It's Opening Day!

Texas Ducks Unlimited Recruitment Video

UPDATE: Allen DU Special Gun Raffle

To date, our Chapter has sold 38 tickets for our Special Gun Raffle. The drawing will be held December 15th or when we sell 200 tickets. We have 162 more tickets to sell and approximately 66 days left until the drawing. If your interested in Supporting Wetlands Conservation and having a really great chance at winning some very nice waterfowl guns or a .22 Cal rifle, print off and mail the form along with payment to:

Allen Ducks Unlimited

Mr. Brad Yearwood

748 Aspen Ct.

Allen, Tx. 75002

Thanks and Good Luck!

Allen TX DU Chapter

Allen Ducks Unlimited Special Gun Raffle

The Allen Chapter of Ducks Unlimited is hosting a Special Gun Raffle to raise additional funds for wetlands conservation above and beyond our traditional fundraising efforts of the past. First Place Winner receives a Browning Silver Hunter 12 ga camo shotgun. Second Place Winner receives a Charles Daly 12 ga shotgun and a Marlin Model 60 Stainless 22 cal rifle with matching scope.
Contest Rules:
1. To win you must be 21 years of age, with valid drivers license and able to pass standard Federal Background check to claim prize.

2. Drawing will be held December 15th, 2009, or when 200 raffle chances have been sold, whichever is sooner. Mail-in entries will be returned if received after raffle is sold out.

3. Contestants will be assigned a number 1-200 and multiple numbers if multiple chances purchased.
4. Winners will be notified by telephone and E-Mail.

FIRST PLACE WINNER:

SECOND PLACE WINNER:

Open the form located here, print it out, and mail it to:

Allen Ducks Unlimited

Mr. Brad Yearwood

748 Aspen Ct.

Allen, Tx. 75002

Thanks and Good Luck,

Allen TX DU Chapter

The 2009 Allen Texas DU Banquet

Our Chapter had another successful fundraising banquet in 2009. Here is a video that shows you what you missed if you couldn't make it.

Another Successful Allen DU Banquet

We had a wonderful time this Thursday at our 11th Annual Allen DU Banquet. A special thanks goes out to our many donors. Without these donations, our banquet wouldn't be such a success! Our banquet had 130 attendees that supported our DU Conservation efforts.

This year our Committee has decided to do a second event! We will keep everyone posted on the details!

Allen Tx DU Banquet this Week!

Our 11th Annual Allen Tx DU Banquet is this Thursday, August 6th at the Swingin' D Ranch in Parker, Tx. Ticket Prices at the Door are $55 for an individual, $80 for a couple and $25 for youth (under 17). We have lot's of great items in our Raffle, Silent and live auctions. We are looking forward to a great event this year and hope to see you out supporting Wetlands Conservation!

Letter from the Chairman

The Allen Ducks Unlimited (DU) Chapter as a result from the success of their 2008 Fundraising Banquet received the Presidential Citation Award from DU National and the Mallard Award from the Texas State Chapter. Both awards are the highest honors available within the categories specified for acknowledgement of exceptional chapter performance. I would like to thank all the Committee Members, Event Sponsors and attendees of the 2008 Allen DU Fundraising Banquet for making it such a successful event. I have been looking forward to the 2009 event and believe it will be an even better year of fund raising for such a worthy cause. The Allen Committee has almost doubled in size and expanded immensely with enthusiasm over the past twelve months. Please enjoy the food, libations, raffles & auctions and fellowship this evening. If you have any question, suggestions or want to talk the outdoors (hunting & fishing) or wetland conservation with any of our Committee Members feel free to do so. We hope you thoroughly enjoy yourself this evening and we look forward to seeing you again next year

Sincerely,

Scott Brown

Area Chairman, Allen Ducks Unlimited

Enjoy this Video to see what Wetlands Conservation can do!

Opening Day Preview 2009!

Final Allen DU Meeting before the Banquet

The final meeting before the 11^th Annual Allen DU Banquet is this Thursday, July 30^th, 7:00 PM at the Venue Bar & Grill. The Venue Bar & Grill is located on the NE corner of Stacy Rd and Greenville Ave (Hwy 5). We will wrap up all the loose ends to prepare for our Banquet. Our Banquet is August 6th, 5:30 p.m. at the Swingin' D Ranch, located 3406 Dublin Rd, in Parker, Texas. All proceeds go to Ducks Unlimited to be used for wetland conservation and restoration.

