2024 Grand National Contest Winners

Callers of all ages compete for more than $25,000 in cash and prizes in eight divisions. Competitions are held in Nashville, Tennessee at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel. The best callers in the world use natural voices, latex mouth calls, pot and peg friction calls, box calls, owl hooting tubes and more to yelp, cluck, putt, gobble and hoot their way to the top spot on stage.

Adult competitions are sponsored by Primos and TETRA
Youth competitions are sponsored by Mossy Oak

Winner: Josh Pruitt, Reidsville, NC - 237
1st Runner up: Kerry Elliot, Parish, KY - 236
2nd Runner up: Joe Slaton, Linden, CA - 235.5
3rd Runner up: William Dyer, Huron, TN - 235
4th Runner up: Tyler Presley, Front Royal, VA - 234.5

Winner: Hunter Staples, Philpot, KY - 240
1st Runner up: Kaleb Payton, Central, KY - 239.5
2nd Runner up: James Harrison, Hillsboro, MO - 238.5
3rd Runner up: Jonathan Waugh, Jackson, OH - 235.5 (240.5)
4th Runner up: Colton Staples, Owensboro, KY - 235.5 (238.5)

Winner: Wayne Dozier, Dickinson, AL and Richard Gunn, Columbia, GA - 560.5
1st Runner up: Andy Duvall, Carrollton, MS and Jimmy Pollard, Westfield, PA - 557
2nd Runner up: Tyler Presley and Matthew Presley, Front Royal, VA - 556.5 
3rd Runner up: Rodney Eckstine, Greencastle, PA and Cory Hoone, Olive Hill KY - 555.5
4th Runner up: Bo Bartlebaugh, Armagh, PA - Matt Van Cise, Brookville, PA - 555

Winner: Dylan Bearden, Reidsville, NC 466.5
1st Runner up: Brad Roberts, Knoxville, TN 465.5
2nd Runner up: Matt Van Cise, Brookville, PA 465
3rd Runner up: Steve Morgenstern, Kirksville, MO 464.5
4th Runner up: Matthew Presley, Front Royal, VA 462 (467 - call off)

Winner: Matt Van Cise, Brookvillle, PA 577.5 (ninth Senior Open title, 16 total GNCC titles)
1st Runner up: Jessie Martin, Mt. Sterling, KY 570.5
2nd Runner up: Dave Owens, Cedartown, GA 565.5
3rd Runner up: Jed Paronish, North Cambria, PA, 555
4th Runner up: JR Lanham, Bunker, MO 554 (187.5 - call off)

Winner: Mason Johnston, Purlear, NC - 361
1st Runner up: Levi Pruitt, Reidsville, NC - 358.5
2nd Runner up: Rayce Lamb, Sylvania, GA - 357.5
3rd Runner up: Easton Phillips, Manchester, GA - 355
4th Runner up: Jaxon Wale, Independence, LA - 354.5

Winner: Bo Bartlebaugh, Armagh, PA 377.5
1st Runner up: Aden Dively, Duncansville, PA, 364
2nd Runner up: Ethan Jones, Beaver, OH 363
3rd Runner up: Lane Cathey, Birmingham, AL 361 (369.5)
4th Runner up: Hudson McGarity, Hartwell, GA 361 (364)

Winner: Chase Roberts, Cape Girardeau, MO, 367
1st Runner up: Isaac Willow, Richfield, PA, 363
2nd Runner up: Gracie Herman, Wahoo, NE, 360.
3rd Runner up: Jackson Kirker, Searcy, AR 353
4th Runner up: Gage Sutliff, Renovo, PA 352.5

Gobblers strut, big chests and beards puff out, attracting attention. Spring hens nest hidden in shadow-casting edge cover. Predators attack the wild turkeys we love, engaged in dramatic duels. Walk through the Grand National Wild Turkey and White-Tailed Deer Taxidermy Competition display at the NWTF's annual Convention and Sport Show, and you'll experience unrivaled artistic renditions, crafty design elements and supreme efforts to re-create moments from times afield like you've never seen before. After all, wildlife taxidermy aims at putting a memory on the wall you can return to whenever you want, just by looking up there. – Steve Hickoff, "Mounting Talent," Turkey Call

This annual taxidermy competition held at the NWTF Convention and Sport Show is sponsored by HuntStand.

Winner: Sam Moore

Winner: Seth French

Best of Show: Nick Walker
Best Standing: Hunter Evans
Best Strutting: Nick Walker

Best of Show: No Entry
Best Strutting: No Entry
Best Standing: No Entry

1st Place: No Entry

Amateur: No Entry
Youth (17 and under): Piper Faulkner

Winner: Cody Hodge

Best of Show: Chuck Mulkey
Best Open Mouth Deer: No Entry
Best Closed Mouth Deer: Chuck Mulkey

Best of Show: David Daniels
Best Open Mouth Deer: David Daniels
Best Closed Mouth Deer: R J Krajcsovics

First Place: Kenny Crosby
Second Place: RJ Krajcsovic

Amateur: Emma Maggard
Youth (17 and under): No Entry

The NWTF's Grand National Call making Competition is the premier competition of its kind in North America. A panel of experts in the fields of call making, calling and hunting evaluate entries and present more than 80 awards. A weekend filled with perpetuating the fine tradition of this folk art is celebrated by a competition, live auction and silent auction.

View all the winners at https://customcalls.nwtf.org/.