Twelve full circuit cameraman teams, representing eleven states, matched their skills in filming hunts in the Cordura Wild Turkey Challenge as part of the 2008 Campbell Outdoor Challenge televised circuit. The event took place in the beautiful rolling hills of Perry County Indiana near the Ohio river April 22 – April 25. Winning the Challenge was Team Mill Creek Outdoor Productions of Terry & Julie Fitzgerald, Rob Derrick, Nevan Leu and Lorrie Hamaker of CA and taking second place was Kluckys Outdoor Adventures of John Klucky and Tom Bibeau of NH. This event was the first event in a four event series making up the 2008 Campbell Outdoor Challenge Video circuit.

Teams competed in this four day event by submitting video footage of wild turkey hunts. The video was scored based upon a copyrighted scoring system from the Campbell Outdoor Challenge where teams receive points based on required increments of video footage. Placing third in the challenge was Team Farm Credit Services of Philip Seng and Mark Helmer of IN. All team members were filming hunts for Eastern wild turkeys in the rolling hills of Perry County Indiana.

Filming hunts for the wary eastern gobbler is definitely a challenge “After passing on a few smaller birds the first day we knew we were taking a risk.” stated Spencer Brown of Team Rascal. “With the high concentration of mature gobblers in the area we were optimistic,” He continued, “but weather conditions and having such a short time frame caused us to re-think our day 1 decision.” He concluded.

The event was made possible in part with the help of the Perry County Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Tell City Mayors Office, Tony Thomas of Thomas Glass, Robert Skinner of Hunt Club Services, and many other local area businesses. Local area land owners also helped make this event possible by providing good properties for the teams to film hunts on. “The competition was intense!” stated Robert Skinner of Hunt Club Services. “With this being the first event in a 4 event videoing circuit worth over $100,000 in cash and prizes, teams wanted to get the jump on the year here.” He concluded

The Challenge was hosted by Hunt Club Services near the banks of the Ohio river. The Campbell Outdoor Challenge airs nationally on the Outdoor Channel Dish channel 153 and Direct TV channel 604, Maximum Adventure Network on Direct T.V. channel 608, Pursuit channel on direct TV channel 611 and various Fox Sports Networks. "Most of the viewers of wildlife hunting shows and videos have no idea how much of a challenge (hence the name of the competition) it is to successfully film a hunt for free-ranging animals in the wild," stated John Campbell, host of the Campbell Outdoor Challenge TV Show. "This competition highlights the skills of the cameramen who help bring the 'outdoors' indoors to millions of viewers."

More information on "The Sport of Filming Hunts" can be found at www.campbelloutdoorchallenge.com , hunt club services, www.huntclubservices.net Perry County CVB www.perrycountyindiana.org and Cordura Outerwear at www.cordura.com