BowhunterNJ Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Welcome to the Official NJ Woods & Water 2021 Adult Turkey Contest! Please read all of the rules and respond here if you'd like to participate! Reference Links: Paypal Link to donate to the NJW&W 2021 Adult or Youth Turkey Contest! (Please select Adult Contest in the dropdown) NJ Woods & Water 2021 Adult Turkey Contest Rules, Signups, and Donations NJ Woods & Water 2021 Adult Turkey Contest Teams and Entries Contest Entry Fees Team Contest: FREE Individual Contest: $25 Paypal Link to enter or donate to the NJW&W 2021 Adult or Youth Turkey Contest! (Please select Adult Contest in the dropdown) Contest Rules 1. NJ Birds only. Must be taken with a gun, bow, or crossbow. 2. All F&G 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/hunt/records/score) 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. Contest signup ends at 9:00PM on Friday April 23rd, 2021 which is the night before youth day. Contest runs the entire legal NJ spring gobbler season. All birds must be entered by end of day Saturday 05/29/2021 (day after the final day of the 2021 NJ Spring Turkey season), as this will allow birds shot in the final evening to be checked in the next day. Team Contest Participants @vdep217 @LPJR Christopher @LPJR's son @Cousin Brown @Bone collector 85 @hendryhill @hendryhill Jr @nb6624 @Deadeye @Nomad @Russ 11 Kenny @Russ 11's son Individual Contest Participants @vdep217 (PAID) @LPJR (PAID) Christopher @LPJR's son (PAID) @Cousin Brown (PAID) @nb6624 (PAID) @Nomad (PAID) @Russ 11 (PAID) Contest Prizes Individual Prizes: 1st Place: $TBD (~50%) 2nd Place: $TBD (~33%) 3rd Place: $TBD (~17%) Winning Team Prizes: Each member (TBD) on winning team: $TBD Contest Donations Individual Entries: $175 Monetary Donations: $325 Donors: NJ Woods & Water @Cousin Brown @Lucille Williamson Buck154 and LPJR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdep217 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 I'm in for both. Are we going to be required to use certified scale or all participants purchase same scale from say Amazon or wallmart. LPJR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowhunterNJ Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 Scoring has been revised, please note the updated scoring and submission requirements! Topic also cleaned up of the discussion aspect around scoring. LPJR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Measure to 1/8 of an inch and round down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowhunterNJ Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 53 minutes ago, Nomad said: Measure to 1/8 of an inch and round down? I've further revised the scoring to match what many of you are familiar with, which is the NWTF scoring approach. Follow their same guidelines and what you would do for NWTF scoring (minus the weight aspect). This will make the most sense for many turkey hunters. The current NWTF scoring page doesn't indicated how to round, what is the common practice for turkey hunters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Looks like to the nearest 1/16th of an inch. https://www.nwtf.org/hunt/records/score BowhunterNJ and LPJR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 You can use that calculator that I posted to get your score. Just put in 0 for the weight. BowhunterNJ and LPJR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPJR Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) Christopher and I are in for Team & Individual. Edited March 31, 2021 by LPJR BowhunterNJ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowhunterNJ Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 bump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowhunterNJ Posted April 3, 2021 Author Share Posted April 3, 2021 bump, added logo and update the site sidebar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Brown Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) Im in for both. Paid & Donated Edited April 5, 2021 by Cousin Brown BowhunterNJ 1 Treestands don't demand, treestands don't complain, treestands simply ask me to sit down and listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowhunterNJ Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 Thank you @Cousin Brown for your tremendous donation, best of luck turkey hunting this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowhunterNJ Posted April 11, 2021 Author Share Posted April 11, 2021 Bump for the adult signups! Only 2 weeks away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowhunterNJ Posted April 12, 2021 Author Share Posted April 12, 2021 Thank you @Lucille Williamson for your generous donation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone collector 85 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 In for team BowhunterNJ 1 Theres more fun hunting with the handicap of a bow than the surness of a gun!The history of the bow and arrow is the history of mankind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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