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Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging fall turkey season closure - Apr. 02, 2010
LITTLE ROCK ? After a hearing of more than two hours, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Ernest Sanders Jr., on Wednesday granted the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission?s motion to dismiss a lawsuit that had been filed by a lone hunter seeking to prevent the Commission?s closure of the 2009 fall turkey hunting season and to force opening of fall seasons in subsequent years. Sanders held that the lawsuit was moot as to the already elapsed fall 2009 season and that he could not sit in place of the Commission in deciding whether to open seasons in subsequent years.

Young Sportsman Hunt Launches 2010 Spring Turkey Season - Mar. 25, 2010
NASHVILLE --- The statewide young sportsman hunt March 27-28 will launch the spring turkey hunting season in Tennessee. The regular season will begin the next week, Saturday (April 3) and will continue through Sunday, May 16.

Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Best Turkey Season In A Decade Predicted; General Season Opens April 17 - Mar. 18, 2010
FRANKFORT, Ky. - When Kentucky's spring wild turkey season opens April 17, hunters can expect to find a bounty of gobblers.

NWTF California to Invest $160,500 in Projects in 2010 - Jan. 07, 2010
CALIFORNIA - The National Wild Turkey Federation's California chapters have budgeted $160,500 from the state Hunting Heritage Super Fund to invest in outreach, education, conservation, increased public land access and more within California in 2010.

NWTF Makes Conservation, Outreach Priority in September - Oct. 16, 2009
EDGEFIELD, S.C. - The National Wild Turkey Federation distributed more than $302,000 in September 2009 as it continues to advance its mission of benefiting wildlife conservation and protecting hunting traditions. The dollars are distributed to states and programs through the NWTF's Hunting Heritage Super Fund.

Fall Turkey Hunting - Sep. 18, 2009
Small farms near each other can be productive as they provide a hunter with pockets of land over a wider area. Nonetheless, the same principle behind quick hitting small properties can work on big ones as well. I discovered this last fall while hunting public land in the Ozarks with Hunter Specialties' Alex Rutledge and NWTF volunteer Donnie Black

Shotgunners Have a Blast at Turkey Shoot - Aug. 18, 2009
FORSYTH, Ga. - When the smoke cleared at the National Wild Turkey Federation's 16th annual Turkey Shoot, Kevin DeMichiel from Macon, Ga., had broken 187 out of 200 targets to win the National Sporting Clays Association division. Close at his heels were Brandon Powell from Comer, Ga., who scored 181, and Wendell Cherry from Red Boiling Springs, Tenn., with a score of 180.

Spring Fire is Good for Wild Turkeys - Jul. 02, 2009
As forest managers conduct more prescribed burns during spring, some hunters are worried that growing season burns could have an impact on wild turkey populations, but biologists know spring burns are good for wildlife.