Besides great food donated by Dickey’s Barbeque of Allen, libations from Budweiser and great fellowship; there will be various raffles along with silent and live auction items. There will also be an opportunity to sponsor a wood duck box, in which chapter members build and place them on local public lakes for nesting ducks to use. Advance tickets (purchased by July 30th) are $50 per person, and $70 per couple, youth $25 and a Bronze Sponsorship $300 ($325 couple). All the above includes one membership to Ducks Unlimited. Day of event tickets can be purchased at the door for a slightly higher price. Eight person corporate tables are available, please call if interested.

If you would like to attend the banquet please contact Scott Brown (214) 385-6026 or Kevin Goldsberry (972) 658-6049.

The Allen DU Chapter

Allen TX DU Meeting

Allen DU has a meeting this Thursday (7/9) at the Venue Bar & Grill, 7:00 PM. The Venue Bar and Grill is located on the NE corner of Stacy Rd and Greenville Ave (Hwy 5) in Allen. Our 11th Annual Banquet is fast approaching as it is 1 month out (8/6). We will be handing out Committee Hats this Thursday and we will also have the Awards we received for our 2008 efforts. We hope to see people come out and join our committee and support the Ducks!

Thanks,

Allen Chapter

Ducks Unlimited.

ALLEN CHAPTER DUCKS UNLIMITED BANQUET

PRESS RELEASE

The Allen Chapter of Ducks Unlimited is having their 11th Annual Fundraising Banquet on Thursday, 6 August 2009, 5:30 PM at the Swingin’ D Ranch, 3406 Dublin Road, Parker, Texas. All proceeds go to Ducks Unlimited to be used for wetland conservation and restoration.

Due to the enormous support from local and national sponsors and the generosity of attendees in 2008, the Allen DU Chapter received the highest awards given out by both DU National (Presidential Citation Award) and the Texas State Committee (The Mallard Award).

Besides great food donated by Dickey’s Barbeque of Allen, libations from Budweiser and great fellowship; there will be various raffles along with silent and live auction items. There will also be an opportunity to sponsor a wood duck box, in which chapter members build and place them on local public lakes for nesting ducks to use. Advance tickets (purchased by July 30th) are $50 per person, and $70 per couple, youth $25 and a Bronze Sponsorship $300 ($325 couple). All the above includes one membership to Ducks Unlimited. Day of event tickets can be purchased at the door for a slightly higher price. Eight person corporate tables are available, please call if interested.

If you would like to attend the banquet and/or become an event sponsor by donating funds, goods or services please contact Scott Brown (214) 385-6026 or Kevin Goldsberry (972) 658-6049.

Allen DU Chapter Meeting

The Allen DU Chapter is meeting June 4th at the Hot Grill Steakhouse in Allen, Tx @ 7pm.  We are meeting to prepare for our 11th Annual DU Banquet at the Swingin D Ranch August 6th.  Feel free to come out an join us to see what we are planning.  If your interested in joining a Chapter there is no better time than the present.  Being a Committee Member on a Ducks Unlimited Chapter is a gratifying experience.

Hope to see the usual people and any others that want to join us!

The Allen DU Chapter. 

Allen DU Chapter Receives National Recognition!!!

Our Chapter has received the Bronze Presidential Citation Award from DU National for our 2008 Wetlands Conservation efforts!  Click the image for a larger view of the letter.  Our chapter did an excellent job in last years Banquet, and we are looking to have a repeat year and shoot for the Silver Award for 2009.

If your interested in our Chapter, we are meeting next Thursday (4/30) @ 7 pm at the Hot Grill Steakhouse in Allen Texas on the SE corner of Jupiter and Main.  Come out and find out about our chapter and what we are planning for the August 2009 Banquet.

Thanks,

Allen TX DU Chapter.

Allen DU Chapter Meeting

We will meet this Thursday, April 30th, at the Hot Grill Steakhouse in Allen.  We are three months out from our August 6th Banquet.  We have many things to discuss so please try to attend.  If you are interested in becomming a committee member in our Chapter contact Scott Brown @ (214)385-6026.

Hot Grill Steakhouse

602 E Main St

Allen, TX 75002

Come out and support Wetlands Conservation,

Allen Tx DU Chapter

Article in Twin Creeks Newspaper

The Allen Twin Creeks newspaper recently published an article about our Wood Duck Project out at Lake Lavon.  It was a bigger article than the one printed in the Dallas Morning News so this is kinda small.  You can click on the image to read the article.

