MN Deer Breeders Association

The MN Deer Breeders Association invites everyone to their annual banquet/fundraiser to be held March 22nd and March 23rd at the Arrowwood Resort in Alexandria, MN. Bring the family! The Arrowwood is a HUGE waterpark and made for kids and families to have a great time!



All information for the banquet can be found on our website www.mndba.com. Click on "Banquet Stuff" on the Home Page on the right hand side of the page.



Look at the raffle we are holding! Need not be present to win.... Tickets are $25 each or 5 for $100. The best dart rifle that Pneu-Dart sells!



We are planning on raffling off alot of guns again at the banquet this year...you would have to be present to win at these raffles. Well worth the trip!



Contact me or any other Board member for more information. We have a great time every year



Board members: John Beem, Rich Meech, Susan Van Overbeke, Tom Vig, Gary Olson, Steve Dougherty and Brian Tentis

Here are 2 of the raffles that the MDBA draws for at the banquet to be held at the Arrowwod Resort in Alexandria, MN. Tickets will be available soon! Only 750 tickets will be printed for the dart rifle....$25 per ticket or 5 for $100. Need not be present to win! If you are looking to purchase a dart rifle this year, why not try your luck in winning one and supporting the MDBA!?!



Contact Susan Van Overbeke at [email protected] if you would like to purchase tickets for these great raffles!

Tickets available now for both raffles above. Please contact me if you would like to purchase!



Only 750 tickets available for the dart rifle...why not try your luck at winning one before making such a big purchase and in doing so, support the MDBA. $25 per ticket or 5 tickets for $100. Last year, the winner bought $200 in tickets....can you say a very happy, happy, happy winner?



Only 1500 tickets available for the General Raffle. $10 per ticket with some great prizes! A very large LED tv, a great gun, a vacation for your family and several cash prizes...the vacation at Iowana Beach Resort is a huge hit at the MDBA every year!



Checks can be sent to me, made out to the MDBA and I will gladly fill out your tickets and send you the stubs.

Schedule for the banquet on March 22nd and March 23rd at the Arrowwood Resort in Alexandria, MN. Please check out our website at www.mndba.com for an updated list of donations.





Friday Night Fun Night – Sponsored by ADM Alliance with Newport Laboratories



5pm – 6pm Social Hour



6pm – 7pm Supper sponsored by ADM Alliance with Newport Labs



7:30pm – 8pm Bi Annual Meeting



Raffles for Friday Night Fun Night

• Meat Raffles – Bring your coolers!

• Dart pistol – donated by Pneudart

• 2 free rooms at the Arrowwood (2 winners!)



Socializing until?





Saturday



• Please note that Scott Kent will be talking for two hours on Saturday. Brain stem demonstration has been cancelled!



8am – 10am Registration/check in and get your antlers in!



8:30am – 10:30am Raffles begin – free time



10:30am – 11:30am Scott Kent - Whitetail Genetics and Breeding



11:30 – Noon Dr. Paul Anderson – MN Board of Animal Health



Noon – 1pm Lunch



1pm – 3pm Blow Dart Competition

Free time – raffles open



3pm – 4pm Scott Kent – Vaccinations and Medications for Deer



4pm – 5pm Antler contest winners announced – take pictures

Free time – raffles open



5pm – 6pm Auction begins



6pm – 7pm Supper (any special guests will speak at this time)



Auction continues after supper

Only 3 weeks until the MN Deer Breeders Association banquet at the Arrowwood Resort! Check out the guns that we will be raffling off Saturday...you will have to attend the banquet to have a chance at winning these great guns!





MN Deer Breeders Association guns to be raffled off on Saturday – you can’t win unless you attend!



• Mystery Gun Safe Raffle

o If you knew the gun that was going to be in the gun safe, it wouldn’t be a mystery now would it!

• 3-gun Raffle

o Marlin 22LR

o Savage Axis Stainless 270

o NEF 12 gauge

• Shotgun Shell Raffle

o Savage 17HMR

• Pie Raffle

o Weatherby VanGuard 243

• Card Raffle

o 20 Gauge Mossberg





Less than 3 weeks until the MDBA banquet at the Arrowwood Resort in Alexandria, MN. The MDBA would like to continue to support the efforts in the industry and we can't do it with out the help of your generous donations! These are unsettling times in the industry right now and your donation is needed more than ever! Please consider donating and supporting the MDBA!



