Talbert
Robert M. Taylor
George Thannisch*
Ms. Donna J. Thomas
William B. Tinsley
Thomas S. Van Ormer
Zane Vorhes, Esq.
Widgeon Land Company
Mr. John F. Wilhelm
Gregory S. Yarris
James A. Yost
Life Donor
Douglas G. Adams*
Bruce M. Albini
Harry H. Baker, Sr.
Ms. Margaret ‘Peggy’
Barnett
Gary Barringer
Maria Bates*
Robert W. Bell
Rodger M. Benadom
Mr. Bruce A. Billings
Ronald P. Biron
Dr. Jerry B. Black
Richard L. Bond
Larry Booth
Kenneth N. Bourn
Howard D. Bowles
Steve T. Bowman
William A. Brace
Peter A. Briggs
Charles W. ‘Mick’ Brown
Randall S. Brown
Dr. G. Francis Burgess
Jim H. Butler
Rick Cabral
David J. Canclini
Ms. Patricia A. Chicca
Richard P. Chicca*
Alvin H. Christensen
Dr. John P. Clay
George J. Couch
Bradford G. Crandall
Ronald G. Crawford
Steve Crossland
Thomas W. Crowell*
William M. ‘Mike’ Cullins
Casey Cummins
Kenneth F. Cuneo
Joseph A. Dacruz
Gregory E. Daniel
Spencer K. Defty
Jack W. DeWit
Edward Dietrich
Michael B. Dufficy
Lloyd T. Dyer
Douglass M. Eberhardt, II
Robert Eddings
Albert F. Eleshio
Randy C. Ellinwood
Tidge Ellinwood
Todd M. Ellinwood
Bernard J. Farnung
Robert J. Ferrier
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Shawn R. Finato
F. W. Flevares*
Flowing Wells Ranch
Yancey Forest-Knowles
Ms. Karen R. Fothergill
Gary R. Frugoli
Joseph Galletto
Dr. Robert S. Gartrell
James M. ‘Mike’ George
Ms. Becky Giovannoni
Dave Graff
Dr. William E. Hadcock
Robert T. Haney
W. E. ‘Bud’ Hartman
Dean B. Heffelfinger
Hugh E. Henderson
Allan L. Herzog
Keith D. Hilken
James T. Holdner, Sr.
J. J. Hollister, III
Hollister Land & Cattle
Company
Michael M. Hoppe
Eric D. Horton
Stephen M. House
Walter R. Hughes
Joshua Hurlburt
Erik Iseman
John Ishizuka
Brent E. Jeffers
Steve Jensen
Michael R. Johnston, Sr.
Daniel B. Jordan
Steven L. Kint
Ken Kurwitz
William D. Lafayette
Chase Levo
Michael D. Lewis
Chris L. Machado
Kenneth S. Machado
Charlie Malet
Joe Malfitano
Steven H. Markstein
Michael W. Marshall
James A. Martinez
Joseph Massolo
Dr. Anthony J. Mathios
Patrick Mayer
J. Mike McCabe
Robert Mitchell
Dr. James R. Morton
Mark E. Morton
Richard J. Morton
James C. Mower
Steven J. Mullins
William Chase Mullins
Murdock Gun Club
Bill Nakaki
Stuart Nemy
Larry Newby
Michael L. Niekrasz
Tom N. Noble
Mr. Darrel W. Odland
Mark R. Ottenwalter
Joseph R. Paper
Frank S. Pendergast
Ms. Sally Pendergast
William T. Philpott
Ronald J. Piziali
Craig Poundstone
Kenneth J. Propersi
Mr. James M. Provenzano
Charles E. Raffety
Michael B. Read
Richard S. Riede
Tim Riordan
James P. Riparbelli
Brett L. Risley
Matthew E. Roberson
Richard R. Roper
Al Rossini
Gary J. Rudd
Gus Santerre
William P. Saporito
Mark Sasko, Sr.
David Schrader
Frank Seghesio
Louis B. Serratto
Rod Shepard
Raymond L. Shurtz
Sutherland ‘Sim’ Simpson
Lowell Sisco
Bradley K. Smith
Harry A. Smith
Paul Snider
Darren Solaro
Roy E. Statham, Jr.
Christopher R. Steele
Dr. Joseph M. Stephano
Mr. Terry C. Stiffler
Robert H. Stoddard
Robert M. Stoddard
Dr. R. J. Stoney
Justin B. Taylor
Ryan C. Taylor
Peter Thieriot
Steven P. Thomas
Timber Mallard
Championship Duck Calls
Tom Tolliver
Keith W. Toon
Keith A. Toon
TOSA Foundation
Elias P. Totah
Richard S. Totten
C. Griffith Towle
Mr. Paul E. Tuttle, Jr.
Michael R. Vaiana
John U. Vega
Michael P. Wallace
Stan Wallis*
Mr. James E. Waters
Bruce West
Michael D. West
Mr. Clarence Williams
Mr. Donovan J. Wilson
Fred W. Worrell
Richard G. Wright, Jr.
Ed F. Yerby, Jr.
Bryan J. Yost
Stephen O. Yotter
Dr. John H. Zeiter
Life Member
Bradley S. Abbott
Larry Abernathy
Dr.Shields Abernathy
Vince W. Acero
Bruce Adams
Herbert E. Adams*
Mrs. Betty Adamson*
Harry C. Adamson
Merritt H Adamson*
Melvin H. Adkins
Jack E. Ahart
James F. Aitchison
Thomas Aitchison
Robert Akers
Morgan C. Akin
Charles T. Aldridge
Curtis J. Aldridge
Dick Alef
Nick G. Alexander
Graham L. Allen
Kirk R. Allen*
Marvin D. Allen
Matthew A. Allen
Robert E. Allen
Boyd ‘Swede’ Altaffer
Mr. Robert L. Altick, Jr.
Donald R. Alvarado
Anthony S. Ambra
American Basin Farm
Todd Andersen
Arden Anderson
Dale L. Anderson
David M. Anderson
Douglas M. Anderson
Dr. John H. Anderson
John A. Anderson, III
Norman L. Anderson
Robert K. Anderson
Scott T. Anderson
Steven R. Anderson
Mr. Steven B. Andrade
Eugene E. Andreuccetti
Lawrence F. Andrews, Jr.
John F. Andronico*
Steve Andrus
Christopher Anthon
Frank J. Antoni, Jr.
Peter W. Applegate
James D. Appling
Dan Arata
Dr. James F. Archer*
Stephen R. Arelt
Michael W. Arens
Dr. Gregory G. Armi
William R. Armstrong
G. Ray Arnett, Sr.
Anthony Arnold
Chuck K. Arnold, Sr.*
Peter A. Arnold
Richard J. Arruda
Ryan Artz
John Ashby
William A. Ashby*
Janet Ashikaga
James P. Ashmore*
Robert L. Atchison
Stanford H. Atwood, Jr.
Dr. Thomas G. Atwood
Hugh H. Awtrey, III
Jack W. Baber
Jon W. ‘Jack’ Baber, Jr.*
Martin H. Baccaglio
Donald P. Bacci
Peter Bacci
Charles Bachelor
Dr. Robert H. Bacon*
John E. Bade, Jr.
Mark A. Baeta
Kevin Bagdazian
David J. Baker
James F. Baldacci
Monty M. Baldwin
Dr. Thomas R. Bales
Todd Bales
Armyn L. Ballard, Sr.
Bill Baltezore
Stanley R. Bammann*
Paul Bancroft
Don Banducci
Bank of Walnut Creek
Mark Banwart
Brenda Baptista
Steve G. Baptista
Chuck A. Barberini
Robert J. Barbieri
Joseph R. Barbuscia
David A. Barclay
John C. Bardo
John Barella
Dr. Jim Barker
Robert H. Barnes
Howard Barnett*
Laurel Barnett
Dr. Ronald J. Barr
Bo Barrett
Cliff Barrett
James L. Barrett
Douglas K. Bartman
John O. Barton
K. L. Barton
Paul J. Barulich
Fred B. Bascom
Frederick G. Bascom
George R. Bassett
Duane Baswell
Jeffrey D. Baswell
Gary Baszak
Robert Bateman
Ms. Ligia Bates
W. Boulton Bates*
William T. Batson
Sam Baugh
Lorenzo M. Bavoso
Walter N. Baxter, Jr.
Ray Beadle
Robert L. Bean*
James R. Beaty
Albert J. Beaver*
Ms. Jacquie Bechtel
Mr. Jon H. Bechtel
Riley P. Bechtel
Joel P. Beck
Ronald A. Beck
Clark E. Becker
Edwin A. Becker
Robert J. ‘Joe’ Becker
Timothy S. Bedgood
Charles A. Begley
Rod W. Bell
Fred A. Bellero
G. Gordon Bellis
Steve Beneto, Jr.
Michael E. Benito
Brett Bennett
Dr. James L. Bennington
Berger C. Benson
Harald Benson
Ron R. Berg
David R. Bergamini
Clarence O. Berggren
James B. Berglund
Fred M. Beringer
Rowland Bernal*
Mickey Bernstein
Derek W. Berry
John Berry*
Robert L. Berry
Richard D. Bertacchi, II
Kenneth A. Bertelsen
Fred Bertetta
Ken Bertolini
Fred C. Besana
Wilfred J. Bessette
Dan G. Best
Mark E. Beyer
James E. Bickell
Frank M. Billeci, Jr.
Trig C. Birkeland
Brian J. Blach
The Black Brant Group
Gary C. Blackburn
Luke A. Blacklidge
Michael D. Blacklock
David Blackwell
Mark R. Blake
R. F. Blakewell*
Jason L. Blalock
Dean Bledsoe
Daryl Blevins, Jr.*
Paul A. Blevins
Thomas B. Blomberg
Howard Bloom
Bob Bloomer
John A. Bockenkamp
George E. Boero
Dr. Mark Boero
Peter G. Boero
Darren J. Bogie
Dr. John R. Bogie
David D. Bohannon*
Rex H. Bohn
James A. Boike
Paul A. Bolnik
James L. Bond
Ms. Trisha Bonderson
Douglas G. Bonetti
Greg R. Bonetti
Robert J. Bonetti, Sr.
Mike Borg
David Borgatello
M. Anthony Borgatello
Mario A. Borgatello
Larry J. Borrelli
Captain E. J. Boudinot,
USN*
Dale Boust
Eric A. Boutacoff
C. Edward Boutonnet
Fred E. Bowden
William Bowery
George McNear Bowles
Charles B. Bowman
Skip Bowman
Dennis E. Boyd
Travis N. Boyd
Dr. L. Bryce Boyer*
Mark Boyle
Ronald H. Brack
Douglas A. Brackmann
Eric J. Brady
James Bragg
Scott W. Braly
William T. Bramers
Jerry G. Brassfield
Rick J. Breaux
Mark L. Breckner
Larry Breidinger
John B. Brelsford
Tim A. Brennan
Joseph A. Brescia
Don Brewer, Jr.
Tim D. Brewer, CPA
John N. Brezzo
Stephen T. Bridges
Robert L. Brink-Capriola
Arlin Brinker
John Brinley
Mr. William W. Brinton
Arthur A. Bristow
Bob Britt
Daniel L. Brock, Sr.
Skip Brock
John E. Brocker
James B. Brockman*
Mr. L. Ryan Broddrick
Richard W. Brodnik*
Peter Brosig
Mr. Edmond Brovelli, Jr.
Dean A. Brown
Don E. Brown
Edward ‘Ned’ Brown
Gregory S. Brown
John H. Brown
Norman R. ‘Skip’ Brown
Robert Brown
Robert F. Brown
Robert M. Brown
Ron T. Brown
Ms. Susan R. Brown
Walker ‘Vick’ Brown
Dr. George W. Brownridge,
II
Michael D. Bruno
Mr. Bill Brush
Skip Brust
Robert A. Bryant
Bill Buccellato
Mr. Jeff Bucher
Robert Bucher
William N. Bucklin, III
Howard S. Bucquet*
Mr. H. W. Budge
William W. Budge
Nick P. Buffone
Richard L. Bulloch
Joseph J. Bullock, III
Mike Bultema
Ms. Sarah L. Bultema
Ron W. Bunch
Greg Burchett
Dirk Burgard
Dr. George R. Burger
Mike J. Burke, Jr.*
Richard S. Burke
Dennis M. Burkell
Robert L. Burkett, II
Mr. Bartlett Burnap
Charles R. Burrier
H. F. Burroughs
Kevin Burroughs
Richard Burtleson
James D. Burton
Richard Buscaglia
Robert W. Buscaglia
James M. Bustos*
Barry Butler*
Butte Lodge Outing Club
Armand Butticci, II
Donald C. Butts
Jacob N. Butts
D. Wayne Byerley, Jr.
Eugene P. Cabral
Sam Caddle
Walter F. Caldwell
Kent N. Calfee
California Outdoor
Heritage Alliance
Dr. John N. Callander
Mr. Jim Callender
Ms. Fiona Cambra
Frank J. Cambra
Leon Campbell
Dennis E. Campini
George Cantaloub
Spencer L. Cantwell
Dr. Gary Cappelletti
Anthony J. Capra, Sr.
Tony J. Capra, Jr.
James A. Caraccioli
Phil H. Cardinale
Dr. Douglas W. Cardozo
Dr. J. R Carlisle
Jim R. Carlsen
John Carlson, Jr.
