Certified Master Elite Waterfowl Hunter
Master Elite Waterfowl
The second level above the Certified Journeyman Waterfowl Hunter is becoming a Certified Master Elite Waterfowl Hunter. To achieve this certification level a member must successfully harvest and become certified for a minimum of 30 of the 41 Official Certified UWC Species.
Once a member successfully certifies a minimum of 30 species, the status of Certified Master Elite Waterfowl Hunter has been achieved. The member will receive a custom 14” x 17” Master Elite Waterfowl Hunter wall plaque with their full certified waterfowl species list included on the plaque, as well as their favorite hunting photo. (see adjacent image for choice of 3 different plaque options).
The member’s upgraded bio will also be added to the Master Elite Waterfowl Hunter page of the UWC website and they will have the ability to add their upgraded bio and three favorite photos added to the page for fellow waterfowl hunters to read.
(All photos and bios can be emailed directly to: entries@waterfowlerschallenege.com)
Members are updated every Monday by 5 PM CST.
UWC MEMBERS WHO HIT THE MASTER ELITE WATERFOWL
CERTIFICATION LEVEL IN 2021



Zach Starkey
CERTIFIED MASTER ELITE WATERFOWL HUNTER
WF-00-136
12/22/2021
UWC CERTIFIED SPECIES LIST (42)
- Common Eider
- Common Scoter
- Mallard
- Northern PIntail
- Sandhill Crane
- Wood Duck
- Snow Goose
- Green Winged Teal
- Blue Winged Teal
- Harlequin
- Surf Scoter
- Bufflehead
- Gadwall
- Redhead
- Common Goldeneye
- Old Squaw
- Blue Goose
- American Wigeon
- Barrows Goldeneye
- Tundra Swan
- WW Scoter
- Lesser Scaup
- Northern Shoveler
- Canvasback
- Greater Scaup
- RB Merganser
- Ross Goose
- Canada Goose
- Common Merganser
- Hooded Merganser
- Ring Necked Duck
- BB Whistling Duck
- Cackling Goose
- White Fronted Goose
- King Eider
- Mottled Duck
- Fulvous Whistling Duck
- Brant Goose
- Mexican Mallard
- Cinnamon Teal
- Ruddy Duck
- Black Duck



Kyle Blanchfield
CERTIFIED MASTER ELITE WATERFOWL HUNTER
Wf-00-166
12/01/2021
UWC CERTIFIED SPECIES LIST (35)
- Green Winged Teal
- Cackling Goose
- Black Duck
- Sandhill Crane
- King Eider
- Tundra Swan
- Common Goldeneye
- Lesser Scaup
- Gadwall
- Northern PIntail
- Mallard
- Ross Goose
- Harlequin
- Common Scoter
- Cinnamon Teal
- WF Goose
- Common Eider
- Bufflehead
- Blue Winged teal
- Canada Goose
- Blue Goose
- Snow Goose
- Brant Goose
- WW Scoter
- FW Duck
- Barrows Goldeneye
- Hooded Merganser
- Redhead
- Northern Shoveler
- American Wigeon
- Canvasback
- Greater Scaup
- Mexican Mallard
- Black-Bellied Whistling Duck
- Mottled Duck



Vanessa Maurer
CERTIFIED MASTER ELITE WATERFOWL HUNTER
WF-00-521
11/18/2021
UWC CERTIFIED SPECIES LIST (41)
- Tundra Swan
- Canada Goose
- Redhead
- Blue Goose
- Gadwall
- Mallard
- Wood Duck
- FW Duck
- Cinnamon Teal
- Common Eider
- Barrows Goldeneye
- Blue Winged Teal
- Old Squaw
- American Wigeon
- Hooded Merganser
- Northern Pintail
- Mottled duck
- BB Whistling duck
- Black Duck
- Snow Goose
- Common Merganser
- Canvasback
- Green Winged teal
- Common Goldeneye
- Lesser Scaup
- Ruddy Duck
- Bufflehead
- Northern Shoveler
- Surf Scoter
- Greater Scaup
- Mexican Mallard
- Brant Goose
- RB Merganser
- King Eider
- Harlequin
- Ross's Goose
- Sandhill Crane
- Ring-Necked Duck
- Black Scoter
- White-Fronted Goose
- Cackling Goose


