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We have held an annual banquet since our inception in 1987.
33rd Annual Banquet
Our 33rd annual banquet was held Friday April 5th, 2019 at the Kato Ballroom in Mankato.
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2019 Banquet Highlights
Selected highlights of our 2019 banquet.
Mankato Ford Early Gun Raffle
Sponsored by our friends at
Mankato Ford
This raffle included three guns. Tickets are $5.00 each or 5 tickets for $20.00. This raffle was available before and during our annual banquet.
Winners were drawn at our 2019 Annual Banquet – Friday April 5th.
2019 Early Gun Raffle Prizes
First Prize
Franchi Instinct SL 12 Gauge Over/Under
Second Prize
Benelli Montefeltro 12 Gauge
Third Prize
Tikka T3 Lite 6.5 Creedmore
Above images are for illustrative purposes and may not exactly match the guns awarded through this raffle due to manufacturer model changes!
ISG Grand Cooler of Cash Raffle
Sponsored by our friends at
I S G
This raffle had three prizes. Three tickets for $20.00. This raffle was also available before and during our annual banquet. This years first prize winner took home a Yeti Tundra 65 and $3,950.00 Cash.
Winners were drawn at our 2019 Annual Banquet – Friday April 5th.
2019 Grand Cooler of Cash Prizes
First Prize*
Yeti Tundra 65 Cooler
(& 1/2 of All Cash From This Raffles Sales.)
The 2019 Winner took home this cooler & $3,950.00 in CASH!
Second Prize
Yeti Tundra 45 Cooler
& $250.00 Cash
Third Prize
Yeti Roadie 20 Cooler
& $100.00 Cash
*First Prize included 1/2 of all cash taken in from this raffles sales leading up to the banquet and banquet night!
Above images are for illustrative purposes and may not exactly match the coolers awarded through this raffle due to manufacturer model changes!
New – Two ways to enter the Hat Raffle
This year, we changed things up to make this raffle a little more exciting – and rewarding. You could acquire one of 12 special edition Minnesota Pheasants, Inc. hats in two ways. There were six hats on our live auction and six hats awarded through a stand-alone raffle. Acquiring a hat by either of these means entered you into the final Hat Raffle Drawing. In addition to the special edition MPI hat, each winner received a Stainless Steel Minnesota Pheasants, Inc. travel mug.
This years Hat Raffle Drawing had three winners – over $4,000.00 in prizes. The 1st prize winner received the beautiful Benelli 828U over-under 12 gauge – a true breakthrough in over-under design. The 2nd prize winner took home $1,000.00+ of Sitka Gear apparel – that can be exchanged for any style or size of product Sitka offers through an easy exchange process. The 3rd prize winner won a Yeti Roadie 20 Hard Cooler.
First Prize
Benelli 828u Over-Under 12 Gauge
Second Prize
$1,000.00 of Sitka Gear Hunting Apparel
Third Prize
Yeti Roadie 20 Hard Cooler
Above images are for illustrative purposes and may not exactly match the prizes awarded through this raffle due to manufacturer model changes!
2019 Banquet Sponsor Option – New Features
This years Banquet Sponsor option provided a banquet dinner ticket, 36oz Yeti Rambler Bottle & recognition in our banquet booklet & on our website. In addition, all Banquet Sponsors were entered into the Sponsor Drawing which is only available to Banquet Sponsors. The Banquet Sponsor option is $275.00.
The 2019 Sponsor Only Drawing had multiple prizes. First prize was a CZ Wingshooter Elite 12 Gauge Over/Under Shotgun. In addition, for every 10th Sponsor, we added a Yeti Tundra 65 Cooler to the drawing. We had a total of 44 sponsors this year so we added four Yeti Tundra 65 coolers to the drawing!
The 2019 Sponsor Drawing Featured the CZ Wingshooter Elite Over/Under 12 Gauge
Yeti Tundra 65 Hard Cooler – NEW
For every 10th Sponsor we added a Tundra 65 to the Sponsor Drawing!
Yeti 36oz Rambler Bottle – NEW
Every Sponsor received a 36 oz Yeti Rambler Bottle!
Above images are for illustrative purposes and may not exactly match the prizes awarded through this drawing due to manufacturer model changes!
33rd Annual Banquet Highlights
We wish to extend a big thank you to all of our sponsors, donors, advertisers & banquet attendees
that helped make our 33rd Annual Banquet a big success.
Thanks to all of you, the 2019 banquet netted over $50,000.00 for local habitat. Proceeds will be utilized in current projects. In total, we are currently partnering on new projects of approximately 900 acres – all right here in our area. Restoration will start on all these projects in the near future with public accessibility soon to follow. Check our projects page for details on these new parcels as information becomes available.
For 33 years you have made a big impact in the amount and quality of perpetual public habitat right in our backyards. We couldn’t do it without you. We made a number of changes for the 2019 banquet and hope you found them all to be improvements. If you have other suggestions on how we can do a better job please let us know. Give us a call or emailing us any suggestions you may have.
Supporters
Our supporters – Sponsors, Donors, MVP Supporters & Advertising Partners, are a very big part of our success and we hope you will support them. Please thank them for their generosity by patronizing their businesses throughout the year. Take a look below and on our supporters page for a complete list of all of those that so generously give to make Minnesota Pheasants, Inc. a success.
2019 Banquet MVP Supporters & Advertising Partners
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