BROWN COUNTY 2020 MEMBERSHIP DRIVE & UPDATES February, 2021
We hope you your family & friends safe and had a great Pheasant hunting season given the current environment around the virus (Corvid-19). Thanks to all who renewed or continue to participate in your Pheasants Forever membership. Your $35.00 a year is critical to us in supporting the mission to preserve habitat for pheasants and beyond. Please keep up your support this year when you get a renewal notice in the mail.
We will be holding two main fund-raising raffles. They are:“The Hunters Dream Raffle”and“The Hunters Choice Raffle”.
To attract past and new “Pheasant Forever Membership(s)”.
To raise money for the chapter so that we can continue to acquire lands for public use.
Use proceeds to help the national R3 efforts. This includes support for local trap/shooting teams.
The "Hunter’s Dream Raffle" is a winner takes all raffle with eight (8) guns and a gun safe.
Browning Citori Model 725 “PF Gun of the Year” Walnut 12 ga. Shotgun
Benelli M2 Marsh Camo 12 ga. Shotgun
Franchi Affinity 3 Black Synthetic 20 ga. Shotgun
Tikka T3X Hunter Walnut .300 Win. Mag. Rifle
Tikka T3X Stainless CTR Black Synthetic 6.5 Creedmore Rifle
Tikka T3X Blued Black Synthetic .223 Rifle
Tikka T1X Blued Black Synthetic .22 LR Rifle
CVA Optima V2 Black Synthetic .50 cal. muzzleloader Rifle
Liberty Centurion Series Gun Safe
Each ticket will be $25.00 and only 600 tickets will be sold (need not be present to win).
The "Hunter’s Choice Raffle" the winner will have the option to pick one (1) of the
following items:
Stoeger M3000 M5 Camo 12 ga. Shotgun
Pit Boss Sportsman 820 Pellet Smoker/Grill
MN Lifetime Small Game License
Liberty Centurion Series Gun Safe
$400.00 in Cash.
Each ticket will be $10.00. This is a winner takes choice of (1) raffle (need not be present to win).
Tickets should be available starting in February 2021 from pheasants Forever Members. You can find key names and contacts below and on our web page at: http://www.browncountypf.org/officers/
Again, we want to thank all our members and volunteers who do so much to help in the Brown County Pheasants Forever (PF) mission. Please visit https://PheasantsForever.org/Renew for membership renewal. We need your help!
Thanks, Dan Braulick, President Brown County Pheasants Forever.
HABITAT & PROJECTS
HABITAT PROGRAMS for LANDOWNERS - GENERAL CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM (CRP) SIGN-UP
USDA has general CRP signup,
which started January 3, 2021 and the sign-up has been extended beyond the initial deadline of February 12. The new deadline to sign up is undecided at the moment. This signup will target more of the upland and sandy hill areas in your cropland and is structured differently than the continuous signup being on a ranking system rather than first come first serve. As we learn more, we will send an update and post it to the Brown County Pheasants Forever website athttp://www.browncountypf.org/news/.
We encourage all landowner to become familiar with these programs and what may be eligible for them. Stop into the USDA office in Sleepy Eye or NRCS office asap as this signup is on a first come first serve basis. Your best contact is to reach out to Luke Zilverberg our local Pheasants Forever Habitat Biologist at (507) 794-7997 (Ext. 110) or email him at lzilverberg@pheasantsforever.org. He will be happy to answer any of your questions. Total acres enrolled in 2020 = 2,291 Total Brown County CRP acres = 14,187
Some of the CRP programs may include:
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.
