Many of the records, however, are quite old and out of date. Wisconsin makes measly presence in guinness world records. Any 50 points 75 points 100 points 125 points 150 points 175 points 200 points. Youll receive a 8x10 certificate for framing, a supspecies specific lapel pin and have your name listed alongside your birds statistics on our website. The 2011 fall turkey hunting season taught me there is a record book for wild turkey hunting. Its the second largest wild turkey ever recorded in america. Natural resources for allowing us to reprint sections from the wisconsin turkey hunters. Any 5 birds 10 birds 15 birds 20 birds 25 birds 30 birds. A wild turkey shot in racine county in the 2020 wisconsin spring turkey. Nwtfs list of wild turkey records good hunt the ledger. Po box 7921 madison, wisconsin 537077921 call 18889367463 tty access via relay 711 from 7 a.
Best whitetail states based on the record books field. Fishing wisconsin hook and line record fish wisconsin dnr. The very heaviest turkey ever registered in america by the nwtf was. Search the turkey records database national wild turkey.
During the past 100 years, wisconsin has made the guinness book of world records five times, and never did the stunt take place in milwaukee. The state chapter and local chapters are members of the national wild turkey federation the only national nonprofit conservation organization dedicated to the wise conservation and management of the american wild turkey. Hunter may have found wisconsins recordbreaking buck. Nwtfs wild turkey records program offers nwtf members a way to register any legally harvested wild turkey, taken anywhere in the world. How to fill out and place transportation tag on turkey. Though a relatively new tradition, spring turkey hunting is the second most popular type of hunting in wisconsin. Nwtf wild turkey records national wild turkey federation. News of a record turkey kill usually flies under the radar. The champion tree records are a result of the work of many people such as yourself. West bend man arrows a record atypical tom photo outdoornews. But wisco is home to the furthest cricket spit and the. Recordkeeping began in fall 1982 and now we have more than 27,000 records in our database.
The record for the biggest deer in wisconsin ever to be found or killed is 253 inches. Weighing in as the heaviest bird on record is a mammoth rio grande from oregon and when i think turkey hunting, i think, oregon tipping. Huckstorfs turkey wont make any record book, but like 3antlered bucks and albino muskies, it will occupy a place in the pantheon of strange. Nwtfs list of wild turkey records thursday, april 4, 20 at 12. Tale of a pompadoured tom emerges from wisconsin turkey fields. The wisconsin dnr maintains records on the largest trees in the state. The longest spur recorded for a wisconsin turkey was 1. This week i was out turkey hunting in southeastern michigan when i was lucky enough to get my first crossbow kill. And he is flirting with breaking the record, he says. Must be seeing things, yelled for the wife to double check and she says yes 32. Turkey records search national wild turkey federation.
Beard and spur length are far more important factors for recordbook scoring. The wisconsin record for best overall eastern by any means was shot with a firearm. The best part is you dont have to kill all of the birds in a calendar year to achieve a slam. Huckstorfs turkey wont make any record book, but like 3antlered. The michigan state chapter of the national wild turkey federation nwtf invites you to register your trophy in our official wild turkey records program. Nwtfs wild turkey records program offers nwtf members a way to register any legally harvested wild turkey, taken anywhere in the. Their official scoring instructions are found here along with information on submitting a record turkey and an official entry form.
The records are now easily searchable by genusspecies, common name or county. A record book for wild turkey hunting maximum hunting. Wisconsin spring turkey hunting a tradition 34 years in the making. Wild turkey records national wild turkey federation. The wild turkey records database accumulates records on all wild turkeys currently or previously registered to determine who has achieved grand, royal, world, canadian and mexican slam status. Marty bags record setting turkey post messenger recorder. This guide is intended to provide wisconsin turkey hunters with the information neces. Join thousands of individuals who have their birds registered in our wild turkey records database.
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