Chapter News Update - Banquet March 2022

It is that time of year for us to all get together and have some fun while raising money for a great cause. The Brown County Pheasants Forever Banquet is only one month away. The date is Saturday, March 19, 2022. To entice you to get your tickets and attend we will be proving a little more of an overview in this newsletter update.

One habitat item that needs to announced is the current CRP (Conservation Recovery Program) signup period is active and open. The timeframe to enroll is very quickly approaching the closing deadline. That date is March 11, 2022. If you are interested contact Nate Fore - Pheasants Forever Farm Biologist as soon as you can.

Again, we want to thank all our members and volunteers who do so much to help in the Brown County Pheasants Forever (PF) mission and helping at the upcoming banquet.

Thanks, Tim Kraskey, President Brown County Pheasants Forever.

2022 Brown County Membership Drive, 31st Banquet and Family Fun Night

Join us for the 2022 Brown County Banquet and Family Fun Night. This event is set to take place as follows:

Date: March 19, 2022

Time: Doors Open at 4:30 pm – 10:00 pm

Activities: Games; Raffles; Auctions; Food & Drink

Location: New Ulm Event Center

We will be posting many updates and details on the upcoming banquet on the Brown County Pheasants Forever website or at http://www.browncountypf.org .

Some key changes for this event will be that we are encouraging folks to ...

"buy early tickets or package bundles".

You will be able to have your entry ticket on your mobile phone to get into the event. All pre-ordered tickets we will have an envelope for you to get into the event without filling out any additional paperwork.

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW, AND NO WAITING IN LINES.

We will as well be discouraging on-site ticket purchasing so we have a better handle on food. If you choose to come to the location to buy your tickets, we may not be able to guarantee you a meal. You will be welcomed into the event but, we are trying to track food costs, so we don’t have large overages which cost a lot of money to the organization. We hope you understand.

Ticket Packages are as follows:

Something new this year to stretch your dollars are, "ROOSTER BUCKS" (See last item on the tickets above). We are offering a "Pre-Event Special", and these are available in some of the Sponsorship Packages. You can get up to a 40% increase in your dollars at the event. But, you need to buy them before the event to get this special deal.

For those who are not getting this newsletter we have already sent to our mail list how to order tickets. We will not be taking credit cards on the mailer. To utilize a credit card, all transactions will need to be made using the online URL below.

To purchase tickets go to: https://pfqf.myeventscenter.com/event/2022-Brown-County-Pheasants-Forever-Banquet-57740

EMCEE & KEYNOTE SPEAKER

We are honored to have Travis Frank as our emcee & keynote speaker at the event. If you have ever watched the program, "The Flush" you will know who he is. Travis is with Ron Schara Productions and is the producer of: Minnesota Bound – KARE11 (NBC); Due North Outdoors – Fox Sports North/Wisconsin ; The Flush – Outdoor Channel ; Rooster Tales – Fox Sports North/Wisconsin ; Made For The Outdoors – Fox Sports North/Wisconsin; Backroads with Ron and Raven - Fox Sports North/Wisconsin and Destination Polaris – Fox Sports Networks. We are honored to have him join us at the banquet.

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

We will be having some old and several new games and raffles at the banquet. To mention some of them, they are:

Scheels Banner Raffle (See below)
Plinko Game - All prizes are around a Waterfowl Theme
100 Shot Shell Game - All prizes are around a Deer & Turkey Theme
Corn Hole Toss Game - All prizes are around a Fishing Theme
Youth Game - All prizes are centered around Youth Theme
Youth Lifetime Small Game License Raffle
Mystery Gun Raffle - A gun will be raffled off
Women’s Only Game - All prizes are Feminine Themed
Gun Banner Boards - Many gun boards and many guns
Ford F-150 Raffle - A Ford F-150 will be raffled off this summer
Live Auction - Prints; Gun; Pheasants Hunts; Shoot & Sizzle; etc.
Silent Auction
General Raffle

Well over 25 guns and numerous other fantastic prizes are up for participants to win.

HUNTERS DREAM RAFFLE

One of our main fund-raising raffles: "The Hunters Dream Raffle" will be drawn in conjunction with the banquet.

This year we have six fantastic guns and a safe to store them in. The total value of this package is around $6500.00.

Tickets are $25.00 each and only 600 tickets will be sold.

All prizes are a winner takes all and are listed on the PROOF ticket here. We will have these guns at the night of the event.

Tickets are now available from any BCPF board member and other authorized sellers. Contact anyone on the board and we will get you a ticket.

Buy early, they are almost all sold-out ....

LOOKING FOR CORPORATE SPONSORS

We are actively seeking corporate or individual sponsors to donate "Monies for Prizes". These prizes either a gun or key game/raffle prize, will be part of the banquet. Sponsor(s) will have great placement on a game or dedicated raffle for their brand and advertising for the event. We are actively seeking donations of:

Level 1 Sponsor = $500 gun or prize
Level 2 Sponsor = $1000 gun or prize
Level 3 Sponsor = $1500 gun or prize
Level 4 Sponsor = $2000 gun or prize

All sponsors would have exclusivity to that game or raffle with the logo prominently displayed. Additionally, sponsors logo or name will be mentioned in the event program as a sponsor, and they would be on our website for one year with that mention as well.

We have currently recruited over 20 corporate or personal sponsors for our event. We are much appreciated and thank them for their active participation.

Contact Tim directly if interested in your firm being a sponsorship donor.

MEMBERSHIP

The monies we receive through donations, fund raising, and membership are critical to us enhancing or purchasing lands for all the public to enjoy. We encourage everyone to renew their membership to Pheasants Forever or upgrade their membership to a Lifetime membership.

Pheasants Forever is the only national organization with a model of chapters keeping 100% of the funds they raise. While belonging to a larger national organization that has a voice on federal and state conservation policies, chapters are tasked with finding projects for their funds. Minnesota takes full advantage of this model using funds raised for projects locally as well as other areas in the state of Minnesota.

Go to https://www.pheasantsforever.org/Participate/Why-Participate.aspx

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help us grow!

BROWN COUNTY PHEASANT’S FOREVER ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
FOUNDED 32 YEARS AGO and SPENT OVER $4 MILLION in Brown County for HABITAT.
OVER 300 HABITAT PROJECTS benefiting OVER 3000 ACRES on PRIVATE land.
PRESERVED OVER 2500 ACRES for PUBLIC ENJOYMENT & HUNTING. Brown County has OVER 28 WMA/WPAs encompassing OVER 4600 ACRES.
PARTICPATED in OVER 2000 ACRES in Brown County land ACQUISITIONS that are now WMA/WPAs.
HOSTS AND PARTICIPATES IN ANNUAL MENTORED YOUTH HUNTS with more than 50 KIDS PARTIPATING
SUPPORT our LOCAL TRAP SHOOTING TEAMS.
JOINED MN DNR Adopt-a-WMA program