2009 National Convention

Salt Lake City, UT / Feb. 5-8, 2009

EARLY BIRD Full Registration Contest/Drawing

The lucky winner will receive a full registration for two at MDF's 2010 convention in RENO, including hotel accommodations, airfare, and a 2008 MDF Banquet Rifle #100 – Kimber 8400 classic chambered in a .308! Just be sure to register before Dec. 1, 2008, to be entered into the contest/drawing.

Get More 2009 Convention information HERE or contact MDF’s Special Events Director at specialeventsdir@muledeer.org or 775-530-6967.

2007 Annual Report

We started off quickly in November 2006 by moving the office from Reno and the merchandise division from Denver to Salt Lake City. Next up was the Western Hunting and Conservation Expo here in Salt Lake City. We raised over 12 million dollars for wildlife and 25,000 people attended the expo. The WHCE is now one of the largest sport shows in the country. We are looking forward to an incredible expo in February of 2008. You do not want to miss it.

MDF’s record setting banquet fundraising season started off with a bang in January. We held 75 banquets, attended 25 sport shows and raised a record amount of dollars for on the ground projects. The Chapter Rewards program is unique to MDF and puts dollars raised locally toward local projects. We have 20 new chapters and more signing up each month. MDF personnel have been very busy and reports from the field are that 2008 is going to be bigger and better yet! We encourage you to become part of your local MDF chapter. If you don’t have one in your area, please contact one of our Regional Directors for help in getting a chapter started. More ...

White House Wildlife Conference Set

The date and location for potentially the most important meeting for the future of wildlife conservation and hunting has been set. The White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy will be held October 1 – 3 in Reno, Nevada. Mandated by the Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and Wildlife Conservation executive order signed by President Bush in August 2007, the goal of the conference is to establish a 10-year plan to improve wildlife conservation and boost hunting opportunity on public lands. Participants at the conference will include a wide range of stakeholders including grassroots hunter conservationists, representatives from national and local conservation organizations, local sportsmen’s clubs, a bipartisan group of members of Congress, Governors, as well as state and federal officials. More ...

Upcoming Banquets and Events

More Locations and Dates ...

Raffles and Drawings

State Tags

Beginning in November of 2008, MDF will be selling 2009 Auction and Raffle Tags at our fundraising events. If you are interested in bidding on a tag or buying a raffle ticket, log on to www.muledeer.org for event dates and locations.The Web site is updated frequently so keep checking for a fundraising event near you.

Many of the higher valued tags are sold at MDF’s National Convention which will be held in conjunction with the Western Hunting and Conservation Expo in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 5-8, 2009. The theme for the National Convention in 2009 will be “Share the Tradition.”

Read recent Press Release, "Mule Deer Foundation Breaking Records with sales of State Auction and Raffle Hunting Tags."

Merced, Calif. – The Merced Chapter is raffling a Kimber 8400 Rifle topped with a Nikon scope, for tickets contact Kim McDaniel at 209-357-3797 or Danny Borges at 209-389-4822.

Elko, Nev. - The Great Basin Chapter in Elko is selling raffle tickets for a Jumping Jack trailer. Tickets are $100 each and only 100 tickets will be sold. All of the proceeds will go to the MDF Endowment Fund. Drawing date is still to be determined. For tickets contact Farley Hicks at 775-934-3917.

Recent Winners

Denver, Colo. – The Mile High Chapter drawing for the 2008 Colorado Statewide Deer License raffle was held June 29, 2008, at Bass Pro Shops in Denver. The winner is Jerry Graves of Fruita, Colo.

Rifle, Colo. - The Pass the Buck Chapter once again raffled off the Colorado Statewide Pronghorn License. The drawing was held July 12, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at Tim's Tools in Silt, Colo., by the MDF Pass The Buck Chapter. Winner of the 2008 Colorado Statewide Pronghorn License Drawing is MDF life member Lance Barron of Weston, Colo.

New Mexico – The raffle for the New Mexico Lt. Governor’s Mule Deer Lottery license was held on July 24, 2008 at New Mexico Game and Fish. James Thead of Dallas, Ga., is the winner.

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