ANTHONY ABBOTT
CERTIFIED MASTER ELITE WATERFOWL HUNTER
WF-00-564
10/28/2021
UWC CERTIFIED SPECIES LIST (36)
- American Wigeon
- Bb Whistling Duck
- Blue-winged Teal
- Gadwall
- Green-winged Teal
- Harlequin
- King Eider
- Mallard
- Northern Pintail
- Northern Shoveler
- Redhead
- Ring-necked Duck
- Tundra Swan
- White-fronted Goose
- Wood Duck
- Bufflehead
- Canada Goose
- Canvasback
- Lesser Scaup
- Cinnamon Teal
- Mottled Duck
- Sandhill Crane
- Blue Goose
- Snow Goose
- Common Eider
- Surf Scoter
- Black Duck
- Old Squaw
- Hooded Merganser
- Brant Goose
- Ross Goose
- Cackling Goose
- Ruddy Duck
- Greater Scaup
- Emperor Goose
- Common Scoter



Brian Krist
CERTIFIED MASTER ELITE WATERFOWL HUNTER
WF-01-103
10/04/2021
UWC CERTIFIED SPECIES LIST (37)
- Ring Necked Duck
- Green Winged teal
- Mallard
- Blue Winged Teal
- RB Merganser
- Old Squaw
- Common Scoter
- Sandhill Crane
- Hooded Merganser
- Bufflehead
- Tundra Swan
- Northern Pintail
- Black Duck
- Snow Goose
- WW Scoter
- Aleutian Teal
- Canvasback
- Wood Duck
- Blue Goose
- Northern Shoveler
- Surf Scoter
- Lesser Scaup
- Brant Goose
- Gadwall
- American Wigeon
- Canada Goose
- Redhead
- Common Eider
- Greater Scaup
- Harlequin
- King Eider
- Fulvous Whistling Duck
- Cinnamon Teal
- Mexican Mallard
- Ruddy duck
- Black Bellied Whistling duck
- Cackling Goose


PATRICK MCCARTY
CERTIFIED MASTER ELITE WATERFOWL HUNTER
WF-00-717
02/09/2021
UWC CERTIFIED SPECIES LIST (41)
- Ring Necked Duck
- Old Squaw
- Bufflehead
- King Eider
- Harlequin
- Gadwall
- Canvasback
- Wood Duck
- Redhead
- American Wigeon
- Blue Goose
- Mallard
- Northern Shoveler
- Snow Goose
- Cackling Goose
- Canada Goose
- Wf Goose
- Green Winged Teal
- Common Scoter
- Brant Goose
- Ww Scoter
- Rb Merganser
- Tundra Swan
- Hooded Merganser
- Sandhill Crane
- Blue Winged Teal
- Cinnamon Teal
- Fw Duck
- Bb Whistling Duck
- Northern Pintail
- Ruddy Duck
- Emperor Goose
- Aleutian Teal
- Mexican Mallard
- Common Eider
- Black Duck
- Mottled DucK
- Common Goldeneye
- Barrows Goldeneye
- Surf Scoter
- Greater Scaup


MATTHEW WENSTROM
CERTIFIED MASTER ELITE WATERFOWL HUNTER
WF-00-698
02/07/2021
UWC CERTIFIED SPECIES LIST (37)
- Harlequin
- Old Squaw
- King Eider
- Green Winged Teal
- Redhead
- Snow Goose
- Wf Goose
- Mallard
- Northern Shoveler
- Lesser Scaup
- Cackling Goose
- Canada Goose
- Blue Goose
- American Wigeon
- Ring Necked Duck
- Bufflehead
- Gadwall
- Northern Pintail
- Rb Merganser
- Brant Goose
- Common Scoter
- Ww Scoter
- Tundra Swan
- Wood Duck
- Hooded Merganser
- Sandhill Crane
- Bb Whistling Duck
- Blue Winged Teal
- Cinnamon Teal
- Fw Duck
- Ruddy Duck
- Mexican Mallard
- Eurasian Teal
- Common Eider
- Emperor Goose
- Black Duck
- Mottled Duck


