A Glance at the Past ⦠- Whitetails Unlimited
A Glance at the Past ⦠- Whitetails Unlimited
A Glance at the Past ⦠- Whitetails Unlimited
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A <strong>Glance</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Past</strong> …<br />
Fiscal year starting July 1 st of:<br />
1982<br />
<strong>Whitetails</strong> <strong>Unlimited</strong><br />
Inc. founded in<br />
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin • Articles<br />
of incorpor<strong>at</strong>ion filed • Applied to<br />
<strong>the</strong> Internal Revenue Service for<br />
nonprofit st<strong>at</strong>us • Attended first<br />
trade show in Minneapolis, Minnesota<br />
• Began enrolling members<br />
for $5 each<br />
1983<br />
Signed rental<br />
agreement for<br />
230 sq. ft. of<br />
office space<br />
• Purchased<br />
organiz<strong>at</strong>ion’s<br />
first computer<br />
<strong>at</strong> Radio Shack •<br />
75 people <strong>at</strong>tended first banquet,<br />
held in Stevens Point, Wisconsin<br />
• Published first, 8-page issue<br />
of our official public<strong>at</strong>ion titled<br />
The Deer Trail • A check for<br />
$1,646.74 was sent to our first<br />
project in Marshfield, Wisconsin<br />
1984<br />
Membership nears 5,500<br />
• Developed our District<br />
Represent<strong>at</strong>ive Program to assist in<br />
establishing chapters • Attended<br />
Dixie Deer Classic in Raleigh, North<br />
Carolina • Cre<strong>at</strong>ed n<strong>at</strong>ional film<br />
library • First out-of-st<strong>at</strong>e banquet held<br />
in New Gloucester, Maine • Established<br />
junior membership program th<strong>at</strong> was l<strong>at</strong>er<br />
titled Trailblazers<br />
1985<br />
Held 27 banquets<br />
and added chapters<br />
in Illinois and Michigan • Membership<br />
cost increased to $10 •<br />
WTU announced new Field Test<br />
Program • 320 people <strong>at</strong>tended<br />
first Buck Fever Night held in<br />
Marinette, Wisconsin • Magazine<br />
published with 4-color cover<br />
• Mid-Maine Chapter ranks #1<br />
with over $16,728 in net proceeds<br />
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1986<br />
JVA-Astro Bow Company<br />
selected to produce our first<br />
commemor<strong>at</strong>ive bow • Added Minnesota,<br />
New York, and Florida<br />
to list of st<strong>at</strong>es<br />
holding banquets •<br />
Membership exceeded<br />
10,500 with 45<br />
chapters in 12 different st<strong>at</strong>es •<br />
Implemented Trophy Buck Program •<br />
Sponsored New York St<strong>at</strong>e’s Nor<strong>the</strong>rn<br />
Zone Big Game Contest with Genesee<br />
Brewing Company<br />
1988<br />
1987<br />
Celebr<strong>at</strong>ed 5th anniversary • Sponsored<br />
No Poach, a n<strong>at</strong>ional program to curb<br />
poaching • Adopt-A-Deer, a three year research program<br />
spearheaded by WTU in cooper<strong>at</strong>ion with UW-<br />
Madison • Project Polite’s Hunting with Permission<br />
signs began opening priv<strong>at</strong>e lands for hunting<br />
Adolf Coors Company of Golden,<br />
Colorado, joined WTU efforts with<br />
hunter/landowner ID program • Mid-Maine #1<br />
chapter for third straight year • NRA selected<br />
WTU’s Adopt-A-Deer program for <strong>the</strong>ir conserv<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
upd<strong>at</strong>e • Initi<strong>at</strong>ed policy th<strong>at</strong> 50% of all net<br />
banquet proceeds are earmarked for local projects<br />
1989 Membership<br />
cost increased to<br />
