Northwest Thundering Toms

05/13/2026

Big news coming! Stay tuned!

05/09/2026

Did anyone connect on the second Saturday? Show us your birds!

05/09/2026

There's nothing like sitting in the dark getting rained on while waiting for Ole Tom to thunder up! Hope all you hunters are staying dry!

05/02/2026

Let's see those opening morning gobblers! Ben Lockhart got it done!

04/27/2026

Just in case you missed it - Register your first youth turkey with the PA Chapter of NWTF to get your certificate!

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🦃Pennsylvania NWTF – First Bird Award 🦃

Did you harvest your first Pennsylvania gobbler this season? Or know someone who did?

The Pennsylvania State Chapter of the NWTF is proud to recognize that milestone with the First Bird Award!

Every first-time successful hunter can receive: ✔️ A commemorative certificate
✔️ Official PA NWTF patch
✔️ Collectible pin

It’s a great way to celebrate your first bird and be part of Pennsylvania’s rich hunting heritage.

👉 Apply today at: www.panwtf.com/pa-first-bird-award

Let’s see those first birds—drop your photos in the comments and help us celebrate the next generation of turkey hunters!

04/25/2026

With our first event wrapped up I'd like to say thank you to everyone that came out. Congratulations to all the kids that had successful hunts this morning especially with the weather we had today. Congratulations to all the kids that won prizes too! I would like to say an extra thank you to Amanda Allen and Cassie Peiffley. Your efforts took today's event to the next level! I would also like to thank all of our volunteers that showed up today and helped collect donations! We can't forget about the great businesses and individuals that donated either! Thank you H3 Game calls Mouthy Maynard Calls KLUK Custom Calls Feather Art by Matt A&G TREE CARE Hunter's Inn Snow’s Indoor Outfitters
I would also like to thank Kyle Snow for being a great host! We can't wait to do it again next year!

04/25/2026

Still time to check in your birds for our Youth Turkey Strut event! 23 birds checked in so far!! 🦃

04/20/2026

Check out this awesome donation from Gavyn & Amber Korinko!! A Run ‘n Gun turkey vest, custom made lil’ hammer TSS Turkey loads and a Turkey fan mounting kit.

04/18/2026

Next Saturday is the BIG day! 🦃 We can’t wait to see all of the young turkey hunters and reward them with lots a prizes and a great time! Here is a sneak peek of the prize baskets for the category winners - longest beard, shortest beard (for those feisty Jakes), longest spurs, heaviest bird, and bearded hen.

Each basket has a call from either Kluck Custom Calls, H3 Game Calls or Mouthy Maynard Calls, NWTF orange vest and hats, NW Thundering Toms koozies, Turkey targets, camo face paint and maybe a few other surprises! Thank you to all our donors for making this happen!

04/16/2026

Sending a HUGE Thank You to the Peiffley family for these awesome prize donations!!! A set of Flextone decoys, this Run N’ Gun turkey vest, and some camo face paint in our main prize baskets (stay tuned for a sneak peek of those soon). Not to mention their involvement in helping put this entire event together!! 🦃

&hale

04/14/2026

We purchased these super cool chocolate turkey suckers for the kids from ’s chocolate shoppe to go with their door prizes! So even if they don’t get a real turkey on opening day we will hook them up with a turkey and chances to win cool prizes anyway! 😉