CONTEST NY Woods & Water 2023 Adult Turkey Hunting Contest Rules, Signups and Donations

[nywaw]

Welcome to the Official NY Woods & Water 2023 Adult Turkey Hunting Contest!  Please read all of the rules and reply here if you'd like to participate!

 

 

Reference Links:

• Paypal Link to donate to the NYW&W 2023 Adult or Youth Turkey Contest  (Please select Adult Contest in the dropdown)
• NY Woods & Water 2023 Turkey Contest Rules, Signups and Donations
• NY Woods & Water 2023 Turkey Contest Teams and Entries

 

Contest Entry Fees

Team Contest: FREE

Individual Contest: FREE

Paypal Link to donate to the NYW&W 2023 Adult or Youth Turkey Contest  (Please select Adult Contest in the dropdown)

 

Contest Rules

1. NY Birds only. Must be taken with a gun, bow, or crossbow.

2. All NYDEC laws in effect.

3. Limit ONE bird per contestant.  However, you may upgrade to a larger bird during the course of the season if you harvest a higher scoring bird.

4. You must report all turkeys in the contest entries topic with the following requirements:

• Your entry must include a picture of you with the turkey
• Your entry must include all of the turkey's beard lengths and pictures of each beard length 
• Your entry must include both of the turkey's spur lengths and pictures of each spur length
• Your entry must include the spur and beard scoring portions of the NWTF score (https://www.nwtf.org/the-lifestyle/turkey-records-home)

NWTF reference for measuring:

Spur measuring:

Measure each spur. Spurs must be measured along the outside center, from the point at which the spur protrudes from the scaled leg skin to the tip of the spur. Add both spur measurements and multiply the combined length of the spurs by 10. This is the number of points you receive for the turkey’s spurs.

Beard measuring:

Measure the beard length (a beard must be measured from the center point of the protrusion of the skin to the tip) and convert it to decimal form.

Next, multiply the beard length figure by 2; this is the number of points you receive for the beard length. If you have an atypical bird (multiple beards), measure each beard, convert them to a decimal number, then add those figures together and multiply by two. This is the number of points you receive for your turkey’s beards.

5. Scores will be the total of the NWTF scoring portions for spur and beard measurements

6. Team Contest signup period ends at 9:00PM on Friday April 28th, 2023 which is the Friday before the Monday Adult opening day.  

7. Teams will be randomly drawn.  Exception for Parent/Child being together on the same Team

8. Individual Contest signup period is open for entire season, however entries will be valid only for birds taken after entering the contest!

9. Contest runs the entire legal NY spring gobbler season.  All birds must be entered within 7 days after the end of the spring gobbler season.

 

Team Contest Participants

1. @mowin
2. @2012-Taco
3. @Meatball
4. @cynthiafu
5. @ATbuckhunter
6. @Upstate Nerdneck
7. @LET EM GROW
8. @The_Real_TCIII
9. @Jeremy K
10. @dbHunterNY
11. @turkeyfeathers
12. @blackbeltbill
13. @Spysar
14. @dmandoes
15. @WNY Bowhunter
16. @Otto
17. @Skillet
18. @Robhuntandfish

 

Individual Contest Participants

1. @mowin
2. @2012-Taco
3. @Meatball
4. @cynthiafu
5. @ATbuckhunter
6. @Upstate Nerdneck
7. @LET EM GROW
8. @The_Real_TCIII
9. @Jeremy K
10. @dbHunterNY
11. @turkeyfeathers
12. @blackbeltbill
13. @Spysar
14. @dmandoes
15. @WNY Bowhunter
16. @Otto
17. @Skillet
18. @Robhuntandfish

 

Contest Prizes

Donations Distribution:  There will be approximately a 50% Team/50% Individual split of the Total Monetary Donations towards prize distribution.

Individual Prizes:

Total:  $100

• 1st Place: $50 (~50%)
• 2nd Place: $30 (~33%)
• 3rd Place: $20 (~17%)

Winning Team Prizes:

Total:  $100

Each member on winning team:  $50

 

Contest Donations

Total Monetary Donations:  $200 ($100 Team/$100 Individual)

Donors:

1. NY Woods & Water
2. @Otto
3. Anonymous

 

Items Donated:

Item:  NWTF hat
Donor:  @The_Real_TCIII

 

 

 

 

[mowin]

Sign me up.. 

[nywaw]

46 minutes ago, mowin said:

Sign me up.. 

Added you to both

[2012-Taco]

I'll sign up , thanks

[nywaw]

10 minutes ago, 2012-Taco said:

I'll sign up , thanks

You're in!

[Meatball]

I'll enter. Maybe this is what will change my luck! Thanks.

[mowin]

Common @blackbeltbill and @cynthiafu.  Sign up.   I'd be happy to get paired with either one of you for the team  entry. 

[cynthiafu]

I'll sign up

[2BuckBizCT]

I won't join since NY birds only and not sure if I will hunt NY for turkey this spring, but looks cool!

[nywaw]

Updated the signup lists

 

[ATbuckhunter]

Im least likely to tag a gobbler this season, but sign me up too

[nywaw]

8 minutes ago, ATbuckhunter said:

Im least likely to tag a gobbler this season, but sign me up too

It's all just fun, no worries!  Just get out there and have fun!

[mowin]

7 hours ago, cynthiafu said:

I'll sign up

Get bill to sign up.. 

[cynthiafu]

Lol not sure if he will

[Upstate Nerdneck]

I'll jump in.  Can we get #longbird as part of the scoring system?