Tygart Valley Chapter
West Virginia State Chapter National Wild Turkey Federation




    THE TYGART VALLEY CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL WILD TURKEY
    FEDERATION RECENTLY HOSTED THEIR FIRST ANNUAL “WAYNE
    HOOTING CONTEST. THE AFTERNOON WAS FILLED WITH FUN AND
    EXCITEMENT AS THE CONTESTANTS WAITED FOR THE JUDGES TO
    ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS. THE CHAPTER IS PLEASED TO  ANNOUNCE
    THE WINNERS OF BOTH CONTESTS, IN THE TURKEY CALLING CONTEST:
    TYLER MEARNS, 1ST PLACE, CODY JOE, 2ND PLACE, MICHAEL ELMORE
    II, 3RD PLACE AND FINISHING IN 4TH WAS RYAN SNYDER. THE OWL
    HOOTING CONTEST  WINNERS WERE: TYLER MEARNS, 1ST PLACE,
    CODY JOE, 2ND PLACE AND 3RD WAS AWARDED TO RYAN SNYDER.
    THE EVENT WAS HOSTED BY CHAPTER MEMBER JIM LEMONS, ALONG  
    WITH DON THOMASON AS EVENT COORDINATOR. THE JUDGES FOR THE
    CONTEST WERE: MIKE PIZZINO, JACK CROMER, RAY MEARNS, & VIC
    MASTROGIUSEPPE, JR., AND SCORE KEEPER WAS ASHLEY WATKINS.
    OTHER MEMBERS WHO HELPED OUT WERE JOAN & TRISH THOMASON
    WITH REGISTRATION. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING
    BUSINESSES WHO MADE DONATIONS TOWARDS OUR EVENT, HUNTER’S
    HAVEN & VALLEY TRADING POST.

    THIS EVENT NOT ONLY SHOWED THE SPECIAL  TALENT & SKILLS OF
    OUR  YOUNG HUNTERS IN OUR AREA, BUT WAS ALSO A TIME FOR
    MEMBERS OF WAYNE WILLIAM’S FAMILY & FRIENDS TO MEET FOR THE
    FIRST TIME. A SPECIAL FRIEND FROM MORGANTOWN, P. BRETT
    KENNEY WROTE A POEM ENTITLED, “JUST ANOTHER GOBBLER”, THAT
    HE SHARED DURING THE PROGRAM, AND FROM  PENNSYLVANNIA, TWO
    SPECIAL TURKEY HUNTING BUDDIES OF WAYNE’S, REGIS FERERRE AND
    DENNIS BURNS ALSO PROVIDED THEIR TIME, ALONG WITH ELKINS
    RESIDENT DAVE SHAFFER. ALL CONTESTANTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS
    RECEIVED A  SPECIAL HAT  DONATED BY REGIS FERERRE AND DENNIS
    BURNS, ALONG WITH BURNS PRODUCTION, VIDEO THE EVENT AND
    PROVIDED COPIES TO ALL WINNERS, FAMILY MEMBERS AND CHAPTER
    MEMBERS. THE TYGART VALLEY CHAPTER WOULD LIKE EXTEND THEIR
    APPRECITATION  TO MRS. WAYNE “NANCY” WILLIAMS FOR ALL HER
    HELP AND DONATIONS TOWARDS OUR EVENT, AND THANKS TO ALL
    WHO ENTERED AND ATTENDED OUR CONTEST. WE ARE ALREADY
    MAKING  PLANS FOR OUR 2ND WAYNE WILLIAMS MEMORIAL YOUTH
    TURKEY CALLING CONTEST, AND INVITED ALL YOUNG HUNTERS TO
    PARTICIPATE!
FIRST ANNUAL WAYNE WILLIAMS MEMORIAL YOUTH
TURKEY CALLING CONTEST
Tygart Valley Contest Winners
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FRONT ROW: TYLER MEARNS, CODY JOE, MICHAEL ELMORE II, & RYAN
SNYDER
SECOND ROW: MRS. WAYNE “NANCY” WILLIAMS & JOAN THOMASON.
THIRD ROW:
RAY MEARNS, DON THOMASON, VIC MASTROGIUSEPPE, JR., TRISH
THOMASON, MIKE PIZZINO, ASHLEY WATKINS, JIM LEMONS AND JACK
CROMER.