Prograde Canadas in Action - pics

[Jim Thompson, Jr.]

Well laid plans come together. Avery Pro-Staffer Tyson Keller is one of the best! Trust me.

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[goosehunter64]

Now thats up close and personal :cool: tongue.gif

[Rob Jepson]

That is a great sequence of photos Jim! I love it when a plan comes together.

[Tony Vandemore]

Great pics Jim!

[Jeff Kreit]

great photos like allways thanks jim

[Jeff Riverin]

Wow, nice stuff!

[Nicholas Lisec]

Great stuff Jim. It looks like the geese didn't know what hit em til it was too late. I can't wait to get a nice camera and start hunting for pics all year round.

Keep em coming.

Nick

[Jude St.John]

Wow....amazing!!

[Rick Frisch]

Jim/Tyson,

I suppose my phone was busy when you tried to call about coming on the hunt. It looks like it was a good time and the kids had fun. That is what counts.

Thanks,

[Wayne Radcliffe]

Great pic's!!! You know their close when you can get the guns and birds in one pic.

[Travis Mueller]

Rick I think you were stalking deer in your backyard again.

[chad belding]

I love it! Great work with the camera. Who was shooting the pics, Jim or Tyson? Whoever it was did an awesome job. It is very rewarding to have the talent to be able to put the gun down and pick up the camera. More hunters should give this a try and they will find that they get just as much satisfaction with a great picture as they would with a limit of ducks or geese.

Good Hunting!

Chad Belding
Avery Outdoors

[Tyson Keller]

I am glad you made it out on Saturday Jim! Today was blustery and misty, so photo opportunities would have been a bit limited.

For those of you who don't know, the pictures were taken on the annual kids hunt in Pierre, SD. On the hunt in which Jim did his photography, we were able to harvest 57 Canadas for the kids. Avery was a sponsor for the event, and every participant was able to receive some great Avery / Greenhead Gear handouts. A special thanks to Tom for this event. Overall, 125 birds were harvested on this hunt between Saturday and Sunday. A special thanks again for Avery's GREAT donations.

Tyson Keller, Avery Pro-Staff

[Mark Brendemuehl]

Jim- great photos as normal. Tyson, thanks for getting those kids out. I know it will be a hunt they will never forget. 20 years from now they will tell their kids about it!
Mark

[Christian Curtis]

Great shots of a great event. Getting the kids out is imperative and you all did a fantastic job!

[Christian Curtis]

Great shots of a great event. Getting the kids out is imperative and you all did a fantastic job!

[Curt Wilson]

Great pictures. It is always good to here of kids having a good time in the outdoors. Thanks for the hard work guys.

[Brobones]

OMG that is wallpaper material for sure. Awesome job.

[John Traiforos]

REMARKABLE photos !!!
Spread looks great ...

[Mark "LA CROSS" Hoke]

Great pics guys. :cool:

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MARK HOKE
AVERY PRO-STAFF
ZINK PRO-STAFF

[Eric Larsgaard]

Great Job. Tyson with the kids.

Nice photos Jim!

Both of these guys help out with the youth.

Tyson devote his time every year to a youth hunt out of central SD.

Jim also started a youth hunt 2 years ago for kids that are not fortunate enough to have some one to take them out. (single mother or parents that do not hunt)
This event has be a huge success with the help of Avery Outdoors and Jim's hard work.

Kids are our future! Every hunter whether a waterfowl hunter, big game or upland needs to get involved with kids in the outdoors.

Thanks again guys for taking time out of you busy schedules to help these kids out. Also a big thanks to Tom and Allen at Avery Outdoors for always being there for support.

Eric

[Jim Thompson, Jr.]

Would some one be there for my boys if something happened to me. I hope so.Thanks for the comments Eric.

[Jim Thompson, Jr.]

I've been asked on a couple occasions what equipment I use when shooting photos like this. I shoot a Nikon D200, 5 frames/second. I can shoot 25 images in five seconds time. That's fast! I shoot a wide angle 35-70 mm lens with a 2.8 aperture/F stop. That's extremely fast and the fixed 2.8 on the lens allows large amounts of light to enter the camera therefore I can maintain fast shutter speeds and run slow film/ISO speeds. I never push 320 ISO. Faster film speeds aren't as noticeable in 4x6 photo images as well as clarity but it makes a very big difference when bringing them to 16 x 20 size or bigger. The lens also has Nikon's patented silent wave auto-focus. Simply put, you don't hear the auto-focusing sound like ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz like you will in other lenses. This feature is in all of my lenses and quickens auto-focusing time considerably. I usually sit just 15 yards behind the subject and make sure that the birds are always the focal point. If the decoys and gunners lose focus or depth of field it's acceptable but when they're sharp and birds aren't in my opinion you have nothing. Pick an area that you want to photo and keep concentrated on that spot. You just have to hope that birds fall in that frame, if you try chasing them around your success will be very low. Hope this is helpful to all who want to know.

[Tony Vandemore]

Thanks for the info Jim.