Youth Shooting Teams to Recieve $5,000 Donation at NWTF Turkey Shoot
National Wild Turkey Federation 08.07.13
The National Wild Turkey Federation and the Scholastic Shooting Trust Fund, a not-for-profit organization established by Larry and Brenda Potterfield to help educate youth about shooting, hunting, firearms safety and outdoor skills, have expanded their partnership.
Through support of the Scholastic Shooting Trust, the NWTF will be offering $5,000 endowments to youth shooting teams that participate in the NWTF Turkey Shoot, Aug. 16-18 at The Meadows National Gun Club in Forsyth, Ga. Additional endowments will be awarded for the top placing youth shooting teams, with first place being awarded an additional $5,000, second place receiving $3,500 and third place receiving $2,500.
Youth shooters also can sign up for the 200 target main event for just $50, a savings of $200. Not only will these programs increase the number of youth participating at the Turkey Shoot, but they also will increase the number of youth shooting teams with Scholastic Shooting Trust endowments to cover ongoing shooting costs.
Turkey Shoot participants compete for more than $100,000 in cash and prizes up for grabs and 100 guns. Registration is still open.
Turkey Shoot activities include:
- 200 target sporting clays championship
- 5-stand competition
- 12 gauge, side by side and pump preliminaries
- .410, 20 gauge and 28 gauge target shoots with 50 targets
All adult competitors in the hunter divisions will receive a case of target ammunition.
Don’t miss dinner, raffles, and silent and live auctions on Friday and Saturday night! Online registration is curntly available.
For more information, contact Chris Piltz at (803) 637-7412 or cpiltz@nwtf.net.
The National Wild Turkey Federation is the leader in upland wildlife habitat conservation in North America. The NWTF is a nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving the wild turkey and preserving our hunting heritage.
Through dynamic partnerships with state, federal and provincial wildlife agencies, the NWTF and its members have helped restore wild turkey populations throughout North America, spending more than $331 million to conserve nearly 16 million acres of habitat. Wild turkeys and hundreds of other species of upland wildlife, including quail, deer, grouse, pheasant and songbirds, benefit from this improved habitat.
The NWTF also brings new conservationists and hunters into the fold through outdoor education events and its Women in the Outdoors, Wheelin' Sportsmen, JAKES and Xtreme JAKES youth outreach programs. Our dedicated NWTF volunteers introduce about 100,000 people to the outdoors through these programs every year.
Founded in 1973, the NWTF is headquartered in Edgefield, S.C., and has local chapters in every state and Canada. According to many state and federal agencies, the restoration of the wild turkey is arguably the greatest conservation success story in North America's wildlife history.
