NWTF Announces Sporting Clays Event in Missouri

Building on the success of its Turkey Shoot annual sporting clays event held each August in Forsyth, Ga., the NWTF announces the NWTF-Bass Pro Shops Great Midwest Turkey Shoot.

The NWTF-Bass Pro Shops Great Midwest Turkey Shoot will take place Sept. 6-8 at the Ozark Shooting Sports Complex in Walnut Shade, Mo.

Registration is open for this Natiponal Sporting Clays Association sanctioned event, which includes a 200-target sporting clays shoot with NSCA and Hunter divisions. Participants will compete for more than 20 guns. The NWTF-Bass Pro Shops Great Midwest Turkey Shoot will also feature 12-gauge preliminary, 5-stand competition, sub-gauge contests, side-by-side and pump shotgun events.

Youth Shooters and Teams Encouraged to Attend

Through support of the Scholastic Shooting Trust, a not-for-profit organization established by Larry and Brenda Potterfield, the NWTF is offering $5,000 endowments to youth shooting teams that participate in the NWTF-Bass Pro Shops Great Midwest Turkey Shoot. Additional endowments will be awarded for the top placing youth shooting teams, with first place recieving an additional $5,000, second place receiving $3,500 and third place receiving $2,500.

At the Turkey Shoot recently held in Forsyth, Ga., more than $100,000 in endowments were awarded to 18 youth shooting teams through the same partnership.

Youth shooters can sign up for the 200-target main event for just $100.

Not only will these programs increase the number of youth participating at the NWTF-Bass Pro Shops Great Midwest Turkey Shoot, but they also will increase the number of youth shooting teams with Scholastic Shooting Trust endowments to cover ongoing shooting costs.

Download the event flyer to register. For more information, contact Rhett Simmons at (803) 637-7411 or rsimmons@nwtf.net.

National Wild Turkey Federation

The National Wild Turkey Federation is the leader in upland wildlife habitat conservation in North America. The NWTF is a nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving the wild turkey and preserving our hunting heritage.

Through dynamic partnerships with state, federal and provincial wildlife agencies, the NWTF and its members have helped restore wild turkey populations throughout North America, spending more than $331 million to conserve nearly 16 million acres of habitat. Wild turkeys and hundreds of other species of upland wildlife, including quail, deer, grouse, pheasant and songbirds, benefit from this improved habitat.

The NWTF also brings new conservationists and hunters into the fold through outdoor education events and its Women in the Outdoors, Wheelin' Sportsmen, JAKES and Xtreme JAKES youth outreach programs. Our dedicated NWTF volunteers introduce about 100,000 people to the outdoors through these programs every year.

Founded in 1973, the NWTF is headquartered in Edgefield, S.C., and has local chapters in every state and Canada. According to many state and federal agencies, the restoration of the wild turkey is arguably the greatest conservation success story in North America's wildlife history.