12-15-2006, 09:10 PM
PHOENIX - Want an exciting, yet simple holiday gift, perhaps to use as a stocking stuffer? Give your favorite hunter a chance at one or more hunts of a lifetime in Arizona.
This is the second year for the Arizona Big Game Super Raffle, which raises money to benefit this state's big game species. The Arizona Game and Fish Commission sets aside one tag per big game species each year for the super raffle. These super raffle tags include antelope, black bear, buffalo, Coues whitetail, desert bighorn sheep, elk, javelina, mule deer and turkey (Gould's or Merriam's). All the proceeds raised from raffling each tag are used to benefit that particular species.
All the super raffle tags are for special season dates, and each hunt is 365 days, starting Aug. 1, with very few limitations on hunting areas. The prices for each ticket have been set to give every hunter in the world an opportunity to win a true hunt of a lifetime. Arizona offers some of the best trophy opportunities in North America for each of these species.
The cost of the raffle tickets range from $5 to $25, depending on the species. The deadline to purchase a raffle tag is June 25, 2007, but they are on sale now in plenty of time for the holidays. A public drawing will take place in July 2007, and the time and place will be announced at a later date. You can obtain ticket order forms at arizonabiggamesuperraffle.com.
In addition, Swarovski donated a package of products for an optics raffle. This package includes the 15x56 ER binoculars, 10x42 El binoculars, an ST-80 spotting scope with a 20-60x eyepiece, Swarovski Laser Rangefinder and 4-12x50 rifle scope. An Outdoorsman's tripod with all the appropriate tripod adapters will be included, as well. The optics raffle proceeds are used to defray the costs of conducting the raffle.
Each person who purchases one of each species hunt raffle tickets and the Swarovski raffle ticket ($150 total) will also have a chance to win a six-day caribou hunt for two animals in Quebec with Safari Nordik, a scoped firearm, air travel from any city in the continental United States to Quebec and $500 cash for trip incidentals. The trip includes fishing at no additional charge and the opportunity to add a bear hunt at the outfitter's standard rates. Sportsman's Warehouse has generously donated this package valued at $6,500.
This unique cooperative effort has become a model for wildlife fundraising. The Arizona Big Game Super Raffle participants include the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, Arizona Antelope Foundation, Arizona Bowhunter Association, Arizona Chapter of Safari Club International, Arizona Deer Association, Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society, Arizona Elk Society, Arizona Wildlife Federation, Foundation for North American Wild Sheep, Mule Deer Foundation, National Wild Turkey Federation, and the Arizona chapters of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
This is the second year for the Arizona Big Game Super Raffle, which raises money to benefit this state's big game species. The Arizona Game and Fish Commission sets aside one tag per big game species each year for the super raffle. These super raffle tags include antelope, black bear, buffalo, Coues whitetail, desert bighorn sheep, elk, javelina, mule deer and turkey (Gould's or Merriam's). All the proceeds raised from raffling each tag are used to benefit that particular species.
All the super raffle tags are for special season dates, and each hunt is 365 days, starting Aug. 1, with very few limitations on hunting areas. The prices for each ticket have been set to give every hunter in the world an opportunity to win a true hunt of a lifetime. Arizona offers some of the best trophy opportunities in North America for each of these species.
The cost of the raffle tickets range from $5 to $25, depending on the species. The deadline to purchase a raffle tag is June 25, 2007, but they are on sale now in plenty of time for the holidays. A public drawing will take place in July 2007, and the time and place will be announced at a later date. You can obtain ticket order forms at arizonabiggamesuperraffle.com.
In addition, Swarovski donated a package of products for an optics raffle. This package includes the 15x56 ER binoculars, 10x42 El binoculars, an ST-80 spotting scope with a 20-60x eyepiece, Swarovski Laser Rangefinder and 4-12x50 rifle scope. An Outdoorsman's tripod with all the appropriate tripod adapters will be included, as well. The optics raffle proceeds are used to defray the costs of conducting the raffle.
Each person who purchases one of each species hunt raffle tickets and the Swarovski raffle ticket ($150 total) will also have a chance to win a six-day caribou hunt for two animals in Quebec with Safari Nordik, a scoped firearm, air travel from any city in the continental United States to Quebec and $500 cash for trip incidentals. The trip includes fishing at no additional charge and the opportunity to add a bear hunt at the outfitter's standard rates. Sportsman's Warehouse has generously donated this package valued at $6,500.
This unique cooperative effort has become a model for wildlife fundraising. The Arizona Big Game Super Raffle participants include the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, Arizona Antelope Foundation, Arizona Bowhunter Association, Arizona Chapter of Safari Club International, Arizona Deer Association, Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society, Arizona Elk Society, Arizona Wildlife Federation, Foundation for North American Wild Sheep, Mule Deer Foundation, National Wild Turkey Federation, and the Arizona chapters of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.