Arizona super raffle

[AZ402]

To All: The G & F Commission voted unanimously to establish an Arizona Big Game Super Raffle.



The AAF, ABA, ADA, ADBSS, AES, AZSCI, FNAWS, MDF & NWTF will put together the raffle for 2006-2007 season. It will contain one each of all our big game species (except mountain lion). In July, each species will have a separate drawing, insuring multiple winners, who will enjoy a special 365 day season.



We welcome other organizations and individuals who would like to help with the raffle. We have an opportunity to raise some serious money for all of our big game species, while providing a special opportunity to hunt for anyone wanting to buy a ticket!



More details to come

 

[elkay]

That would be sweet!! elkay

 

[JB Florida]

OK,
I'm in (since I didnt win the sheep raffle)

 

[TheTone]

Am I reading that right, it would entitle the winner to a 365 day season for the species they draw; theoretically from July (or whenever the drawing is) through the same time in the next year? Interesting

 

[Delw]

The commision sucks..
pimping fuggin tags again


Delw

 

[sturge]

The commision sucks..
pimping fuggin tags again


Delw

That took 4 days Del. I expected your reply to this subject much sooner. You slowin' down in your old age?

 

[sturge]

During its Oct. 21 meeting in Phoenix, the Arizona Game and Fish Commission awarded three special tags per big game species, but allocated one tag per each of the nine big game species to be sold via a "super raffle" this coming year. The "super raffle" concept is part of a 20-year evolutionary process associated with this program.

The special tag program actually began in 1984 when the Arizona Legislature passed a bill allowing the commission to take two bighorn sheep tags and use them for fundraising purposes for that species. The program has been a remarkable success. Over the next 20-plus years, the program has evolved to include all big game species. The special tag program has raised more than $11 million for Arizona wildlife management efforts.

Last year, the program was expanded again when the Legislature increased the number of special tags from two per big game species, to three tags per species. Also last year, the Game and Fish Commission told the various wildlife conservation organizations that it would like to see them all work together. They took that to heart, and the organizations joined together and came up with the "super raffle" concept, where all the organizations could participate in a single fundraising effort using a special tag per each of the nine big game species.

For the other two tags per species, the commission allocated those tags as follows:

Pronghorn: Two tags to the Arizona Antelope Foundation.
Black bear: One tag to the Arizona Bowhunters Association and one tag to Safari Club International - Arizona Chapter (SCI-AZ).
Bighorn sheep: Two tags to the Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society.
Buffalo: One tag to the Arizona Elk Society and one to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
Elk: One tag to the Arizona Elk Society and one to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
Javelina: One tag to SCI-AZ and one to the Arizona Bowhunters Association.
Mule deer: One tag to the Mule Deer Foundation and one to the Arizona Deer Association.
Turkey: Two tags to the National Wild Turkey Federation.
Whitetail deer: Two tags to the Arizona Deer Association