In 2012, the MDBA once again contributed $5,000 to the travels of Steve Porter’s Traveling Whitetails. Steve travels the upper Midwest educating our children on good hunting decisions in the hopes that it leads to good life decisions. The MDBA recently donated $5,000 to the American Cervid Alliance (ACA) to support challenges on over-regulation and double standards this industry faces. Earlier in 2012, the MDBA was able to donate to organizations such as Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, West Virginia and New Jersey to further their future in deer farming. We are proud to say that the MDBA also was able to pay Minnesota’s portion of the national lobbyist in 2012 for the first time in years.



Our hopes are, with your donations, to help more states in need in 2013.



Your donation will help ensure that the MDBA will be able to continue to be a proactive and upcoming organization providing services, which includes educational speakers, publications and information to our membership and to the public. The past 2 banquets have been the best grossing banquets in MDBA history! This is all because of generous donations by you.



Please consider joining the MDBA, with many voices we are all strong! By joining, you will receive our newsletter 4 times per year and our advertising rates are extremely reasonable.



Check us out on www.mndba.com for all the banquet information and how to join the MDBA.



Please contact me at [email protected] if you would like to make a donation to the MDBA.

The auction catalog has begun! Get your donations into the MN Deer Breeders Association. Donations must be in by this weekend to make the auction catalog!



Thank you to everyone that has donated already! We have some great vacations/hunts to be auctioned off this year.



Another update to our website www.mndba.com should be posted soon! Look for an update after this weekend. Just a little more than 2 weeks to go.



Remember....no donation is ever considered too small



Don't forget to contact me for the great raffles that we have! Why not take a chance on saving yourself a huge purchase on the best dart rifle made...buy some raffle tickets instead and support the MDBA. Tickets are one for $25 or five for $100. Last year's winner bought $200 in tickets and went home a very happy person!

The MN Deer Breeders Association banquet is just 2 weeks away and preparations are in high gear right now! Come join us and bring your family for a fun filled winter getaway at the Arrowwood Resort in Alexandria, MN on March 22nd and 23rd.



We have some great raffles on Friday night for our Friday Night Fun Night and there will even be a chance to win your whole weekend of rooms for free! Win a dart pistol donated by Pneu dart or fill your freezer with our meat raffles.



Saturday is going to be great with Scott Kent of Gene's Place as our featured speaker talking about Genetics, Breeding, Vaccinations and the Medications for whitetails. We have alot of guns to raffle off and you can't get a chance to win them unless you attend!



Looking at purchasing the best dart rifle on the market? Why not buy some raffle tickets and try to win one instead and support the MDBA. Tickets are one for $25 or five for $100. Contact Susan for more information!



Check out of list of donations that is growing every day on our website www.mndba.com!



Here are just some of the straws!



X Factor (proceeds go to the Brakke's in Iowa!)

Flees Green 36

Bone Collector XL (female sexed straw)

Sudden Explosion

Big Papi

New Image

Blackjack (female sexed straw)

Bocephus (female sexed straw)



and many more....



Call in bids for the live auction can be made to:



Steve Dougherty at 507.269.7346

Gary Olson at 507.269.9791

Adam Rowland at 507.273.2411



Our live auction will start at 5pm on Saturday (March 23rd), breaking for supper from approximately 6pm - 7pm and then will continue after supper.

The most current donation list is now on the website www.mndba.com.



I just got off the phone with Mary Pierce of Pierce Whitetails and all I can say is WOW and thank you to Ron and Mary...again!



Choice 2013 doe fawn out of 46 does live bred to 5 bucks!



This lot is selling as...if you are a current MDBA member the day of the banquet AND in attendance at the banquet on March 23rd, payment will be 1/2 down the day of the sale and the second half due June 1st! Otherwise, payment in full is expected if you are a call in buyer on the night of March 23rd via a credit card transaction.



