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Youth Pheasant Hunt, 10/5: The weather may not have cooperated, but those hardy youth who braved the windy, rainy elements were largely successful in getting their limit of birds we just released in our youth hunting area south of Minot. We really enjoyed seeing their success! Special thanks to Malik Wilson from KXMC for supporting us and doing the above piece on the hunt! Check out pictures from our pheasant release the night before the hunt in our Photo/Video Gallery page. We hope to post pictures of our hunt soon.
Oct 5, 8:45:UPDATE ON TODAY'S YOUTH PHEASANT HUNT: It is still raining pretty good. Wind has picked up close to 20 mph. We have our guys on location to help point those who show up in the right direction.Hunting will be at your own discretion. Our mentors will not be in the field to take groups out today. We released plenty of birds so please feel free to hunt over the next week with your kids!
8:15a. If the rain continues like it looks it will and the wind increases we believe it’s best to cancel the hunt for everyone’s safety. As of right now we will be there to see how the weather shapes up. We will keep you updated as the morning progresses.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
2019 FREE Youth Pheasant Hunt: October 5, 9a, South of Minot by Rice Lake on PFTF Sponsored PLOTS Land. This is always a great time and opportunity for our youth to get outside and do some hunting with us! See flyer below for details! We've included a downloadable map for ease of printing.
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Michael 'Mike' J. Klein
October 14, 1965 - September 11, 2019
We are beyond saddened by the loss of one of our long standing board members, Mike Klein! We will never be able to repay him for his efforts with the club. The amount of sponsors he kept up with, the time spent for the Rooster Run, the mass amounts of raffle tickets he sold were unsurpassed by anyone in this club. He will truly be missed! Cheers to your life!
Mike's obituary.
PREVIOUS 2018 EVENTS/NEWS
PFTF Rooster Tail Walleye Tournament - 5/11/19, New Town Marina. Great PFTF tournament today. Thanks everyone for coming out despite the wind and rain! 29.24 lbs was the winning weight and the biggest walleye was 9.74 lbs. Tournament winners went home with a $10k check and biggest walleye got $1760 cash. Fish were donated to be cleaned for Warriors on the Water - WOW. Thanks to the PFTF crew for putting on another well run tournament. It’s never easy to run a tournament and these guys always go above and beyond! See you all next year!! In the meantime, check out the winner's board in order of placement below, as well as pictures and a video of the shotgun start in our photo gallery. 🐟🐟🐟
| 2019 Rooster Tail Results |
PHEASANT FEED NIGHTS:FINAL FEED NIGHT: We had our final feed night on March 19 at the Sun Prairie Grain Elevator from 5-7p. We appreciate the many folks who came out to support this program and the pheasants! Check out some pictures of Petter Thunshelle, one of our board members, filling his feed barrel and the appreciate pheasants!
We had other feed nights on Feb 12, Feb 6 (Cancelled due to frigid temps), Jan 9, and Tuesday, Dec 4, 2018, at the Sun Prairie Grain Elevator from 5-7p. Cost of feed during feed nights is .10 per pound. We have 1,000# and 1500# totes available along with 40 lb bags.
Congratulations to the winners of our 2019 50 gun raffle (visit link for list). Winners will receive claim instructions in the mail in the next few days!
37TH ANNUAL BANQUET- March 15, 2019. We would like to thank all our donors and supporters for making our 37th annual banquet a huge success! Congrats to the winners of our 50 gun raffle as well as our other raffles and auction items. We couldn't do this without you! Our friends from NPLife took a great video of the banquet. We also have some pics for you to check out. Hope to see you all at next year's event, if not before!
Rooster Run Poker Run - August 18th.
Youth Outdoor Festival - Thursday, August 30th at the State Fair Grounds from 5:30-7:30.
Youth Pheasant Hunt - Saturday, Sep 29 2018, Brandvold Farms Plots Land by Rice Lake. Everyone had a great time, as is evidenced by the pictures in our photo gallery.
ROOSTER TAIL WALLEYE TOURNAMENT:
We had 50 teams registered for the 2018 walleye tournament which a 28.90 pound bag boasted by Clayton Folden and Devin Dorval, led them to the win. They took home the $5,000.00 first place prize, but hot on their heels was Cody Pardon and Josh Gladback who brought in another giant bag consisting of 28.56 pounds of Lake Sakakawea gold. 2nd place paid out $3,500.00. Third place went to Bill Swartout and Paul Allen for a prize of $2,500.00 after they brought in 27.84 pounds. Grant Miller and Tyson Decker brought 26.18 pounds to the scales to secure the $1,500.00 fourth place check. To round out the top five was 24.38 #'s caught by Justin Brandt and Mike Brandt. They were able to hold off Selzer and Carter by a total of 0.54#'s to secure the final paid spot of $500.00.
