Hunt Talk Auction! $4,025 Raised By Hunt Talk Members For "Wildlife Deserve Better!"

[Derek44]

11A- $205

 

[Clarq]

15B - $41

 

[BAKPAKR]

15a $41

 

[Sytes]

THIS AUCTION IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED

 

[Sytes]

Congratulations Everyone! Donors and Bidders: We stepped it up with $4,025 with the runner up additions to potentially increase the donations to $4,705!

@Arcola as runner up for 11A (post #197) Ben Lamb has extended a runner's up prize at the highest bidder value of $205. @Derek44 You have your pick of 11A-1 or 11A-2. Please add this decision in your PM to @Sytes

@Derek44 as runner up for 11B (post #163) Ben Lamb has extended a runner's up prize at the highest bidder value of $300. @Arcola You have pick of 11B-1 or 11B-2. Please add this decision in your PM to @Sytes

**EDIT CORRECTION: My error. (Thank you @VikingsGuy )
@Sytes (Me - Yay!) as runner up for 11C (post #112) Ben Lamb has extended a runner's up prize at the highest bidder value of $175. @Dsnow9 You have pick of 11C-1 or 11C-2. Please add this decision in your PM to @Sytes

**Please be sure your "runner up" decision is reflected in the total Donation Confirmation PM'd to @Sytes .

@ignorethefringes Along with your Donation Confirmation PM to @Sytes , please add your address you would like the RMEF Backpack shipped to. I did not ask about shipping though I'll follow up with you if they would like you to cover shipping or not.

Everyone, here are the final Bid winners!

Please remember: Have your Donation Confirmations PM'd to @Sytes before 2400 eastern time October 26th.



With that done... I'm off to bed! Everyone routing, enroute, or at hunt camp, wish you the best!

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Figure I'll keep this post for the final information. Thanks again to everyone involved! Beyond expectations!



Also, my winning bids for transparency sake, rounded up:
Rounded up: 5B: TEKMAT Large AR-15 Mat. New. & Runner up for 11C.

 

[Dave N]

Over 4 grand! Well done, folks!

 

[Derek44]

Well done @Sytes. A lot of moving parts to this sort of auction. Great idea and seems to have went quite seamlessly!!

 

[Ben Lamb]

Huge thanks to @Sytes for running this & to liquor for making all these bids so danged awesome!

 

[Wild Bill]

Thanks for doing this @Sytes

 

[seeth07]

Man those cups quickly went out of my Xmas gift price range! Good though, well done and lots of money raised

 

[noharleyyet]

A doff of the Peaky Blinder to one the classiest dudes on any board...Mr. Ben Lamb

 

[jabber]

Thank you Sytes the effort you put into this was amazing and to all of the donors and buyers!!!

 

[Hunting Wife]

This was a much more orderly affair than I expected. @Sytes you were a masterful auctioneer. Thanks everyone for diligent adherence to rules. That really helped make this a huge success.

If it didn’t take years off of @Sytes life, maybe we should have an annual charity auction to some noble conservation cause? The members are hungry for another shot at some @Ben Lamb originals

 

[VikingsGuy]

This was a much more orderly affair than I expected. @Sytes you were a masterful auctioneer. Thanks everyone for diligent adherence to rules. That really helped make this a huge success.

If it didn’t take years off of @Sytes life, maybe we should have an annual charity auction to some noble conservation cause? The members are hungry for another shot at some @Ben Lamb originals

With a little bigger time window (thanks to @Sytes for the short timeline crash course in this case) to collect offerings I wouldn’t be surprised if HT could exceed $25k for an annual conservation charity (or maybe some type of youth hunter charity) event. I am all in if others are up to try in the spring - I have another 5HD collecting dust that is ready to go on the block for a good cause - and I suspect we could force @Ben Lamb back into the “pottery mine” to spice things up.

 

[Ben Lamb]

With a little bigger time window (thanks to @Sytes for the short timeline crash course in this case) to collect offerings I wouldn’t be surprised if HT could exceed $25k for an annual conservation charity (or maybe some type of youth hunter charity) event. I am all in if others are up to try in the spring - I have another 5HD collecting dust that is ready to go on the block for a good cause - and I suspect we could force @Ben Lamb back into the “pottery mine” to spice things up.

In

Have to be later in the year so I can have some time post legislative session to make stuff, but hell yeah.

 

[Oak]

Thanks to everyone who participated. Internal polling I heard about yesterday shows that this issue is very, very close. Last minute contributions are being turned around immediately into cable and digital advertising. Keep converting those undecided votes.

 

[ignorethefringes]

With a little bigger time window (thanks to @Sytes for the short timeline crash course in this case) to collect offerings I wouldn’t be surprised if HT could exceed $25k for an annual conservation charity (or maybe some type of youth hunter charity) event. I am all in if others are up to try in the spring - I have another 5HD collecting dust that is ready to go on the block for a good cause - and I suspect we could force @Ben Lamb back into the “pottery mine” to spice things up.

Especially with some lead time and build up so we can prep our budgets for the spending lol.

 

[Dsnow9]

Thanks to everyone who participated. Internal polling I heard about yesterday shows that this issue is very, very close. Last minute contributions are being turned around immediately into cable and digital advertising. Keep converting those undecided votes.

Got a text opposing 127 this morning! Dollars at work!

 

[kansasdad]

A round of applause for @Sytes for making a thought become reality. And a huge thank you to the donors for stepping up with some nice swag to bid on.

 

[Sytes]

Hi all,

I appreciate all the kind words here and in PM's. It was enjoyable though always the concern of missing something. Between that and Nyquil (That putrid juice will knock a rhino out!) as I'm working through a sore throat, always the concern I missed something or well, you get the idea. Thankfully I had some "use or lose" annual time off from work so timing worked for this project.

An error was found, that surprisingly benefitted me! Hah! I highlighted the edit in red color and added an attachment.

Please check and PM if any errors are found.
I'm cross-eyed staring and working/re-working excel sheets. If it says, "COMPLETED PMs SENT" yet, you've not received such, please PM so I may resolve the issue. The open slots are still pending donation confirmation PMs and they still have the allotted time until 2400 this evening EASTERN TIME.