Gallia County NWTF Longbeards

05/14/2026

Congratulations to our youth hunt participant Bryce Lyon on his first turkey that he harvested Saturday 🦃🦃

10 inch beard
3/8th spur
19lbs

Way to go Bryce! 🎉

05/03/2026

Congratulations to our youth hunt participant Cooper Salyers on his turkey that he harvested this morning (with his boom stick that he won at this year’s youth hunt) 🦃🦃

Way to go Cooper! 🎉

04/26/2026

Congratulations to our youth hunt participant Beau Conley on his turkey that he harvested this morning 🦃🦃

Way to go Beau! 🎉

04/26/2026

Congratulations to our youth hunt participant Collin Hash on his turkey that he harvested this morning 🦃🦃

Way to go Collin! 🎉

04/24/2026

Thank you for your support!!

Honored to be a small part of Gallia county long beards NWTF youth hunt 2026.

04/24/2026

We also honored Chapter President / Youth Hunt Coordinator Mark Baldwin for his 20+ years of service to the Gallia County Youth Hunt

04/24/2026

Every year we have a turkey calling contest during the youth hunt and this year we had around 18 participants.

We had 2 categories:
11 years old and younger
12 years old and older

For our
11 years old and younger category our winners were:
Left to right

1st Place: Josy Holdren
2nd Place: Carter Hash
3rd Place: Flint Cummons

For our
12 years old and older category our winners were:
Right to left

1st Place: Wesley Houck
2nd Place: Jake Holdren
3rd Place: Beau Conley

Great job to all of the participants for getting up there and doing it, it takes a lot of courage to do it!

Congratulations to all of our winners!

04/23/2026

Flint Cummons with his 1st turkey.
Weight: 14lbs and 13oz
Beard: 4 inches
Right spur: 1/4 inch
Left spur: 1/4 inch

His bird’s total score according to the NWTF measurements was 27.8125

Great job!!

04/21/2026

Congratulations to our 2026 scholarship winner Maggie Davis. It was an honor to have her out to award her scholarship this past Saturday evening at our youth hunt. Best of luck at Oklahoma State!!

12/04/2025

Good morning! Here is the link to the NWTF scholarship application. Deadline to submit your completed application is January 17th. If you are a graduating senior from our local high schools or a past youth hunt participant we would love to have you apply for this year’s award. By filling out an application not only will you have a chance at our local scholarship but you will also have a chance to go on the Gene Goodwin Memorial Scholarship hunt, awarded to the top 10 applicants in the state, a chance at the state scholarship and the national scholarship. We look forward to judging each applicant! Good luck seniors!

Dr. James Earl Kennamer Scholarship