The biggest walleye of the tournament was caught by a team that only brought the one walleye to the scale, and it was the right one!! This fish weighed in at 8.98 pounds which sealed up the $940.00 prize. Congratulations to the Sandvold's on the catch!
Congratulations to all who fished!! No one disappointed at all! We cannot wait to get this tournament filled for the 2019 event. Handing out that $10,000.00 check is our goal and we hope to get all your help in getting there!
Check out our tournament pictures in our photo gallery!
36TH ANNUAL BANQUET: A huge thank you to all our members, sponsors, and volunteers for making our 2018 banquet another great success! It was definitely a fun night for all! Congratulations to all those lucky winners of our many raffle and auction items. We really appreciate your wonderful support. Visit our photo gallery for pictures!
50 GUN RAFFLE TICKET WINNERS:
Click here for a list of the 2018 50 Gun Raffle ticket winners. Congratulations to all! Green claim tickets were mailed to all the winners Saturday. Once you receive your ticket, take it to Scheel's and pick up your gun.
We had other feed nights on Feb 12, Feb 6 (Cancelled due to frigid temps), Jan 9, and Tuesday, Dec 4, 2018, at the Sun Prairie Grain Elevator from 5-7p. Cost of feed during feed nights is .10 per pound. We have 1,000# and 1500# totes available along with 40 lb bags.
Congratulations to the winners of our 2019 50 gun raffle (visit link for list). Winners will receive claim instructions in the mail in the next few days!
37TH ANNUAL BANQUET- March 15, 2019. We would like to thank all our donors and supporters for making our 37th annual banquet a huge success! Congrats to the winners of our 50 gun raffle as well as our other raffles and auction items. We couldn't do this without you! Our friends from NPLife took a great video of the banquet. We also have some pics for you to check out. Hope to see you all at next year's event, if not before!
Rooster Run Poker Run - August 18th.
Youth Outdoor Festival - Thursday, August 30th at the State Fair Grounds from 5:30-7:30.
Youth Pheasant Hunt - Saturday, Sep 29 2018, Brandvold Farms Plots Land by Rice Lake. Everyone had a great time, as is evidenced by the pictures in our photo gallery.
ROOSTER TAIL WALLEYE TOURNAMENT:
We had 50 teams registered for the 2018 walleye tournament which a 28.90 pound bag boasted by Clayton Folden and Devin Dorval, led them to the win. They took home the $5,000.00 first place prize, but hot on their heels was Cody Pardon and Josh Gladback who brought in another giant bag consisting of 28.56 pounds of Lake Sakakawea gold. 2nd place paid out $3,500.00. Third place went to Bill Swartout and Paul Allen for a prize of $2,500.00 after they brought in 27.84 pounds. Grant Miller and Tyson Decker brought 26.18 pounds to the scales to secure the $1,500.00 fourth place check. To round out the top five was 24.38 #'s caught by Justin Brandt and Mike Brandt. They were able to hold off Selzer and Carter by a total of 0.54#'s to secure the final paid spot of $500.00.
The biggest walleye of the tournament was caught by a team that only brought the one walleye to the scale, and it was the right one!! This fish weighed in at 8.98 pounds which sealed up the $940.00 prize. Congratulations to the Sandvold's on the catch!
Congratulations to all who fished!! No one disappointed at all! We cannot wait to get this tournament filled for the 2019 event. Handing out that $10,000.00 check is our goal and we hope to get all your help in getting there!
Check out our tournament pictures in our photo gallery!
36TH ANNUAL BANQUET: A huge thank you to all our members, sponsors, and volunteers for making our 2018 banquet another great success! It was definitely a fun night for all! Congratulations to all those lucky winners of our many raffle and auction items. We really appreciate your wonderful support. Visit our photo gallery for pictures!
50 GUN RAFFLE TICKET WINNERS:
Click here for a list of the 2018 50 Gun Raffle ticket winners. Congratulations to all! Green claim tickets were mailed to all the winners Saturday. Once you receive your ticket, take it to Scheel's and pick up your gun.
Minot’s Pheasants for the Future recently donated $10,000 to the North Dakota Game and Fish Department to help improve a 225-acre plot of land at the Painted Woods Wildlife Management Area. Pictured are, L-R, Mike Johnson, Justin Hughes, David Bussard, Mike Gietzen, all PFTF; Bob Landgren, land owner and Terry Steinwand, NDG&F director. Submitted Photo
(May 18 issue of the Minot Daily News)
1/30/2017: PFTF is donating $1500.00 to FSA to purchase food for 5 Minot Area Food Banks. Our Club is committed to helping our community and habitat.
Pictured L-R Mike Gietzen, PFTF President/Greg Hoewt, FSA, Kris Walcker.
PFTF Article, Minot Daily News (MDN), 1 March 2015
Check out the great article Kim Fundingsland did on our club. Thanks, Kim!
Check out the great article Kim Fundingsland did on our club. Thanks, Kim!
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