PERRY COUNTY – Some of the nation’s top hunters are Perry County this week to take part in the Campbell Outdoor Challenge, a hunting competition in which teams of sportsmen film their pursuits of wild turkeys.
Hunting wa set for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The first bird was taken Wednesday morning.
The event has visited the county the past few years and Tony Thomas, one of the local organizers, said the caliber of hunters is at an all-time high.
Again this year, local landowners are lending use of their property, Thomas said.