Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever Launches 2020 Hunter Mentor Challenge in Partnership with ALPS OutdoorZ

St. Paul, Minn. – Sept. 18, 2020 – Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever has partnered with ALPS OutdoorZ to challenge upland hunters to preserve the nation’s outdoor lifestyle by taking a new or lapsed hunter afield in 2020-2021. The Hunter Mentor Challenge is aimed at restoring hunter numbers in the United States, a critical centerpiece for wildlife habitat conservation efforts nationwide.

The Save The Lifestyle Mentor Pledge encourages veteran outdoorsmen and women to take a less-experienced or new hunter into the field, teach them how to hunt ethically and successfully, emphasize the importance of habitat conservation, and illustrate the value of our hunting culture and heritage through one-on-one mentorship. It is this type of personal interaction that will help aspiring outdoorsmen and women to preserve America’s hunting lifestyle for generations to come.

Participation in the mentor pledge is easy and instantly rewarding. This program is currently being offered just in time for fall hunting season and will run through June 30, 2021 2021. Additionally, the Hunter Mentor Challenge covers any age of mentee, all species of wild game hunting, and each type of ethical/legal pursuit.

To enter, mentor participants can visit the Pheasants Forever or Quail Forever Hunter Mentor Challenge webpage, read the application guidelines, and complete the online entry form. Upon conclusion of the program June 30th, three successful entrants will win one of several prize packages:

• GRAND PRIZE PACKAGE
  • One pair of lucky winners will get to experience the Hunt of a Lifetime in the fall season of 2021, sponsored by Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever and ALPS OutdoorZ. The winning team will be announced in July 2021.

• Additional prizes include ALPS OutdoorZ gear packages, ALPS OutdoorZ discounts, PF/QF memberships and Weatherby firearm giveaways.

Kicking off the partnership, Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever will publish a series of R3 (Recruitment, Retention, and Reactivation) articles to explore the ways the organization, its members, and partners are helping introduce a new generation of men and women to the outdoors. Blogs, videos, and social posts will be available next week leading up to National Hunting & Fishing Day on September 26, 2020.

About ALPS Brands:

Beginning in 1993 with the establishment of ALPS Mountaineering, ALPS Brands is a continuously growing and expanding group of companies dedicated to developing and manufacturing high quality, performance-driven outdoor products. Currently making up the ALPS Brands family of companies are ALPS Mountaineering, ALPS OutdoorZ, Cedar Ridge, Browning Camping and Hunting Blinds. ALPS OutdoorZ—the hunting gear moniker for ALPS Brands—made its mark over a decade ago by offering packs purposefully designed for remote wilderness hunting. Today, ALPS OutdoorZ products cover everything from day and expedition packs to waterfowl blinds and turkey hunting vests, as well as furniture, gun cases and sleeping bags.  ALPS OutdoorZ items are sold and distributed in the best camping, backpacking and outdoor dealers throughout the entire US and Canada. For more information, please visit www.alpsoutdoorz.com.

About Pheasants Forever

Pheasants Forever, including its quail conservation division, Quail Forever, is the nation’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to upland habitat conservation. Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever have more than 132,000 members and 760 local chapters across the United States and Canada. Since creation in 1982, Pheasants Forever has spent over $900 million on 550,000 habitat projects benefiting 19 million acres nationwide.