JAMIE OWENS
CERTIFIED MASTER ELITE WATERFOWL HUNTER
WF-00-401 GOLD MEMBER
01/25/2021
UWC CERTIFIED SPECIES LIST (34)
- Black Duck
- Wood Duck
- Ruddy Duck
- Bb Whistling Duck
- Redhead
- Northern Pintail
- American Wigeon
- Ring Necked Duck
- Gadwall
- Green Winged Teal
- Greater Scaup
- Norhtern Shoveler
- Blue Winged Teal
- Canvasback
- Common Goldeneye
- Old Squaw
- Mallard
- Hooded Merganser
- Lesser Scaup
- Brant Gose
- Surf Scoter
- Common Eider
- White Winged Scoter
- Wf Goose
- Sandhill Crane
- Snow Goose
- Cackling Goose
- Ross Goose
- Cinnamon Teal
- Rb Merganser
- Mottled duck
- Barrows Goldeneye
- Harlequin
- Bufflehead


CHRIS FULTON
CERTIFIED MASTER ELITE WATERFOWL HUNTER
WF-00-401 GOLD MEMBER
01/25/2021
UWC CERTIFIED SPECIES LIST (40)
- Sandhill Crane
- Northern Shoveler
- Canada Goose
- Common Goldeneye
- Green Winged Teal
- Ring Necked Duck
- Canvasback
- Bufflehead
- Common Eider
- American Wigeon
- Wood Duck
- Gadwall
- Wf Goose
- Blue Goose
- Lesser Scaup
- Cackling Goose
- Ross Goose
- Redhead
- Black Duck
- Mallard
- Surf Scoter
- Old Squaw
- Snow Goose
- Hooded Merganser
- Northern Pintail
- Tundra Swan
- Blue Winged Teal
- Ruddy Duck
- Common Scoter
- Ww Scoter
- Mottled Duck
- Cinnamon Teal
- Barrows Goldeneye
- Harlequin
- Greater Scaup
- RB Merganser
- Brant Goose
- Black Bellied Whistling Duck
- King Eider
- Common Merganser


JIM PIERCE
CERTIFIED MASTER ELITE WATERFOWL HUNTER
WF-00-320
01/18/2021
UWC CERTIFIED SPECIES LIST (41)
- Blue Goose
- Canada Goose
- Ring Necked Duck
- Bufflehead
- Mallard
- Northern Shoveler
- Northern Pintail
- Gadwall
- American Wigeon
- Blue Winged Teal
- Green Winged Teal
- Lesser Scaup
- Tundra Swan
- Hooded Merganser
- Wood Duck
- Redhead
- Canvasback
- Common Eider
- Rb Merganser
- Old Squaw
- Surf Scoter
- Black Duck
- Ruddy Duck
- Cinnamon Teal
- Bb Whistling Duck
- Mexican Mallard
- Common Scoter
- Ww Scoter
- Harlequin
- Brant Goose
- Mottled Duck
- Ross Goose
- Emperor Goose
- Eurasian Teal
- Common Goldeneye
- Barrows Goldeneye
- Hybrid
- Greater Scaup
- Common Merganser
- King Eider
- Fulvous Whistling Duck


LANCE HENKELMAN
CERTIFIED MASTER ELITE WATERFOWL HUNTER
WF-00-349 (GOLD MEMBER)
01/13/2021
UWC CERTIFIED SPECIES LIST (37)
- Lesser Scaup
- Green Winged Teal
- Bufflehead
- Common Goldeneye
- Mallard
- American Wigeon
- Northern Pintail
- Blue Goose
- Snow Goose
- Wf Goose
- Tundra Swan
- Canvasback
- Hooded Merganser
- Ring Necked Duck
- Gadwall
- Wood Duck
- Surf Scoter
- Old Squaw
- Cackling Goose
- Canada Goose
- Common Merganser
- Redhead
- Ross Goose
- Blue Winged Teal
- Sandhill Crane
- Ruddy Duck
- Common Eider
- Ww Scoter
- Common Scoter
- Northern Shoveler
- Harlequin
- Greater Scaup
- Barrows Goldeneye
- Mottled Duck
- Brant Goose
- Black-Bellied Whistling Duck
- King Eider



