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Andrew

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Dear Gang,
My name is Andrew, formerly of Rhode Island, now Connecticut... I haven't been on the site for several years as a new business and new (old)home renovation took me out of the duck game for way too long. I built a duck boat back in 2003/2004 with the help of Eric and the great people of this site... and eventually painted it sea foam green, a beautiful color if you are Stevie Wonder!
The boat hasn't been in the water in over 4 years, however, it is going into the water this Spring, it is still in great shape, no cracks, etc. I now live next to a marsh in the CT river and the duck hunters create a heck of a racket on Saturday mornings during duck season, but I am the only neighbor here on the street who actually enjoys the sound.
I have been invited to go to Manitoba to go duck hunting for 5 days in early October... so I am going to come out of duck retirement. Has anyone hunted there recently? I read that there is now a hunter's safety requirement for ALL hunters, I hope that doesn't apply to foreign hunters with hunting licenses, if so, no hunting in Canada for me.
Anyway, it's good to be back and I hope all are healthy and have a great season.
Andrew
 
Andrew,
Your from before my time on the site but welcome back.
As for Manitoba and hunters safety requirements to hunt. Yes you as a United States hunter visiting there are required to have taken hunters safety and you must have your card on you when hunting. We have been going for several years now the first year we all had to find our old cards from when we were teenagers. "Mom do you know where my card is" ?
 
Andrew,

So what are you doing on Sunday the 10th? It may be too late but that's our field day for a CT online Hunter ed class. It's up here in Bloomfield and its an 8 hour class but you have to have taken the on line portion before coming to the class. Call me if interested - all tele numbers (w,h,& c) are still good.

Anyway it's great to see evidence of your survival, I hope your life calms down enough to join me on the river some morning(s).

Scott
 
I have looked at your build site a few times. Glad to hear you are back and the boat is still going strong. Where abouts are you on the river i'm in east haddam.
 
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Hunter Education
All hunters wishing to purchase any Manitoba hunting licence must possess one of the following:
  1. a valid certificate or card that certifies the successful completion of the Manitoba Hunter Education Course or the old Hunter & Firearm Safety Training Course;
    OR​
  2. a valid equivalent Hunter Education certificate or card from any other jurisdiction; OR
  3. a valid certificate issued under the authority of subsection 4(4) of the Hunter Education Regulation, MR 128/2007 to a person who makes a written declaration that he or she has lawfully held a hunting licence in Manitoba or in another province, territory or country before January 1, 1975. If you believe you qualify for this exemption, please complete the declaration form and mail it to the Wildlife Permits Clerk at the address noted on the form. If you qualify, a certificate will be mailed out. Please allow 6 to 8 weeks for processing.
If you have previously taken either the Manitoba Hunter Education Course or the old Hunter & Firearm Safety Training Course and you no longer have your card, your first step is to contact the Manitoba Wildlife Federation to obtain a replacement. If you are not on file, you may still qualify for the Hunter Education Certificate (see point 3 above).
Many jurisdictions in Canada and the United States have client cards that state the bearer is eligible to obtain a hunting licence in that province or state. If the card provides evidence that you have graduated from a hunter training course, then it could be considered a Hunter Education Certificate.
Please note that the Canadian Firearms Safety Course and the Possession and Acquisition License (PAL) do not meet the Hunter Education requirement.
Check with your local wildlife department to access a course or obtain a replacement certificate or card if a course was previously taken. In Manitoba, please contact:
 
Welcome back Andrew,

I am finding myself in a similar situation. I started my own business at the beginning of the year after parting ways with my former company, and still getting it off the ground. I'm in really tight with my boss, so taking time to hunt isn't an issue, money for gas is...LOL. And no tow vehicle for my TDB.