The MDBA thanks all their generous donators that have donated to our banquet. 2013 could be a precedent setting year and each and every donation is appreciated and needed to support our industry!

The banquet is just over 1 week away and the auction catalog is almost complete and ready to print! Does this mean that we will not take anymore donations? Of course not! Get those donations in!



If you haven't registered, get your banquet registrations in. Remember…if you don't pre-register, cost on Saturday March 23rd is $50 per person ($5 more per person). We need accurate head counts for meals. For $45, you get 2 delicious meals on Saturday and refreshments (coffee, pop and water) are offered all day. The meals offered this year are an Italian buffet for lunch and a choice of either ribeye or walleye for supper….see your last newsletter for details. All forms for the banquet to register, for room reservation and donations are on the website. Please email me if you are attending the banquet, let me know how many people are attending with you…and names! Sending the registration fee is not required, but letting me know you are attending IS for the $45 pre-registration price.



Check out the MDBA's website www.mndba.com for an updated list of donations! The website was updated early this week from weekend donations and I will be sending in another soon! We have some great donations this year and be sure to check out the vacation/hunting donations…WOW! Look for another update after the weekend.



Did you all see the guns being offered for raffle this year at the banquet! Don't miss out on some great guns by not attending!

This weekend is the big weekend! I hope everyone is ready to have a great time and ready to win/buy a lot of really nice auction items and prizes! We have a lot of great items that have been donated in the last few days and the auction will be a great one again! And….it looks like the weather is going to cooperate with us!



Check out www.mndba.com for the additional donations received over the weekend!



I am ending the pre-registration price of $45 on Tuesday night. The Arrowwood needs the head count Wednesday morning! So let me know if you are coming by email, how many will be with you and NAMES of people attending so that name tags can be made up.



We have a lot of vendors signed up this year!



Don't forget about all those guns we are raffling off this year! You have to be at the banquet to be able to win them…and also, you have to be present to get the special auction terms on a lot of the live auction lots. Yellow Starred items will be 1/2 down on Saturday and the balance due on September 1st, 2013 and Blue Starred items will be 1/2 down on Saturday and the balance due on June 1st, 2013. You must be in attendance AND a current paid member of the MDBA the day of the sale to get these special terms!



**Just in....2013 doe fawn out of Ammunition donated by Jim Simonson! He will have details and doe choices at the banquet!



Thank you to all of our Volunteers this year! Everyone will be able to enjoy the whole banquet because of you!



See you this weekend!

Thanks Wayne! You are always welcome

Donations are still coming in!



Last night got a great 2012 doe fawn from Kennen Northern Whitetails. A Thiex's Ceasar daughter...PJ on the bottom side and she comes with a choice straw between Hardcore Riot, GMax, Silver King or Blackfoot.



Just got off the phone with John Ervin Stoltzfus....1 straw of Fastball (Powerball son) 360" at 3 years old.



Thank you to all of our donators this year....you are ALL appreciated!



Our registered attendees has more than doubled since 2 years ago in 2011 and we are 40 more than last year! This is going to be a GREAT banquet!

Don't forget about our call in numbers for the auction! The auction starts at 5pm and breaks for supper at approximately 6pm and then will continue around 7pm!

And thank you Henry for your donation....we are much appreciative towards your generosity! As we are to all of our donators!!



I think this will be the biggest banquet that we've ever had just by people that are pre-registered which has doubled from 2011. We have alot of new attendees which is a great sign to me!



Most everything that I know of (donated) is on the website right now. I updated the donation list Monday morning to our web person. There are only a couple of donations that are not on there that I got after sending it in, but will send another tonight as a final update. We do have numbers to call in and we can take credit cards I also would be more than happy to take you silent auction bids if you are interested in something. Anyone that is interested, please email me directly. Most of the nice items that are not semen are on the silent auction.



If you are not sure...contact me. We will work something out!

[email protected]

507.823.4476 (Home)

507.829.9326 (Cell)





Call in bids for the live auction can be made to:



Steve Dougherty at 507.269.7346

Gary Olson at 507.269.9791

Adam Rowland at 507.273.2411