Welcome  to the 2022 Columbia Flyway Wildlife Show

This show has a reputation as the premier wildlife carving show and competition in the Northwest. For the past 10 years, the Columbia Flyway Show has been held at the Water Resources Education Center in Vancouver, Washington where it continued to grow in participation and entries. The last show in 2019, broke all attendance records. Due to the past two years of the Covid-19 virus, we were unable to book the Water Resources venue. 

For the 2022 Show, we are moving to a spacious 15,000 s/f building owned by the Clatsop County Fairgrounds and Expo in historic Astoria, Oregon. Astoria is on the banks of the mighty Columbia River, as it enters the Pacific Ocean. Not only will this be a wonderful site to hold our carving show, but the area is also a virtual playground of sites to see, beaches to play on, fine dining, and outdoor fun! 

Astoria is known for its rich maritime history, fishing industry, camping, Hollywood movie site, and one of the last stops for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Make your plans to include the Columbia Flyway Wildlife Show and stay and play on the beautiful Oregon Coast. 

The show focuses on hand-carved, textured, and painted wood sculptures of birds, fish, mammals, and North West Coastal Native American Carvings, in twenty competitive divisions.

View the judging of wildlife carvings in the main auditorium and the decoys in the water tank. Take advantage of the free and pay seminars and demonstrations. We have many World Champions and notable carvers presenting seminars to help expand your carving knowledge. 

There are a limited number of spaces to take a Friday all-day pay class with World Champion Carver, Tom Matus.  Pre-registration is required.  And as if that is not enough, join us at the water tank Sunday afternoon, for the Don Baiar Memorial 6” mini decoy floaters “trade” event where grown carvers get more excited than they should at the intense competition and nail-biting dramatics.

This show is a member of the International Wildfowl Carvers Association (IWCA). We will be hosting the “IWCA” Working Decoy Championship” open to all contestants, for 2022. 

There is over $10,000 available to win in purchase awards and prize money.

The Byrn Watson Memorial Award will be awarded to the “Best of Show” carving. 

The Will Hayden Memorial Awards will be awarded to the Best of Show for intermediate and novice carvers. Due to the generous donations from area carving clubs and individuals who benefited from Will’s years of friendship, mentoring, and support, this award will be given for years to come.

Also, being awarded is the Helen Foster Memorial Songbird Award.

With our spacious new venue, we have room for many vendors. If you have carvings or products to sell, please contact us for table or booth information and rates.

Make your plans to be with us for our 33rd annual Columbia Flyway Wildlife Show. Help us grow this show into one of the premier carving shows in the nation.