365 GUNS.365 DAYS.
One $60 calendar is one 4-digit ticket, and it plays in every nightly drawing for a full year. Every dollar puts wetlands and waterfowl back on the Ohio landscape.
- Sales open October 1 · in 14 days
- First drawing June 1, 2027
- Drawings run through May 31, 2028
How it works
No stubs to mail.
No drawings to attend.
Your number plays itself every night of the raffle year. Here is the whole thing in four steps.
- 01
Buy a calendar
$60 on the Ducks Unlimited portal. Your 4-digit ticket number is emailed right away.
- 02
Keep the number
Short numbers get leading zeros: ticket 1W plays as 0001, and 10,000 plays as 0000.
- 03
Every night, a drawing
The Ohio Lottery Evening Pick 4 decides each night’s winner, June 1 through May 31.
- 04
Win, then win again
Your number stays in the pool all year. Hit more than once and you win more than once.
Why a calendar raffle
Every ticket puts habitat on the ground.
Ohio Ducks Unlimited is the Ohio state chapter of Ducks Unlimited, the leader in wetlands and waterfowl conservation since 1937. Ducks Unlimited conserves, restores, and manages the wetlands that waterfowl, and Ohio, depend on. Your $60 does more than put your number in 365 drawings.
- The year Ducks Unlimited was founded by sportsmen in the Dust Bowl
- 1937
- Acres of wetlands and habitat conserved across North America
- 20M+
- Of every dollar spent on conservation and education
- 87¢
Good to know
The fine print, in plain English
Six things every buyer should know before the first drawing.
Read the full FAQ →- Short ticket number?
- Add leading zeros. “1W” plays as 0001, 87W as 0087, and ticket 10,000 plays as 0000.
- You can win more than once.
- Your number stays in every drawing, all year. Winning tonight does not take you out of tomorrow.
- Unsold numbers stay in the pool.
- If the Pick 4 lands on a number nobody bought, that night is posted as unsold and the prize is handled per the raffle rules.
- Firearm prizes ship to your FFL.
- Reeds ships to a licensed dealer near you, where you complete the standard transfer. Other prizes ship straight to you.
- Winners are contacted directly.
- We reach out using the details from your purchase, and every night’s result is posted here once the drawings begin.
- Purchases happen on the DU portal.
- Ducks Unlimited handles payment on its secure site. Questions about a purchase go to the regional office listed on your receipt.
10,000 tickets.
One is yours.
Sales open October 1, 2026 on the Ducks Unlimited portal. One calendar, one ticket, a year of drawings.
Questions? calendars@ohiodu.com. A real person answers, usually the same day.