Healthy Harvests
Our work to build better wildlife habitat culminates with healthy harvests like these from our members.
Angela Jennings
Jennings harvested this Eastern wild turkey on a windy afternoon with her husband who introduced her to hunting. The turkey weighed 24 pounds, had a 10 1/2-inch beard and 1-inch spurs.
Sgt. Maj. Derek Leach and guide Greg Abner
Leach and Abner were able to double on two nice Kentucky longbeards during the annual Commanding General’s Invitational hunt on Fort Campbell, held May 4, 2024. Photo courtesy of Michelle Hall Welch Smith.
Kirby Harrold
Harrold harvested this gobbler weighing 22.8 pounds with a 10-inch beard, using his custom Turkey Whisperer pot call.
David Ricciarelli
Ricciarelli killed this gobbler that was called in by his son, Jon. The bird weighed 23.8 pounds with 11- and 10-inch beards, and 1 5/8-inch and 1 9/16-inch spurs.
Brian Foster
Foster harvested his first Merriam’s near Trinidad, Colorado. The bird had a set of long, curved spurs measuring 1 1/2 inches.
Rob Agar
Agar harvested this Rio in Sweetwater, Oklahoma. The gobbler weighed 18.2 pounds with a 7 1/4-inch beard and 1-inch spurs. This bird completed his Grand Slam with all four subspecies being harvested with a bow.
Send your healthy harvest images to: turkeycall@nwtf.net. Include name, location and brief details of the hunt. Send all youth photos to: jakescountry@nwtf.net.