Minnesota Trappers Association Annual Raffle Chair
Minnesota Trappers Association 2026 Raffle Winners
Grand Prize Winner: John Warzecha $21,775
2. John Russell $10,000
3. Harland Johnson, $6,125
4. Randy Anderson $5,800
5. Dave Bronson $5,750
6. Justin Johnson $4,115
7. Tim Alsleben $3,620
8. Keith Friedsam $3,500
9. Don McCaffey $3000
10. Joe Cyrus $2620
11. Gene Tschida $2,300
12. John Essig $2,250
13. Bert Highland $2,015
14. Eric Maijala $2,000
15. Heather Ladd $1,935
16. Ralph Hanneken $1800
Dennis Sowada $1,800
17.Cole Olson $1,690
18. Kim Thompson $1,550
19. Terry Anderson $1,520
Jeff Fuchs $1,520
Mason Oeltjenbruns $1,520
20. Clayton Flaten $1,500
Brad Rieke $1,500
Jim Wilson $1,500
21. Brandon Holthaus $1,300
Allen Schimdt $1,300
22. Dan Greenwald $1,240
23. Ken Howard $1,130
Larry Huntington $1,130
24. Mike Dahl $1,125
25. Dick Hartmen $1,100
26. Allen Golden $1,050
Katelyn Willers $1,050
27. Jordan Medlock $1040
28. Ried Thompson $1,030
29. Treg Axel $1,020
Daylan Bolhuis $1,020
Joel Golish $1,020
Rick Julian $1,020
Eric Krammer $1,020
Carlson Laveau $1,020
Lance Loverink $1,020
Allan Schnacky $1,020
Caleb Thompson $1,020
30. Dominic Dreyling $1,000
Tyler Kasper $1,000
Clint Schiller $1,000
Joshua Taurianen $1,000
Dennis Weaver $1,000
2026 Report
Hello members it has been another record breaking year for The Minnesota Trappers Association Education Raffle. Thank you to all the members that purchased and/or sold tickets. Even if you just bought or sold the four tickets sent to you it makes a difference.
I want to thank WildFire Fur for their donation of time and talent in making the beautiful otter mittens, USA Foxx and Furs for their donation of time and talent on making the coyote blanket , the MTA Tanned Fur Project for the donation of the otter and coyotes that were used, Tim Caven for finding enough matching coyotes to make a queen size blanket and for picking out beautiful otter to use, Minnesota Trapline Products for the incentive traps and incentive gift certificates, President Brian Fischer for the donation of a red fox hat and coyote hat, and Reed’s Family Outdoor Outfitters for the raffle gun prizes and the ticket selling incentives.
It was interesting calling winners of the raffle. Most screened calls, even had one winner that requested that I send him a copy of his winning ticket before he would give me his address. All this fraud stuff even makes it tough to let people know they won in a raffle.
Below is a list of members who sold more than $1000 dollars in tickets. This year’s top seller, John Warzecha, is a new member who approached me at the winter convention and said he could sell a lot of tickets. He did just that selling 4355 tickets or $21,775, that takes a lot of hard work and time.
-Matt