Ken Carlson
Ms. Michelle Carlson
Robert Carlson
William Jerry Carlson
Christian M. Carmona
David G. Carner
Richard Carpeneti, Esq.
Devon E. Carr
Fred L. Carroll*
Gerald Carroll
William A. ‘Willie’ Carroll
George T. Carter
Rick Carter
Mr. Mark Casaretto
Charles V. Case
Geoffrey A. Case
Fred J. Casella*
Louis Caselli*
Braxton E. Casey
Craig Casey
Duane L. Cash
Roge Casper
Michael B. Castagnetto, Jr.
James D. Castagnoli
Daniel D. Castiglioni*
Courtney J. Catron
Frank Caufield
Ms. Jeanne D. Cave
George Cavros
Eugene B. Ceccotti
Lee R. Ceccotti
John B. Cerruti
Jim Cesare
Jon W. Challoner
Jon B. Chaney
Wanda C. Chapin*
A. Dale Chapman
Norman L. Chapman
Willis Chase
Anthony J. Chasteen
Mr. Hugh H. Chatham, Jr.
Glenn D. Cheek
Ms. Bettina D. Cheim
Harry J. Cheim
Vincent D. Chianese
Samuel G. Chicos
Paul D. Chivello
Ivan L. Chow
H. J. Christensen
Kris & Bill Christensen
Raymond P. Christensen
Walter H. Christiansen
James N. Christopher
Richard Chrzanowski
Eugene Chwastek*
Gerald J. Circo
Jeffrey D. Civian
Pierson E. Clair, IV
Roy P. Clark*
Stephen D. Clark
Ed Clarke
William Clayton, Jr.
Alfred J. Cleary, III
Dr. Harding Clegg
Lindsay Clegg
Larry D. Clendenen
Robert C. Cline
Hayward Cloud
Levi Cloud
Tanner Cloud
Travis Cloud
Thomas E. Clough
Mike Clowers
James W. Codding
William J. Codiga
Douglas J. Coffing
Fred D. Coffman
Matt Coffrini
R. Ken Coit
David B. Colclough, Jr.
Mike Cole
Steven Coley
Peter C. Collier*
William H. Collier, Jr.
Ms. Dee Collmer
Doug Collmer
Ms. Kylee Collmer
Joseph Collura
Robert S. Colman
Dennis L. Compomizzo
Tom E. Concannon
Ken Condencia
Dominic F. Confetti
Kevin J. Confetti
Mr. Daniel P. Connelly
William F. Connelly
Terry C. Connolly
Thomas P. Connolly, Jr.
Jim Conrad
Bruce Conway
Kirk Conzelman
Michael L. Cook
Randall M. Cook
Dr. William W. Coon*
Douglas Cooper
Gary R. Cooper
Jim Cooper
Robert S. Cooper
Steve Copland
Jim Copp
Dean T. Copsey
William G. Corey
Michael Corker
David O. Corrick, CPA
Michael E. Corsetti
David Cortopassi
Gino A. Cortopassi
Robert A. Coruccini
Duane B. Cosart
Ross Costa
John M. Costello
Mr. Joseph V. Costello, Jr.
Scott Costello
Peter Costigan
Bartley Coulter
Wayne B. Covert
Arthur C. ‘Bud’ Covington
Fred P. Cox*
Jim R. Cox Sr.
John W. Craig*
Samuel B. Craig
Paul W. Crapuchettes
Dan Craven
Paul Crawford
Michael K. Crebbin
Louis Crespino
Michael Cresswell
J. A. Creyer
Robert P. Crivello
William Crnich
Douglas J. Croll
Daniel P. Cronan
John B. Crook
Verne Crookshanks
Kevin J. Crossland
Kenneth Crother
Al Culver
William C. Cummings
Ms. Marilyn Cundiff
Thomas J. Cundith
William F. Cuneo
Carl Cupler
Harold F. ‘Hal’ Curtis
Phillip H. ‘Hal’ Cushing
Jared Cushman
Ashley Custodio
David L. Cutter
Edward A. Cutter
Eric A. Cutter
Alan M. Dachs
Robert K. Dahl
Lee J. Dahlberg
Steve Dalcin
Bill Daley
Robert A. Dallas
T. P. ‘Ted’ Dalzell, II
Joe D. D’Amico
Tony D’Amico
Bert Damner
Joseph M. Danna
Stephen F. Danna, Jr.
James A. Danse
John Darke
Christian P. Dau
Tim Davanis
Robert Davies
Dale W. Davis
Richard F. Davis
Ted K. Davis
Thomas M. Davis
William C. Davis
Ron Dawson
Archie E. Day
T. J. Day
Marc T. Dayton
Joseph L. De Mello
John De Rier, Jr.
Don De Shane
Dominic A. De Vincenzi
John D. De Vincenzi, Jr.
Justin Dean
Dennis C. Deaver
Dennis E. Debenham
Dennis T. Dedomenico
Dr. Robert J. Deitz
Pastor Gilbert Delao, Jr.
Reni Della Maggiore
Ron J. Dell’Immagine
James K. Delmarter
Glenn DeLozier
Lucas DeMent
John ‘Jack’ Dempsey
Robert H. Dench
Gene D’Ercole
Jean D. ‘Dusty’ Destruel
H. Louis ‘Bud’ Detjen, Jr.
Emil C. Devincenzi
John Devincenzi, Sr.
Donald D. Devolld
Frederick DeYoung, III
Franco Di Ruocco*
Gregory O. ‘Butch’ Dias, Jr.
Daniel H. Dibert*
David C. Diekmann
Tony C. Diepenbrock
Anton Dindio
Gary R. Dittmar
Dennis Diver
Marilyn Dixon*
Peyton Dobbins
Christopher M. Dobson,
CFP
Timothy M. Doheny
Eric B. Dohrmann
Gary M Dolan
Joseph P. Dolan
Michael B. Dolphin
Travis Donahue
Ms. Vicki Doss
Mike Dossa*
Roy D. Dotto
Richard E. Dotts
Matt G. Doughty
Alan G Douglass
Gerald Dow*
Rick Downey
Ted W. Dress
Richard V. Drobus
John Drury
John Dryden
George W. Duchemin, Jr.
Rick Duemling
Kenneth C. Duke
Theo Dumars*
Jonathan Dunn
Pete Dunnebeck
Henry M. Duque
James M. Duque
Chris Dutschke
Bill Dyer
George C. Dyer, Sr.*
Greg Dyer
Gary Eames
Gary L. Earl
Philip W. Early
Michael A. Easter
Allison C. Eberhardt
David A. Eberhardt
Douglass M. Eberhardt, Sr.
Ms. Mary E. ‘Mimi’
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William H. Ebert*
Howard N. Eddy
James M. Edgar
Joel C. Edson
Craig A. Edwards
Ellen Egan
James R. Egan
Kerry J. Egan
Michael P. Egan
Nenette C. Egan*
Seamus M. Egan
Shannon Egan
Tim R. Egan
Timothy Egan, Sr.*
Richard P. Egbert, Jr.
Stephen Egger
Rick Egner
Don Ekstrom
Joe Eleshio
Paul Elliott
Greg L. Ellis
Steven W. Ellis
Howard Ellman
Daniel B. ‘Wally’ Emery
Mark Enes
Robert A. Engel
George L. Engelmann
Stuart R. Engs
Dave Enriquez*
Patrick Ensley
Keith R. Ericson
Paul L. Erman
Thomas W. Erwin
Joseph P. Espillac
John D. Eudy
Gordon E. Evans
Mark Evans
Al Everhart, Sr.
Salvatore N. Evola
Ms. Mary ‘Darlene’ Excell
Matthew F. Faber
Ted Falasco*
Stephen J. Fanucchi
Ronald P. Faria
John L. Farley, Jr.*
Jeff Farmer
Ms. Elizabeth Farney
Earl C. Farnsworth, Sr.
Jan L. Farnsworth
Ryan F. Farr
Jay Farrell
Joseph A. Fass
Arthur V. Fay*
Richard A. Featherston, Jr.
John W Fefley*
Arthur W. Feidler
Thomas Fellner, Jr.
Gene Fenn
Milton Fenner
Richard B. Fenner
A. Barlow Ferguson*
Albert Ferrari
Clarence J. Ferrari, Jr.*
Craig Ferrari
Allen E. Ferris
Bart Ferro
Ben Fields
Clyde Figone
Mark T. Figone
Robert A. Filippi
Robert W. Fischer
Michael J. Fish
Willie L. Fisher
Charles D. ‘Chet’ Fite
D. Bruce Fite
Dr. George Fitzgerald*
Donald K. Fletcher
Richard S. Fletcher
Armando Flocchini*
James C. Flood
Peter Flood
Peter A. Flores
Charles J. ‘Mick’ Flynn, Jr.
Dr. Thomas J. Fogarty
Thomas V. Fogarty
Dave J. Fogleman
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James A. Folger
Peter Folger
Peter M. Folger
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K. Mike Ford
Monte R. Ford
Timothy A. Ford
Richard A. Fording
Paul Fortier
Richard G. Foster
Foster City Rod & Gun Club
Dr. Randy J. Fowkes
Chris Fowler
Harry P. Fowler
Ken P. Fowler
James M Frager
William H. Frame
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Mr. Robert T. Franco
Joseph S. Franzia
Robert A. Frazer*
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Len Frazier*
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Robert A. Freeman
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Troy D. Freeman
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David P. Freitas
Rebel Freitas
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Lee A. Friedman
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Gene E. Fromberg
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Dave Fry
Peter Fry
Roy Wayne Fugitt*
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James C. Gaither, Jr.
Thomas F. Galbreath
Brian Gallagher
Russel A. Gallaway*
John P. Galvin
Launce E. Gamble
Robert D. Gamble
Jim Gamenara*
Garcia Imports
Michael Garello, Sr.
Chad F. Garone
Craig D. Garrison
Werner M. Gartner
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Rick Garzoli, Jr.
Dan C. Gatto
Claude J. Gaubert
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Martin A. Gavriloff
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Grassland Water District
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Josh G. Hageman
Wallace R. Hagglund*
James W. Hahne*
Gerald L. Haigh
John H. Haigh
Michael D. Hairston
Albert E. Hajovsky
John Haliwell*
Bryan S. Hall
John C. Hall
Robert C. Hall, Jr.
J. Robert Hallquist*
Robert Halsing*
David B. Hamilton
Jerry Hamilton
Ms. Claire A. Hamiter
John J. Hamiter
William H. Hamm
Howard B. Hamman
Jeff ‘Hoss’ Hamman
H. Robert Hammill
Bill Hamon*
Lee R. Hamre
R. Judd Hanna
Keith C. Hansen
Dennis R. Hansing
John F. Hanson
Rory A. Hanson
Michael J. Hanzek
Thomas V. Hanzo*
John Hargreaves*
B. J. Hargrove
Christopher J. Harley
Paul Harlow
James Harlowe*
Joseph Harney
Fred Harpster
John K. Harrington
Gary L. Harris, Sr.
Gary L. Harris, Jr.
Jerrold B. Harris
Chuck W. Harrison
Mark V. Harrison
Philip L. Harrison
Paul Burnett Harshman
Cliff Hart
Gerald C. Harter
George F Hartman*
Vernon A. Hartman
Nat Stowe Harty
Terry A. Hatanaka
Chris E. Hatch
Ken Hattich
Norman K. Hattich
Molly Hauser
Robert L. Hauser
Alfred M. Hausle, Jr.
Timothy A. Haven
Larry Hayden
Dr. Ivan M. Hayes
Harold J. Haynes*
Roy L. Hays
Mr. Loren L. Head
John B. Healy
Mr. Bill Hedgpeth
David W. Heide
Fred C. Heidrick, Jr.
Dan Heiser
Robert F. Heitman
Debbie Heitz
Zachary A. Heitz
Chuck Helget
Gary W. Helin
D. Carter Hemming
Marvin J. Henderson
Robert E Henderson
Mr. Joe ‘Sep’ Hendrickson
Gary N. Henley
Carsten Henningsen*
Robert Allen Henrichs
Peter A. Henriksen
Michael A. Henry
Richard A. Henry
William R. Henry
Nathan Hensley
Dan Henson
Thomas C. Hepper
George V. Herrero*
John Hesse
Ms. Judy Hesse
James Hetfield
Mark D. Heuer
Derrik C. Hewitt
Eric J. Hewitt
Kurt C. Hewitt
Greg G. Heydeman
Ms. Holly A. Heyser
Clair W. Hicks
Gary G. Higashi
Cory E. Higgins
Mr. Frank E. Higgins
Tyler W. Higgins
Hightest Retrievers, Inc.
William D. Hightower
Jerry Hilbert
Christopher A. Hill
Richard L. Hill
Stephen E. ‘Ned’ Hill
Steven C. Hill, Sr.
Dr. Oscar W. Hills*
David G. Hinman
Joe Hironaka
M. R. Hitchcock*
Walter E. Hitchcock
Julius R. Hitchens
William D. Hite
Harold L. Hjelm
A. Douglas Hobson
Mark D. Hobson
Dr. John F. Hoefer
Rear Admiral John H.
Hoefer, USNR*
Charles L. ‘Chuck’ Hoff
Gary L. Hoffman
Dale Hogan
Eric E. Hogan
A. F. Hogland*
George T. Holdner
Chad L. Hole
Chris C. Holguin
Alan Holleyman
James B. Hollingsworth
Fred C. Holmes
Bradley T. Holmgren
Henry D. Holt
Richard B. Holt
Anton G. Holter*
Tom Homen
Eric Homme
David E. Honeyman, Jr.
