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Unread 03-01-2024, 11:31 PM   #1
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Your PGCA is well represented at this year's Pheasant Fest in Sioux Falls, SD. Our members contributed about 30 unique and wonderful Parker shotguns for the display, and we had good interest in our raffle gun, selling over $1,000 of tickets in this first half day. As a rookie attendee, I was so impressed with the support and good work of our membership (and I tried to help, too).

I'll make another report later and will have names of all of our member attendees. Bruce Day continues to provide leadership and guidance for this effort as he has for years, and Dean and Matt Hanson are extraordinary in their enthusiasm and hard work to make our presence a success (Matt is a ticket hawker extraordinaire!).

Stay tuned. I'll post more photos and have a roll call of members in a later post. What a great organization!
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Unread 03-02-2024, 07:30 AM   #2
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If I leave now, I can be there in eighteen and half hours. Thanks to all the PGCA members and volunteers who are working so hard at this event. It is always great and positive exposure for the organization.
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Nice work fellas. Your support is much appreciated 👍
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If I leave now, I can be there in eighteen and half hours. Thanks to all the PGCA members and volunteers who are working so hard at this event. It is always great and positive exposure for the organization.
John, we had a a gentleman drop by and show great interest in the guns on display. When he asked me about single barrel trap guns, I realized we had none. We’ll need to remedy that next year.
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Unread 03-02-2024, 10:10 AM   #5
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Nice Job- wish I were there!
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Thanks to all there representing the PGCA! Great work!
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I am usually there but this year I developed a virus so stayed home. the booth looks really great. good luck selling raffle tickets.
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One of these years Susan and I will be there.
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Here's a pic of the Hansen brothers getting ready to sell tickets...
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Here they are after that first morning of hawking tickets...
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