VERY COOL!!!  Bow and Bird.

Way to go Gary, go get em! I got some talking to me, but they are still henned up. I will get them in a few days, I hope!

Here's different photo of my KY opening day longbeard.  Same stump with a more "traditional" arrangement of hunter and bird.  I was aiming at the point where his beard protrudes and hit directly above it . . . got lucky and he went down quick.

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Want to avoid taking photos where your turkey looks like it was hit by a train??  Carry paper towels (or better yet an old cotton cloth)in your pack along with a bottle of water. I remove all of the blood possible and "FLUFF" the wet feathers back to life. You can see paper hanging out of my back pocket.  Ooops. Then, carefully reposition the "rows" of feathers by nudging them back and forth until everything's back to normal. Cover up that bloody gash! You want him to look like he just "fainted":^)  Avoid posing in the sun unless you took the bird at first light and the sun is low in the sky.  If it's later in the day take the turkey into an area void of sun splash and/or spotty shadows.  You want an EVEN light. It may surprise you, but your photos will show off much more detail and color if it's taken without direct sunlight, which tends to wash areas out and give your camera's light meter fits.  Carry a tripod and learn how to use it since photos will often require slow shuttre speeds.  There's a lot to doing this right but all it takes is practice.  Considering the ease of using pocket digitals and the huge number of shots available per disk, well, there's no excuse for not shooting a lot of trial and error photos.

Gary you need a big ole hard to kill LBL bird for the next picture.          Randy....

Congrats! A beautiful bird and the bow is even more stunning!

HA!  Randy, I know what you mean about those public land birds.  I cut my teeth on LBL turkeys the early years after they were introduced and seasons finally set.  I rememeber driving the Trace from Golden Pond to Grand Rivers and seeing lots of birds, and deer for that matter.  Unfortunately times have changed.  Hunting in general and game sightings aren't like they were when I was a student at Murray State:^(((

Gary   LBL is where I cut my teeth on turkeys too! Killed my first turkey there in 1981. also was at Murray State in 1977 and 78. In 1980 ran into a young Harold Knight on the same ridge at LBL told him to go ahead. He did and killed a nice bird this was on the TN side.      Randy...

Way to go Gary  

congrats, Like the pic with the fan and the legs holding the bow

Yeah Randy, old Harold and David Hale were good-ole Trigg County boys.  If memory serves Harold was a local barber who use to cut David's hair, at least that's what my friend Brenda Valentine told me.  Brenda ran a beauty salon near Buchanan and Paris TN.  When Hank Williams Jr, moved into her area she became his barber.  BTW, I did Brenda's first website for her for Bass Pro.  I already knew Hank before the Brenda connection though.  I grew up with his lead guitar player, Wayne "Animal" Turner.  Hank's a fanatic when it comes to chasing turkeys, but with a shotgun, not a bow, although he has a deceased friend who love to bowhunt.  Like I said, small world.

sweet congrats to you
nice bird and a B E A Utiful bow
how sweet it is when it all comes together

Another intense cold front just blew though KY, and with a vengeance.  I have travel plans the last 2 weeks of our season so basically can hunt through the weekend . . . this isn't looking good.  I hope someone is seeing and hearing more birds than I have been the last few days.

Congrats Gary! Love the pics...nicely done!

Thanks "Bear Man":^