A decoy of a tom turkey awaits birds in a Butler County field Saturday morning.
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A young tom -known as a jake - crouches down and waits for a rain storm to pass Friday morning.
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Guide Noel Pile, left, and A.Y. York set-up a pop-up blind before trying to call turkeys for Addy York.
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Guide Noel Pile calls for turkeys from a blind Saturday morning. Sixty-five hunters were in El Dorado for this year's Governor's Turkey Hunt.
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A.Y. York, left, and his daughter, Addy, hunt often together. The 17-year-old has had 13 major spinal surgeries.
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A jake gobbles while coming to calls. Friday Addy York passed on many opportunities to shoot a jake while hoping for a large tom.
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Two tom turkeys cross a wheat field in Butler County Friday afternoon. About 70 hunters from many states were in El Dorado for the annual Governor's Turkey Hunt.
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Heading home - Addy York, center, won an essay contest to participate in the Governor's Turkey Hunt in El Dorado. Her guide was Noel Pile, right. Her father, A.Y. often takes her hunting near their Tennessee home.
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Addy York, left, won an essay contest to earn a spot at the Kansas Governor's Turkey Hunt. The accomplished hunter, with her dad, A.Y., has faced a myriad of physical challenges through her 17 years.
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Three young tom turkeys give a plastic detail the eye in southern Butler County Friday morning.
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Governor's Turkey Hunt guide Noel Pile carries the shotgun for Addy York while looking for turkeys Saturday. York, of Tennessee, is an avid and accomplished hunter despite some serious physical challenges.
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17-year-old Addy York has had more than a dozen surgeries on her spine. Still, she's an accomplished hunter.
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Two jake turkeys gobble at a hunter's calls at the Governor's Turkey Hunt.
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A tom listens to calls. Some guides thought the turkey population in their area was lower than in most years.
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