John Hontalas
Brad A. Hood
Jack E. Hood
Dennis Hoover
John W. Hopkins
Steve E. Hopkins
Harry E. Hoppe
Mitchell A. Hoppe
Ron Horan
Alan R. Horeis
Harold D. Horner
Rex G. Horney, Jr.
Craig M. Houck
Stephen G. Hough
Robert W. Houk
Dan Hountalas
Debora P. House
James L. Howard
John A. Howard
Nicholas A. Howard
Patrick Howard
Walter R. Howard
Cheryl Howell
Michael Howell
Richard Howell
Ken M. Hower
Walter A. Hower*
David C. Howes
Howard H. Hubbard*
Thomas W. Hubbard
Oscar L. Huber
Clark R. Hudson
Jeff M. Huff
Benjamin L. Huffman
F. Andrew Huffman
Richard A. Hufford
Edwin J. Hulbert
Dennis B. Hulse
Jeff Hume
Grant J. Hunt
James F. Hunt
Joshua M. Hunt
Russell B. Hunt
Brian F. Hunter
Eric L. Hunter
Hal & Kathie Hunter
Martin Hunter
Rodney P. Hunter
Mike Huntzinger
James L. Hurd
Ron Hurlbert
Brian Hurlburt
Bert Hussey*
Mike Hutnick
James C. Hyde
Jim Hyde*
Thomas F. Hyde
Hydrotex Dynamics
Norman C. Hynding*
John D. Hynes*
John Iaccarino
Nick Iacopi
Sam Imamura
Mike Imoto
James Imperatrice
Carol J. Ingwersen
Henry W. Ingwersen*
Kyle Intorf, Sr.
Matt Itamura
Justin D. Jackson
Ken D. Jackson
Mr. & Mrs. Pete and Nancy
Jackson
Ryan C. Jackson
Daniel J. Jacobs
Carl E. Jacobson
Clifford E. Jacobson
Shawn James
Jarol H. Jansen*
John Jansheski
Ed Jarrin
John Jelaco
Edward W. Jelich
Jason E. Jelich
Ms. Patti Jenkins
William N. Jenkins
Steven C. Jennings
Brett Jensen*
Robert E. Jensen, II
Dr. Stephen F. Jensen*
James R. ‘Rik’ Jimerson
Matthew T. Job
Rick D. Johns
Charles H. Johnson
Cyrus A. Johnson
Hal Johnson
Keith A. Johnson
LeRoy F. Johnson
Mike Johnson
Reynold C. Johnson, III
Ron H. Johnson, Jr.
Craig R. Johnston
W. R. ‘Bob’ Johnston
Bradley T. Jones
Chris M. Jones
John B. Jones, Sr.*
Henry R. Jory*
Mark J. Judd
Phillip N. Judge
Eric S. Juhl
Les R. Junge
Ms. Jane Kagehiro
James C. Kahlert
Jeffrey M. Kaiser
Leon A. Karjola
Mark Karpenko
Greg Kassis
Ken Kawamoto
Glenn Keding
Raymond J. Keech
Jack Keeler
Richard Keely
Mark Kehke
Fritz Keil
Dennis R. Keller
Lewis Keller
Mathew Keller
Jay A. Kellett
Kim Kellett
Joseph N. Kelley, II
Mike Kelley
Shon E. Kelley
Robert Kelly
Shawn E. Kelly
Thomas F. Kelly*
Alson R. Kemp, Jr.
Mr. Bill Kent
William Kent, III*
David G. Kenyon
Walt Kenyon
Dr. Arthur W. Keown
George A. Kerbs
Gary L. Kerhoulas
Trish Kerhoulas
Kern County Sportsmen
Neal R. Kernes
Ms. Dee Kerry
Jeffrey W. Kerry
Russell P. Kerry
William Kerry
Steve Kesselring
Nathan Kessler*
Donald T. Kibby
James A. Kidder, Sr.
Ryan P. Kiefer
Daniel N. Killingsworth
Douglas L. Killingsworth,
Sr.
Kenneth A. Kimble
Dr. Charles D. King
Dennis B. King
Ms. Janet C. King
Malcolm D. King*
Harry C. Kirkpatrick*
David V. Kirstien
Ms. Elizabeth ‘Libby’
Kirtley
Steve Klassen
Mark S. Klein
Steven D. Klein
Steven Kleppe, Sr.
Mason E. Kline
Richard R. Klug, Jr.
Kevin M. Knoepfle
Robert S. Knoll
David J. Koepsell*
A. Michael Koewler
Mr. Taber Kopan
Jon W. Kracher
Dr. John W. ‘Jack’ Kramer
Louis P. Krausgrill, Jr.*
George V. Kreiss
Edward J. Kriz
Justin M. Kromelow
John Ksenzulak
Phil M. Kudenov
Henry N. Kuechler, III
Walter B. Kulemin*
Bob Kunde
James D. Kuster*
Richard D. Kuwitzky
Dr. William C. Kuzell
Roger La Jeunesse
Stephen La Jeunesse
Colby S. La Place, Jr.
Robert C. Laben*
Garry LaFaunce
Darryl LaFayette
James G. Lagiss
Nick Lagiss*
Angelo T. Lagorio
John Lahti
Todd M. Laird
Marcus Lamberth
Robert C. Lamborn
Robert L. Lancaster
Dr. Leroy Lance
Richard Y. Lance
Ray G. Landgraf
Edward B. ‘Buzz’ Landis,
Sr.
Thomas E. Landon
Peter F. Lane*
Arthur H. Lange
Ms. Linda M. Lange
Douglas C. Lankenau
Dan Lannes
Eric M. Lannes
Ronald W. Lara
Ms. Deanna Lares
Mr. Joe Lares
Mr. Edward M. Laroche
Mr. Robert K. Larrabee
Robert K. Larrabee, III
Scott R. Larrabee
Bruce E. Larsen
Carl E. Larson
David J. Larson
Lynn I. Larson
Bruce Lattig
Thomas M. Lauchenauer
Charles K. LaViolette, Jr.*
Travis K. LaViolette
Bruce B. Lawrence
James R. Lawrence
Rick Lawrence, Jr.
Stephen P. Lawrence
Timothy D. Lawrence
Dean C. Lawrie
Michael T. Laws
George C. Lawson
William R. Lawson, Jr.
Ed Le Febvre
William J. Leach
Joshua D. Leahy
Konrad S. Leak
Mr. Lee Leardini
Paul Learner
James G. Leathers, Jr.
James J. Leavey
Don R. Lechien
Steven P. Lee
Irv Leen
Danny Leet*
Robert Leggett
Dan Lehman
Leland C. Lehman*
Michael Lehman
John Leigh
Ron Leineke
Walter Leineke
William Lenheim
Arnold P. Lenk
Dave Lennihan
Mike A. Leogrande
Robert Leonard
Jeff Leonardini
John W. ‘Jack’ Leslie
Christopher A. Levitt
Robert Lewin
B. Edward Lewis
Charles R. Lewis
David M. Lewis
Donald W. Lewis
George E. Lewis
Thomas D. Lewis
William B. Lewis
Zachary R. Lewis
Scott Leysath
J. Christopher Liddicoat
Lifeline Medical
Frank Limon, II
Mr. N. Colin Lind
Donald K. Ling
Steve Liske
Douglas T. Lisser
Baird E. ‘Bud’ Lithgow
Brent C. Little
Matt Little
Edmund W. Littlefield, Jr.
Jacques M. Littlefield*
N. B. Livermore, Jr.*
James E. Livesey
Robert G. Lizor*
Juan Llaverias
Joseph A. Lo Schiavo
Robert E. Locatelli
Ernest J. Loebbecke
Robert L. Lofts
Robert B. Logan
Mr. Jeffrey M. Long
Joseph M. Long*
Neville S. Long
Omer Long
Robert D. Longenecker
Mr. Eugene H. Lonon*
Michael E. Lonon
Larry Loperena
James Lopresto
Ken W. Loskot*
Mr. Romeo R. Losoya
Dr. John W. Lott
Tom F. Louderback
Daniel L. Loutas
Howard Love
Jon E. Lovell
Ronald E. Lovell
Ms. Tiffany Lovell
E. Herrick Low*
Thomas H. Lowenstein
Lower Sherman Island
Duck Hunters Assoc.
Dane Lowry
Daniel H. Lowry
Daren Lowry
Dennis Lowry
John D. Lowry
Sean Lowry
Tom Lucas, III
Jerry Luce
Mearl E. Lucken
Lawrence Ludwig
Stan Ludwig
Walter W. Ludy
Dan Luis
Earl Lunceford
Larry Lundberg
David N. Lunning
Jim C. Lusk
Gilbert G. Lynch
Douglas G. Lynn
Adam W. Lyon
Chad H. Lyon
Gregory A. Lyon
James T. Lyon
Scott Lyon
Stephen C. Lyon
Todd Lyon
Willis Y. Lyon
Gary Lytle
Charles B. Macauley*
Frank MacBride*
Brian S. MacDonald
Manuel Macedo
Craig Machado
Kenneth J. Machado, Jr.
Greg Maciel
Gerald Mackey
Robert A. Mackey
Thomas J. Mackey
Dr. Benjamin H. Maeck
Donald Y. Maffei
Todd V. Magaline
Jerome Magee*
Michael J. Magee
Dennis J. Maggiora
Mario Maggiora*
Salvatore J. ‘Joe’ Maleti,
III
Dr. Vincent Malfitano
Mr. Aslam A. Malik
Dan M. Mallia
Thomas F. Malloy
Darren T. Maloney
E. Stephen Maloney, III
Ed S. Maloney, II*
J. William Maloney
Jean K. Maloney
Ms. Meghan L. Maloney
Joseph R. Mantua
Bert Manuel, Jr.
Bruce R. Mapes
Robert J. Marani
W. Patrick Marchbanks
Richard E. Marcillac
Mario N. Mariani
Betty Marinovich
Dr. Robert T. Marks
Adolph Markstein*
Hayden Markstein
Jason C. Markstein
Kenneth Markstein
Travis S. Markstein
Mr. Ted M. Marois
John A. Martin, Jr.
Kenneth J. Martin, Sr.
Stephen J. Martin
Stephen M. Martin
James G. Martinez
John H. Martinez
Steven R. Martini
Gene Marty
Michael J. Marver
R. T. ‘Ted’ Mason
Pat V. Mastrantonio
Kenneth P. Mateo
Joseph G. Matteucci*
John C. Mattos
Tony R. Matuska
Shawn A. Maxey
Dan Mayberry
Jeffrey S. Mayer
Jamey Mazzotta
Thomas P. McAfee
Dr. William S. McAfee
Michael F. McAuliffe
Stephen B. McAuliffe
Bob McBrayer*
Jon McBride
Ms. Jackalynn Heilner
McCabe
Robert Lee McCain, Jr.
Bob McCall
David McClelland
Jeff McClelland
Edmund E. McClure
Stephen D. McClure
Kenneth D. McClurg
Patrick R. McCormick
Bud McCoy
Robert J. McCoy*
Sean McCreary
Peter A. McCuen*
Jack McCulloch
Harry C. McDean
Michael J. McDevitt
Michael McDonald
Ralph J. McDonald
Robert E. McDonald, III
James McDowell
John McDowell
McElvany, Inc.
David W. McEuen
Robert A. McHugh, Sr.*
Chris G. McIntosh
G. J. McIntosh*
James B. McIntosh
James G. McIntosh
Phillip J. McIntyre
Benton McKnight
Douglas B. McLellan
Russell M. McLennan*
Kent W. McMaster
Alfred L. McMicking
Ms. Gratia L. McMills
Brig. General Jack R.
McMills*
James McNab, III
Mike McNama
John P. McNamara
John E. McNear
L. P. McNear
Chris McNellis
Gary L. McPherson*
Ted R. McVey*
Ms. Nancy Meadows
Brian M. Mecham
Robert V. Medina
Kyle M. Meintzer
Kevin Meline
Joseph R. Mello
Thomas L. Mello
Gene Mellon
Jack W. Menefee
Robert Meng
Sterling Mentink*
R. A. L. Menzies
Dwight L. Merriman, III
Gregory R. Merriman
Ms. Fronzaline ‘Frankie’
Messerli
Luke Messerli
James D. Messersmith
Dr. Stacy R. Mettier
Kurt Meyer
George E. Meyers*
Ronald J. Mezzetta
David M. Michaut
James J. Middendorf
Edward J. Migale
Michael J. Migliore
Sheldon R. Milenbach*
Travis Milistefr
Scott J. Millard
Dana W. Miller
Don N. Miller
Gary J. Miller
John F. Miller
Dr. John J. Miller, III
Ken Miller
Kent G. Miller
Larry G. Miller
Matthew Miller
Michael R. Miller
Robert F. Miller
Roger D. Miller
John G. Millett*
John W. Millett
Donald W. Mills
Dirk Minnema
Mark G. Minnis
Manuel S. Misquez, Sr.
Manuel S. Misquez, Jr.
Mr. Emery Mitchell
Ms. Sharyl Mitchell
Wallace Mitchell
George S. Mizuno
Ray Mizuno*
Ronald A. Modrall
John D. Moe
David R. Moffitt
Vern Moffitt
Dr. Selby Mohr*
Selby Mohr, Jr.