Quinn Tolbert
CERTIFIED MASTER ELITE WATERFOWL HUNTER
Wf-00-967
01/13/2021
UWC CERTIFIED SPECIES LIST (39)
- Mallard
- Northern Pintail
- American Wigeon
- Gadwall
- Northern Shoveler
- Green-Winged Teal
- Blue-Winged Teal
- Cinnamon Teal
- Wood Duck
- Black Duck
- Fulvous Whistling Duck
- Mottled Duck
- Canvasback
- Redhead
- Greater Scaup
- Lesser Scaup
- Common Goldeneye
- Ruddy Duck
- Bufflehead
- Ring-Necked Duckj
- Hooded Merganser
- Common Merganser
- Barrow's Goldeneye
- Old Squaw
- Common Scoter
- Surf Scoter
- Common EIder
- Harlequin
- White-Winged Scoter
- Tundra Swan
- Sandhill Crane
- Canada Goose
- Cackling Goose
- Brant Goose
- Snow Goose
- Blue Goose
- Ross's Goose
- White-Fronted Goose
- Mexican Mallard


HOWARD WHYBREW
CERTIFIED MASTER ELITE WATERFOWL HUNTER
WF-00-362 (GOLD MEMBER)
01/09/2021
UWC CERTIFIED SPECIES LIST (40)
- Canvasback
- Blue Goose
- Mallard
- Snow Goose
- Gadwall
- Green Winged Teal
- Cackling Goose
- Northern Pintail
- Brant Goose
- Harlequin
- Common Scoter
- Old Squaw
- White wing Scoter
- Canada Goose
- American Wigeon
- Ring Necked Duck
- White Fronted Goose
- Ross Goose
- Fw Duck
- Northern Shoveler
- Cinnamon Teal
- Ruddy Duck
- Bufflehead
- Common Goldeneye
- Redhead
- Sandhill Crane
- Mottled Duck
- Black Bellied Whistling Duck
- Blue Winged Teal
- Wood Duck
- Surf Scoter
- Common Eider
- Black Duck
- Greater Scaup
- King Eider
- Lesser Scaup
- Common Merganser
- Barrows Goldeneye
- Tundra Swan
- Red-Breasted Merganser


ROBIN FITZGIBBON
CERTIFIED MASTER ELITE WATERFOWL HUNTER
WF-00-555
01/05/2021
UWC CERTIFIED SPECIES LIST (34)
- American Wigeon
- Black Duck
- Blue Goose
- Canada Goose
- Gadwall
- Green-winged Teal
- Lesser Scaup
- Mallard
- Northern Pintail
- Northern Shoveler
- Redhead
- Ring-necked Duck
- Snow Goose
- White-fronted Goose
- Wood Duck
- Bufflehead
- Canvasback
- Ruddy Duck
- Greater Scaup
- Rb Merganser
- Old Squaw
- Surf Scoter
- Ww Scoter
- Common Eider
- Blue Winged Teal
- King Eider
- Harlequin
- Hooded Merganser
- Common Goldeneye
- Tudra Swan
- Mottled Duck
- Bb Whistling Duck
- Common Scoter
- Ross's Goose


DOUG FOUT
CERTIFIED MASTER ELITE WATERFOWL HUNTER
WF-00-583
01/04/2021
UWC CERTIFIED SPECIES LIST (35)
- American Wigeon
- Blue Winged Teal
- Canada Goose
- Cackling Goose
- Common Goldeneye
- Gadwall
- Green Winged Teal
- Mallard
- Mottled Duck
- Northern Pintail
- Northern Shoveler
- Ring Necked Duck
- Wf Goose
- Wood Duck
- Rb Merganser
- Brant Goose
- Common Scoter
- Common Eider
- Greater Scaup
- Redhead
- Lesser Scaup
- Fw Duck
- Cinnamon Teal
- Bb Whistling Duck
- Bufflehead
- King Eider
- Black Duck
- Old Squaw
- Hooded Merganser
- Mexican Mallard
- Tundra Swan
- Ruddy Duck
- Snow Goose
- Blue Goose
- Ross's Goose

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