Buckster Alert!

Cameron Chorpenning, Son of UFCW LOCAL 27 President Jason Chorpenning, killed this beautiful chocolate buck on opening day of Rifle Season in Maryland on Dans Mountain at 7:45 am.

His family reports, “He shot him with a 30-06 with a scope on his gun that he won at the Shoot For A Cure event held annually on the eastern shore in Maryland. Thanks again to Shoot For A Cure for this awesome prize at the best fundraiser there is!!!”

This buck weighed approximately 145 pounds and all of the meat will be enjoyed by Cameron‘s entire family!

Way to go, Cameron!

Pictured above: Cameron with his wife Katlyn and his son Jace!

2025 Yearly Raffle Winners Announced!

Huge congratulations to our 2025 Yearly Raffle winners! It’s such fun for us each year to be able to give away these incredible prizes, all from our generous sponsors. We love making these phone calls to the winners and hearing the joy we get to share with you.

Here are this year’s big winners. Congratulations, all!

Grand Prize
Scott Dearwester
Canonsburg, PA

2nd Prize
Billy Archibald
Waxahachie, TX

3rd Prize
Lance Barnes
Cotati, CA

4th Prize
Tim Angelo
Montclair, CA

5th Prize
PJ Newman
Glenwood, MD

Many thanks to our sponsors. Take a look at these prizes!

We can’t wait to do it again next year.

See you on the course in 2026!

 

Buckster Alert!

First buck ever!

Cohen Morris sporting his Shoot For A Cure hat!

9 point 17 in spread 127 pound 0730 11/8/25

Cohen is Chad Young’s grandson. Chad was our good friend who passed away a few years ago. He was instrumental in the success of our Texas event and we renamed the event in his honor after he passed. His wife and family attend (and shoot) every year. 

Congratulations Cohen!

SHOT Show 2025 Recap!!!

What a terrific time we had at SHOT show 2025! Thank you to our generous sponsors, longtime and brand new to us, for your support of our mission. Here’s a look at the fun we had and the products we were awed by. (Photos are below, and videos are on our social media!)

Here’s to our 23rd season ahead!

By the way, you can see the first half of our schedule now, and the fall dates will be added soon.

See you on the course!!

 

December Sponsor Spotlight: American Outdoor Brands

We've got a great round up this month to close out the year! These folks are some of the best out there when it comes to supplying gun owners with all the tools and aids to make your life - and every shot - better.

American Outdoor Brands (AOB) are a HUGE part of our Shoot For A Cure family. Their brands help get you on target, sighted in, resting solidly with great optics-and then clean your gun for the next time. Get to know them here:


Crimson Trace's lasers, lights, sights, and scopes are among our favorite pieces of gear. We are giving away their HALO Rad pistol optics and their Brushline 3x9x40 scopes this year.

Wheeler Tools makes high quality gunsmithing tools for your bench. This year we have the FAT STIX, digital FAT wrenches, scope leveling kits, laser bore sighters and more.

Caldwell Shooting Supplies provides the marksman with quality must-have gear to eliminate the variables that make you miss. This year we’re featuring Caldwell shooting bags and the CLAYMORE and PULL PUP clay throwers.

Tipton makes the best line of gun cleaning products you could ask for, providing you with everything you need to ensure your firearms stay clean, maintain perfection, and always perform admirably. This year we are giving away the Best Gun Vise 360’s and the Nope Ropes.

Since 1852, Smith & Wesson Accessories has been one of the world's largest manufacturers of quality firearms and firearm safety/security products and accessories. Throwing axes - YES!!!

BOG is dedicated to constant improvement.This year, we have their new KINETIC and AGILITY backpacks and the Adrenaline Tripods.

Hooyman provides ground-breaking land management tools to fuel the desire to preserve our hunting heritage. This year we’re featuring the Megabite Hunter’s Combo Saw.

Thank you to American Outdoors Brands for your ongoing support of us and our mission!

 

2024 Yearly Raffle Winners Announced!

Huge congratulations to our 2024 Yearly Raffle winners! It’s such fun for us each year to be able to give away these incredible prizes, all from our generous sponsors. We love making these phone calls to the winners and hearing the joy we get to share with you.

Here are this year’s big winners. Congratulations, all!

1. Tim Angelo - Montclair, CA

2. Lindsay Maldonado - Loxahatchee, FL

3. Jordan Bremseth - Hinckley, MN

4. Scott Flynn - Justice, IL

5. Joey Berardinelli - Palm City, FL

6. Ellen Roberts - Vero Beach, FL

7. Jodee Bowers - Punxsutawney, PA

Many thanks to our sponsors. Take a look at these prizes!