J. Jerome Moiso
Michael F. Monschein
J. P. Montemayor
Francis S. Montgomery, II
Richard D. Montgomery
Al Montna
Gary S. Moody
Kenneth Moonie
Roger E. Moraes
Manuel D. Morais
Kenneth Morando
Timothy R. Moratto
Charles J. Morehouse*
Robert W. Morey
Stephen Morey
Ryan E. Morgan
Travis W. Morgan
Romano Morganti
Ralph N. Mori, Sr.
Richard W. Morris
John R. Morrison
Dr. Philip Morrissey
James A. Morrow
Steven W. Morrow
Timothy Morrow
Craig P. Mortensen
Steven C. Mortensen
James T. Morton*
John Morton
Rocky C. Morton
Jon D. Moss
Atilio A. ‘Til’ Mossi
Steven R. Muller
Eric J. Mumma*
Jack Murdy*
John J. Muri
Jay D. Murphey
Dennis M. Murphy
James B. Murphy
Joe Murphy
Richard Murphy
Warren Murphy
Albert K. Murray
Daniel B. Murray
Kenneth R. Murray
Mark R. Murray
Dr. William R. Murray*
Mr. Robert J. Mussano
Daniel Muzik
Charles K. ‘Chuck’ Myers*
William G. Naef*
Ron T. Nahas
Dave Nannini
Albert F. Naticchioni
Tom W. Natsues
Gary A. Neal
Robert M. Neaman, II
Bud Needham*
John Neerhout, Jr.
Richard H. Neff
Thomas M. Neff
Fred L. Negri*
Mike Neihouse
Ms. Barbara Nelson
Ms. Cathie L. Nelson
Charles Nelson
Dr. David L. Nelson*
Ms. Melissa ‘Missi’
Nelson
Mona Nelson
Steven E. Nelson*
Dr. Rod F. Neubert
Carlos W. Neumann
Dustin T. Neutzling
Steve G. Newberry
Jack H. Newell, Sr.*
Larry J. Newhall
Harold A. Nichelini
James M. Nichelini, Jr.
Dr. Bernard E. Nichol
Mark Nicholson
Peter T. Nicholson*
Steve Nicholson
Ray J. Nielsen
Robert F. Nielsen
Robert J. Nielsen
Curt Nizzoli
Charles E. Noble*
Ken W. Noble
Glenn Nobmann
Tod E. Nobriga
Craig Nolan
Mr. George S. Nolte, Jr.
Gregory J. Norell
Northern California Water
Association
Jeffrey L. Novak
Joseph M. Nowak
Mr. Irwin J. Nowick
Oakland Associates Duck
Club
James A. Ober
Victor Oberto
Mark O’Brien
Robert M. O’Connor
Anthony R. Odell
Rick Oefinger
Robert O’Ffill
Joe E. Ogando
Robert H. O’Hair*
Jon A. Older*
Edward Olhava
Henry L. Olhava
Don Oliphant
R. Michael Oliver
Jon Olivieri
Boyd M. Olney, Jr.
James K. Olson
Richard E. Olson
Thomas K. Olson
E. Paul O’Neal
Louis O’Neal
Dr. W. Robert O’Neil, Jr.
Michael O’Riordan
Dan Orsburn
Patrick J. Osborn
Ralph Osterling
Lamont ‘Buffy’ Osti
Larry G. Ott
Lee A. Otterson
Kenneth Owen
Robert J. Pacini*
John V. Paige
Robert J. Palmaymesa
Matt Pandol, Jr.
Ms. Melissa A. Paper
Michael D. Paper
Charles Pappageorge
Donald G. Parachini
W. B. ‘Bill’ Parham, Jr.
E. J. Parish
Mike T. Parisio
Randall J. Parker
Roger A. Parker
Scott A. Parker
Harry A. Parks, Sr.*
Stephen E. Parks, Sr.
Richard Parmelee
John S. Parodi*
John Parrish
Donald A. Parry
Michael B. Parsons
Michael Passaglia, Jr.
Nick Passaglia
Robert A. Pastorino
Joseph E. Patten
C. E. ‘Pat’ Patterson
Dave W. Patterson
William H. Patterson
E. Scott Patton
Michael Payne
Bill Peacock
Warren Peacor
Michael B. Pearce
Mr. Scott R. Pearson
Christopher Peatross
C. L. Pecchenino
Charles F. Peckham
Fred J. Pedersen
Fred Pedley
John R. Peelman
Robert Pelissier
Peter G. Perata
Albert J. Perini
Don Perkins
John Perkins
Stan Perry
Stuart D. Perry
Charles P. ‘Pete’ Peters
Richard L. Peters
William H. Peters
C. David Petersen
Charles J. Petersen
Maynard C. Petersen, Sr.
Richard A. ‘Pete’ Petersen
Robert E. Petersen*
Chris Peterson
David W. Peterson
Edward H. Peterson
Lonny W. Peterson
George J. Petrovich*
Dr. Jack Pflock*
Jeff F. Phelan
Michael J. Phelan
Clyde F. Phelps, III
E. S. ‘Ted’ Phillips*
Paul M. Phillips
Bernal R. Phipps*
Dr. Michael K. Piazza
Walter C. Piekarczyk
Dr. Dale R. Pierce
Henry M. Pierotti
Lance Pierovich
Jim Pincin
Conner M. Pine
Matt J. Pine
Robert C. Pinson
Jack K. Piper, Jr.
Reno R. Piva*
Tom G Plant, Jr.
Norman D. Ploss
John C. Plut
Matthew S. Plut
Henry W. Poett, III
Louis Poletti
Richard Poletti
Mark Pollacci
Anthony V. Ponnay
George Ponnay, Jr.
D. Hebden Porteus*
John A. Powell
Mr. John F. Prangley, Jr.
Ms. Margaret E. Prather
Tom Prather*
William R. Preever
Dr. James A. Pretzer
Albert M. Price
David D. Prickett
Peggy Prickett
Kevin M. Primofiore
William R. Pritchard, Jr.
Raymond E. Prothero
Paul Prudler
Stephen Pucci
Ken Puccini
Walter Puccini
Donald B. Putnam
Brandon S. Quan
Michael L. Quartaroli
Joe Quenneville
P. Anthony Quilon
Bill Quinn
Blake Quinn
Jeffrey J. Quinn
Thomas P. Quinn
Mr. Rich Radigonda
Peter J. Raffetto
William L. Rainey
Calvin ‘Bud’ Rambo
Mildred M. Rambo
Thomas C. Rambo*
M. Carl Rana
Barrett G. Randick, Jr.
Richard A. Rassmussen
Ms. Kelly Rathburn
George H. Ratliff, Jr.
Dr. Dennis Raveling*
Herbert O. Ray*
Ms. Andra L. Ready
Richard L. Reed, III
Charles W. Reese
Ms. Clarissa R. Reese
Dwyte Reeve
Mike A. Reid
George C. Reiker*
William Reimers
Matt Reno
Eugene E. Rentsch
William B. Renwick
Ms. Katie Reynolds
Larry A. Reynolds, Sr.*
Melvin Reynolds
Michael J. Reynolds
Chris G. Rhoades
Eugene Ricci
Ron Ricci
Bob L. Richardson
Skip Richardson
William A. Richardson
Bernard Ridder, Jr.
Wilfred R. Riggs, Jr.
Dr. Michael Righetti
Milton E. Righetti
Michael J. Riley
Mike D. Riley, Sr.
William A. Riley, Jr.
Hal P. Riney
Timothy J. Riordan
David Riparbelli
Lewis E. Risley*
Louis E. Rittenhouse
David L. Rix
Robert R. Roach
Ronald D. Roach
Ron Roark
Charles J. Roberts
Dana Roberts
Douglas Roberts
Hurley ‘Bill’ Roberts
James A. Roberts
L. Howard Roberts
Troy Roberts
William D. ‘Bud’ Roberts*
Gary R. Robeson
James G. Robinson
James P. Robinson
Leonard S. Rochon
Dr. Mark C Rockwell
Fred P. Rodoni, Jr.
Lee R. Rodrigue
Iva Rogers
Keith D. Rogers
Richard G Rogers
Tom T. Rolleri, Jr.
Alex Rolsky
Cole E. Rommel
Carlos Romo
Richard E. Root
John F. Rosasco
Vincent M. Rosdahl
Mannie Rose
Mark A. Rose
Scott P. Roseman
Thomas S. Rosen
David H. Rosenthal
Gerald L Ross
John C. Ross
Gary Rossi
Patrick Rossi
William Rossiter
Brett Rossmann
Kirk Rossmann
Ty Rossmann
Jon Roth
Dr. Ron R. Rott
Fred Rouse
Michael Rouse
Christopher J. Rowland
Denise Rubin
Matt R. Ruchong, Jr.
Robert O. Rudloff
Allen Rudolph
John Rudolph
Larry Ruiz
Jon L. Runley
Michael G. Ruspil
David J. Russell
Jerry C. Russell
John H. Russell
Michael D. Russell
Weldon L. Russell*
George Rust*
Philip Ryall
Mr. James L. Ryan
Kevin P. Ryan
Joseph S. Rychetnik
Goran Ryn
James J. Sacco
Kevin S. Sack
Ralph A. Saich
Frank Salamid, Jr.
Mark W. Sambrailo
George Sammut
Eldon Sampson*
San Francisco Gun
Exchange, Inc.
Don M. Sanches
Michael Sandbach
Donald E. Sande
Maxwell L. Sanders
Robert A. Sanders
Santa Cruz Land & Cattle
Co., Inc.
Pete Santina
Harold J. Santos
Marion G. Santos, III
Dennis S. Sasaki
Ralph H. Sawyer
Leonard W. Saxton
William Saxton
Russ H. Sayers
Walt Scammell
William A. Schaedler
Ms. Jacqueline E. Schafer
Jeffrey Schafer
Mr. William Scharfen
Dr. Willis C. Schaupp*
Richard E. Schell
Fred H. Schlichting
Wayne Schlosser
Roland B. Schmeeckle*
Michael D. Schneider
Kevin Schnepp, Sr.
Scott D. Schnepp
James F. Schohr
Earl W. Schott
Eric J. Schou
Robbin Schrader
Leo H. ‘Butch’ Schuering
Keith T. Schuler
Dr. John Schulte
Paul G. Schulte
Jack H. Schultz
Daniel H. Schurba
David D. Schurba
Don Schurba
Michael Schussel
Richard Schussel
Bill Schwartz
Robert K. Schwartz
Craig D. Schwarz
Jeff Scott
John J. Scott
Mark Scott
Robert L. Scott, III
Les Seacrist
Albert D. Seeno, Sr.*
Albert D. Seeno, Jr.
Dr. Jerral S. Seibert
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John Sewell, Sr.
W. Bruce Shafer*
Jay Shaffer
Mark S. Shannon
Robert Clay Shanrock
David Sharp
Richard L. Sharp
Tyler Sharp
Daniel O. Shattuc
William H. Shattuc
Don C. Shaw
William A. Shaw, Jr.
Gerald Shedden
Kirk L. Sheeley
Charles M. Shepardson
Kelby L. Sheppard
Ryan P. Sherman
Dr. Michael W. Sherrod
Dick Shigemoto
Mike Shlicoff*
Denise M. Shook
F. W Shriver
Joseph T. Shuler
Mr. Lawton Shurtleff
Dennis D. Shute
Robert C. Sibley
Walter R. Sikes
Andrew D. ‘Duffy’ Sill
Bob M. Silva, Jr.
Dan Silva
John M. Simmons
Stephen B. Simmons
Dr. Cary B. Simonds
Raymond J. Simonds
Gayle J. Simpson
Rod Sims
Frank Siri
Michael P. Siri
Dr. Lee R. Skinner
Mark T. Slack
Rick Slack
David A. Slade
Mitch Sladowski
Dennis G. Slater
Sidney C. Slatter
Vann H. Slatter
Dr. Terry W. Slaughter
Donald Slavich
Edward Slavich
Tom Slivinski
Kevin L. Sloop
Larry M. Slupe
James W. Slusser
Jay Small
Art M. Smith
Blake Smith
Bradley Smith
Ms. Christina A. Smith
Craig A. Smith
Daniel H. Smith, III
David L. Smith
Dennis ‘Pete’ Smith
Hobart A. Smith
Ian M. Smith
Jeanette M. Smith
Jordan K Smith
Michael D. Smith
Mike W. Smith
Randall L. Smith
Russel J. Smith
Tamblin C. Smith
Victor M. Smith, Jr.
Wilbur H. Smith, IV
Joan Snider
Mike D. Snider
Thornton N. Snider
David Snodgrass
Charles R. Snyder
Medford ‘Pepper’ Snyder
Thomas E. Snyder
Frank Solinsky
Ron Solomon
Allen Sonnenburg
Donald Sorani
Mark Sorani
Michael J. Sorani
Wendell Sorenson
Michael Sorsky
Gordon V. Sortomme, Jr.
Ronald Sousa
Eugene E. Souza, Jr.
Robert J. Sparr
Ross D. Speer
Richard P. Speidel, Sr.
