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King’s ShadowCamo Photo Contest

January 3rd, 2006 David King - King's Outdoor World

James Cheek with his Colorado mule deer wearing King’s Desert Shadow Camo

What is the King’s ShadowCamo Photo Contest? If you took a big game animal, a predator, or even a turkey and you were wearing either Desert Shadow, Mountain Shadow, or our Snow Shadow Camo pattern you are eligible. You must send in your “kill shot” photo that is out in the field. It cannot be a photo of the animal in the back of your truck, in your front yard, hanging in a tree, etc. It must be from the summer/fall hunts of 2005 and goes until January 31, 2006. We put the deadline at the end of January 2006 because our Desert Shadow pattern is very popular for the Mexico rut hunts in January.

Here are a couple of answers to some common questions:
Hunter Orange is just fine in your photo if you have ShadowCamo under it. Another hat is acceptable, but cannot be another camo pattern. We are a little more lenient on giving away a subscription, but to be a contender for the contest you must present the animal very well and showcase the camouflage (clean the animal, set it up, do not sit on the animal, get low to the ground when taking your photos, photo clarity and quality counts). The above photo is a great example of what to do. If you have a digital camera, email the files or burn them to a CD instead of printing them out.

Send in your photos via email or snail mail. The higher quality of photo the better. Include your contact information and information about your hunt and animal. What do you get? Every photo that is sent in and meets the requirements automatically receives a one-year subscription/renewal to Hunting Illustated. We will then pick the top two photos from each pattern and award some great prizes…like bows, optics, and much more.

There have been some great animals taken this past year. Many of them will be featured in the upcoming pages of Hunting Illustrated. One thing you will notice…a lot of these hunters are wearing King’s ShadowCamo. Why? It is the most affective camouflage on the market today.

I received this email the other day from James Cheek. Just a great example of the awesome animals taken with hunters wearing King’s ShadowCamo (specifically King’s Desert Shadow). James just got a free one-year renewal to his current subscription and is in the contest along with many other great entries that you will be seeing more of shortly. Here is what James included in his email to me:

I would like to enter my deer in your photo contest.

I first saw this 7×5 on Nov. 7 and was able to sneak within 64 yards of him before he took off chasing does. I hunted him hard until on Dec 8. I was able to take him almost five miles away from where I first saw him. Not my biggest. I even saw two that were bigger throughout the season, but I killed the buck that I had told myself I was going to kill.

I also thought you might enjoy the coyote picture. I walked out my back door on Oct 30 and saw a coyote wandering across the pasture. I went back in, put on my cammys, grabbed my .204 and took a stand about 100 yards from my house. I let out two aggressive howls on the old red desert howler and 10 minutes later took this picture.

Your magazine is the best out there, the only problem I have with it is that it only comes six times a year. Please keep it up.

THANKS.
James Cheek - Wray, Colorado

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