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28th Annual 
National Wild Turkey Federation
CONVENTION & SPORT SHOW
Over 30,000 wild turkey enthusiasts attend the National Wild Turkey Federation Convention and Sport Show every year. There are seminars, national calling contests, and the largest exhibition of wild turkey gear from 500 of today's manufacturers.
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Competition Events: Wild Turkey Call Making | Calling Championships | Taxidermy: Game Birds | Taxidermy: Deer Mounts |  Wildlife Art | Youth Art | Interviews:
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The NWTF Sport Show - Day #1 - Kendell Keeton Calls Up A NWTF Trophy
(Feb 20) Day #1
 After a breakfast at Mickey D's we went to the Media Room and picked up our show badges. Our first stop was Tim Hooey's seminar on "Bowhunting Wild Turkey." Tim did a good job, he was very informative and his slide show and video segments were an asset to his presentation. 
Tim covered equipment, heavy poundage is not necessary. Boadheads: he recommends expandables. He likes blinds but he has taken lots of gobblers without them. Shot placement: a good way to locate the vitals is to look at the turkey's legs and move up into the body. Tim prefers to hunt gobbler strut zones rather than close to roosts. Decoys are helpful but gobblers can be taken without them. He prefers carbon arrows, they fly flatter and you get more yardage on your first pin.
(L) Tim Hooey giving his seminar on Bowhunting Wild Turkey. (R) Tim Hooey

Next we went to the Wildlife Art Competition area. The art is outstanding, it includes paintings, sculpture, carvings and other types of art.

 So you can see this cool event the Duck took pictures and I made a photo gallery of all the art. (Click on the Thumbnails to see the large picture.)To The Art Pics...

Another swell exhibit is the Taxidermy Competition for Wild Turkey. This is definitely first class and all of the mounts are exceptional. To the Wild Turkey Taxidermy.

There is more art and tomorrow look for picture galleries of the Kids Art Competition and Deer taxidermy.

Kindell Keeton - If you've seen our coverage of this show in past years you've seen pics of my bud Kindell Keeton. Today Kindell (age 17) competed in the Intermediate calling championships and placed 5th. 

(L) Kindell Keeton calling in the Intermediate Competition. Kindell with his 5th place trophy. And here is a large pic of Kindell.

We have additional pics from today's Intermediate Calling Competition. Plus Fred Lutger began his interviews this afternoon and talked to top call carver Dave Constantine and Mike Pentecost from Woodhaven Calls. And we attended the Knight & Hale seminar on the 5 Wild Turkey Transitions in the Spring. I'll get it up asap.

Once the show was over we went across the street and ate dinner at my favorite Columbus restaurant Barley's.


The NWTF Sport Show - Set Up Day

Rich Walton, Robert Hoague & Fred Lutger
 (Feb 19) We picked up Rich Walton and Fred Lutger at the Columbus airport late this afternoon. Then we drove to the Convention Center. To Set Up Day...

The NWTF Sport Show - Travel Day
(Feb 18) My truck was rolling smooth and running cool all day long, dawn to dusk ... and another 4 hours. Right now it's motel time in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Tomorrow afternoon the Duck and I will be at the Columbus airport to pick up Rich Walton and Fred Lutger. Then we will check in at the show and get our press passes. Look for pics, and news from the shows and its events right here.
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