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Contact: Jenny Foley
460 Peterson Road
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
Phone 218.327.1103 ext 20
Fax 218.327.1349
www.mndeerhunters.com
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Date: September 9, 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Wright County/West Metro Whitetails Announce
Hides-for-Habitat Drop Sites.
Monticello, MN-September 9, 2014
With the archery deer hunting season just about to start and the firearms deer hunting season not too far away, once again this year the Wright County/West Metro Whitetails Chapter of the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association ("MDHA") is pleased to announce that they will be collecting deer hides around the area to raise money to purchase and upgrade public hunting land in Minnesota, as well as for Youth Hunter Education.
With some of the money raised last year through the Hides-for Habitat program, the Wright County/West Metro Whitetails sent local kids from the area to the MDHA's Forkhorn Camps. At those camps the kids received their firearms safety training, along with education on hunting ethics, land stewardship, hunting and outdoors survival tactics.
The Chapter wants to warn local hunters not to be fooled by for-profit hide collectors and their boxes. The money from those hides does not go towards helping to send kids to camp or to help improve deer habitat in Minnesota. While those boxes might be similar to the MDHA's boxes, make sure you look for the boxes with the official MDHA "Hides-for-Habitat" blaze orange sign on them.
You will find the Chapter's official Hides-for-Habitat boxes at the following locations:
Albertville - Center Cut Meats, 11646 Barthel Industrial Drive, Buffalo - Klatt's True Value Hardware, Highway 25 North, Buffalo Gun Club Highway 55 East, Corcoran - AK Corners, County Road 30 & 116, Delano - Ault Marine, Highway 12 West, Delano Sportsman's Club, County Road 50, Hamel - Hamel Lumber & Supply - Highway 55, Howard Lake - Joe's Sports Shop, Highway 12, Maple Lake - H & H Sports, Highway 55, Medina - Koch's Corner Highway 55 & County Road 19, Monticello - Dennis's Service, Highway 75, O'Ryan's Gas Station, County Road 39 & County Rd 75, Red's Marathon, County Road 75, Monticello Sportsmen's Club, Highway 25 South, Monticello Bait and Tackle, Highway 25 South, Running's Fleet, West 7th Street, Montrose - Marketon Body Shop, Highway 12, Rockford - Ace Hardware, Highway 55, Rogers - Cabela's - 20200 Rogers Drive, St. Michael - Berning Auto Care, Highway 241, Hardware Hank, Highway 241
For more information, please call Al Weller at 763-370-1206.
Minnesota Deer Hunters Association is a nonprofit conservation group dedicated to "working today for tomorrow's wildlife and hunters."
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