We can’t wait to do it again next year.

See you on the course in 2025!

 

August Sponsor Spotlight: Beretta, Leupold, and Yamaha

 

Our August Sponsors of the Month are all longtime supporters of our cause, and ones you'll easily see represented at every event!

Beretta has been making fine Italian firearms since the 1500s. Through those centuries of experience, Beretta has held true to their core value of quality without compromise, and their investments in technology have resulted in some of the best firearms on the market today. Every year, SFAC has on hand the latest Beretta shotguns for our participants to check out and shoot-and we are giving away A300’s in our event raffles! Beretta's ongoing support means the world to us! For more info visit beretta.com.

Leupold is the #1 most trusted name in riflescopes and outdoor optics and is a longtime supporter of Shoot for a Cure. Based in Beaverton, OR, Shoot for a Cure features their NEW USA MADE Performance Eyewear at each of our event raffles. And this year, we are giving away a USA MADE VX-5HD scope in our BIG Yearly Raffle!!! Special thanks to all the folks at Leupold for their continued support. For more information, visit leupold.com.

Everywhere we go, Yamaha provides us with the best in transportation at our events (the Kodiak Quads and the Viking side by side) as well as powering the SFAC shoot trailer with their powerful (and extremely quiet) Yamaha generator. Special thanks to all the folks at Yamaha for keeping us powered and moving. Your support means so much to us! For more info, please visit yamaha-motor.com.

 

New Sponsor Banners Revealed

If you’ve been following Shoot for a Cure for even a little while - and especially if you’ve been to one of our events - you know how important our sponsors are to us. These folks are so generous in their support of our work and mission, and we wouldn’t be here without them.

Here are the newest sponsor banners!

Want to join us as a Corporate or Patron Sponsor? Connect with us here!

 

Big Congrats to our Turkey Hunt Winner!

People do win at Shoot For A Cure!

Pati Piro, our 2022 Dream Turkey Hunt winner, is pictured here at Blaine Gibbons Outfitters in Nebraska with her daughter and son-in-law who both shot beautiful gobblers!!!

Pati’s daughter had Blaine call in 3 toms and 3 jakes to 10 yards (or less) and she harvested this beautiful bird.

Then Pati’s son in law got his bird at 10-15 yards with Blaine’s other guide.

Many thanks to all of our great sponsors for this awesome experience!

 

April Event Recap - Scores and Photos for Texas, Tennessee, and Georgia

April was a fantastic month on the road! Thank you to each and every person who came out to shoot with us and support our great causes. We’ll see you again next year in Texas, Tennessee, and Georgia!

Scores and photos for these events are linked below, and check out where we will be in May here.

13th Annual Texas Shoot - Mingus, TX
SCORES / PHOTOS

12th Annual TN Shoot - Middleton, TN
SCORES / PHOTOS

17th Annual SE Shoot - Gay, GA
SCORES / PHOTOS

 

New Sponsor Showcase: Meet our newest sponsors!

May is New Sponsor Showcase Month!

First up is Benelli USA and Franchi USA. We are very pleased to have these two great gun sponsors added to the SFAC roster of Sponsors. Being sister companies, we will be featuring multiple guns from each brand on our shoot trailer and we will be raffling off the Benelli M2 and Franchi Affinity Sporting in our event raffles. PLUS- we are giving away a beautiful Franchi Instinct Sporting Sideplate O/U shotgun in our big yearly raffle!!! Many thanks to Kathy and all the folks at Benelli/Franchi.

For more info visit BenelliUSA.com and FranchiUSA.com

Up next is Rocky Boots. As the sister company to longtime SFAC sponsor Muck Boots, we are pleased to announce that we will be giving away both a pair of Muck AND Rocky boots at each event this year! The winner will get to pick their favorite pair of boots from the website and Rocky will ship a beautiful brand new pair to their home. We are very grateful to Shelby and Gabe from Rocky brands. Your support means the world to us!

Check them out at rockyboots.com.

Up next is Ironclad Performance Wear. These guys make the best, most long lasting gloves in the industry! We know from personal experience when working around the house, running the chainsaw, or shooting clays: Ironclad gets the job done. This year SFAC will be giving away two pairs of their EXO Operator gloves at each event. Many thanks to Markham from Ironclad. Thanks for all you do!

Visit ironclad.com for more.

