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Controlled Burn

   Controlled burning of our Properties in Northwest Indiana. Each year we make attempts to complete prescribed burns on each of the 3 properties we manage today. This activity is conducted either well before the nesting season for all game or late fall where possible.

 

 

   Fire is a natural part of both forest and grassland ecology and controlled fire can be a tool for land management. Hazard reduction or controlled burning is conducted during the cooler months to reduce fuel buildup and decrease the likelihood of serious hotter fires.

 

 Controlled burning stimulates the germination of some desirable forest trees, thus renewing the forest. Some seeds, such as sequoia, remain dormant until fire breaks down the seed coating to provide prairie grasses to flourish

 

If you are interested in participating in this years controlled burns, Please visit our Contact Us section of our website.

 

 

 

 

 

Join us at our Annual Banquet where you bid on various wildlife prints, gun raffles, and more.

 

 

 

We encourage youth participation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2009 Hunt of a Lifetime goose hunt with Dan Fritch. Click Here for more information about this hunt.

 

 

2008 Hunt Of A Lifetime Story

By: Tyler Andrew Smith

 

 

2001 Youth Hunt article. Click Here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
" Local Bucks For Local Ducks "

Use the following links to Navigate to the event you would like to find out more information about.

• Annual Banquet Information  • Fall Fun Shoot Information • Horicon Marsh Goose Hunt •  Waterfowl Hunts • Spring Turkey Hunt • Dove Hunts • Youth Hunts

Regular Monthly Meetings

Meetings are set for the 2nd Thursday of each month.

If you are interested in joining us at our monthly meetings, Click Here for more information.

 

 

 

2010Work Parties
     Work Parties have started for the 2010 nesting season. Members started to gather at Mr. John Jelinek's home to build new goose nesting platforms, wood duck houses, and mallard nests. Work party detail includes a controlled burn at the D. Thomas Sporre Marsh and the Jerry Allen Marsh, and cutting some small willows down at the Jerry Allen Marsh, and to check the status on existing nesting structures. Work Parties are planned for every Saturday in January of 2010.

   If you would like to help at any of our work parties, please call Don Roberts (219) 322-1545 or John Jelinek (219) 465-7039 for more information.


     Detailed information will be posted here on the dates, times, and places of the work parties as they become available.
 

Wood Duck Houses

Wood Duck House   Would you like to build your own Wood Duck House? Click Here to view plans on constructing a wood duck house. Requires Adobe Reader or you can contact us by E-Mail and request a copy of the plans. If you would like to purchase a wood duck house or make donations for the construction of one of our nesting projects please call John Jelinek (219) 465-7039.

 

 

Click Here for Mallard Nest Plans

 

Click Here for Goose Nesting Plans

 

 

 

23rd Annual Banquet

      2010 Banquet
         Event Date:
         Saturday April 17, 2010

Event Location:

Halls of St. George
905 E. Joliet St., Schererville, IN 46375
Just east of Broad St.


Ticket Prices
Executive Supporter with 2 Dinner Tickets….........$275.00
Membership with 2 Dinner Tickets........................$95.00
Membership with Dinner.......................................$55.00
Guest Dinner Ticket...............................................$40.00
Youth Membership with Dinner..............................$30.00


Activities Include:
●Cash Bar ● Live Auction ● Raffles
●Door Prizes ● Ladies Table ● Prints
●Bouillet Decoys ● Hunt Trips
●10 Gun Raffle
 

For more information please contact Don Roberts (219) 322-1545 or John Jelinek (219) 465-7039. 

 

 

2010 Fall Fun Shoot



     The Northwest Indiana Chapter of Waterfowl U.S.A. will host the Annual Fall Fun Shoot on (Date to be announced) at the Oakwood Gun Club, located in Wheatfield Indiana.

     For more information on this event, please contact Don Roberts (219) 322-1545 or John Jelinek (219) 465-7039.

