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

[nywaw]

Welcome to the Official NY Woods & Water 2023 Youth Turkey 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 Youth Contest in the dropdown)
• NY Woods & Water 2023 Youth Turkey Contest Rules, Signups, and Donations
• NY Woods & Water 2023 Youth Turkey Contest Entries

 

Contest Entry Fees

Individual Contest: FREE

Paypal Link to donate to the NYW&W 2023 Adult or Youth Turkey Contest!  (Please select Youth 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. Individual Contest signup period is open for entire season, however entries will be valid only for birds taken after the youth has been entered into the contest!

7. 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.

 

Contest Participants

1. Levi sponsored by @mowin
2. Lila sponsored by @mowin
3. Remington sponsored by @Paul donnelly
4. Jemma sponsored by @LET EM GROW
5. Ryan sponsored by @GencountyZeek 

Contest Donations

Donors:

1. NY Woods & Water
2. @Big Paul
3. @cynthiafu

 

Total Monetary Donations:  $190

 

Items Donated:

Item:  NWTF hat
Donor:  @The_Real_TCIII

Item:  Turkey call (maybe a pot call or an owl call)
Donor:  @mowin

Item:  Dead Ringer Green Dot Reflex sight, New in box
Donor: @LET EM GROW

Item:  Turkey Beard Board (minus the beards)
Donor:  Anonymous

 

Item:  Primos Hot Hen 2-Pak and Primos Box Call Chalk
Donor:  Anonymous

[mowin]

Hey, I know those guys..  

Sign me up.  I'll kidnap some kid off the street if I have to, lol.  

Actually hoping my nephew Levi wants to give it a try. 

[nywaw]

2 minutes ago, mowin said:

Hey, I know those guys..  

Sign me up.  I'll kidnap some kid off the street if I have to, lol.  

Actually hoping my nephew Levi wants to give it a try. 

Ok once you have the names of the youths confirmed, just let me know.  I'll sign them up as "Levi sponsored by @mowin"

[mowin]

Does the sponsor have to hunt with the youth?  I know my buddy is taking his two daughters out.  Can I sponsor them without actually hunting with them. I'll be present for scoring and have a pic of them and myself. 

[nywaw]

11 minutes ago, mowin said:

Does the sponsor have to hunt with the youth?  I know my buddy is taking his two daughters out.  Can I sponsor them without actually hunting with them. I'll be present for scoring and have a pic of them and myself. 

You can sponsor multiples.  Just be sure your buddy is all good with posting their pics here, or maybe even get him to join the site!

[mowin]

20 minutes ago, nywaw said:

You can sponsor multiples.  Just be sure your buddy is all good with posting their pics here, or maybe even get him to join the site!

Ok great.  He's fine with pics, you picked it for the youth photo. 

Ya I tried that. He's anti social, lol. 

[nywaw]

Hopefully the contest just serves as some additional motivation to get the kids involved, for them and for the adults sponsoring them.

I've received a lot of positive feedback on the NJ site over the years from parents/sponsors and the kids being really excited to see their picture on the site, tracking the leaderboard and of course winning prizes! 

[mowin]

3 minutes ago, nywaw said:

Hopefully the contest just serves as some additional motivation to get the kids involved, for them and for the adults sponsoring them.

I've received a lot of positive feedback on the NJ site over the years from parents/sponsors and the kids being really excited to see their picture on the site, tracking the leaderboard and of course winning prizes! 

Thanks for getting the contests up and running. 

[mowin]

Ok, I'm going to be sponsoring Levi, and Lila.  

[nywaw]

I added both to the list

[nywaw]

bump for the yoots!

[nywaw]

Thank you @Big Paul for the generous donation!

[mowin]

That's great @Big Paul.. 

Now we need a few more youths.   

[nywaw]

bump, please share with any parents/friends who are taking a youth out for turkey season!  Let's get em signed up!

[nywaw]

Thank you @The_Real_TCIII for your donation to this contest as well!