John M. Spencer*
Dr. Robert A. Spencer
Joseph K. Spier
Michael Spies
Rodney Spradlin
Allan Sproul
Thomas H. Squeri
Michael St. Peter
Mike Stagner
Greg Stagnitto
Steve Stahle
John Stangland
C. Jeffrey Stanley
Thomas M. Stanton
James E. Stark
David A. Statham
Marshall Steel, Jr.*
Bob W. Steele
William G. Steele, Jr.*
Kurt P. Steindorf
Robert Steiner
Otto C. Stelling, Jr.
John L. Stenso
Shane Stent
Edward J. Stephens
Ellis M. Stephens
Gordon Stephens, Jr.
Paul H. Stephens
Ted Stephens
Larry J. Stephenson
Robert M. Stephenson*
Robert Stephenson
Denny Stevens
Robert W. Stevens, III
Don Stevinson*
Richard L. Stewart
Ronald E. Stewart
Randy Stoeber
W. L. Stoeckle*
Harry M. Stone
Mark Stoney
Gregory Stout*
Joseph Paul Stover, III
Joseph Paul Stover
Fritz ‘Fritz’ Strain
Reginald W. Street
Stephen C. Strong*
Joshua D. Stuart
Dominic J. Stull
Mr. Al Sturla
Barry A. Sullivan
Michael A. Sullivan
Eugene Supanich
Ken M. Susnara
Dennis V. Swanson
Mr. Roger S. Swanson
Bert Swanston*
David A. Sweet
Kenneth W. Swett
W. A. Swinerton*
Joseph Syufy
Larry Szabo
Dr. Ken Taber
Dr. John P. Tacheff
John P. Talia, CPA
Stephen F. Tamborski
Robert C. Tanklage
Dr. James C. Tanous*
Michael F. Tarpley
Richard T. Tarrant
Mr. Herbert B. Tasker
Ron Tatsui
Gary A. Taylor
Jeffrey Taylor
Lux P. Taylor
Mark E. Taylor
Richard L. Taylor
Mr. Fred A. Teichert
James J. Telegan*
John A. Telfer, Jr.
Ms. Wilma L. Telfer
Otto H. Teller*
Henry G. Temple, III
Gordon R. Terhune
Ms. Kathy Terrell
Ms. Kylee Ann Terrell
Michael P. Terrell
Kenneth E. Terry
Sherman W. Terry*
Milo L. Terzich
Richard Tesene, Sr.
William G. Tharp, II
Mike C. Thielen
Peter R. Thom
Bob E. Thomas
Bob J. Thomas
David F. Thomas
John W. Thomas
Leroy L. Thomas
Randy E. Thomas
Gerald L. Thompson
Ian M. Thompson
Mike Thompson
Ray C. Thompson
Stanley A. Thompson
Jack G. Thomson
Jack S. Thomson
Glenn C. Thornton
James G. Threadgill
Jesse Tidwell, Jr.*
Dexter C. Tight
Victor M. Tillman
Kevin Timothy
Kim L. Timothy
Andy J. Tirao
Larry Tischer
Richard J. ‘Jeff’ Todoroff
Steve Tofft
C. E. ‘Ted’ Toland
Ms. Jennifer Tolman
Charles Bud” “ Tonnesen
Kevin T. Toon
Jeff Torrey
Ms. Suzie Torrey
Dan A. Tosi, Jr.
Charles C. Towle, Jr.*
Michael G. Towle*
William S. Towne*
9th Annual
North Delta Conservancy Fun Shoot
@ Birds Landing Sporting Clays
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Lewis Class Event
Includes: 100 Sporting Clay Targets & Lunch
Entry Fee: $90
Youth Entry Fee: $50 (Ages 17 & under)
For more in
formation,
contact To
pper or Lind
a
Van Loben
Sels
(916) 7761223
Come help support the Delta’s largest egg rescue program and one of the three largest wood duck projects in
California. In just 15 years we have raised and released
over 8,000 wild mallards, and we maintain 353 wood duck
boxes, hatching 17,000 wood ducklings.
All you need for a great day of family fun is your favorite shotgun,
4 boxes of shells and eye & ear protection.
(If you forget something, the Birds Landing ProShop has an
ample supply of shells, glasses & ear plugs.)
33 Cases of Ammo for the Winners
1st-3rd place in 5 Lewis Classes
plus
HOA, Runner-up and Concurrent* 1st thru 3rd Places
Schedule
8:00am Practice 5-Stand Open
9:00am Registration
9:30am Main Event
1:00pm Lunch & Awards
*Concurrent Classes: Sub Junior (15 & Under), Junior (16-20),
Ladies, Veteran (55-64), Super Veteran (65 & Up)
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Phil Tozer*
Tranquility Gun Club
David F. Travis
James E. Treadwell
Eric Triolo
Robert G. Tuck*
Edward S. Tuite
George Tunnell
Steve J. Turigliatto
Don W. Turner
John Turner, Sr.
Mark Turpin
Dr. Walter E. Tweedie
Charles Tyson
John F. Uhl
Mr. Gilbert S. Ullery
Brian W. Unger
Rondal C. Unger
Jerry Urban
Philip Valade
Frank Valadez
Daniel A. Valdez
Christian D. Valentine
C. H. Van Gastel
Carel D. ‘Topper’ Van
Loben Sels
John W. Van Ness
Fred A. Van Pelt*
Roy Van Pelt
Thomas ‘Gary’ Van Scyoc
John E. Van Valkenburgh
Richard L. Vannelli
Richard Vantine
Philip A. Varni
L. Roger Varwig, Sr.
Richard Vaughn
H. Michael Vawter
Mr. Carlo E. Vecchiarelli
James E. Venoble
Ventura Game Preserve
James R. Vertin
John Viera
Richard A. Viera
Joseph S. Viscuso
Scott D. Vix
Daniel Vogel
Steven P. Von Konsky
Mike Voris
Ted D. Voudouris
Robert Voydat*
Chris N. Vreeland
John Vroman
Jack W. Waddill
Corbin D. Wadlow
James H. Wagar, Jr.
Belan K. Wagner
Richard Wakefield
Edward C. Waldman
Brooks Walker, Jr.
Rick R. Walker
Robert R. Walker
Robert C. Waller, Jr.
Edward Wallis
Ms. Kris Wallis
William A. Walsh
Kenneth E. Ward
Lauren S. Ward
Porter Washington
Mr. Tom J. Watega
Mr. Ronald E. Watkins
Bob Watson, Jr.
Judy Watson
Jeffrey J. Wayne
Dr. John C. Weaver, Jr.
Malcolm B. Weaver
Russell Webb
Edward E. Webber*
Jeffrey T. Webber
Donald Webster
Douglas R. Webster
James R. Webster
John Webster
Ken C. Webster
Warren L. Wehmeyer
The Weiler Foundation,
Inc.
Jay E. Welch
Ken W. Welch
Peter Wells
Charles Wensley
Frank Wentworth
Western Wildlife Gallery
Peter J. Weston*
Darryl L. Weyant
Charles S Wheeler, III*
Kate Wheeler
Richard J. Wheeler
Robert L. Whitaker
John W. Whitcombe
Ms. Judy Whitcombe
Allen White
Donald F. White
Ms. Jennifer M. White
Mark A. White
Ron D. White*
William G. White
Curtis W. Whitley, Sr.
Brady Whitlow
Bob Whittaker
Nels P. Wiegand
James P. Wieking
David J. Wieland
Dicky Wieland
Jeff Wieland
Christopher B. Wigaard
Michael C. Wigell
Roger Wiggins
Wild Goose Club, Inc.
John Wiles
Robert S. Wilkerson*
Christopher A. Wilkey
David Wilkins
Wayne Willey
John E. Willford
Christopher M. Williams
Dennis L. Williams
James A. Williams
Mark A. Williams
Terry Williams
Cress Williamson
Larry R. Williamson
Brian D. Willingham
Avery L. Willis
W. John Wilma
L. Wilsey*
Alexander M Wilson
Kent Wilson
Kevin J. Wilson
Robert G. Wilson
Sean O. Wilson
Wayne W. Wilson*
Wayne W. ‘Chip’ Wilson
Joe W. Wilwerding
Tom L. Wilwerding
Winchester Gun Club
Jerry Winder
Marc R. Winters
Mr. John L. Winther
Ray Winther*
Jack Wisler
Jim Wittmayer
John ‘Jack’ Wohler
Michael Wohler
Brad L. Wold
Walter Wolfe
Greg Womble
David E. Wood
Dodo Wood
John B. Wood, Jr.
Ms. Hannah Therese
Woodin
Hunter William Woodin
Thad G. Woodin
Winston P. ‘Woody’
Woodman
Ms. Veronica Woodruff
Bill Woods
Martin Woods
Edward Wopschall
Daniel A. Worsham
Jon Wren
Edgar L. Wright
Mike Wright
Nolan J. Wright*
Robert M. Wright
Bruce J. Wyant
Robert D. Yakemonis
Edwin Yamamoto
Theodore L. Yeh, Jr.
Chuck Yirchott
Marcus Yoo
Patrick Yosick
Eric A. Young
Greg G. Young
Robert T. Young
Walter Young
Daniel S. Yourish
Jay Zack
Gary C. Zahn
Keith C. Zahn
Charles Zakskorn
Peter Zamoyta*
Ernie Zanrosso
Ralph Zappala
Mike Zaslove
Rick Zaslove
David S. Zezulak
Paul Ziegelmaier*
Matthew S. Ziesak
Jerry Zimmers
Tim E. Zoliniak
Ken Zschach
Gary R. Zufelt
Donald H. Zumwalt
Heritage Sprig
Christhopher N. Arnold
Ms. Jacquelline N. Arvin
Jedidiah S. Arvin
Ms. Julianna M. Arvin
Teal Baker
Jonathan T. Bennett
Matthew R. Bennett
Ms. Cheyenne M. Coldren
Ms. Roseanna A. Coldren
Tyler Davies
Mr. Benjamin R. DeDominic
Mr. William O. DeDominic
Dominic Delucchi
Chance Easter
Ms. Kate Lafayette
Stefano Maffei
Mr. Connor M. Marksman
Mr. Enrico D. Merlo
Ms. Jessie Lu Quinn
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Shortcuts
cuisine
Scott Leysath, The Sporting Chef
cuisine
I decided long ago that most home
cooks just don’t have the time or the inclination to take the long route to preparing
a recipe when a shortcut will get you
home, or at least close enough to impress
most people. That’s not to say that taking
the time to make a great homemade barbecue sauce or stock isn’t worth the trou-
ble, but when you’re out of the good stuff,
a bottle or can can be doctored up with
just a pinch of this and a splash of that to
make the finished sauce taste like you
made it from scratch.
When it comes to buying prepared
sauces, I like to visit Asian markets for
some out-of-the-ordinary flavors. One of
Sweet-Hot Marinade and Sauce Makes 1½ cups
If desired, you can double the recipe below and store the extra sauce in the refrigerator for two to three weeks.
1 1/4 cups Italian dressing
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed
lemon juice
2 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons jalapeno pepper,
seeded and minced (or substitute 1 – 2 teaspoon red pepper flakes)
2 garlic cloves, minced
Combine all ingredients and whisk
together or shake vigorously in a tight-fitting
jar. Pour over meat, toss to coat, and
refrigerate for 2 – 6 hours. Drizzle additional
sauce over meat just before serving.
Chipotle Balsamic Syrup Makes about 2/3 cup
Okay, so you might have to plan ahead a little on this one. Start with a cheap bottle
of balsamic vinegar (16 – 18 ounces, about $4/bottle), and reduce it to intensify the natural
sweetness and oaky flavor.
1
1
1
bottle balsamic vinegar
tablespoon brown sugar
teaspoon Tabasco Chipotle
Pepper Sauce
Add ingredients to a medium saucepan
over medium heat, uncovered. Bring to a
boil, reduce heat, and simmer until liquid has
reduced by approximately two-thirds. Allow
to cool and thicken. Drizzle a thin stream
over cooked meats or salmon, but don’t
smother it. Store in the refrigerator for
several weeks.
Orange-Ginger Sauce and Marinade Makes 1 cup
It’s a little bit Asian and a lot of flavor.
2/3
3 2
2 1
1 cup low-sodium soy sauce
tablespoons rice vinegar
tablespoons orange juice
concentrate
green onions, minced
tablespoon pickled ginger, minced
tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
Combine ingredients in a small
saucepan and heat to warm, but do not bring
to a boil. Simmer for a few minutes and
allow to cool. Be careful when using as a
marinade since the sugary orange juice
concentrate will burn easily. To avoid
burning, pat dry after marinating and drizzle
additional sauce over when served.
Photo by Scott Leysath
my favorites is eel (unagi) sauce. It’s made
from grilled eel bones, which is one ingredient I’m usually a little short on, so it’s
hard to make it at home. This dark, rich
soy-based sauce is just a tad sweet, a little
sour, and not too salty. When you find a
bottle of Asian sauce that piques your interest, I suggest you compare brands by
their sodium content. Some of them are
way too salty for my taste buds. A drizzle
of eel sauce over a smoky, grilled duck
breast is especially delicious.
Here are a few of my favorite quick
sauces and marinades that will save you
time in the kitchen and get you back outside where you belong. The measurements listed should be used as a place to
start and not meant to be exact. Think of
these shortcuts as an outline from which
to create your own signature culinary creations. Taste as you go and adjust at the
end. All of the recipes can be used with
waterfowl, antlered game, and domestic
meats.
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take your best shot
2010-2011
Photo Winners
Congratulations to our 2010-2011 Take
Your Best Shot Photo Contest winners.