Event Location:

Oakwood Gun Club
One Mile South of Rt. 10 on Rt. 49
Wheatfield, Indiana
 

Sporting Clays:
Duck Shoot
Low Tower
High Tower
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2010 Horicon Marsh Goose Hunt

 

 

Three Day Hunt On Sat., Oct. 09, Sun., Oct. 10, & Mon., Oct. 11, 2010

Price: $600.00

Click Here for more information

 

     The Northwest Indiana Chapter of Waterfowl U.S.A. will host their annual Horicon Marsh Goose Hunt on October 09, 2010 to October 11, 2010.

 

     Come on out, have a fun packed weekend and enjoy guided hunts on private farms. A deposit will reserve your hunting spot today! Visit our Horicon Hunt Page for further information about the hunt or feel free to contact John Jelinek (219) 465-7039 or Don Roberts (219) 322-1545.

 

     If you would like to reserve your spot for the 2010 Horicon Hunt, Click Here for an application that you can print off, fill in all information required, and return with your deposit.
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We Hope To See You There!

Provided by Waterfowl U.S.A.

Northwest Indiana Chapter

 

     The Northwest Indiana Chapter of Waterfowl USA Chapter of Waterfowl U.S.A. will be offering a spring turkey at the Don and Mary Roberts Wildlife Area again this year. Please note that this is for the Spring Turkey Season Only.

 

     Raffle tickets will be sold in the amount of $10.00 each for this hunt. The Chapter will draw 1 raffle ticket at the Annual Banquet on April 17, 2010. The winner may take 1 person with him and each person is required to be a chapter member prior to the hunt. Once the hunters tag their birds, the hunt will be closed for the season.

 

     The Indiana D.N.R. set the dates for the spring turkey season for April 21, 2010 to May 9, 2010. Please check their website for more information, rules and regulations. Go to http://www.in.gov/dnr/

 

     If you would like to purchase a raffle ticket for the Spring Turkey Hunt or would like more information about this hunt, please contact Don Roberts at (219) 322-1545.

 

 

   

2010 Waterfowl Hunts
Provided by Waterfowl U.S.A.
Northwest Indiana Chapter

The Northwest Indiana Chapter of Waterfowl U.S.A. will be raffling off Waterfowl Hunts for the 2010 Indiana Waterfowl Season. Raffle tickets for the waterfowl hunts will be sold at all chapter events, meetings, and gun shows.

     For more details or to find out how to purchase raffle tickets for this event, contact Don Roberts at (219) 322-1545 or John Jelinek at (219) 465-7039.

 

2010 Deer Hunts
Provided by Waterfowl U.S.A.
Northwest Indiana Chapter

 


Deer hunting will be allowed at the Don and Mary Roberts Wildlife Area by permit only. A raffle ticket will be sold again this year for hunting the property. Tickets will be sold at all of our events, meetings, gun and sports shows.

For Detailed information on the 2010 Deer Hunt Raffle, contact Don Roberts (219) 322-1545 or John Jelinek (219) 465-7039

 

 

 

2010 Dove Hunting
Dove Hunting Provided at The
Don and Mary Roberts Wildlife Area

 Dove Hunting at the The Don & Mary Roberts Wildlife Area will also be provided for members during the 2010 Indiana Dove Season. Raffle tickets will be sold again this year and if you would like to participate in a dove hunt at The Don and Mary Roberts Wildlife Area, please call Don Roberts (219) 322-1545 or John Jelinek (219) 465-7039 for more information. 

 

 Youth Hunts

Anthony Witczak and his father, George Witczak

Click here for more pictures 0f the 2009 Youth Hunt
 


Youth Hunt Information

   The Northwest Indiana Chapter is proud to announce our "Expand Our Youth" program. We strongly encourage the youth in our area to get involved with our organization and our conservation activities.

 

Visit our Youth Page for detailed information about our Expand Our Youth Program.

