The checks and signed waivers have to be received by aug 31st which is Wednesday and feel the time has passed to have proper time for the mail system to get them in time for the cut off date. We will be at tracker boating center of Tyler which is 5 mins from the lake the morning of the tournament 430am - 6am giving plenty of time for out of Towners to come quickly pay and register and head to lake before first cast on your spot at 630 am to trailer to whatever ramp they choose and get to their spot before first cast time plus our other pre registration dates and times were offering.

Sorry for the inconvenience but we posted this posting weeks ago and have kept the postings fresh with updates and prizes to make sure plenty of people have the opportunity to see the prizes and pre registration opportunities.

Look forward to seeing yall

Thanks for checking on shipping times for me and saving me the hassle. Like I said, I'm not making an issue out of it.

Honestly didn't know if I'd be able to make it this year. I was fortunate to have someone, who has done a lot to help veterans including the HB, offer to let me fish with him when he first heard about this great cause. I'm coaching tee ball this fall and our schedules were released on Friday. Now that we have our schedules, I'm glad that I will have an opportunity to drive down to Lake Palestine to support this great cause that is focused on helping veterans get on the water. See you guys there.

I was wanting to help veterans out as well once I get my boat and can catch fish consistently. My target lake will be Falcon. If you need anyone to help out of Laredo, Tx. please send me info. A bunch of people I work with are prior veterans and I was just going to take them, but would like to take other people when I can.

Pretty slick way to advertise the tournament in the Bass forum again.

Lol man come on its a dang veteran run benefit tournament.

No I'm actually stuck and was needing ideas. Have some funds to spend on Prizes for our tourney and wanted to see what was most sought after in the eyes of other Anglers to keep Anglers excited and help the turnout. Not just what I would personally want and it's 2 weeks from now and needing to make decisions fast in time for shipping timeframes and what not. But I could see how it would look from the outside looking in. But myself and my team organize this and run this tourney to no profit or gain all funds raised goes to Operation Comfort and we have no business or fishing ties to them. It's strictly us giving back to them for their support while we recovered from our own Wounds sustained in Wars. Fishing is our own Recovery Process and thought there was an opportunity to get the fishing industry involved in showing our men and women how much respect and appreciation to them for their sacrifices by supporting such events that ultimately benefit them.

OK then, Good ole cash is hard to beat, or a gift certificate to Academy for a gun. But not a POS gun

I was considering a gun as our one raffle item that being hunting season soon. But know nothing about hunting rifles or shotguns and what's sought after to be able to raise more funds for this organization just in case turnout is not so great. But there's also the fact that we can't just hand over a gun to someone without proper clearance. So not sure how you handle that.

The rest of the items are Prizes and Door Prizes to be given away that finish outside of our payouts places. So I'll break it down more.

Items $50 below for door prizes
Items $150 below for Prizes

One item to raffle $600-300 that would generate good interest.

Thank you for your input it's been a great help

We raffled off a Yeti cooler and did real well last year. Something folks want but most don't want to pay $3-400 for one. Plus there's enough retailers for them somebody can get you a discount on one. How many boats are you expecting? Gonna be in a tourney that day on Palestine myself. Good luck to ya'll!

We've already paired 28 Soldiers in a volunteer boat but it's a Open Team Format for anyone to fish. From texts to messages to phone calls and people we know 60plus

Hey Adam i might be to late to donate to the cause, but let me know what you think of raffling or giving away a free two night stay at MY Place BASSMANS LODGING at Falcon Lake!

Adam
Let me know if you have any vets that need a ride. I have an open seat for any of your guys that need to be linked with a boater.