Prizes were provided by our contest
sponsors: Gary Kramer Photography,
Tanglefree, All Ways Framing, and
California Department of Fish and Game.
Look for the 2011-2012 contest details in
the fall issue of the magazine!
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Sunset Over the
Preserve
by Philip Rob
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Number 3 of a Triple
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Proud First Year Waterfowler
by Dylan Yamasaki
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L EN
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C A CLAE
June
2 Rodeo/Crockett California Waterfowl Banquet. Tickets contact
Bart Bates, (510) 262-0109; or Darren Solaro, (916) 275-5143.
4 Suisun Marsh Field Day. Bart Bates, (510) 262-0109.
11 Atwater California Waterfowl Banquet. Don Knapp, (209) 3575117; Daryl Wood, (209) 628-6555; Tom Homen, (209) 606-7257.
July
14 South Bay California Waterfowl Dinner. Scott Cornelius, (408)
826-4782 (Tickets); or Brett Calhoun, (408) 529-3659.
16 Lancaster “Bucks and Ducks” Dinner. Robert Neaman, (661) 9438844; Rodney Torres, (209) 769-1088; or Tom Homen, (209) 606-7257.
17 Sonoma/Marin Pig Feed. Tim Davanis, (916) 335-9604.
23North Coast/Eureka California Waterfowl Banquet. Brad
Smith, (707) 496-4498; or Janet Smith, (707) 444-3284; or Phil Grunert, (707)
725-3637.
TBABay Area Tri-Valley Golf. Darren Solaro, (916) 275-5143.
TBADelta Mud Fest. Kyle Wise, (209) 596-1755.
August
7 USS Hornet/Alameda Naval Base California Waterfowl Dinner. Darren Solaro, (916) 275-5143; or Rich Radigonda, (707) 747-9691.
23 Watsonville California Waterfowl Banquet. Carolyn Agard, (831) 479-1444; or Darren Solaro, (916) 275-5143.
26 Walnut Creek/Diablo California Waterfowl Dinner. Held at the Blackhawk Museum. Darren Solaro, (916) 275-5143.
27 Celebration Of The Harvest Fun Day In The Park. Steve Brown, (209) 943-6249; or Tim Davanis, (916) 335-9604.
TBA Chowchilla California Waterfowl Banquet. Don Knapp, (209) 535-1302; or Matt Zimmer, (559) 665-2258.
TBA Carmel Valley California Waterfowl Dinner. Les Terry, (831) 659-2233; or Robert Ashmore, (831) 372-0800; or Melinda Pereira, (831) 649-1740.
TBA Chino California Waterfowl Dinner. Jim Morton, (909) 391-6512; or Tom Homen, (209) 606-7257.
TBA Coon Creek California Waterfowl Shoot. Scott Mueller, (916) 275-1022.
September
8 Sacramento Wild Game Feed. Larry Leidelmeyer, (916) 919-7645 or
(916) 456-5465. Visit us online at www.wildgamefeed.net.
TBA Central Coast Sportsman Event. CWA’s Big Buck Contest.
Tom Homen,
(209) 606-7257; or Adam Weleba, (805) 975-8170; Darren Solaro, (916) 275-5143.
TBA Sacramento and Delevan Brush Up Day. Bruce Billings,
(530) 934-6243.
TBA Guns and Hoses Bay Area Banquet. Held at the Palm Event Center
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in Pleasanton. Darren Solaro, (916) 275-5143.
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Donors Support Conservation
During the past several months, California Waterfowl’s fundraising committees received generous donations of funds and merchandise
valued at $500 or more from the following companies and individuals. Whenever possible, please support the businesses listed below.
Contra Costa
Harry C. Adamson; Blue Wing Gallery and Framing; CA Mechanical; DL Price; Foskett Family; Kinder’s Specialty Meats; Laughlin,
Falbo, Levy & Moresi; James Middendorf; Praxair; Bart Price; Rich
Radigonda; Randy’s Fishing Trips (Peter Bruno); Redwood Painting; Chris Rowland; Tanglefree; Dan Valdez; and Yamada Farms.
vices; Delta Nature Photographer (Mike Pieretti); The Gun Room
(Jeff Wallace); Harding Flying Service; The Lyman Group; Annette and Dave Robinson; Sheldon Gas Company; Justin, Kristy,
Linda, Mark, Mary, and Topper van Loben Sels; and Zimmerman
Duck Club.
Davis
Berryessa Veterinary Service (Tim Krasnansky); Blake’s Heating
& Air Conditioning; Jim Collin; Michael and Trudie DeWit; Executive One, Inc.; Freewheeler Bicycle Center; Guns, Fishing and
Other Stuff; Patrick Mayer; Judy Oswald; and Jim Yost.
North Grasslands
Harry Adamson, Barbara and George Amorin, Glenn and Lori
Black, Blue Wing Gallery and Framing, Diamond K Saddlery,
Featherstone Duck Club (Terry and Debbie Featherston), Stan
Hansen, Bob Morganti, Dave Petit, San Joaquin Lumber (Dale Roman), Sharpening Shop, and Wingsetter Game Calls.
Gridley
Anderson Construction (David Anderson); Andy Atkinson; Boger Development Services; Briggs Manufacturing; C.E. Becker &
Sons; Matt Calloway; Garcia Farms; Gold State Nut Company;
Chuck Harrison; Harshbarger Ace Hardware; Audrey and Vern
Hartman; Heitz Trucking; Hi-Lo Ranch; Mangrove Veterinary
Hospital; Nacho’s Electric; Nor-Cal Earthmoving (Jon Moss);
Mark and Sandy Ottenwalter; Pacific Flyway Hunt Club; Rocque
Merlo Waterfowl; Bret and Misha Rogers; Jolene, Josh, Kathryn,
and Kelby Sheppard; Sweco Company; Timbuctoo Estate (Sam
Craig); Wetland Enhancements, LLC; Williams Ag Services; and
The Wright Pheasant Club.
Redding
Bob Taylors Guide Service, Dawn to Dusk Guide Service, Cal Ore
Wetland Council, Hook’em Hecky’s Guide Service, Jones Valley
Resort, and San Francisco Deli.
Guns and Hoses
Columbia Sportswear, Dan Jernigan, Liberty Studios, Loyall Premium Dog Food, Hank Shaw, r.deGroot Photography (Robert DeGroot), and Sportsman’s Warehouse.
Tri Valley
Bass Pro Shops, Bent Barrel Duck Club, Blair Bert, Centerville Estates, Columbia Sportswear, Dela Torre’s Trattoria of Pleasanton,
Dom’s Surplus, Girls Go Green, Goin Wild Golf Club, Bradie and
Curtis Grant, Favorite Feathers Taxidermy, Golden State Lumber,
Home Sausage Company, JP Guide Service, Kelly’s Meats of Livermore, Los Vaqueros Mexican Food, Madorom Vineyard in Napa,
Ornbaun Ranch Kennels, Passage Yachts, Jerry Russell, Darren
Solaro, Alex Stepanoff, Tanglefree, Elias Totah, Davey Tree, Wente
Vineyards, Webfoot Outfitters in Oregon, and Jennifer White.
Gustine Gun Club
Brazil Family, Julie Richards, Sporting Adventures International,
Jim Tonkin, and Roger Wyman.
Gustine/Westside
Don Bruck and Loyall Premium Dog Food.
Hanford
Fran Burgess; Maury DeBenedetto; Craig and Monica Grilione;
Gary Helin; Sporting Adventures International, LLC; Valley Pallet,
Inc.; and Widgeon Land Company.
Lancaster
All Valley RV, Inc.; Antelope Valley Sportsman’s Club; Fryer’s Custom Meat Cutting; The Gun Shop; High Desert Storm Sporting
Arms; Robert Neaman; Tim Linn’s Taxidermy; and Wirenetic’s
Company.
North Delta
Amistad Freight Services, Inc.; Amistad Ranches, Inc.; Bank of
Rio Vista; Bogle Winery; Dorcys Burchell; Crop Production SerCalifornia Waterfowl • summer 2011
Ripon
Barnwood Arms Company, Loyall Premium Dog Food, Tony
Hayden Cattle Company, and Top Rank Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc.
San Diego
Jay Hendrick.
Willows
Fred Beringer, Bruce Billings, Peter Briggs, Bob Coruccini, Chad
Billings Photography, Jim Epting, Andy Franco, G and G of Lambertville, Troy Greeson, Deanna Lares, Loyall Premium Dog Food,
Mr. and Mrs. Brad Mallory, Sherrie Russell Meline, and Robert
Roberts.
Yuba/Sutter
AC Outfitters, Bills Place in Wheatland, Debbi and Gary Burdick,
California Dawn Fishing Trip, Mike Cole, Firehouse BBQ, Charlie
Foster, Jimerson Financial, Chad Martin, North Valley Guide Service (Dustin Parsons), Sullivan’s Saddlery, Sutter Basin Duck Calls
(Gene Carter), Sutter Orchard Supply LP, Twin River Fencing, and
Vanderford Ranch (Jon Moss).
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f u n d r ai s i n g feat
ure
fundraising
feature
Blackhawk Legacy Dinner
If you’ve never visited the Blackhawk Museum in Danville,
then you are missing out on some of the world’s greatest automotive treasures. The 90-car display rotates annually, allowing guests
to experience new exhibits each visit.
California Waterfowl will host its Blackhawk Legacy Dinner
at the Blackhawk Museum on Friday, August 26th. Proceeds from
this event will help to fund California Waterfowl’s ongoing commitment to youth education programs and successful wildlife
management. Guests will enjoy cocktails and dinner catered by
Scott’s Seafood amidst historical and contemporary automobiles.
There will be a raffle, auction, and silent auction featuring wildlife
artwork, sporting merchandise, and sporting trips for the adults,
as well as fun and prizes, including a youth raffle, for the kids.
Tickets are $75, with discounts for Sprig and Life Members.
If you have eight or more in your group, consider sponsoring a
Legacy Table for $800 and receive recognition in the event pro-
gram. Purchase tickets online at www.calwaterfowl.org, or contact Darren Solaro at (916) 275-5143 for more information.
This is a sell-out event every year, so don’t wait to purchase your
tickets!
An extensive raffle and auction will include
wildlife artwork and sporting trip packages.
There’s also a raffle for the kids, too!
Scott’s Seafood will be
providing the fine dining
menu for the evening.
The Blackhawk Museum has over 90 cars on display. Dinner guests will get to dine among the
wheeled beauties all evening.
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Also Coming Soon:
Largest Gun Raffle
in the State!
The 18th Annual Watsonville Chapter Dinner continues the
tradition of hosting California Waterfowl’s largest gun raffle in
the state. On August 23rd, there will be 50 Beretta shotguns up for
grabs. The cost is $75 per person (discounts for Sprig and Life
Members), which includes dinner, hosted bar, California Waterfowl membership renewal, and a gift. Contact Carolyn Agard at
(831) 479-1444 for
information, tickets, or to make a
donation.
Tour the USS Hornet Support four great causes (California Waterfowl, Purple
Heart Hunts, saving the Don Edwards Marsh, and the USS Hornet) when you attend the Alameda Banquet onboard the USS
Hornet on Sunday, August 7th. Tours of the ship start at 2:00
pm, flight simulations begin at 2:30, and dinner will be served at
5:00. This is an event for the entire family! Contact Darren Solaro
at (916) 275-5143 or Rich Radigonda at (510) 434-9696 for
more information, or to purchase tickets contact Elmus Miles at
(510) 865-6570.
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Photos from California Waterfowl’s
staff, volunteers, and members.
Dad, Derick, and brother, Dustin, called in
geese for Kira Gangbin (not pictured) on
the youth hunt weekend at the Tiro Alto
Duck Club in Los Banos.
Photo courtesy of Derick Gangbin
Five-year-old
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Some California Waterfowl youth hunters
received a surprise visit from state leaders last
December at a Rancho Esquon youth hunt.
California Waterfowl President, John Carlson,
Jr., is on the left; Fish and Game Commission
President, Jim Kellogg, and Congressman Mike
Thompson (1st District) are center; and Congressman George Miller (7th District) is on the right.
Photo by Jeff Smith
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California Waterfowl and the Sacramento Chapter of Safari Club International present:
Hunting Expo
& Skills
Challenge
August 27, 2011
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Waterloo Gun & Bocci Club in Stockton
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Join us for a day of family fun at the second annual Hunting Expo
and Skills Challenge. The expo is free and will showcase hunting gear,
call manufacturers, sporting dog breeders and trainers, and opportunities to try out guns from Benelli, Beretta, as well as products from Tri
Star, Leupold, and Swarovski. The whole family will enjoy the duck calling competition, wild game cooking demonstration, and swap meet
(Federal Firearm Licensee will be onsite). Trap, skeet, five stand, and
sporting clays will be available at the event for an additional cost. For just
$10, try your luck at the Hunter Skills Challenge. Designed for all ages,
participants will test their abilities with the shotgun, pellet gun, and bow,
as well as test their knowledge of hunter education, duck calling, and the
refuge rat race (bows and ammo will be provided). Enjoy a raffle and
auction sponsored by Bass Pro Shops, Tanglefree, the NRA Foundation,
and Stockton Trap & Skeet. To donate, sign up for the swap meet, or
register your booth, call George Oberstadt at (916) 275-0961. Preregister for the skills challenge at www.calwaterfowl.org.
