Pheasants Forever silent auction very successful, official says

The silent auction held at Pine Bluffs Distilling last week as a fundraiser for Pheasants Forever was very successful, according to a group official.

B.J. Bowman said 26 firearms put up for auction at the fundraiser were purchased.

"We had a good turnout," she said. "I would guess we had 40 to 50 people."

Pheasants Forever was forced to cancel its annual banquet in April, its major fundraising event for the year, because of coronavirus.

However, the organization had already obtained firearms - including handguns, rifles and even BB guns - to be sold at the banquet. Chad Brown, president of Phe...