 

 

 

 

Interested in becoming a member of the Northwest Indiana Chapter of Waterfowl USA? Click Here to join today.

 

 

 

 


 

  

 

 Statement Of Purpose

Waterfowl U.S.A. is a national, non-profit, waterfowl conservation organization dedicated to using funds in the areas in which they are raised for local and state waterfowl habitat projects.

 

Youth Education Programs

  The Northwest Indiana Chapter of Waterfowl U.S.A. realizes that the youth of today will be our leaders of tomorrow. With this in mind, we are working diligently to educate our youth in sound conservation practices. Today's youth needs to be taught and understand that while our waterfowl resource is a renewable resource, our wetlands are a resource that must be protected.

Click Here to browse the website for the  National Chapter of Waterfowl USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Wood Duck, (Aix sponsa) is a medium-sized perching duck. A typical adult is about 19 inches in length with an average wingspan of 29 inches. This is about three-quarters of the length of an adult Mallard. It shares its genus with the Asian Mandarin Duck.

The adult male has distinctive multi-colored iridescent plumage and red eyes. The female, less colorful, has a white eye-ring and a whitish throat. Both adults have crested heads. When swimming, wood ducks bob their head back and forth in a jerking motion, which makes them easy to spot.
 

 

Mallard Nest

The above picture shows a mallard nest that was constructed by Chapter Members. Each year the nests are stuffed with straw to prepare the nest for the hen mallard to lay her eggs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

About Trap Shooting

Trap shooting is one of the three major forms of competitive clay pigeon shooting (shotgun shooting at clay target). The others are Skeet shooting and sporting clays). There are many versions including Olympic Trap, Double Trap (which is also an Olympic event), Down-The-Line, and Nordic Trap. American Trap is most popular in the United States and Canada, primarily as sanctioned by the Amateur Trapshooting Association.

The sport is in some ways a replacement for a game where the targets were live pigeons. Indeed, one of the names for the clay targets used in shooting games is clay pigeons. The layout of modern trap shooting is different from skeet shooting in that there is only one house that releases targets and the shooters only move through 5 different positions.

Trap shooting has been a sport since at least 1793 when it used real birds, usually the then-extremely abundant Passenger Pigeon. Fake birds were introduced around the time of the American Civil War as the Passenger Pigeon was nearing extinction and sufficient numbers were not reliably available. Clay targets were introduced in the 1880's.
 

 

 

 

 

 

     Experience a 3day goose hunting adventure near the Horicon Marsh located near Wapun, Wisconsin. You will be able to enjoy some great company, cookouts, guided goose hunting, and more. Go to the Horicon Hunt Page for further information.

 

     The smile says it all. Relax and enjoy 3 days of goose hunting with the Northwest Indiana Chapter of Waterfowl USA. Nothing beats watching the sun rise and geese working the decoys with a group of great people.

 

     You will have the opportunity to participate also during the hunt. The chapter's guides will provide you with a great hunt and allow you to help out in the field during the hunt if you would like to do so.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase a raffle ticket today for a chance at winning a Spring Turkey Hunt.

 

 

2009 Spring Turkey Hunt Raffle Winners Announced    

Click Here to read an article about the 2009 Turkey Hunt.

 

 

 

 

 

     Are you looking for a different place to go hunting? Purchase a raffle ticket from us and you may win a great opportunity to hunt waterfowl. Contact us for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Experience a deer hunt at the Don and Mary Roberts Wildlife area located in Starke County, Indiana. Purchase a raffle ticket and maybe you will win a chance at some great deer hunting.

 

 

 

 

     Do you enjoy Dove Hunting? Contact Us for information about an awesome dove hunting opportunity.

 

 

 

 

Get Your Child Involved Today!

Youth Membership Available

 

 

 

     The Northwest Indiana Chapter of Waterfowl U.S.A. provides opportunities for the youth to go waterfowl hunting. Click Here for more information about our youth program.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
 

 

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