My First Deer
by Emilee Selna, age 12, from Tracy, CA
I
recently went through the hunter
just called me .243 (the caliber rifle I
safety class to get my hunting liwas shooting).
cense. The class was a lot of fun. I
We saw quite a few deer but
learned about gun safety and what to
couldn’t get a shot. Shortly after 3:00 pm
do if I ever got lost in the woods. My
we saw a deer, and Bob and I put on a
favorite part of class was shooting the
sneak. We moved behind a big rock
shotgun.
that was close to the deer. I put the
My dad purchased a youth deer
scope cross hairs right on the deer and
hunt at the Livermore Mule Deer Founmade a good shot. The buck only went
dation dinner. The hunt is donated evabout 50 yards.
ery year by Bob Holm, who hosts the
Everyone was very happy for me,
hunt on his ranch. We practiced shootand it was fun taking all the pictures.
ing a lot before my hunt, at the range
My dad cleaned the deer for me, but
and in the field. As the day of my hunt
Bob made sure I was part of the procame closer, I was very excited and
cess. My mom and brothers were waitcouldn’t wait to go. My mom jokingly
ing for us at home, and they were all
said I might not be able to actually
very proud of me.
shoot a deer, because I am a cheerleadI am glad I did it, and I can’t wait
Emily proudly posed with her first deer and .243.
er. But I knew I could do it.
to go hunting again. My dream is to go
Photo courtesy of Greg Selna
The morning of my hunt, my dad
hunting in Africa. I had a great time
and I woke up early, ate breakfast, and drove to Bob’s ranch.
and hope that more kids, especially girls, will get into hunting
Bob was very funny. He couldn’t remember my name, so he
and experience all that I did.
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Wister Celebrates Youth Hunters
F
orty-seven youth hunters and their
families enjoyed a free barbeque at
Imperial Wildlife Area’s Wister Unit
to celebrate the youth hunt weekend on
February 5-6. It’s been six years since the
Wildlife Area youth were last treated to the
festivities, organized by Michael Stevens.
No matter how the young hunters did in
the field that morning, nobody went home
empty-handed. Gift cards were awarded
to winners of duck and goose calling
contests, and top raffle prizes included a
bird mount and a custom-wrapped fishing rod.
The Wister group would like to thank
all who donated to their event: Bass Pro
Shops, Schumacher’s Waterfowl Supply,
Jimmy’s Outdoors, Sportsman’s Catering
Supply, Albertson’s Supermarkets, Stater
Bros. Markets, and Wister area hunters.
An additional thanks to the volunteers
who made this a memorable event for our
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next generation of southern California
hunters: Wildlife Area staff; Kevan Stevens; Bill, Micaela, and Cheyenne Law-
son; Brian and Mary Bogens; Marilyn
Bailey; Nick and Devin Vega; and Mike
Stevens.
Forty-seven youth hunters left the Wildlife Area with full stomachs and raffle prizes.
Photo courtesy of Michael Stevens
Eugene H. Lonon
Eugene H. Lonon passed away on January 6, 2011. Born in Inglewood, California, he was nearly a lifelong resident of
Sutter County. Throughout his life he was known for his warm heart, fun loving personality, quick mind, and deep love and
appreciation for family, friends, and the outdoors. He joined the United States Air Force, became a fighter pilot, and was deployed to Teagu, Korea, where he was Flight Leader with the 428th Fighter/Bomber Squadron, of the 5th Air Force.
Gene was a true outdoorsman: an avid hunter, a flyfisherman,
and an accomplished horseman. He learned to
The following individuals and organizations
love upland and big game hunting from his father, Homer,
have contributed to California Waterfowl in honor
and mother, Evelyn. It was his father-in-law U. E. Frye who
of their loved ones:
•
Jay Greenwell in memory of Hal C. Aguirre,
inspired his love for waterfowl hunting. Frye gave him a
William A. Timmer, Carroll Thomas, and John
membership to the Butte Lodge Outing Club where he beHuff.
came habitat manager for 17 years and eventually club
•
Skip Brust in memory of David Balzer.
president from 2002-2007. These responsibilities gave him
•
Christine Bohlen in memory of Rudy Cipro.
the opportunity to work with both Ducks Unlimited and
•
Cornelius Murphy, Jr., in memory of Louis
Cisi.
California Waterfowl on various projects. Carrying on the
•
Lloyd Dumlao in memory of Jared Dumlao.
family tradition was important to Gene, so he introduced
•
P.W. Bill Bachan in memory of Henry Harney,
his son, Michael, to hunting at the age of ten. As a Life
Jr., and Homer Reina.
Member of California Waterfowl and a farmer, his dedica•
Jay Alexander; Erna Barnicko; Michael Chesini; Michael Conners; Paul L. Davies, Jr.;
tion to preservation of wildlife prompted him to delay
Paul L. Davies, III; Ray Frye; James D. Goble;
wheat harvest until July to give mallards time to hatch,
Scott Greer; Charlie Matthews; James L.
while also collecting duck eggs from late nesters for incubaQueensberry; Percy Rideout; David L. Tarke;
tion and release into the wild.
and Tom C. Williams, Jr., in memory of In addition to his professional career as a partner in
Eugene Lonon.
•
Paul L. Davies, Jr.; John Erasmy; and Dwight
Frye and Lonon, Inc., of Meridian, Gene was incredibly acL. Merriman, Jr., in memory of Graeme Mactive in his community. Over the years he served as director,
Donald.
chairman, and president to numerous organizations. Gene
•
Salinas Gun Club in memory of Garland
was beloved by many in his community and beyond and
Marsh.
•
Belva Landes in memory of John Morgan.
will be greatly missed.
•
Debra Cochrane in memory of Robert -Provided by Michael Lonon
•
in Memoriam
Robert Sellers
On November 22, 2010, San Pablo Bay lost
one of its greatest duck hunters: California Waterfowl member, Robert Sellers. He was affectionately known as “The Mayor of the Bay.” He
was born on October 22, 1944, and lived his
whole life in San Rafael, California. If you were
to look up the term “pay it forward,” you’d find
Bob’s smiling face. Nobody paid it forward
more than he did. Many duck hunters in the
San Pablo Bay owe a debt of gratitude to
this man, not only for introducing them to the
Bay, but also for securing a location for their
blinds. He knew the Bay well and shared his
knowledge with anyone who showed an interest. He truly had his finger on the pulse of the
Bay and will be sorely missed. We love and miss
you, Captain. He is survived by his loving girlfriend of nearly 20 years, Tarey Read, her son Chris, and his grandson Chad.
-Provided by Rodger Benadom
Pannizzon.
Greg Boyes and EBSCO Industries, Inc., in
memory of Dan Shoemaker.
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Chair’s Message
(continued from page 7)
will have the opportunity to enjoy our resources. It’s been rewarding to have witnessed the respect that California
Waterfowl has garnered in the professional waterfowl community on both the state
and national level. We’ve been successful
in setting public policy and positively impacting legislation since our inception in
1945. I look to help build even stronger
relations with government agencies and
major conservation entities, while working to secure critical funding for our tremendous programs. I am deeply
committed to helping California Waterfowl to continue providing the voice and
protecting the rights of all California waterfowlers.
I am providing my personal contact
information and encouraging you to feel
free to contact me if I may ever be of assistance: (707) 889-0135 or yknowles@
prodigy.net.
I hope to see you in the field or at one
of California Waterfowl’s great events.
Hunters classified
collector’s items
BUSINESS
PAGE
Alberta’s Fall Flight................................... 32
Archer’s Pest Control................................ 49
Birds Landing............................................ 60
Bob Sartwell, Shooting Instructor........... 41
CWA Heritage Fund.................................. 58
CWA Hunt Program.................................. 43
Crooked Creek Lodge............................... 47
Duck Blinds Unlimited.............................. 69
GET A JEWEL OF YOUR OWN
Learn the “ins and outs” of Gray Lodge
Wildlife Area with A Jewel in the Pacific
Flyway, a CWA-published book.
Author John Cowan was manager of the
wildlife area for decades and offers a unique
look at the animals and humans who have
enjoyed it. Special thanks go to the Trione
Foundation for sponsoring the book.
Call (916) 648-1406 to order your copy.
MAKES A GREAT GIFT!
Eagle Lakes ............................................ 2, 3
Guns, Fishing and Other Stuff................. 39
WANTED
OLD WOODEN DECOYS, DUCK CALLS,
SHELL BOXES, OLD FISHING LURES
AND REELS.
FOR SALE: MATCHING NUMBERS CALIF.
AND NEVADA DUCK STAMP PRINTS
(415) 459-8854
Hastings Island.......................................... 43
for rent
ESP............................................................. 27
Freitas Rangleland Improvements.......... 49
G & G of Lambertville............................... 48
Greater Canadians.................................... 76
Hedgerow Farms...................................... 74
Hightest Kennels....................................... 48
Hunt.Fish.Overstock................................. 35
Kittles......................................................... 16
Loyall................................................... 18, 19
Machado Backhoe, Inc............................. 69
MTECH, Inc................................................ 55
NorCal Earthmoving................................. 73
North Delta Conservancy......................... 60
Pro Line...................................................... 11
Proport....................................................... 69
Raahauge’s................................................ 73
Refuge Rat................................................. 32
Relentless 365........................................... 37
Rig’Em Right............................................. 17
San Francisco Ford................................... 59
Sportstand................................................. 74
Stonewall Retrievers................................ 45
Tanglefree.................................................. 80
Victory Yamaha......................................... 54
Wetland Enhancements LLC.................... 41
Wonderduck................................................ 9
DUCK BLIND
Double Blind for 2011-12 season. West End Suisun Marsh.
Blinds in rotation. Excellent location.
Call Jack: (925) 408-0673
CLUBS/REAL ESTATE
Hunting Lodge / Residence
FOR SALE
Merrill, OR 97633, 323 N. Clay Street.
Located just 10 min to either of N.
CA’s LARGEST and BEST DUCK
HUNTS: Tulelake Duck Marsh or
the CA Wild Life Pres.
3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, wshr,
dryr, frig, stv, RV Full Hook ups, Elect
Heat and Wood Burn Heat Stove
Owned city lot, front fenced, 2 Large
gates, Low maintenance rock yard
Reduced from $49,900 to $41,900
for quick sale.
541-798-5535 or cells 602-625-4000
or 602-625-0010
SHASTA LAND SERVICES, INC.
WANTED: listings on duck clubs, hunting
and / or fishing properties. Over 25 years in
business and one of Northern California’s
most respected Agricultural and recreational real estate brokerages is looking for
properties to sell.
Call Bill Wright or Bill Quinn
WWW.RANCH-LANDS.COM
530-221-8100
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CLUBS/REAL ESTATE
CLUBS/REAL ESTATE
BUTTE SINK DUCK CLUB
FOR SALE 185 ac. +/App. ½ mi. from Bean Field Refuge.
Great clubhouse/access.
Call Blake Millar, Agent
530-458-2708
Kerry Duck Club Blinds for Lease.
North Grasslands, Los Banos.
5 birds per hunter per day, harvest average.
Shoot opening day to season’s end.
Exceptional location, habitat and massive
pond areas per blind.
Rotational blind draws, hip boot water depths,
gravel paths, dog boxes & trailer hook ups.
Premium hunting.
Call Jeff Kerry @ 510-483-4211
for more information & tour.
PRINCETON • RICHVALE
WILLOWS
DUCK - GOOSE - PHEASANT
Seasonal blinds available for next season
Hunt Yolo Bypass!
Duck Club Membership for sale. 500+/- acres
H-Pond Club, ducks, geese, doves, turkeys.
Fishing on 25 acres on Toe Drain, striper,
bass, catfish and carp.
9 double tank blinds + stand blinds.
Yolo Bypass! Channel Ranch
Hunt 200 +/- acres
2 separate partnerships interest membership.
Suisun Marsh, Recreation Club Property!
Waterfowl hunt 238+/- acres, fish, boat in summer.
Riparian Rights on Montezuma Slough,
Big club house, Heated swimming pool
Floating fishing dock, sheds, caretaker dwelling.
Contact: Monika 916-396-0945
DRE Lic. 1422391
Prudential Dunnigan Real Estate
www.duckclubsRus.com
Day hunts, combo hunts, guides and
dogs available
P. O. Box 132, Durham, CA 95938
(530) 518-8626
www.GainesRanch.com
West Valley Flyway
3,000 Acres of Flooded Rice
North of Willows
2 & 4 man blinds available.
Call Phil: (530) 518-3619
Suisun Marsh
SiLVERNAIL–PETERSON
“DUCK
CLUBS”
TOP CLUB
1/11 ownership
See what’s
new for
NEXT season
Clubs From Sutter Bypass to Nelson
calfarmsduckclub.org
FOR SALE
LOS BANOS GRASSLANDS, 6 MEMBERSHIPS STARTING AT $35,000. & 5 CLUBS
STARTING AT $2,600. PER ACRE. ALSO
AVAILABLE A 3 BR/2BA CABIN ON WILD
DUCK ROAD. FOR MORE INFO OR TO
PREVIEW CALL CHARLIE FISHER AT BAILEY
PROPERTIES (DRE#00263203) SPECIALIZING
IN THE SALE OF DUCK CLUBS & DUCK CLUB
MEMBERSHIPS IN THE LOS BANOS
GRASSLANDS SINCE 1967. (888)688-7434 x231
or (831)818-0408. PRIME DELTA MEMBERSHIP BY VENICE ISL. & KINGS ISL. ALSO
AVAILABLE.
