Tom Kelly, Author
Recognition, Awards & News
Inaugural Class Inducted into Alabama Turkey Hunters Hall of Fame
Outdoor Alabama | June 13, 2024
“The inaugural class of the Alabama Turkey Hunters Hall of Fame was inducted last weekend during the World Championship Turkey Calling competition … and the inductees should come as no surprise…”
By David Rainer, AL Dept of Conservation & Natural Resources
Catching Up with Tom Kelly, the Poet Laureate of the Turkey Woods
Garden & Gun | May 9, 2023
The author reflects on the seminal Tenth Legion, which celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year.
By T. Edward Nickens
Visit the Tom Kelly Exhibit at the Winchester Museum
National Wild Turkey Federation
The Winchester Museum is the only museum in the world dedicated to wild turkey restoration.
The Hunting Heritage Center encompasses more than 700 acres and is aimed at building the future of hunting, shooting sports and wildlife conservation.
Talking turkey with a famous Tom: Hunting author Tom Kelly
The Washington Post | August 15, 2018
“Each morning, Tom Kelly wakes up in his Bethesda, Md., condo and, after a light breakfast, sits down at his laptop computer to write about the thing that’s obsessed him for eight decades: hunting turkeys…”
By John Kelly
Talking Turkey with Tom Kelly
Mobile Bay Magazine | April 9, 2021
“Ninety-four years after his birth in Mobile, turkey hunting’s poet laureate Col. Tom Kelly still can’t find enough words to describe his passion for the elusive bird. Fellow hunter and Mobilian Danny White talks with Kelly to find out why…”
By Danny White
Tom Kelly Endowed Scholarship in Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Auburn University | College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment
To commemorate the 60th anniversary of his graduation from Auburn University, Tom’s friends and colleagues created the Tom Kelly Endowed Scholarship in the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment to celebrate his contribution to the forest industry and commitment to Alabama’s forest economy.
NWTF Awards 2024 Tom Kelly Communicator Honors
National Wild Turkey Federation | February 15, 2024
Former NWTF CEO Rob Keck received the NWTF’s Tom Kelly Communicator of the Year Award for his efforts sharing the NWTF’s story to conserve the wild turkey and preserve our hunting heritage.