The Redmond Chapter of the Oregon Hunters Association will hold its annual fundraising banquet on Feb. 22 at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center.

Guests will be served dinner and will have a chance to bid on auction items and win a variety of raffle prizes while supporting hunting and wildlife conservation.

Raffles include the popular Coastal Farm & Ranch Raffle, featuring a Browning X-Bolt Speed LR Ovix 7mm PRC rifle as the grand prize.

Ticket packages start at $120 and include an OHA membership and raffle tickets. They must be ordered in advance. Banquet tickets for youth age 17 and under are $50 if accompanied by an adult. Call KC Thrasher at 541-419-7215 for ticket information.

OHA member benefits include a subscription to Oregon Hunter magazine and the annual Oregon Hunter’s calendar.

All money raised at the event stay in Oregon for OHA projects benefitting wildlife, habitat and hunters, and 70 percent of the proceeds stay with the local chapter for local projects and programs, while the other 30 percent benefits statewide OHA efforts.

Typical OHA projects funded by banquets include planting forage and creating new water sources for wildlife, building nesting structures for waterfowl, protecting springs and riparian areas, and sponsoring youth hunter and outdoor education programs and events.

OHA is the state’s largest Oregon-based pro-hunting organization, with 12,000 members and 26 chapters statewide.