TacomaNWTF.org

Welcome to South Sound Longbeards' premier website on Washington's wild turkey. South Sound Longbeards is an active chapter of the NWTF located in the Tacoma area. Most of us are turkey hunters and love the outdoors. We are big into promoting the outdoors, especially introducing kids to the possibilities of the outdoors as is evident in our yearly JAKES and WITO events. Every year we hold a Super Fund Raising banquet  that we is without a doubt, one of the best in the state. Our live auctions are engaging, and our prizes top of the line! Not to mention the great food. .

At the various sportsman shows we attend, we field a lot of turkey question - Where are they? How do you cook them? How do you hunt them? Which turkey calls do you use? Do you use or do you HAVE to use decoys? South Sound Longbeards has gathered information from top hunters around the world to help with these questions, and more.  Have a look around.

Washington has great populations of Rios, Merriam's, and here's the kicker, even Easterns. That's right, in one state, hunters willing to pay for the extra tags can have a shot at three of the four subspecies that make up the Grand Slam of turkey hunting. Best of all, over-the-counter licenses can be had for each subspecies making it easy to make plans, show up, and go hunting! Find out where these birds are located, how many are harvested, and which counties harvests the most birds.

We offer tantalizing recipes on how to cook our favorite bird from turkey fingers to wild rice stuffed. If you are unable to find that favorite recipe or would like to add to our growing cookbooks - just drop us an email and we will do what we can to accommodate you.

Want to find out what other hunters are doing in the state of Washington? Stop by our forum, and post with other hunters through out Washington. You can read as many of the posts as you wish, but in order to post or reply you must register - which is not only easy but free!

Enjoy!

Webmaster South Sound Longbeards

What has the NWTF done for Washington?

Administered jointly by the NWTF, its state chapters and state wildlife agencies, the Wild Turkey Super Fund is used for projects that support the conservation of the wild turkey and preservation of the hunting tradition. Nationally, NWTF chapters and cooperating partners have raised and spent over $175 million dollars for wild turkey conservation. Since 1985 over $420,576 has been raised and spent by Washington chapters on projects within the state. More than $38,074 has been spent in 2003 alone. A sampling of these projects can be found on our Hunters Heritage Banquet page as it is the NWTF's main source of fundraising.