Duck Club Memberships
Available
Colusa County
For more information, call
(707) 477-4008
www.rsctduckclub.com
• SEASONAL 4 PERSON BLINDS
• Daily hunts, Guided or Unguided
• LODGING AVAILABLE
• WATERFOWL REAL ESTATE CONSULTANTS
• LICENSED REALTOR - from duck clubs,
rice ground to homes
• CLUB ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
60 YEARS COMBINED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Larry Silvernail - 530-882-4439
Lonny Peterson - 530-892-8611
s-pduckclub.com
South Grasslands
Small club has opening for 1 or 2
members – nice clubhouse for fun and
good hunting
Bob – 925-672-2390
CLUBS/REAL ESTATE
Duck and Goose Hunters
Call NOW for Available Blinds
Butte City Hunting Club
“Located in the Butte Creek Flyway.”
We offer Clubhouse, Bunkhouse, Hot Shower
Facility and secured trailer parking
Call: (530) 982-0234
or go online to
buttecityhuntingclub.com
SUISUN MARSH
Excellent Duck Club on
West Side of marsh.
120+/- acres. Turn key operation. Great
Clubhouse & grounds.
Year round access. Asking $560,000
For more info call Agent: Jack
(925) 408-0673 or visit our website:
Muirwestrealty.com
LambDUCK CLUB EQUITY
MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE
GRIZZLY ISLAND, SUISUN MARSH
Established in 1926, RICH ISLAND is a
venerable 25-member duck club featuring over
1,000 acres of expertly maintained prime duck,
goose, and pheasant hunting habitat. Plus super
striper and sturgeon fishing, right at the Suisun
Cut. Quick and easy access from Bay Point by
club boat. Enjoy great duck hunting and top level
accommodations. A fine place to bring clients
and friends; and the perfect environment to
introduce a young person to waterfowling. Open
to members year round. Equity membership
suggested price is $60,000, but price and terms
are negotiable. First year, pay only 10% down
plus annual dues of $6,000.
Contact BRUCE SMITH at (619)557-6963 or
suisunbruce@gmail.com
Gary Miller Realty, Inc.
Duck club buying and selling is our specialty.
(530) 741-3494
Fractional ownership at Field & Tule Duck Club
for sale, as well as other Sac Valley and
Butte Sink properties for sale
BUTTE SINK CLUB
Proprietary membership in 10 member club.
Free water, excellent facilities and grounds
(400+/- acres).
Call Harold Bertholf 916-485-9164
to place an ad call
at (916) 648-1406
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CLUBS/REAL ESTATE
CLUBS/REAL ESTATE
CLUBS/REAL ESTATE
Stromer Realty Company
of California
Stromer Realty Company
of California
Conservation Easements
Tin Can Louie Duck Club
Beautiful 83 acres in Lambertville with a
gorgeous home and adjoining guest quarters. The
property is in pristine shape along with the living
quarters. Must be seen to be appreciated.
Purchase price - $795,000
THE WILD GOOSE DUCK CLUB
Ownership share available in one of the best clubs
in the Butte Sink. 1432 acres of pristine marsh with
a beautiful clubhouse compound. Management of
this property for superior mallard hunting is
at its best!!!
Purchase price - $750,000.
THE LIVE OAK DUCK CLUB
One of the best values in the Sink on a per acre
basis. Ownership interest in one of the largest clubs
in the Butte Sink at 1,737 acres, m/l.
Excellent duck & goose hunting with a very nice
home included. Call for private showing.
Purchase price – $900,000.
FRANCO’S DUCK CLUB
Ten percent (10%) interest
In 134 acre duck club in Lambertville. A very nice hunting marsh with a clubhouse.
HIDDEN MALLARD DUCK CLUB
One-third (1/3) ownership interest in a gorgeous
123 acre duck club bordering the Llano Seco
Wildlife Refuge. Excellent hunting with very
liberal guest rules.
Purchase Price - $495,000
Ninelands Duck Club
194 acres of pristine duck hunting property in the
Suisun Marsh. Large club house, gravity flow water
and minutes from the bay area.
Purchase Price - $375,000.
EXCLUSIVE PREMIER HUNTING CLUB
“OLD TRADER VIC’S” Established in the 1950’s.
681 acres, m/l, plus outstanding clubhouse and
headquarters in the heart of the upper Butte Sink
and surrounded by “top” producing duck clubs in
the Butte Basin waterfowl area.
Purchase price – $3,500,000.
(530) 671-2770
stromerrealty.com
MURDOCK
GUN CLUB
2,500 acres, 2 miles northwest of
Gray Lodge, bordering Butte Creek
and Upper Butte Sink WA
Rotating and Non Rotating Blinds
2011-12 Season Availability
For information:
P. O. Box 4801, Chico, CA 95927
(530) 893-1907
www.murdockgunclub.com
North Butte Sink Area
1/3 interest in 203 acre Duck Club
All Natural Ponds, next to Bird Haven, Clubhouse
$525,000
Call Bill Cotter 530-724-3321
Broker #00388966
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SWANSTON RANCH DUCK CLUB
We have several parcels
for sale ranging from
140 acres to 382 acres in
this “premier” ranch. We have
personally hunted the ranch
with limits of mallards in less
than an hour. Call us for details.
107 ACRES SACRAMENTO RIVER
This recreation property is an
outdoor sportsman’s paradise.
This property’s abundance of fish
and wildlife offers a fabulous
opportunity for a top notch, quality
hunting and fishing club.
TEAL RIDGE DUCK CLUB
Do you want to have your
your own waterfowl refuge?
At 2,400 acres, m/l you can
have it all with this property.
Call us for details.
Butte Land Company
87.5% ownership interest
121 acre Butte Land Company.
Superior location. One-half mile east
of the U. S. Fish & Wildlife
“Bean Field Sanctuary.”
(530) 671-2770
stromerrealty.com
Four Winds D.C. (S R C D # 506)
65 acres in Suisun Marsh
Club house, new blinds, and year round access.
Call Tony Vaccarella 650-464-8518
Mark Burkett 530-872-1532
Premium recreation property
468 acre N. Dist. 10 Hunt Preserve,
wetlands/uplands, Ducks, Geese,
Pheasants, Turkey, Doves
$2,000/per acre (530) 520-2247
64 Acre Rice ranch
Opportunity abounds here!
6 miles north of Sac Refuge.
Beautiful 2600 sq ft home is the
center piece of this fabulous
property. Hunt the rice ground or
the natural wetlands.
Then fish the bass pond or watch
the Wood Ducks just
outside your back door.
Rice bins, shop, huge barn complete
this ideal setting for your own
secluded piece of nature.
Priced @ $750,000
Call for info:
Dana W. Miller #01804191
530-571-7738 or
dmiller@century21chico.com
As a 501c3 not for profit organization, California Waterfowl is a qualified conservation
easement holder. Additionally, California
Waterfowl has recently been approved by
the California Department
of Fish and Game and the US Fish and
Wildlife Service to hold mitigation and
conservation bank easements. If you’re interested in conservation or
mitigation bank easements, please contact
Jake Messerli at 916-648-1406 ext 125.
www.wtmorgan.com
for additional information check website
WE NEED LISTING IN THE SUISUN MARSH
SUISUN MARSH
One of the best shooting clubs in the Marsh.
SPRIG FARMS – 537+/- acres located on Grizzly
Island; two-story clubhouse with 9 bedrooms
and 12+ duck blinds on the property.
ANTIOCH-GOLDENEYE DUCK CLUB (Antioch
Portion) – undivided ½ interest in 290.42+/- acs
BLACK DOG GUN CLUB – 115+/- acres
WESTWIND DUCK CLUB – 351+/- acres
WINGS LANDING DUCK CLUB – 300+/- acres
PENDING SALES
TULE RED CONFERENCE CENTER
BRASS BUTTONS DUCK CLUB
CORDELIA GUN CLUB
William T. Morgan Real Estate
License #00318291
(530) 662-8696
Family Duck Club Available!!!
South Grasslands – Los Banos Area
• Enjoy Hunting Memories On Your Very
Own Family Duck Club!
• 68 Acre Pond Marsh Surrounded By
Historic Premier Area Duck Clubs
• Ample Buildable Compound Area For
Your Trailer or New Hunting Cabin?
• Well + Septic Tanks + RV Pad + Storage
Units On Premises + Gravel Compound
• Newer Single – Double & Triple Concrete Blinds With Gravel Paths
• All Weather Easy Access Roads Yet Feel
of Remote & Private Location
• Family Recreational Opportunities
Abound! Waterfowl Hunting, Camping,
• A Real Turn-Key Gem Of A Club + Finally A Place To Call Your Very Own
Retreat!
A Rare Find @ $350,000. Questions / Info
Please E-Mail: kdacal@aol.com
dogs
LABRADOR PUPPIES
$500 - $800 - $1000 - $1500
10 Black puppies arrived April 18/19th!
Ready to go home mid-June
BLACKS - YELLOWS - CHOCOLATES
FULLY TESTED - OFA-CERF-EIC-MYOPATHY
One of the ONLY Labrador Breeders on the
West coast testing puppies for EIC and
Myopathy!
Epidemic in ALL Huntings Dogs having EIC.
Please test your dog!
Questions about EIC-please refer to my
website-EIC Page.
www.loveslabradors.net
Love’s Labradors - Jana Love - #541-580-5159
dogs
Retriever Training – PuppiesStarted Dogs For sale
Jared Rocha
(209) 648-8690 www.rocharetrievers.com
Equipment
Ducks, Geese & Quail additional
*All Hunts Include food, lodging and
Airport Pick-up & Return
Neal’s for 20yrs-209-605-1911
Details www.nealsbirdhunting.com
Air not included
Complete Retriever Training Program
NUNNALLY DUCK
For Hunt Test and Gun Dogs
and GOOSE PICKER MFG. CO.
Using the Gentle Approach
(Mfg. Since 1950)
Started Dogs Available for the
★ No More Waxing
Discriminating Sportsman
or Skinning
Lynn Hanigan
210 Leach Drive, Midland, OR 97634
(541) 882-6137
e-mail: fetchhold@hotmail.com
www.duckworthretrievers.com
Started Gun Dogs Available
Located on CRTA’s “Goose Lake”
Training Grounds, Lost Hills, CA
Brian Clasby
661/304-6018
www.runninretrievers.com
Complete Retriever Training Program
For Gun Dogs,
Trained Dogs and Puppies Available
44 Years Experience
Gary Bethel
60 Bartle Lane, Oroville, CA 95966
(530) 532-4423
Diamond P Labradors
Patti Jo Scott & Ron Burger
Field Trial & Gun Dog Puppies
4699 Ryer Road East
Walnut Grove, CA 95690
(916) 775-0089 • www.diamondplabs.com
Small with quality in mind
Goose/duck hunts; 4-man blind
Guided, Excellent area
Seasonal Duck Blinds
Trained retrievers
(530) 570-5276
licensed-bonded-insured
Argentina Doves, Ducks & Pigeons
DUCKWORTH RETRIEVERS
RETRIEVER TRAINING
North Butte Sink Guide Service
Mexico, Hermosillo
3 Day Doves – From $1,950
Trained retrievers for sale
ready for the duck blind
pin-mark retrievers
ted robinson
530-635-3333
www.pin-mark.com
“Specializing in making your best friend
your best hunting partner!”
HUNTING OUTFITTERS
WESTERN WILDLIFE
ADVENTURES, LLC
236-A W. East Avenue, PMB 349
Chico, CA 95926
Phone andFax: (866) 748-1277
Website: www.wildlifeadv.com
Cal. Waterfowl ~ Private Property
2, 3 or 4 man blinds available $1300/hunter
Flooded rice fields adjacent to Refuges
Cal. Deer Hunts ~ Very Limited!
Late season Rut Hunts ~ $2750 ea.
3-Day, fully guided, food and lodging.
Central CALIF. PIG HUNTS
1-2 hunters on Private Prop.
One day guided Hunt - $600
For More Information and Pricing Call or Write
NUNNALLY DUCK and
GOOSE PICKER MFG. CO.
P.O. Box 576143 Modesto, CA 95357
Call • (209) 551-4500
ask for Mickey Saso
Sutter Basin
Duck and Goose Calls
Single and Double Reed, Acrylic
and Wood
Custom Calls By Gene Carter of Yuba City, Ca
For more info or to order, call 1-888-943-8257
530-635-1362
Or, visit our website at
www.sutterbasinduckcalls.com
HUNTING OUTFITTERS
New Zealand Waterfowl Hunting and
Trout Fishing Packages
Hunt and fish with one of New Zealand’s top freerange outfitters, excellent rates. Specializing in
hunts for alpine species such as chamois, tahr and
red stag, in addition to waterfowl and trout.
USA inquiries may be directed to Michael Martin at
(530) 521-6832 mikemartin@pulsarco.com
services
WES’S MARSH MANAGEMENT
Habitat & water management.
Program assistance.
Mowing-Disking-Backhoe
Everything from trees to decoys.
We are the only mgmt. co. with
our own equipment.
Specializing in the Grasslands area.
We don’t just recommend,
we make it happen!
Contact: WES (209) 761-1638
to place an ad call
California Waterfowl at
(916) 648-1406
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Summer 2011 - TrustedPartner

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