$15 • Selected for N<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
Conserv<strong>at</strong>ion Coalition •<br />
Funds earmarked for Lyme<br />
disease research • Beretta<br />
USA selected to do our<br />
commemor<strong>at</strong>ive banquet<br />
guns • WTU <strong>at</strong>tended its<br />
first SHOT Show in Dallas,<br />
Texas • Project Polite is<br />
launched n<strong>at</strong>ionally<br />
Background photo by © BillMARCHEL.com
1990<br />
DEER program expanded •<br />
Federal Cartridge sponsors<br />
Project POLITE • Gross revenue exceeded<br />
one million dollars • Recognized in Coors<br />
Brewing Caring Campaign • Signed first<br />
memorandum of understanding with <strong>the</strong><br />
USDA-Forest Service<br />
1991<br />
Artist rendering<br />
of new corpor<strong>at</strong>e<br />
logo approved • Wiley Whitetail<br />
became official mascot of junior<br />
membership program • Published<br />
first issue of Trail Talk •<br />
WTU/Winchester Model 1300 on<br />
sale in stores n<strong>at</strong>ionwide • N.E.W.<br />
became first ladies’ chapter<br />
1992<br />
Celebr<strong>at</strong>ed 10th<br />
Anniversary • Purchased<br />
a 4,800 sq. ft. office to<br />
serve as n<strong>at</strong>ional headquarters, <strong>at</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> price of $91,500 • First Challenge<br />
Cost-Share project completed<br />
with <strong>the</strong> USDA-Forest Service,<br />
in <strong>the</strong> Shawnee N<strong>at</strong>ional Forest •<br />
Sponsored N<strong>at</strong>ional 4-H Shooting<br />
Sports program • Sponsored B&C<br />
Big Game Awards<br />
1995<br />
1993<br />
Established formal<br />
university<br />
scholarship program • Habit<strong>at</strong><br />
enhancement program officially<br />
given <strong>the</strong> name HOPE for Wildlife,<br />
and $100,000 earmarked<br />
for future habit<strong>at</strong> projects •<br />
Conducted st<strong>at</strong>ewide baiting<br />
survey in Wisconsin • Winchester<br />
Ammunition partnered<br />
with WTU to provide hunter safety booklet for<br />
instructors n<strong>at</strong>ionwide<br />
1994<br />
Gross revenue exceeded two<br />
million dollars • Hall of Fame<br />
established <strong>at</strong> headquarters •<br />
Urged Congress to continue<br />
Conserv<strong>at</strong>ion Reserve Program<br />
• Developed Adopt-A-<br />
Hunter program<br />
The Deer Trail gets<br />
name change to <strong>Whitetails</strong><br />
<strong>Unlimited</strong> Magazine • Launched<br />
new banquet concept titled Grassroots<br />
II • WTU sponsored Governor’s<br />
Symposium, held in Green Bay, Wis. •<br />
Miller Brewing “Friends of <strong>the</strong> Field”<br />
joined forces with WTU<br />
2000<br />
1996<br />
Sponsored Michigan<br />
Youth Day • Became<br />
n<strong>at</strong>ional sponsor of NRA’s Eddie<br />
Eagle gun safety program and<br />
Becoming An Outdoors Woman<br />
program • Joined Teaming For<br />
Wildlife effort • Sponsored first<br />
annual Wisconsin Junior Outdoorsman<br />
Contest<br />
1997<br />
Celebr<strong>at</strong>ed 15th<br />
Anniversary •<br />
Sponsored FFA Wildlife Management<br />
Awards • Built 1,000 sq.<br />
ft. warehouse <strong>at</strong> our headquarters •<br />
Helped defe<strong>at</strong> Michigan Proposal D,<br />
an anti-hunting initi<strong>at</strong>ive • Membership<br />
exceeded fifty thousand •<br />
Developed a WTU website<br />
1998<br />
Gross revenue exceeded<br />
three million dollars •<br />
Wildlife scholarship program expanded<br />
to include five universities and<br />
exceeded $60,000 • Supported bovine<br />
TB research in Michigan • Released<br />
