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There are still a few tickets available for the Chet Reneson Painting. The drawing will be held on April 15th at the annual fund raising banquet. The winner need not be present. Tickets are available through the Connecticut Waterfowlers Asso website (www.ctwaterfowlers.org).

The Connecticut Waterfowler's Association is conducting a fund raising raffle. An original painting by world renown sporting artist, Chet Reneson, will be raffled at the CWA annual banquet (4/15/18). Only 100 tickets will be sold. Here's you chance to own an extremely valuable painting by one...

I think anyone that has hunted sea duck for any length of time has to agree that the populations are drastically less than they were ten years ago. This is not only true here in Connecticut but in the northern areas as well. Although the all reasons are not really known, the fact that there...

Despite constant upkeep of my trailer I had a catastrophic break down of a bearing a couple of years ago (brand new bearing!). Same deal. I called AAA and was told that they don't do trailers. I remembered my TowBoats membership. Long story short, I had a flat bed picking up the boat and...

Jim, I think there are several reasons for the declining involvement in the fund raising events, not the least of which is an overall decline in the number of people who now hunt. Although Connecticut still has a pretty solid base of serious waterfowl hunters, there are fewer of us than...

I know that the larger Hondas (90 HP) have a hard rubber type hub that sits inside the prop and around the shaft. There's a possibility that the hub is worn and that the prop shaft, and not the prop itself, is spinning.

A couple members of this forum have asked me about the CWA Decoy Day. Well, it's planned again this year at Bozrah Rod and Gun Club in Lebanon for this Saturday, August 23. Information is posted on the Connecticut Waterfowlers web site. It will be the same as in years past, with an informal...

Sporting Clays is just a ball! The Connecticut Waterfowlers Association is hosting their annual sporting clays event at the Fin, Fur, and Feather club on June 21. It's always a good time, and the money raised goes to a good cause.

I've used oil paints successfully for many years on decoys, both shelf and hunting birds. I've started playing around with the Traditions Acrylics. I really like the soft look of the birds prior to using the glazing medium. My question is . . . Is the glazing medium really necessary with the...

Hard to believe another year has gone by! The Connecticut Waterfowlers Association is hosting another Decoy Day at the Bozrah Rod and Gun Club. Info and contact information is posted on their web site at ctwaterfowlers.org. The date is August 24, 2013.

There's still a couple of openings if anyone might be interested. Steve has been drawing up patterns and cutting them out for the class. He likes to limit it to 10 or 12 people, as it's very "hand on". You can contact me for any info. Rich

I get my clear acrylic stands from Downpoint Decoy Shop in Ocracoke, NC 252-928-4121. He has different sizes and colors.

I have a dozen of the the Bigfoot Floating Geese for sale-various flocked head positions. They've only be been used two or three times and are in essentially new condition. They're too big to ship but if anyone in the Connecdticut/RI area is interested, arrangements could be made. I will be...

MDI Wood Carvers Supply in Maine carries them. Real quick shipping, too. I've had similar problems with drying. I've put a sheet of plastic wrap over the top of the can before replacing the lid. Seems to form a gasket for the seal. Not foolproof, but it helps.

For the past several years the Connecticut Waterfowlers Association has hosted a "Decoy Day" at the Bozrah Rod and Gun Club in Lebanon, CT. It's been a fun event with a very informal decoy contest, raffle, etc.. . . . sort of an early season get together for local hunters. Several members...

These might be the ones that you were looking for. They're cork with cedar heads and I did offer them for sale a few years ago. I decided to keep them and still hunt with them. The mallard decoy in the second photo is "life-sized". Rich

I just brought the Lab to the vet yesterday for his spring tune up. The discussion of ticks came up. My vet suggested a product called TRIFEXIS. It's a once a month oral dose. It's advertised in this country for use against heartworm, fleas, and intestinal worms. According to the vet the...

Bob B has the best reflection on a season. Really, none of us get involved in this sport because we need to put food on the table. Gosh, if you really fiqured out what the price of an ounce of duck meat cost, we'd all cry! You really have to look at it from enjoying the time out on the water...

Thanks. Yeah, all carved by me. The collection in the photo is the result of several years of making them, selling some off, replacing those, and making more. I guess I didn't realize how many there really were until I posted the reply here.