The Upper Missouri River (Townsend) Ducks Unlimited (DU) Annual Banquet is coming up on Saturday, November 9th, at Watson’s Gym.

Fundraising banquets such as these preserve and create wetlands that will help ensure that waterfowl will have places to nest, raise their young, migrate through and winter in each year.

Your attendance at the Townsend banquet will help DU conserve wetlands and critical upland habitats vital to North America’s waterfowl and the more than 900 other species of wildlife that use these same habitats. DU has conserved more than 18 million acres of waterfowl habitat in North America, more than any other conservation organization in existence, including restoring, enhancing, and protecting 501,369 acres within Montana. While DU’s #1 priority is waterfowl, more than 900 wildlife species benefit from our conservation work. During Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24), DU protected and restored more than 1 million acres of wetlands and other wildlife habitats across North America alone, the most ever in a single year!

At this year’s event, we are pleased to have Eagle Beverage as our Major Sponsor! A HUGE thank you to them and to all of our donors that are vital to the success of our event! A new sponsor that we are extremely proud to have partnered with is Willie’s Distillery out of Ennis, MT. We will be featuring many bottles from Willie’s throughout our event, but the one we are most excited for is batch #1 of the Stockman’s Rye Whiskey which features the Jug Brand from the Hensley Branch, home of the late Willie’s co-founder Robin Hensley Blazer from here in Broadwater County! We are truly honored to have partnered with Willie’s Distillery this year so we can continue to share Robin’s legacy.

There will be many raffles, drawings, and door prizes for the adults and the kids (Green Wings). Prizes include a Browning Maxus II Ultimate 12 ga., Howa 1500 Carbon .300 win mag, Kimber 1911 LW Custom .45 ACP, Weatherby Element 20 ga., Beretta A300 12 ga., Legacy Pointer Acrius .410 ga., Mossberg 6.5 Creedmoor, Henry Goldenboy .44; Two Springfield Pistols, Chiappa M1-22 .22LR a Traditions Buckstalker 50 cal. Muzzleloader, SKB HS300 20 ga., a Glock 44, Artwork, Decoys and many more items for raffle, silent auction, and live auction.

Doors open at 5:00 pm with raffles, games, and drinks catered by the Commercial Bar, dinner catered by the Watson’s of Prime Rib at 6:30 pm, and the Live Auction will start at 7:30 pm. Tickets are on sale at Schauber Surveying, 64 Jack Farm Rd in Townsend. Ticket prices are: Sponsorship Couples $325.00, Single $65.00, Couples $100.00, Greenwings (children) $30.00. Ticket price includes dinner, door prize ticket, 1-year membership to Ducks Unlimited, and a subscription to their magazine. This year our VIP Tables are available for $1,200.00 and include seating for up to 6 guests, which includes a DU Sponsorship, dinner tickets, DU memberships, door prize tickets, $100.00 worth of raffle tickets, and your choice of anything off the Great Gun Giveaway Banner! For more information, call or stop by Schauber Surveying, 64 Jack Farm Road, 406-266-4602.

Volunteers are the backbone of Ducks Unlimited. Without them the conservation work Ducks Unlimited does would not be possible. If you want to help make a difference…join your local DU Chapter…you will not regret that decision. You will help leave a legacy for future generations and ensure we have wetlands and waterfowl forever. Call the number below to get involved with the local DU chapter in your area!!

Make plans now to join us for another great DU event in Townsend. Your attendance will help ensure that we’ll raise critical dollars for wetlands conservation. Get your tickets today! Call Jesse Swenson at (406)266-4602, go to www.townsenddu.org, or find us on Facebook at @townsendmtDU for more information! Seating is Limited!! Reserve your Tickets Today!