By Tom Seibert, Special Events Coordinator – 414/750-8260
This article originally appeared in Wisconsin Waterfowl Association’s March, 2021 Newsletter edition.
We have LOTS of our chapter’s Class A raffles online. You’ve read my line in this newsletter before: “These raffles feature some extremely desirable guns (that you probably wouldn’t buy for yourself, but sure would like to own.) If you can’t attend every event, and who can, you can still get in on a chance to win the chapter’s showcase prizes, most with great odds to win.” Well, I can now add the line that many of these guns you won’t be able to purchase even if you had the coin, because they aren’t available and probably won’t be anytime soon!
I’ve recently spent at least one hundred hours alongside several of our chapter’s committee members recently searching for high quality, very desirable firearms that most of you would like to own, but can’t find on the store shelves and I’m excited by what we’ve found. You can check them all out on our class A page but hurry, as these are limited raffles and they sell fast.
As an example, our South Suburban Chapter’s recent Class A featured the almost impossible to get Glock 19 pistol. It was online for several weeks with only a few ticket sales trickling in. Once we did the promotional for it as the drawing neared we sold 150 tickets in less than 48 hours. Check the website often and buy when you see something you like or risk tickets selling out. We won’t offer prizes we don’t have in our possession, so you don’t have to worry about substitutions or long waits. (Just a tip, we have a handful of those Glock 19 pistol tickets that will be sold at the drawing event at Witt’s End in Caledonia this Saturday along with the FMK 9MM pistol in Harvest Moon camo (there are still some tickets online for the FMK ,which has an awesome camo pattern you won’t just find anywhere.) Check out the package raffles we have for turkey hunting, Open Water waterfowl hunting or coyote hunting, too.
Continue to check out our website for the latest news on upcoming events, the latest and greatest in Class A raffles (hint, you will find topline offerings from Benelli and Beretta soon! We have them and It’s likely you won’t see them this fall, it’s crazy out there), the online availability to register for a banquet and hopefully to volunteer to help one our chapters Make a Difference by improving the Wetlands, Waterfowl, and Wildlife in Wisconsin.
Thanks for all your past and future support.