2018 Canada Goose Banding Schedule
Click here for the details.

Click here to see the Southeastern Connecticut
Banding on June 19th

Hunting Ban
Quinnipiac River
Link to Video Below
WFSB - Channel 3 Eyewitness News

DEEP Announces Temporary Closure of a Portion of the Quinnipiac River in New Haven to Hunting

2018-2019 Connecticut Migratory Bird Season Dates and Limits

2019 Connecticut Duck Stamp Contest

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SB 109 – An Act Concerning the Designation of Certain State Refuges for Wildlife

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Read SB 109 Here
Pay close attention to the State Impact and Explanation to see what we are up against and what our legislators see as sources of revenue.

Georgia Youth Takes Top Honors at 2018 National Junior Duck Stamp Contest
Congratulations to Lixing Counsilman, 16, of South Glastonbury for her American Wigeon placing 5th nationally.

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Connecticut Federal Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest
Judging was held on March 28, 2018 at Cabela’s in East Hartford. The CWA received 125 paintings from over 30 schools this year and wants to thank everyone for their participation!
Click here to see the winners.

2016 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation

Sporting Clays Shoot
Sunday October 7, 2018
Guilford Sportsmen’s Association.
We need to get 50 shooters!
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United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Wildlife Services Program requests help from hunters to sample ducks for Avian Influenza (AI)

The 2018 Connecticut Hunting and Trapping Guide is now available on the DEEP website.

2018 Licenses are available now. Click here.
The new Member Survey Page is available. Members are encouraged to express there opinions and provide feedback on CWA issues.
The CWA Carvers section is up and open for submissions from member carvers and artists to publicize their work.
Bill Brubaker, an Instructor at the Barn for Artistic Youth (BAY) in Niantic, Connecticut, and his daughter Kathryn, who also works there, show off some mounts of waterfowl contributed to them by CWA.  The BAY is a private art studio directed by Bill’s wife, Sophia, which provides art lessons to students of all ages and also to adults. They have provided many of the entries to Connecticut's Junior Duck Stamp Contest, administered by CWA.  The BAY was sorely in need of additional mounts for students to use for their paintings and CWA came to the rescue!

The mounts were generously donated to CWA by Mark Luthman from Hubbardston, Massachusetts. Mark is an excellent taxidermist and a well-known goose hunting expert. In fact, his close friends call him the "Goose Commander.”  CWA thanks Mark for his donation and knows that the BAY will put them to good use. If you have an interest in learning or further developing your painting skills, please contact the BAY at www.barn4art.com.


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The CWA Carver’s page features our member decoy carvers. If you want your work featured, please download the listing form at the left and send in with your text and images.


Attention CWA members.
The CWA Marketplace is now on the web and updated as we get your information. If you had an ad in our newsletter, please submit it again using the Ad Request Form and it will be placed in the Marketplace section.
All members are welcome to submit their free ads.


Mallards Will Grace the 2018-2019
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp


U.S.Fish & Wildlife Service
Resources for Hunters
CWA Members!
Have you come across an item that may be of interest to other waterfowlers? If you would like to share it, email the information, link, article, or pictures to ctwaterfowlers@gmail.com.
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