Local NWTF Chapter Plans Hunting Heritage Events

February 24, 2017

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Mark your calendar and get your tickets now for the Mayes County Longbeards Hunting Heritage Banquet.

The Mayes County Longbeards chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) will be hosting a banquet to raise money for projects that conserve wildlife and preserve Oklahoma’s hunting heritage.

“This chapter hosts an annual banquet, and every year it is better than the one before,” said Don Chitwood, Regional Director for Eastern Oklahoma. “It’s the best opportunity in town to meet other people who care about conservation while enjoying good food, good music and good fun.”

The Mayes County banquet will be held March 30 at the Graham Community Hall, 6 North Adair, Pryor, OK 74361. Dinner start at 7:00 p.m., but arrive at 5:30 p.m. to enjoy a social hour before the banquet begins. Families can play games and enter raffles to win a number of prizes, including guns. The organization will be giving away 12-15 rifles, shotguns and pistols which include a Mossberg A300 Turkey 12ga/24” with Turglo and a Bushmaster QRC with Red Dot optics 5.56/223 18”. There also will be silent and live auction for exclusive framed art, guns, collectibles, sculptures, home furnishings and more.

Corporate sponsor tables that seat eight people cost $650 and include a corporate sponsor gift. Couple’s tickets are $65 and single tickets are $50. All ticket prices include admission, dinner and a single one-year NWTF membership.

Local and state NWTF chapters host thousands of similar events nationwide each year to raise funds that help conserve wildlife and habitat, and introduce new people to the outdoors. Many families enjoy hunting together and pass traditions on from one generation to another. Hunting also is important for the health of our nation’s wildlife and habitat because hunters fund conservation.

For information about the Mayes County Longbeards chapter’s Hunting Heritage Banquet, call 918-323-1291.

About Save the Habitat. Save the Hunt.

The NWTF Save the Habitat. Save the Hunt. initiative is a charge that mobilizes science, fundraising and devoted volunteers to give the NWTF more energy and purpose than ever. Through this national initiative, NWTF has committed to raising $1.2 billion to conserve or enhance more than 4 million acres of essential upland wildlife habitat, create at least 1.5 million hunters and open access to 500,000 acres for hunting, shooting and outdoor enjoyment. Without hunters, there will be no wildlife or habitat. The NWTF is determined to Save the Habitat. Save the Hunt.