You Get the Guns, Youth Get Shooting Opportunities Forever
Pheasants Forever 05.06.12
By purchasing your ticket for the Iowa Pheasants Forever (PF) State Council Forever Shooting Sports 52-Gun Raffle, sponsored by the Iowa Pheasants Forever State Council, MidwayUSA and Sportsman’s Warehouse, you can help further Iowa youth shooting sports. Fifty-two brand new firearms will be raffled off, with all proceeds going to youth shooting sports in the state. In addition, a four hundred dollar gift certificate to Sportsman’s Warehouse will be awarded to each individual, youth shooting team or chapter that sells 25 raffle tickets.
“The Iowa PF State Council Forever Shooting Sports 52-Gun Raffle was made possible due to Pheasants Forever’s unique relationship with MidwayUSA, as well as Sportsman’s Warehouse. These two partners play a major role in providing exceptional opportunities for youth shooting sports in Iowa,” said Jared Wiklund, Pheasants Forever Central Iowa Regional Representative, “With all of the proceeds of the raffle going towards youth shooting sports in the state, it is a win-win for everyone.” At the completion of the raffle, Pheasants Forever’s chapters will be contributing fundraised dollars to various shooting teams throughout Iowa.
Chapters, individuals and youth shooting teams throughout the state will be selling raffle tickets, and for every 25 tickets that are sold by an individual, chapter or youth shooting team, a four hundred dollar gift certificate to Sportsman’s Warehouse will be awarded for their efforts! If individuals in the state want to work together and participate in the raffle to earn the gift certificate, they will be required to prepay for 25 tickets. Once the tickets are purchased, the gift certificate will be sent immediately along with the 25 tickets that need to be sold and turned in by the individual(s).
Iowa PF State Council Forever Shooting Sports 52-Gun Raffle
- Impressive gun list includes a Browning Citori Maple White Lighting, Remington VersaMax, Browning Maxus Ultimate, Remington Model 700 CDL and many more!
- Limited to 3,000 tickets.
- Winning tickets placed back in drawing, meaning every purchased ticket has an opportunity at all 52 guns.
- Tickets are fifty dollars each and are available through your local Iowa Pheasants Forever or Iowa Quail Forever chapter.
- Gun winners posted one week after drawing on the Iowa PF website.
In 2011, Pheasants Forever launched its Forever Shooting Sports Program, which was made possible by a five-year pledge from Larry and Brenda Potterfield of MidwayUSA. The program’s intention is to develop a sustainable comprehensive shooting sports program that works closely with chapters and partners. In year one, the program doubled its initial goal and provided 17,000 youth participants the opportunity to experience the thrill of shooting sports.
Iowa is home to over 20,000 Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever members and 104 combined PF/QF chapters. To learn more about the raffle and for complete rules and regulations visit Iowa PF. For questions regarding the raffle, please contact Jared Wiklund at (515) 423-4747 or Email Jared.
Pheasants Forever launched Quail Forever in August of 2005 to address the continuing loss of habitat suitable for quail and the subsequent quail population decline. Bobwhite population losses over the last 25 years range from 60 to 90 percent across the country. The reason for the quail population plunge is simple - massive losses of habitat suitable for quail. There are five major factors leading to the losses of quail habitat; intensified farming and forestry practices, succession of grassland ecosystems to forests, overwhelming presence of exotic grasses like fescue that choke out wildlife, and urban sprawl.
