CHATFIELD, MN - A once-in-a-lifetime, dream African safari is waiting for you! Experience the classic, be-treated-like-royalty safari adventure.

Or, how about a private-land, Buffalo County, Wisconsin whitetail deer bowhunt?

Here is a terrific chance for you to win either of these bowhunting adventures!

The Pope and Young Club is announcing its 2009 Museum Raffle, generating much-needed funding for the Museum of Bowhunting and its outreach programs.

Our Grand Prize is simply incredible! It's a fully guided 8-day SAFARI in South Africa with Chattaronga Safaris. Not only could this adventure be for you, but it could also include an additional hunter AND two non-hunting guests! The package includes a gemsbuck, a blue wildebeest, 2 impalas and 2 warthogs for each hunter. Additional species can be added at your expense. We'll cover the transportation costs for the winner (the additional guests would travel at their own expense). As we've offered with past raffles, in lieu of choosing the hunt, the grand prize winner may elect to receive a payment of $5,000 cash.

The Second Prize is a semi-guided 5-day private land whitetail deer bowhunt in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, compliments of Curt and Mary Rotering. This is an outstanding opportunity to chase record class whitetails in one of the very best areas in the country! This adventure can take place in either 2010 or 2011.

Tickets are available from now until December 23, 2009. The drawing will be held on December 24, 2009, at the Pope and Young Club's headquarters and Museum. Donations are $5 per ticket or six tickets for $25. To purchase tickets contact: Pope and Young Club, Box 548, Chatfield, MN 55923, (507) 867-4144, admin@pope-young.org, or purchase tickets on-line at www.pope-young.org.

The Club would like to thank our partners Chattaronga Safaris and Curt and Mary Rotering for the generous contributions of the prize hunts.

Note that 100% of the raffle proceeds will be used in support of the Museum mission of increasing the awareness and appreciation of our bowhunting history and heritage.

This important fundraising activity not only supports the day-to-day operations of the Pope & Young Club / St. Charles Museum of Bowhunting (which is open free to the public), but is integrally-important for our ability to expand and enhance the program. Specifically, it will go towards expansion of the museum building, remodeling the special displays area, and the continued development and production of in-depth wildlife conservation themes, displays and educational material, specifically designed for children and youth.

Located in southeastern Minnesota, just minutes off of Interstate 90 south of Rochester, the Pope and Young Club / St. Charles Museum of Bowhunting is open weekdays 8am to 4:30pm and Saturdays 10am to 5pm.

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Established in 1961, the Pope and Young Club is a non-profit North American conservation and bowhunting organization dedicated to the promotion and protection of our bowhunting heritage, hunting ethics and wildlife conservation. The Club also maintains the universally recognized repository for the records and statistics on North American big game animals harvested with the bow and arrow.

For information on joining the Pope and Young Club, please contact: Pope and Young Club, Box 548, Chatfield, MN 55923, (507) 867-4144, admin@pope-young.org, www.pope-young.org