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NJ Woods & Water 2025 Youth Turkey Hunting Contest Rules, Signups and Donations

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BowhunterNJ

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Welcome to the Official NJ Woods & Water 2025 Youth Turkey Hunting Contest!  Please read all of the rules below and reply to the topic with which contest you'd like to enter if you'd like to participate!  :up:

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Reference Links:

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Contest Entry Fees

Individual Contest: FREE

Paypal Link to donate to the NJW&W 2025 Adult or Youth Turkey Hunting Contest!  (Please select Youth 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/the-lifestyle/turkey-records-home)

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. Individual Contest signup period is open for entire season, however entries will be valid only for birds taken after the you has been entered into the contest!

7. Contest runs the entire legal NJ spring gobbler season.  All birds must be entered within 7 days after the end of the spring gobbler season.

 

Contest Participants

  1. Colton sponsored by @bushden and @Bushnlo
  2. Jake sponsored by @bushden and @Bushnlo
  3. Kaylee sponsored by @JerseyMike
  4. AJ sponsored by @Bonefreak
  5. Declan sponsored by @Tally833
  6. Colin sponsored by @Tally833
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Contest Donations

Donors:

  1. NJ Woods & Water
  2. @Swamprat
  3. @bushden
  4. @Bonefreak
  5. @Tally833
  6. @Ms Grit
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Total Monetary Donations:  $360

 

Individual Item Donations:

Donor: @Swamprat
Item Description: Wildgame Innovations Trail Camera
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bushden 9 pointer

bushden

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Please add Jake and Colton Bush (twins)

DOB 23 May Currently 13yo, will be 14 May 23rd 2025

HONOR THE FALLEN
https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/
Over the years the US has sent many of its fine young men & women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return, is enough to bury those that did not return. COLIN POWELL

 

 

 

 

  • 4 weeks later...
KBfishing 7 pointer

KBfishing

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On 4/15/2025 at 5:56 AM, Bonefreak said:

Please add my son AJ!!

and he’s honored to have been selected for the photo to represent this year’s contest!!  Thank you!!

Good luck to all the youths and their mentors!!

Love that photo. Looks like he worked hard to get that bird. Rainy day gobbler. 👍 

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