2013 HSO Spring Turkey Hunting Photo Contest

[123fish]

Didn't quite make it to Jake.

[123fish]

Tom going for a sleigh ride.

[123fish]

[ifish4food]

Maybe we should have used deer decoys to get the turkeys to come in??? 2 deer walked right inbetween the blind and our decoys.

[DonBo]

Nice shots everyone! Keep 'em coming.

[Wallydog]

Here's my little video clip taken 4/28/13

http://youtu.be/nRQ9lSAf4Ak

WD

[bigbucks]

Very cool, but I was expecting to see him get a splitting headache...

[paceman]

Here is a picture of 3 jakes heading our way. The guy I was with took one of them at about 10 yards.

[DonBo]

Lots of birds being taken these days. Don't forget to enter your best photos here, there's some nice prizes to be had!

[Wallydog]

Would this image of the 10 year for whom I called in a bird a week ago qualify as a hero shot??

[Archerysniper]

Yes Wally.

And you have my vote Just saying that is a awesome pic

[ifish4food]

I will be going after this guy again on Saturday

[Sturg]

At first glance it looks as though this Jake is doing an imitation of Eeyore. Look at the eye it tells the story!

Have you seen this look before?

[Sturg]

This is my grandson's (age 11) first turkey taken 5/11/13. He waited a long time for a shot, 59 hrs between his first time turkey hunting last year (both MN & WI) and this year in his second day of hunting MN. Finally 3 jakes cooperated in his 12th hour of sitting over two days. He's my Hero shot for hanging in there without a complaint hoping this time it would be his turn. He shot it with a Mossberg Bantam 20 ga. He had practiced with 2&3/4 in shells but I had to buy another box but they only had 3 in. I didn't tell him until after he got his bird. He said he didn't even feel the kick. After the shot, I'll never forget it when he gleefully said "Grandpa, I can't stop shaking". It was my all time best hunting experience seeing his excitement!

[sticknstring]

Great pics Sturg! Looks like breeding posture, but is that blood on his beak?

[Sturg]

He wasn't breeding but that is blood on his beak.

[triggertrav]

Hero shot.

[paceman]

Nice picture trigger.

[IlliniWalli]

a lot of great pictures, guys!

(many thumbs-up smileys)

[Scoot]

Hero shots

Non-hero

[bloc004]

WI Sunrise in the blind.

Hero tripod shot.

[Cheetah]

I was holding out all season to have better photos to post, but in the end I really didn't use the camera as much as in past years. Here are my submissions for the contest.

Hero Photos:

From Black Hills SD, ambushed with the shotgun.

From Minnesota, taken with the shotgun.

Non-Hero Photos:

A nice Black Hills gobbler.

Birds at "camp".

Tags are filled, now what?

Video:

A few Black Hills video clips from the blind.

[crookedlakeslim]

Not sure if I know how to attach a photo, but we'll give this a try. This is my son Luke's first tom. Luke is 9 years old and a bit recoil shy. We were fortunate to have a very cooperative tom that hung out in the decoys for what seemed like an eternity while Luke mustered up the courage to pull the trigger. He overcame those fears and put that bird down. He's my hero.

[theghost_03]

Just a few from my Kansas and SD hunts. Including my first Rio putting me one away from my slam.

[DonBo]

Just a few days left to get those photos in....