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Quilt Raffle Commemorates the 100th Anniversary of the First Pheasant Hunt

Friday, September 27, 2019

Raffle tickets for this beautiful Pheasant Quilt are now on sale at the Chicago & NorthWestern Depot. This quilt commemorates the 100th anniversary of the first Pheasant hunt, October 30, 1919. Drawing will be held on December 14, 2019, at the Depot and you do not need to be present to win! Cost: $5.00 per ticket or a book of 5 tickets for $20.00. Proceeds will go toward the Kathy Maddox Model Train Project.

The Pheasant Capital of the World®

Redfield is the first recorded place in South Dakota to successfully introduce the Chinese Ringneck Pheasant. This lead to the first open season on October 30, 1919. From Spink County, pheasant hunting grew throughout the state. Hunters still flock to Redfield to bag their limit.