contest Winners

[toddster]

Hello all, I like many of you is involved in many contest that companies put on, firearm, camping, archery, yada-yada.  What I am wondering is how many have won?

[kennym]

My bro won a Rem. 700 classic from NRA a long time ago.

I won a $2 flashlight once....  :rolleyes:

[M60gunner]

None, if it wasn't for bad luck I would not have any luck at all.

[kevsuperg]

Originally posted by M60gunner:
None, if it wasn't for bad luck I would not have any luck at all.

Gloom dispair and agony on me ha,ha
 Nope I never win nuthin.

[Matty]

I think the ones that the "big box" sporting goods stores do are just for marketing campaign/info. They get all your information and sell it to other parties to use to promote other things, and so forth and so on. Maybe with the exception of a "grand opening"   When  (non profit)entities  like NRA, MDF, RMEF etc. do theirs, I think those are legitimate especially when you attend a banquet and witness gift dispersal. Either way GOOD LUCK!

[1/4 away]

I won a soft rifle case once at an NRA dinner can raffle. It cost me more for the raffle tickets than the case was worth.    

[Tim Finley]

I've won 2 guns , swarovski binocs, a Sleeping Indian wool pants and jacket and lots of small things. Carol won a Black Hills gold bracelet worth $700. Except for the guns we won the rest at archery gatherings. But I have given back a lot more. I have given SD Bowhunters about 28 bows and ND Bowhunters around 30 over as many years .

[Woodpuppy]

Best to use a disposable email address for online raffles and such. It's a data mining game, selling your info to marketers. They also use your browsing history etc to build a customer profile, so basically you're a tradable commodity. My grandfather would give different middle initials to each organization he did business with, so when he started getting junk mail he would ream the seller, as he viewed it as a betrayal of trust.

[Trenton G.]

I won an essay contest in sixth grade that got me a deer hunt in Buffalo County, WI. That was a lot of fun.

[LBR]

Never had much if any luck with companies.  I did win an antelope Utah Bowhunter's hunt in a raffle once (sold it), a VooDoo Stick bow in a Catch-a-Dream raffle (donated it back and auctioned it off...think it brought in another $650), and several items at the TN Classic raffles.

My wife won...first I think in a NAPA/Cabella's (think it was Cabella's) free contest.  Got a ton of camping equipment (grand prize was an ATV...missed it by this much >-<).

[4dogs]

I won a very nice anniversary all Osage Black Widow bow right here in the St. Jude's Auction/raffle last year.....just sayin.

[mj seratt]

My wife won a Black Widow bow of her choice when she bought one, $1.00 raffle ticket, and she had to be shamed into buying that one.
I won a model 597 Remington at a Safari Club dinner once.
At a mounted shooting event, they rode out and were throwing Tee shirts into the stands.  They threw one that practically landed in my lap.  There was a kid a few rows in front of us, and I thought for a minute he was gonna fight me for it.  My wife wanted it, or I would have given it to him.  But I had to go hime with my wife, not him.

[Burnsie]

I won a Ruger 9mm handgun at a Whitetails Unlimited banquet.
Won a flat screen TV at our local IGA - bought a ticket from the Boy Scouts as I walked in.

[fireball31]

I won the Great Northern Bow at Elm Hall in 2008.

[hitman]

I won a hog hunt at Wild Things right here on Tradgang.