Visit http://www.apalacheelongbeards.org/youth-challenge.aspx for details.

For those that like to plan ahead you can get an added benefit this year.  Buy your 2012 Banquet ticket now and get chances to win a 2011 Gun of the Year which is a Browning Silver Hunter in 20 gauge.  The month you purchase your ticket will determine the number of chances you get:

February – Regular Ticket – 40 Chances
February  – Sponsor Ticket – 60 Chances

March – Regular Ticket – 20 Chances
March  – Sponsor Ticket – 30 Chances

April – Regular Ticket – 10 Chances
April – Sponsor Ticket – 20 Chances

May – Regular Ticket – 5 Chances
May  – Sponsor Ticket – 10 Chances

Buy your tickets online now by clicking here.

Join us at the Beau Turner Youth Conservation Center for the 2012 Outdoor Experience

Saturday, March 3rd 2012
10:00am - 3:00pm

FREE TO THE PUBLIC  |  OPEN TO ALL AGES

Hands-on activities for youth:

• Archery
• Fishing
• Shooting Sports
• FWC Helicopter
• Smokey Bear
• Live Animals
• Hay Rides
• Bounce Houses
• and much more!

For more information and to register go to http://www.btycc.org/outdoorexperience.aspx

Check out the new Youth Turkey Hunting video from FWC:

Dave Griffiths from the Tallahassee ABC News station did a nice segment on our Wheelin' Sportsman and Wounded Warrior Project deer hunt at TallTimbers.  Click below to view the video.

This video was produced by Passion Pictures in regard to Joe Hutto’s “Illumination in the Flatwoods” regarding the hatching, imprinting, and raising of wild turkeys over a one year period. The FWC worked with Passion Pictures and Lovett Williams regarding necessary permits and assisted with the capture and radio tagging of turkeys on a ranch near Lake Placid. The FWC is recognized in the credits. David Austin (former GFC employee) was hired by Passion Pictures to assist with the production as well. While the original intent of the documentary was to be about the life of the turkey and be more scientific in nature, the focus shifted to more of a story about Joe Hutto and his experiences which likely made it more attractive to the general public. There is still some talk of making other productions using other footage collected in the future.

Join the Apalachee Longbeard's First Turkey Club and get a First Turkey Patch, Pin, Certificate of Acheivement and be entered into a competiton to win a bunch of great prizes.

It's simple.  Go to http://www.apalacheelongbeards.org/first-turkey.aspx, fill out the form and submit it.  Once you harvest your turkey come back to the site and fill out this form so we have all the details of your hunt.  We will then send you your patch, pin and certificate and enter you into the competition.  Send us a picture and we'll post it on the web site and show it at our banquet.

Each participant harvesting a bird and submitting their picture along with spur and beard length and bird weight will receive a First Turkey pin and patch as well as a certificate commemorating their achievement.  The grand prize winner will receive:
1.  Full day turkey hunt for the 2012 Spring Turkey season.
2.  Remington 870 Magnum Turkey Gun
3.  Autographed, customized Allen Jenkins turkey call.
4.  Mossy Oak NWTF Turkey Vest
5.  Fan, spur and beard mount.
6.  Apalachee Longbeards shirt and hat.

Rules
Birds must be harvested in Florida or Georgia and hunter must have a valid hunting license for that state (youth may be exempt based on age).  When you harvest your bird you will need to submit a picture along with the length of both spurs closest to the 1/16 inch, beard length and weight.  This can also be done at the Apalachee Longbeards web site or you may print the form, fill it out and mail it in with your picture.  Winner will be determined by a panel of judges that are members of the Apalachee Longbeards Hunting Heritage committee.  In the event of a tie, the winner will be chosen by a random drawing.  The winner will be announced and prize awarded at the Apalachee Longbeards annual Hunting Heritage Banquet held July 30, 2011 at the Tallahassee Car Museum in Tallahassee.