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Published April 29, 2012, 12:00 AM

Photo Gallery: Nebraska turkey hunt


The Hylden turkey camp on Nebraska’s Niobrara River had a successful hunt last weekend. From left to right are Mikkel Hylden, Steve Hylden, Lars Hylden, Steve Connors, Eric Hylden and Will Anderson. (John Myers / jmyers@duluthnews.com)

  • The Hylden turkey camp on Nebraska’s Niobrara River had a successful hunt last weekend. From left to right are Mikkel Hylden, Steve Hylden, Lars Hylden, Steve Connors, Eric Hylden and Will Anderson. (John Myers / jmyers@duluthnews.com)
  • Mikkel Hylden tugged on a corner of his army wall tent while Alan Smith holds a tent pole. The tent is a new addition to the turkey camp and served as the evening social hall and auxiliary sleeping quarters. (John Myers / jmyers@duluthnews.com)
  • Evenings at the Hylden turkey camp are spent in camp chairs telling stories from the day’s hunt. Here Alan Smith prepares his elk jambalaya while others in camp relax and trade barbs about missed shots and other mistakes from years past. (John Myers / jmyers@duluthnews.com)
  • Steve Hylden shakes a rattle call while watching and listening for a gobbler to respond along the valley of Nebraska’s Niobrara River last weekend. Hylden, a Minnesota native who moved to Nebraska, has been hunting in this area for 30 years. (John Myers / jmyers@duluthnews.com)
  • Lars Hylden carried his Merriams tom turkey out of camp to field dress the bird he shot last weekend in Nebraska. Merriams turkeys are slightly smaller, with lighter feather tips, than the eastern variety found in Minnesota and Wisconsin. (John Myers / jmyers@duluthnews.com)
  • Will Anderson, 15, nephew of the older generation of Hyldens in turkey camp, bagged his second Nebraska turkey in as many years last weekend. (John Myers / jmyers@duluthnews.com)
  • The Hylden turkey camp has a traveling trophy of sorts, a necklace made out of the spurs of tom turkeys. The trophy, which also includes the rattles from rattlesnakes shot near camp, is awarded each year to the hunter who shoots the gobbler with the longest leg spurs. (John Myers / jmyers@duluthnews.com)