The Blue Hill Senior/Community Center will be the site of the fifth annualWebster Co. Chapter of Pheasants Forever Banquet Saturday evening. February 5.
The event is the major fund raising event for the Webster Co. Pheasants Forever chapter. The Chapter members will be serving a beef supper with all the fixin's before the games and auction. Area businesses have generously donated numerous prizes to be auctioned off to the highest bidder. There will be a silent auction as well as a live auction under the direction of local auctioneer Joe Shanle. Some of the items to go will be half a hog, numerous art pieces by nationally know artists as well as a one of a kind pencil drawing by local artist Andi Meyer, a shot gun, seed corn, a guided hunt at Bunker Hill near Hastings, and many more items.
Funds from the event will be used locally to promote the protection and enhancemnt of pheasant and other wildlife populations through habitat improvement, public awareness and education and land management policies that benefit private landowners and wildlife alike.
Virtually all of the funds raised by local chapters, exclusive of membership fees, remain with the chapter for local habitat projects.
The chapter uses some of the funds for their annual Pheasants Forever Youth mentor hunt. This year 30 volunteers were on hand to teach 20 Webster County youth to be safe and responsible hunters and to respect the rights of the property owners. More information about the youth mentor hunt can be found else where on this blog.
Jamie Reiman of Blue Hill is the President of the Webster Co. Pheasant Forever chapter and can inform anyone wanting more information about the chapter and what they are doing to improve habitat in the county.
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