World of <strong>the</strong> Whitetail educ<strong>at</strong>ional deer<br />
boxes for public use<br />
1999<br />
Gross revenue exceeded four<br />
million dollars • Sponsored<br />
Hunt for <strong>the</strong> Hungry • New Whitetail<br />
W<strong>at</strong>ch program launched to <strong>the</strong> general<br />
public • Life membership cost increased<br />
to $400 • CVA designed a <strong>Whitetails</strong><br />
<strong>Unlimited</strong>-branded blackpowder rifle<br />
Conducted st<strong>at</strong>ewide hunter<br />
survey of over 440,000<br />
Michigan deer hunters • Gross revenue<br />
exceeded five million dollars • Supported<br />
n<strong>at</strong>ional STEP OUTSIDE Program • Held a<br />
Ford truck give-away through Grassroots II<br />
banquets in Michigan<br />
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2001<br />
Preliminary concept for<br />
new headquarters revealed<br />
• Selected for Sports Afi eld Magazine’s<br />
Top Ten List • WTU hit <strong>the</strong> NASCAR<br />
track • Legacy program unveiled •<br />
Signed Wildlife for <strong>the</strong> 21st Century<br />
agreement • Sponsored Sandhill’s<br />
White-tailed Deer Home Range Research<br />
2002<br />
Celebr<strong>at</strong>ed 20th<br />
Anniversary • Purchased 8.5-acre<br />
building site for new headquarters • Gross revenue<br />
exceeded seven million dollars • Comprehensive<br />
Deer Management program established<br />
• Planned str<strong>at</strong>egies as CWD is found east of <strong>the</strong><br />
Mississippi River • Sponsored first CWD Symposium<br />
held in Denver, Colorado<br />
2003<br />
Construction of new 13,500<br />
sq. ft. n<strong>at</strong>ional headquarters<br />
began in August • HOPE<br />
for Wildlife program expanded<br />
with <strong>the</strong> addition of N<strong>at</strong>ure’s Own<br />
• Winchester purchased naming<br />
rights to our new headquarter’s<br />
library • WTU joined Theodore<br />
Roosevelt Conserv<strong>at</strong>ion Partnership<br />
2004<br />
Conducted open house of our new<br />
n<strong>at</strong>ional headquarters • Sponsored<br />
N<strong>at</strong>ional Archery in <strong>the</strong> Schools program<br />
• Showed support on Capitol Hill toward “Open<br />
Fields” legisl<strong>at</strong>ion • Gift shop <strong>at</strong> new headquarters<br />
provided additional revenue source for organiz<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
2005<br />
Sponsored Skylines<br />
“Hunting on <strong>the</strong> Horizon”<br />
TV show • Sponsored Wildlife for <strong>the</strong><br />
21st Century II • Aided in form<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
of <strong>the</strong> N<strong>at</strong>ional Assembly of Sportsmen’s<br />
Caucuses • <strong>Whitetails</strong> <strong>Unlimited</strong> Magazine<br />
goes from staples to perfect binding for<br />
new look and feel<br />
2006<br />
Smith & Wesson<br />
announced a .460 WTU<br />
Commemor<strong>at</strong>ive Revolver • We<strong>at</strong>herby<br />
commited to our 25th Anniversary<br />
Rifle • Sponsored<br />
4-H<br />
Wildlife Habit<strong>at</strong><br />
Evalu<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
program •<br />
Signed Memorandum<br />
of<br />
Understanding<br />
with three federal<br />
government agencies<br />
Gross Revenues<br />
2007 <strong>Whitetails</strong><br />
<strong>Unlimited</strong> celebr<strong>at</strong>es<br />
its Silver Anniversary<br />
… 25 years of working for<br />
an American tradition!<br />
Number of Events<br />
Number of Members<br />
38 Summer 2007
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