Weasel and I attended a meeting of volunteers for the 3rd annual Guided Youth Turkey Hunt last night.  A great bunch of guys showed up for the meeting and it was one of the best meetings I have attended in a long, long time.  Assignments were made, lots of voices were heard and some wonderful ideas were batted about.  Several changes are being made over last years event and all of them are on a positive note.  The volunteers this year will have a lot more free time to get involved with the camp and the hunts.

Most of the guides were on hand for the meeting and they are going to do a site visit this Saturday to get a feel for the land and do a bit of spotting on their own.  Like was said, a guide can be a fantastic guide, but if he doesn’t know the country he is hunting in he might as well not be there.  This years chosen few youth hunters are in for a wonderful treat…not only to get to hunt on private property that is loaded with turkeys, but to be guided by some of the best guides in Utah.  These guys really know their turkey crap…and that is a good thing!

If you have a youth hunter, under age 18, you really need to consider getting into this drawing…$25 p/entry and you can enter as often as you want.  And in addition to that, if you don’t have a youth hunter but would like to attend a special turkey hunting seminar, enjoy a meal and listen to a high quality band at the camp site, just plop down $25 and it will be yours for the taking.

Another SUPER deal they are planning for this hunt is that they will choose alternative hunters from those who have entered…Six youth hunters will be chosen from the pool as the ones selected for the hunt…Then Six more names will be drawn as backup or alternative hunters….All 12 will be notified as to their winning/standby status when the drawing is completed (April 15)…As the youth hunters bag their birds, the alternate names will be contacted and told when they need to be at the site to join in on the hunt!  HOW ABOUT THAT FOR A WINNING DEAL!!!

This is going to be far better than last years (my first ever at an event like this) and trust me, last years event was so much fun I just had to make it back for this years event!  I’m pretty excited about it.

So, I have copied an email that is being circulated and have chosen to put it on here just so you can see this is not just any ordinary event that is going to happen…This one is very special:

UWC members,

The deadline for the 3rd annual turkey camp is April 14th, 2013. The last 2 years have been a great time with many birds harvested and smiles all around. Go to the link below and donate to get your youngsters name in the hat for one of 6 guided turkey hunts. As an added bonus, all entrants and one guest will be invited for no additional charge to our 2013 turkey seminar provided by The International Sportsman’s Expo and Darin Gardner Taxidermy. We will have lunch, live music and award winning taxidermist and turkey guide, Darin Gardner will be on hand to teach turkey hunters both young and old how to be more successful in their turkey hunting adventures. I hope you will join us for a great time on the mountain!

Click here for more information and to win!

http://unitedwildlifecooperative.org/events/249-2/

  Bears Butt

April 3, 2013