Jim
 
Thank you for all the good wishes...
First, Manitoba hunting... my wife found a 1997 RI Completion Of Hunter Safety, blah... so, I am good to go. Very important lesson I just learned... Manitoba requires ALL hunters to carry the certificate along with the license. If you are planning to go to Manitoba make note on the Hunter Education item... I don't know about the other Provinces...
It is great to hear from all of you... Scott, thank you for the invitation, September is "Visit (Crabby) Customers" month, so I am literally overseas and a quick trip to the Midwest -- except for 2 days -- through to the 21st... I spoke with the Manitoba people (Tod, thank you for the information - very helpful) and yup... no "Hunters Education Card" no hunting in Manitoba...
Bill E, I don't do Facebook, I'm lucky to know how to dial my iphone...; ) I live in Lyme now, not too far away from East Hampton, love this area.
Eric, I presume that "Scaup Grande" is that amazing aluminum job that you and your talented son designed and built? That was an amazing project... never saw it finished with paint, etc... are there photos on the internet? Let me know when you come back East,etc.
Brandon/Bill... it is good to be back. I won't get fully back into the duck hunting until next season (other than Manitoba), but gotta start somewhere...
Scott, would love your advice... a friend of mine who is 65 and lives near me wants to go to Manitoba as well, he had a hunting license a jillion years ago (CT), but lost it... when he researched online about hunter Ed, all the programs were "full"... do you think there is a way for him to get the Ed and the license before October 1st ? Appreciate any advice you can provide. I spoke with Morton recently, he is doing well with his Rod and Reel business, I am proud of him.
Chris, the duck boat build was one of the hardest, but most satisfying projects I have ever undertaken. Eric inspired me, and I had the luck of building behind Tod who was arguably the most knowledgable builder on the site. Has Tod mellowed over the years ?...; )... a very intense and brilliant dude... I now live close to the CT River and was surprised to learn that there is a sizable marsh system here, perfect for the Snowgoose design. I cannot wait to get it back on the water. So to answer your question, I live on a road that was once an old Ferry Landing (Elys Ferry). We don't live on the water, we are landlocked, but there are two bodies of water (CT River on one side and Hamburg Cove on the other), but the Eagles, Fish Hawks, ducks and geese trade back and forth over our house constantly. My problem is that I work too many hours to smell the roses, but I hope to work on that soon.
Tod; I haven't caught up with the posts yet, but my favorites were the ones when you and your family would take the boat out crabbing, etc... first with the new dog, and then with your baby... so, I'm sure the baby is probably driving the boat now... I forget where you live in CT now, you moved I think...
Jim; The definition of starting a business is setting your hair on fire and putting it out with a shovel ! Great luck with that. You are in East Haddam yes?
Thanks all, and have a GREAT season.
 
I spent a year in East Hampton, probably 2 miles from Bill E. In New Britain for the time being, getting the business going and caring for my 84yo dad. I will hopefully be back in East Hampton or close by, in the near future. NB is just too ghetto for me. Not the same town I grew up in, that's for sure.
 
I spent a year in East Hampton, probably 2 miles from Bill E. In New Britain for the time being, getting the business going and caring for my 84yo dad. I will hopefully be back in East Hampton or close by, in the near future. NB is just too ghetto for me. Not the same town I grew up in, that's for sure.

Jim, I don't know how old you are, but I lived in New Britain when my dad first got out of the army and worked and went to grad school in Hartford. I was 4, so it would have been 1970-71. It was a rough town back then, at least in the neighborhood we lived in. The folks in the apartment next to us were old-school Irish. The husband would get drunk and beat his wife, then charge down our shared driveway at about 30 miles an hour. My beloved BigWheel was a casualty of one of his exits. He ran over my GI Joe, too. We were only there a year before my parents bought a house up in Vernon.
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Jeff, I graduated from St Thomas Aquinas HS, one of two parochial high schools in town, in 1981. And two public high schools. At the time there were also a half dozen parochial middle schools. Now there are only two parochial elementary/middle schools, and one public high school. My generation graduated and left the town. The major manufacturers in town, Stanley Tools, Fafnir Bearings, New Britain Machine Tool, and many others, left the town. The middle class left with the manufacturing jobs. It's now one of several sanctuary cities in Connecticut. I thought it was great when they knocked down the housing projects, but they are wrapping up the building of new housing projects that are going to be the nicest housing in town. My dad's house, if it were in East Hampton, would sell for around $140k-$160k, in it's current state. If it were to go on the market tomorrow, he'd be lucky to get $60k for it.

Still not saying my age. But less than Farris. A lot less.

Jim
 
I hear you. My part of Maine is mostly old mill towns, and almost all the mills are closed, along with the shoe factories and the tanneries and the chicken plants.

The river is a lot cleaner, but all the river towns went through 20+ really tough years. They are just starting to come out of it and downtown real estate is once again a decent investment. New Britain may turn around, too, given time. These things go in cycles.
 
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