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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Volunteers who are as committed as Mike Halter are, indeed, rare.
Halter, a longtime, dedicated volunteer of the National Wild Turkey Federation, was presented the Wild Turkey Bourbon Rare Breed Award during the 2009 NWTF National Convention and Sport Show.
"They say it's not what you get in life that counts but what you give and leave behind," said Danny Young, NWTF vice president of marketing. "The winner of this year's Wild Turkey Bourbon Rare Breed Award is a shining example of that." 
Halter, of East Ridge, TN, founded the Cherokee Chapter of the NWTF in Chattanooga, TN, and served as vice president, president and secretary of the half-million-dollar chapter. He also served the NWTF's Tennessee State Board as a director, vice president and president and the NWTF's Tennessee Super Fund committee as a member and chairman.
In addition to these responsibilities, Halter has served as the registration chairman and Turkey Shoppe chairman for the NWTF's Grand National Convention and Sport Show, is a member of the Tennessee Turkey Hunters Hall of Fame, a winner of the NWTF's L.A. Dixon Award and has been an active Federation member for more than 30 years. This year's NWTF National Convention and Sport Show drew a record crowd to 43,000 to the Gylord Opryland Hotel and Resort.
"I'm humbled, and I feel great and very honored to have won this award," Halter said. "I love the NWTF. I've always loved the NWTF. Until somebody shows me something better, they'll have to run me off. No one's run me off yet, and I hope they never do." Wild Turkey Bourbon has partnered with the NWTF for many years as the primary sponsor of the Wild Turkey Bourbon/NWTF Grand National Turkey Calling Championship, also helping create this award to recognize dedicated NWTF volunteers.
"Honestly, it's a small thing that I do," Halter said. "Others are donating significant portions of their time and money to the NWTF. All I try to do is donate a smile and my willingness to help in any way that I can."
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