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Awesome idea! When I was a herpetologist and then did general wildlife surveys, I took all kinds of wildlife pics. I'd be happy to share them. Forewarned, they are very herp heavy, but I did get some cool bird photos sitting in deer blinds.

Where do I begin. Growing up in Iowa, life was all about pheasant hunting every fall. The last weekend in October has always been the opening day of pheasant season. The smell of crisp Iowa fall weather, watching the combines moving around a small town, and then opening morning of pheasant hunting came. I lived for pheasant hunting with my dad. Same for spring turkey in Iowa. Dad and I lived for spring turkey hunting together and I loved listening to the sound of Iowa hardwood forests coming to life. And then there's the fishing. Dad and I lived on the Des Moines River below Red Rock Dam. We'd take a stockpile of stinkbait and catch a limit of channel cats every trip. Dad always played is oldies (50s-60s) music. I love that music to this day and it always takes me back to our spot on the river. All of these were the times dad and I buried the hatchet when we weren't getting along throughout my high school years. He'd stand in the doorway of my room and mention the projected flows for the river and that was his way of saying he was done not talking to me. My absolute best memories of being in the outdoors.

That's the list of guns being given away every week through the 2026 calendar raffle. The top pic is the front of the calendar. The bottom is the list of weekly guns.

Still have calendars left

Still have tickets left!

Back up to 9 seats left after a couple of cancellations.

Motor is sold. Thanks everyone.

All sounds good. A guy is supposed to be driving up from Glendale Tuesday morning to take it so he can take his grandkids fishing. I'll keep the post updated.

I'm glad someone in this world is looking out for my dumb a$$! I'll go look at cleaning it up right now.

That's an important piece of the equation. My bad. Flagstaff.

Sold the motor to a Vietnam Vet this morning who drove up from Glendale and wants to take his grandkids fishing.

I'm trying my best to text pics of filled out tickets to folks so they know they are entered, but I can't promise I'll get that 100% since I'm managing this particular aspect on my own. Rest assured, if you buy tickets, you'll be entered.

Our 2026 Gun Calendar raffle is back. We have 1000 calendars total. Calendars are $60 and you get a great NWTF calendar, an NWTF membership and a chance at winning a gun every week for 52 weeks. If you win one week, you're still entered for the remainder of the calendar year. Of the 1000 calendars, 500 are sold in Arizona, 300 are sold in New Mexico, and 200 calendars are sold in Colorado. The money from each calendar sale stays in the respective chapter's states. So all the money from the 500 calendars sold in Arizona stays in Arizona. I'm pretty sure its been 5 people that bought calendars at the Mountairre Tavern just south of Flagstaff have won so far off the 2025 calendars and I personally know at least five other locals who have won over the years, as well as a handful more of folks from the Mountainairre Tavern that have won since we started selling calendars. https://www.naznwtf.org/product-page/2026-gun-calendar-raffle

Great question, my friend. 100% of the proceeds from the 31-Day Gun Raffle stay in Arizona. We have 3000 total tickets to sell across every chapter. People from all over can and do buy them, but 100% of the money stays in AZ for AZ turkey projects. Our Gun Calendar raffle (in another thread) is 1000 calendars sold total. 500 are in Arizona, 300 are in New Mexico, and 200 calendars are sold in Colorado. The money from each calendar sale stays in the respective chapter's states. So all the money from the 500 calendars sold in Arizona stays in Arizona.

Bump. Been filling out 31-day stubs and mailing calendars...