Allen DU Chapter

Allen Ducks Unlimited Meeting

The next Allen Ducks Unlimited meeting will be held Thursday March 26th @ 6:30 PM. We will meet at the Hot Grill Steak House located at 602 E Main St. in Allen, TX.  Come on out and join us.


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Rescue the Duck Factory

Duck Huntin' Year in Review

Not only is this a really cool video, but the music is really good!  Enjoy!!!

Allen DU in the Dallas Morning News!

In the Outdoors Report section of the Dallas Morning News on Sunday, February 22, 2009 there was a small writeup done about our Chapter.  In a post on our site, we published a press release and submitted it to various media outlets such as the Allen Image and the Dallas Morning News.  Albeit a very small writeup, it is really neat to see this about our Chapter.

Allen DU 11th Annual Fundraising Banquet

The Allen DU Chapter is having their 11th Annual Fundraising Banquet on Thursday, 6 August 2009, 5:30 PM at the Swingin’ D Ranch, 3406 Dublin Rd., Parker, Texas. All proceeds go to Ducks Unlimited to be used for wetland conservation and restoration. This year there will be an opportunity to donate funds or materials for additional wood duck boxes to be installed in local, public waters where wood ducks may frequent around the Allen and surrounding areas. Materials alone due to the wood needing to be thick cedar or cypress can cost $40 per nest box.

If you would like to attend the banquet, become an event sponsor by donating goods or services or donate to the wood duck box project please contact Scott Brown (214) 383-3223 or Kevin Goldsberry (972) 658-6049.

Morgan Freeman Supports Ducks Unlimited

Morgan Freeman supports DU and promotes the Wetlands for Tomorrow campaign.

Living Lakes Video - Ducks Unlimited, Inc.

Another great video from Ducks Unlimited and their efforts towards conservation.

Sodsaver - Ducks Unlimited, Inc.

This video is great!!! The conservation of grasslands and what Ducks Unlimited is doing to preserve them is an effort everyone should try to support!

Allen Chapter Ducks Unlimited Donates Materials and time for Wood Duck Nesting Box Project

The Allen Chapter of Ducks Unlimited on Sunday February 15^th installed 11 wood duck boxes, in Lavon Lake.  Ten Committee Members, including two green wings (youth under 17), donated all the materials, built the boxes and put them along a shoreline around and in the lake near Mallard Park on the eastern side.  The Chapter worked with US Army Corps of Engineers personnel at the Lavon Lake Headquarters to determine the best locations for the boxes.  It is hopeful these boxes will become nesting cavities for wood duck pairs that nest in the area.

The boxes need to be cleaned out and re-supplied with cedar shavings annually to entice birds to reuse the boxes the following year.  A youth group is being sought to take on this responsibility starting next winter prior to the nesting season.

Wood ducks are one of a few species of waterfowl that nest in hollow tree cavities.  The males are easily identifiable by their crested head, iridescent green, purple and blue colors, white chin, with partially red bill and red eyes.  Females are grayish with a wide white eye ring.  With development, loss of native wetlands, flood control and the frequent cutting down of dead trees with cavity holes these boxes provide additional artificial nesting habitat for local birds.  The bird occurs from east Texas to the Atlantic Coast and along the Pacific Coast states.  Some individuals migrate annually from the Canadian border to Southeast Texas, but some individuals remain locally (where born) throughout their entire lives.  Wood ducks begin searching for a mate and nesting cavities in January and February with the majority of hatchings occurring during April and May, but have been observed hatching as late as July in East Texas.

The Allen DU Chapter is having their 11^th Annual Fundraising Banquet on Thursday, 6 August 2009, 5:30 PM at the Swingin’ D Ranch, 3406 Dublin Rd., Parker, Texas.  All proceeds go to Ducks Unlimited to be used for wetland conservation and restoration.  This year there will be an opportunity to donate funds or materials for additional wood duck boxes to be installed in local, public waters where wood ducks may frequent around the Allen and surrounding areas.  Materials alone due to the wood needing to be thick cedar or cypress can cost $40 per nest box.

If you would like to attend the banquet, become an event sponsor by donating goods or services or donate to the wood duck box project please contact Scott Brown (214) 383-3223 or Kevin Goldsberry (972) 658-6049.