This summer has been a very exciting time to be a Ranger at Occoneechee State Park. We have had the opportunity to partner with the Staunton- Meherrin Chapter of the NWTF on a habitat improvement project. The idea of a partnership between Occoneechee State Park and the NWTF started with humble beginnings in August of 2018.
Read MoreAttention JAKES and Xtreme JAKES members, here's your chance to put your writing and story-telling skills to work. Simply write a 500 word, or less, essay describing a hunting experience you've had, and how it has affected your life. Entry deadline is December 15th 2019.
We have 5 cash prizes in each age category, 12 and Under, 13 - 17. Download the Entry Form and Details.
Today at 3:30 at Bass Pro Ashland, we held our public drawing for our 9th Annual Wheelin’ Sportsmen Lucky 13 Gun Bash. We will be contacting the winners by phone over the next few days to arrange to have the firearms shipped to your local FFL dealer. ALL winners must meet Federal Firearms registration guidelines.
Read MoreOur latest Virginia NWTF Newsletter is out. This late-summer newsletter wraps up some of our spring/summer events and let’s you know what our State & Local Chapters will be doing this fall.
Make your plans now to attend the 2019 Va. Outdoor Sportsman Show at the the Richmond Raceway Complex on August 9-11. We’ll be hosting the Virginia State Turkey Calling Championship on Sat. but stop by our booth anytime over the weekend to say hello, buy a Lucky 13 Gun Bash ticket, or let your kids enjoy our JAKES Take Aim BB Gun Range. We’ll see you there!
Click on the link below to read our 2019 Spring Newsletter!
The Virginia State Chapter NWTF is hosting the 9th Annual Wheelin’ Sportsmen Gun Bash to benefit our Wheelin’ Sportsmen and Outreach programs. Tickets are available for $10 each from NWTF Chapters throughout Virginia. Fifty winners will be selected in the following order, and the 13th winner will receive $1,313.13.
Read MoreGet your 52 Gun Raffle ticket now!
It's time to add another firearm to your gun safe! And you can do that by buying your Va. State Chapter NWTF 52-Gun Raffle tickets now. For a mere 75 cents each week ($40 donation per ticket), you'll get a chance to win a fine, new firearm, or the cash option, for all 52 drawings of 2019! Firearms will be shipped directly to a local FFL dealer near you.
Read MoreWheelin' Sportsmen Deer Hunt applications are out!
Our Fall Deer Hunting Application is out and we encourage you to join us! Our Deer Hunt schedule is full, with exciting, quality hunts in all areas of Virginia.
Read More2018 VANWTF Super Fund Meeting
The NWTF Virginia Super Fund committee held its’ annual meeting on Saturday, March 3rd to budget the funds raised by our NWTF chapters throughout Virginia.
Read MoreVA NWTF License Plate! Get yours now!
The Virginia State Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation would like to introduce their new license plate! Applications are being accepted right now! Cost is $25 for a new plate, or $35 if you want to personalize or transfer your existing license plate. Ask your local NWTF chapter how you can be reimbursed after you receive your plate from DMV!
Read More2016 Virginia State Turkey Calling Championship announced!
Attention NWTF Members and Turkey Callers,
We would like to cordially invite you to participate in the NWTF Virginia State Championship Turkey Calling Contest to be held on Saturday, January 30th 2016. This NWTF sanctioned contest will begin at 12:00 noon at the National Capital Sportsman Show located at the Fredericksburg Expo Center, Fredericksburg, VA. Pre-registration is suggested for all divisions: VA State, Senior Open, Intermediate, Friction or JAKES (Youth) calling contests! The top Virginia resident senior caller will be named the 2016 NWTF Virginia State Champion, the top Virginia resident Friction caller will be named the 2016 NWTF Virginia State Friction Champion.
NWTF's Humphries testifies before US House of Representatives
Testimony of Becky Humphries
Chief Conservation Officer
The National Wild Turkey Federation
on
Legislation to Address Forest Policy Reform and Encourage Active Forest Management
Before the
Committee on Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Federal Lands
United States House of Representatives
June 3, 2015
Get Involved in NFS Forest Management!
Learn how to become an active participant in Virginia's National Forest Management decisions to improve habitat for game and non-game species.
SAVE THE DATE: 15 March 2014
FREE Training Session
PLACE: Raphine Fire Company, Raphine, VA I-81 Exit 205, west on VA 606 1.3 mi
TIME: 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Bring your own lunch or enjoy Ladies Auxiliary BBQ chicken dinner
Dutch treat $10.00 CASH ONLY payable at door, proceeds to the Fire Company
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 3:45 pm. Kids lined the banks of Laurel Fork Creek behind Rocky Gap High School on Saturday, April 26, for the Bland County Many Beards National Wild Turkey Federation Chapter's JAKES Annual Kids Free Fishing Day.
Check out the entire article from SWVAToday.com.
"We had a great day" said Chapter President Randy Kiser. "The weather was perfect, the food was great and the turnout was awesome."
The Free Fishing Day was hosted in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Conservation Police Officer Wes Billings and his dog Josie spent the day talking with the 105 kids who registered for the event.
"I enjoyed talking with the kids and their families today and explaining Josie's role in enforcement," Billings said.
The kids really liked hearing about how Josie helped Billings find fish the evening before that a fisherman had hidden because he had caught more than his limit.
Thanks to the generosity of more than 50 individuals and three businesses, more than 100 fishing poles were given away as door prizes.
Austin Horn of Tazewell won the Biggest Fish Contest by reeling in a 20 1/4 inch trout.
Setting Up Your Fishing Pole Clinics were held throughout the event headed up by volunteers Lawrence Scott and Dusty Kiser.
