The Trophy Case
If you're like most of us you spend much of your free time planning and preparing for that long awaited Opening Day. We scout for good locations, prepare our gear and make sure we have all the proper tags in order.
The long awaited day arrives and we head for the woods and fields with great expectation. The hours pass and we haven't seen hide nor hair of our quarry. It's as if someone told them it was opening day and they better stay home.
Many of us come home empty handed time after time but it doesn't make a difference because it is the pursuit that we enjoy the most. We are at peace with the world and in harmony with nature doing what we love.
Then there are those times when you are at the right place at the right time. The hours spent practicing your calls and placing your decoys begins to payoff. He answers your call! Closer and closer he comes, the tension builds and there he is just a few yards away. BAM! You got him and he's a beauty, the best you've ever bagged.
There is nothing like the feeling you get from a successful hunt, whether it is turkey, deer or any other specie nature provides us. All you time and preparations have finally paid off.
In this page we would like you to share your success with those of us that are still in pursuit and with those that can identify with your accomplishment. Send in your photo of that memorable hunt. Be proud of your trophy. E-mail your photo with detail of your hunt to the .
To add your trophy to the case just e-mail us your digital photo with hunt details or mail us a copy to (Trophy Case, 1517 Normandy Way, Leesburg, FL 34748) and well will have you in the album in no time. All mailed photos will be returned promptly.
The NWTF and the state of Florida offer awards for your prize bird. All you need to do is register them. Here is how.
How To Register Your Wild Turkey with the NWTF
National Wild Turkey Federation Wild Turkey Records is designed to offer NWTF members a way to register any legally-harvested wild turkey, taken anywhere in the world. Over 12,000 records are in our database. Record keeping began in fall 1982.
No time limitation is placed on registering a bird as long as the hunter can provide proper documentation and signatures to meet registration requirements.
Both the hunter and the primary witness must be, or must become, a current NWTF member in order to register the bird.
The cost to register each bird is $10. The cost of membership is as follows: $30 per year for Regular members, $25 per year for Wheelin' Sportsman members, or $25 per year for Women In the Outdoors members. One check may be written for turkey registration and membership fee.
Step 1:
Download file WildTurkeyRecords.pdf from the Downloads page for a copy of the NWTF Wild Turkey Records Official Registration Form.
Step 2:
Completely fill out the form, provide proper attachments (if needed) and obtain
proper signatures (see form for details).
Step 3:
Mail registration form and attachments (if needed) to:
The National Wild Turkey Federation
Attn: Wild Turkey Records
P.O. Box 530
Edgefield, SC 29824
Please allow 6-8 weeks for processing time.
Once records are processed, the following will occur:
- You will receive an 8 x 10 certificate for framing.
- You will receive a distinctive wild turkey pin with the subspecies of registered bird on the pin.
- Your name and birds information will be listed on our Web site. Birds are ranked statewide and nationally in various categories according to subspecies. This list is updated on the Web site on a monthly basis.
- Top 5 birds in the nation are listed for each subspecies in various categories in the spring issue of The Caller. This listing is updated once a year.
View FWC Information on Florida's Outstanding Gobbler Registration.
A state registration form is in the Downloads page.
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