Up next we have Cerus Gear. Cerus makes the finest custom gun cleaning mats in the industry - and the best part is they are MADE IN THE USA!!! We will be giving away our custom SFAC rifle-sized mats at each of our events this year. Special thanks to Carrie and all the folks at Cerus.

For more info go to cerusgear.com.

Finally, rounding out our New Sponsor Showcase is Plano Outdoors. Plano is a name that has long been synonymous with great cases, ammo boxes, and tackle boxes. This year we will be giving away a Plano All-Weather 2-Gun Case at each event raffle. Oh, by the way, did we forget to mention that Plano products are proudly MADE IN THE USA?!!! Many thanks to Teddy and all the great folks at Plano Outdoors.

Check them out at planooutdoors.com.

 

April Sponsor Spotlight: Barnett Outdoors, Buck Knives, Cannon Safes, Stack-On Safes, and GunVault

 
 

Our round up of sponsors for April are truly the best at what they do. Get to know Barnett Outdoors, Buck Knives, and a family of companies that includes Cannon Safes, Stack-On Safes, and GunVault.

Barnett Outdoors is the original pioneer of the modern-day crossbow. They started small in 1962 when a man named Bernard Barnett pursued a hobby working with crossbows from his garage in the UK, filling orders for friends who were impressed by his handiwork. From there, manufacturing facilities popped up across Europe and then made their way to the US, where they eventually brought operations permanently in 2003.

This year, SFAC is giving away the Barnett Hyper Raptor at our event raffles coast to coast and we  are featuring the Hyper Raptor BCX in our big yearly raffle!!! Special thanks to Joe and Jimmy.

For more information, visit barnettcrossbows.com.


With 120 years of experience making high quality, Made in the USA hunting and tactical knives, Buck uses only the best materials and is continuously focused on innovation via their state-of-the-art technology. Each knife comes with a Forever Warranty because of how strongly Buck believes in the integrity of their products. Supporting Shoot for a Cure and our mission for over 15 years, we are proud to give a USA MADE Buck pocket knife to every shooter who comes to one of our events. In addition, you'll see Buck items that have been generously gifted to us in each of our event raffles. This year, we are giving away the Buck Vanguard 192 knife at each event raffle-and of course, a one of a kind custom knife in our big yearly raffle.

Many thanks to CJ, Chris and all the folks at Buck Knives for your continued support!

Learn more at buckknives.com!


These three brands are part of the same family of companies: Cannon Safes, Stack-On Safes, and GunVault are all part of one company, Cannon Security Products. They use their unique industry knowledge to provide you with secure storage solutions for what matters most in your life. Each brand offers something unique based on different needs.

Cannon Safes are built for superior security with essential features to provide best in class secure storage solutions to your most valuable possessions.

Stack-On builds its cabinets and safes purposefully, with the outdoorsman in mind. Their quick access safes, portable security cases, and personal safes are the choice for the value-driven shopper as they deliver exceptional value with a wide array of features, options, and flexibility.

GunVault quick access safes provide optimal security for handguns. As the leader in digital and biometric access, GunVault is the premier brand in the industry, offering the features you want and strength you need to ensure a Safer Way of Living.

SFAC has been using these storage solutions for years on the shoot trailer (and at home) and we are proud to feature GunVault MV500’s and Stack-On Small Personal Safes in our event raffles as well as TWO Cannon 34 gun safes in our BIG YEARLY RAFFLE!!!

Many many thanks to Peter for your continuing support of Shoot for a Cure and our mission!

Visit cannonsafe.com, stack-on.com, and gunvault.com for more info.

 

Congratulations to Yearly Raffle Winner Butch Kunselman

A big Shoot For A Cure CONGRATULATIONS to Butch Kunselman of Punxsutawney, PA on winning one of our prize packages in our 2023 BIG YEARLY RAFFLE.

Butch reported back to us: “Everything is fantastic! Will use everything! Just like Christmas only better! Thank you Shoot For A Cure!!”

Many things to Warne Scope Mounts, Leupold, CVA Muzzleloaders, Muddy Outdoors, StealthCam, and Freedom Hunters.

 

New From Stealth Cam: 360-DEGREE CELLULAR TRAIL CAMERA

Revolver Pro is a game-changer. The power of six cameras in one sleek, innovative design allows you to cover more ground, capture more detail, and never miss the action again.

Image capture is made possible by the Revolver’s silent, pivoting motor. Revolver responds quickly to movement, situating its lens in the correct zone to deliver high-quality images and videos in real time, making it ideal for use on food plots and large open areas.