At another station, kids were invited to dig their own worms from see-through plastic bins. Volunteers Destiny Hagy and Mike DeWilde from the Bland County Senior Citizens answered questions about the worms, their composting abilities and why worms are good for the soil.
JAKES is for the youth members of the National Wild Turkey Federation. The Bland NWTF Chapter hosts two events each year so kids can experience the outdoors in a variety of ways including fishing.
2015 VA State Turkey Calling Championship Winners!
Read MoreDennis Morgan Campbell, 72, of Waynesboro passed away Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at the University of Virginia Medical Center surrounded by his family.
Born November 5, 1941 in Augusta County, he was the son of the late Manley Howard and Pearl (Taylor) Campbell. On June 7, 1963 he married the love of his life Betty (Sanger) Campbell. The two shared a blessed union of 50 years together.
Dennis was an avid outdoorsman and conservationist and had joined the Virginia Deer Hunters Association as Director of Field Operations within the last year. After serving in the U.S. Army, Dennis returned to Virginia where he held jobs as a cost accountant, purchasing agent, and then as Administrative Manager for local companies. Dennis's love for wildlife and the outdoors led him to volunteering for numerous conservation organizations, as well as the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. In recent years, he had been employed by the National Wild Turkey Federation as a Senior Regional Director. Nominated by his peers, he was inducted into the Virginia Conservationist's Hall of Fame. In 2001, he became Executive Director for NASCAR driver Ward Burton's Wildlife Foundation. Dennis is a former Chairman of the Board of Directors for "Return to Nature", an educational outreach program, Chairman of the Board for Sportsmen of Virginia, and served for many years on the Virginia State NWTF Executive Board. He had remained active with conservation groups for children and had the nickname "Grandfather of Youth Whitetail Day". Dennis was a member of White Hill Church of the Brethren, Stuarts Draft. He will be remembered by those who knew him as a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend to many.
In addition to his loving wife, survivors include his daughter, Jennifer Lynne (Campbell) Floyd and husband, Jerry David Floyd, Jr.; grandchildren, Amanda (Floyd) Lent and husband, Raymond, Tabitha Noel Floyd and Autumn Paige Floyd; siblings, Judy (Campbell) Adams and husband, Robert, Roger Campbell and wife, Barbara Jean, Jesse Campbell and wife, Carolyn, Benny Campbell and Randy Campbell and wife, Martha; sister-in-law, Nancy (Sanger) Ratcliffe and husband, James; brothers-in-law, Carl Daniel Sanger and wife, Vickie and Tom Sanger; as well as a number of nieces, nephews and friends.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, December 28, 2013 at White Hill Church of the Brethren, Stuarts Draft, with Rev. James Chappell officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a children's charity of choice.
Relatives and friends may share condolences and memories with the family online by visiting www.reynoldshamrickfuneralhomes.com
ROANOKE, VA — Volunteers from National Wild Turkey Federation Chapters throughout Virginia converged on the Holiday Inn Valley View in Roanoke on Saturday, January 25th for the inaugural Turkey Call Makers Competition held during their annual Awards Banquet.
The Call Makers Competition was the brainchild of NWTF Regional Director Billy Hall in an effort to allow some of the best call makers from Virginia and surrounding states to showcase their abilities. Hall commented, “Virginia is fortunate to have some very talented call makers and we wanted to provide them with a platform to display their craftsmanship to the largest group of turkey hunting enthusiasts in the state. For a first-time event, we had a great response from the call makers, receiving 29 calls, and we hope to expand the competition at our future Awards Banquets.”
The competition includes two prestigious awards; The People’s Choice Award, and the Top Grossing Call Award. All calls are displayed on a silent auction for the banquet attendees, and the winners are decided based on the highest bid of all calls and the total number of individual votes for the most popular call.
The winner of both awards this year was Cliff Presley of Front Royal, VA. This long-box box call was made of butternut and cherry, and sported a custom cedar lid. Presley is an active member of the Skyline Strutters NWTF Chapter, an avid turkey hunter, and has two sons who are well known on the turkey calling circuit. Presley’s call making expertise has won him awards at past NWTF National Conventions and we were honored to reward him with these esteemed awards. When notified of the awards, Presley stated, “I’m honored and humbled to receive this recognition. To be recognized by my turkey hunting peers is gratifying, and I truly thank them for this honor.” Cliff Presley can be reached at: (540)635-2769 or email: gobblerhuntinfool@gmail.com.
The NWTF is a national nonprofit conservation organization that was founded in 1973 and has worked with wildlife agencies to restore wild turkey populations from 1.3 million wild turkeys to nearly 7 million today. Now, NWTF’s volunteers raise funds and work daily to improve critical wildlife habitat, increase access to public hunting land and introduce new people to the outdoors and hunting. Together, the NWTF's partners, sponsors and grassroots members have raised and spent more than $372 million preserving hunting heritage and conserving nearly 17 million acres of essential wildlife habitat.
For more information about this event, contact Linda Layser at 540-490-0353 or visit: www.vanwtf.com or https://www.facebook.com/VirginiaNWTF
Our 2014 Spring Gobbler Hunt and our Spring Fishing Applications are out and we're ready to get you outdoors with us this spring. We have six spring gobbler hunts planned and three great opportunities to catch some big rainbow and brown trout. If you have a mobility impairment disability and would like to participate in our events, please return the applications to us by the noted deadlines. You can download the applications here:
Spring Gobbler Hunt Application in WORD Document, and in PDF Format. Hunt application deadline - March 22nd
Fishing Application in WORD Document, and in PDF Format. Fish application deadline - April 15th
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