Hello all!



Raffle Tickets for this Caribou and Wolf/Wolveringe hunt with Arctic Adventures in Yellowknife, NTW, Canada are now available on the SWFA website at www.riflescopes.com.



Proceeds go to support Ross Anderson, the Leupold employee who has leukemia and needs to raise money for a bone marrow transplant and treatment. Tickets are $150 each. Your ticket qualifies you to win one of two hunts: a Whitetail hunt in Manitoba, Canada with Pioneer Outfitters or a Caribou and Wolf/Wolveringe hunt with Arctic Safaris in Yellowknife, NWT, Canada.



There are early bird prizes consisting of Leupold Optics available to be won. Early bird prize winners go back in the pot for more early bird prizes and the grand prize drawing so buy early and often!!



Tickets for the early bird prizes alone are only $5 and you get one entry for each $5 dontation. There are also 2 other hunts available to be won by purchasing a $200 ticket - a Cape Buffalo hunt in Mozambique with Nyati Safaris Limitada, or a hunt with Jim Shockey.



Please spread the word!



Thanks to AR for your support and to the outfitters for their generosity!

That's Arctic Safaris out of Yellowknife, NWT!

Barry Taylor (~Arctic~)

Sorry Barry. Busy day trying to ramp up a June 24th catalog deadline and get this fundraiser started as well. my sincerest apologies! Got it right now and will make sure it is correct on the web site tomorrow!

For those of you asking questions about how many tickets will be sold, etc. Here is the info:

There will be a maximum of 500 tickets sold for the first group of prizes which include one of: a Cape Buffalo Hunt or a hunt with Jim Shockey (the Jim Shockey hunt details yet to be announced). So, for each $200 ticket you buy, you get two chances at one of these excellent hunts, plus are eligible for all early bird draws.

There will be a maximum of 400 tickets sold for the second group of prizes which includes one of a combo caribou and wolf/wolverine hunt or a trophy whitetail hunt. So, for each $150 ticket you buy, you get two chances at one of these excellent hunts, plus are eligible for all early bird draws.

If you get drawn for an early bird prize from one of these tickets, your name goes back in the pot for the grand prize draws.

What's interesting is that all outfitters who donated hunts are from outside the US: One from Africa and three from the Canada!

I would like to see a couple of US outfitters step up to the plate here.

As for draw dates, we were just appraoched to help out last Thursday afternoon and have gotten far enough to get these hunts and get the code done today to facilitate taking orders for tickets online at www.riflescopes.com. The details are coming as fast as we get them, but the bottom line is we are out to try and cover this guy's bills, which will be around $250,000!!!

We need more prizes! Anyone know if where I could get an ATV or a truck donated??