Discover the future of outdoor surveillance with Stealth Cam’s 2024 lineup of cellular trail cameras.

Explore 2024 Trail Cameras

 

Iceland Coolers: Where It All Began

Seba and Ryan Beeson in Iceland where they found inspiration a few years ago to name their line of coolers.

It all started with a journey to the icy realms of Iceland. The idyliic and unforgiving landscapes, the indomitable people, and the relentless cold etched an unforgettable memory.

A memory that sparked the idea of creating something that could keep things 'Iceland cold.'

And thus, Iceland Coolers was born — a brand embodying the rugged individualism of Texas, the enduring chill of Iceland, and the fierce, untamed Viking spirit.

We've crafted an arsenal of coolers for every kind of explorer. Vikings for the bold, Berserkers for the warriors on the go, Longships for epic journeys, and Sagas for everyday adventures. Our coolers have voyaged to explorers in Norway, Guam, Japan, and beyond.

We also designed our coolers with industrial warriors in mind — those battling the elements daily. Iceland Coolers are built to meet the demands of the unforgiving outdoors and the toughest job sites.

And what sets us apart? It's the little extras — unique camo patterns, and added essentials like hanging baskets, cup holders, cutting boards, and bottle openers. More cooler, less dollar. 

Yet, our mission goes beyond coolers. It's about community.

We stand side by side with the heroes of our community — the farmers, the hunters, those who make a difference. Proudly supporting initiatives like Taylor County Livestock Association, Hunters for Heroes, Meals on Wheels, and more.

Iceland Coolers isn't just a brand; it's a promise. A promise to keep your adventure alive and your drinks 'Iceland cold.'

Learn more at icelandcooler.com.

Skgafoss Waterfall in Iceland

 

December Sponsor Spotlight: Badlands Gear, Silver Stag Knives, and D2 Customs

 
 

This month we're featuring three great sponsors of Shoot For A Cure: Badlands Gear, Silver Stag Knives, and D2 Customs.

Out of Sandy, UT, Badlands Camo began from humble beginnings and big ideas almost 30 years ago and as they've grown they've held onto the same unconditional dedication to quality and performance, including creating some of the best camo in the business. This year, you may see the SFAC instructors wearing their Badlands camo shirts at the events and Badlands has graciously donated a FULL custom camo outfit with accessories for our yearly raffle. Many thanks to Blake and the folks at Badlands for their support!

For more info go to badlandsgear.com


SILVER STAG was founded in a garage by a couple of sportsmen who enjoyed turning old files and saw blades into hunting, fishing, and camping knives. Over the past 18 years, they have been extremely focused on improving their quality and selection, though they've never strayed from their original hands on approach to MADE IN THE USA manufacturing, producing some of the most beautiful, functional, and durable blades in the industry. We give away two of their beautiful ESLE Hunter knives at each event raffle and we give away a one of a kind limited edition custom knife each year in our Yearly Raffle. Many thanks to Brad at Silver Stag for your ongoing support.

For more info, visit silverstag.com.


At Pennsylvania-based custom gunmaker D2 Customs, artisan Dan Heitzenrater puts heart and soul into every stunning piece they make. Dan was generous enough to send us a custom one of a kind D2 Customs Model 2011 Competition Pistol for our big yearly raffle!!! Many thanks to Dan for all you do for our mission!

For more info visit D2 Customs on Facebook.

 

2023 Yearly Raffle Winners Announced!

Huge congratulations to our 2023 Yearly Raffle winners! It’s such fun for us each year to be able to give away these incredible prizes, all from our generous sponsors. We love making these phone calls to the winners and hearing the joy we get to share with you.

Here are this year’s big winners. Congratulations, friends!

1. Jorge Maldonado - Loxahatchee, FL

2. Miles Clavin - Santa Ana, CA

3. Ross Smith - Cincinatti, OH

4. Wendell Mixon - Fort Pierce, FL

5. Maria Davenport - Ellijay, GA

6. Butch Kunselman - Punxsutawney, PA

7. Jack Saldate - Canyon Lake, CA

Many thanks to our sponsors. Take a look at these prizes!

We already can’t wait to do it next year.

See you on the course in 2024!

 

2023 Season Wrap-Up

That’s a wrap on our 2023 season! What an honor it is to host these events and do this work each year, and what joy and fun we had with all of you this season.

Thank you, as always, for coming out to support our mission.

Check out the photos and scores for all of these events now, and stay tuned for the release of our 2024 schedule.

See you on the course!
Mark and the Shoot For A Cure team