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POMA Presents Bill Konway with the 2010 Pinnacle Award

This image was shot for a hunting outfitter and for my friend Brandon Butler, who is a traditional archery aficionado. Shot during mid day with a high sun, we used several small, off-camera flashes and a reflector to light it. A wide angle lens gives it the up-close feel. - Bill Konway

Professional Outdoor Media Association

POMA - -(Ammoland.com)- The Professional Outdoor Media Association has awarded Bill Konway with the 2010 Pinnacle Award for two of his photographic images.

The prestigious award was presented on August 13, 2010 during the POMA annual conference in LaPorte, Indiana.

The Pinnacle Award honors journalists annually for exceptional journalistic achievement in traditional outdoor sports-focused magazine writing, newspaper/Web writing, photography/illustration, broadcasting and conservation journalism.

“I feel very honored and humbled to be given such a prestigous award by my peers at POMA,” Konway said.

“Being a member of POMA and knowing the depth of talent that exists in the organization makes this Pinnacle Award mean even more on both a personal and professional level.”

Bill Konway

Konway worked for more than 20 years as a photojournalist at a daily Chicago newspaper until leaving a little more than three years ago to pursue a full-time career in the outdoor industry as a photographer.

His primary work in the outdoor industry includes clients like Realtree, BowTech Archery, Rivers West, Prois and Dogtra.

He also does portrait work for several singers in the music industry such as Mark Wills, Daniel Doss, Johnny Cooper, No Justice and Tyler Farr, as well as hunting personalities like Chris Brackett, Pat Reeves, Nicole Jones and Jon and Gina Brunson.

About:
Professional Outdoor Media Association – Mission: The Professional Outdoor Media Association is a group of individual communicators and Corporate Partners who believe in, defend, support and promote the heritage of hunting, fishing, shooting, trapping and traditional outdoor sports through writing, photography and other means. By doing so, members hope to educate the general public about these sports and encourage more participation in them. The organization serves the membership by helping members grow professionally, improve their skills, better their working environments and enhance their businesses. Visit: www.professionaloutdoormedia.org

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Deer Hunting In The Adirondacks New Edition Now Available

Deer Hunting In The Adirondacks

ADKHunter.com

FORT ANN, NY --(Ammoland.com)- Author and outdoor journalist Dan Ladd of West Fort Ann in the southeastern Adirondacks has released an updated version of his book, Deer Hunting in the Adirondacks – A Guide to Deer Hunting in New York?s 6-Million-Acre Adirondack Park.

Ladd first released the self-published guidebook in early 2008 and for the book?s second printing decided that some updates were in order.

“The biggest thing was a few additions to the Adirondack Forest Preserve and the inventory of state lands is the meat and potatoes of this book,” says Ladd. “I knew going into this project that I would have to update it in future printings, but I didn?t think it would happen so soon.”

Key additions include tracts of land along the Moose River near Old Forge and the Chazy Highlands Wild Forest in the extreme northern section of the Adirondack Park. Additional material has been added on the subjects of getting deer out of the backcountry, cooking venison and also some information geared towards beginning hunters.

Additional photos are also included and the book has expanded from 168 pages to 192.

The new edition of Deer Hunting in the Adirondacks has a retail price of $20 and will soon be available at many local and retail outlets throughout the Adirondack region and beyond. More information is available at Ladd?s Web site, www.ADKHunter.com, where a mail order form can be downloaded. The book will also be distributed by North Country Books.

Dan Ladd with an Adirondack Buck

About the Author
Dan Ladd is a freelance outdoor journalist from West Fort Ann, N.Y. who currently pens regular columns for The Chronicle in Glens Falls, The Press-Republican in Plattsburgh, Outdoors Magazine and FishNY.com. He has contributed in the past to other publications including New York Outdoor News.

Dan is also the web author of the popular deer hunting site, www.ADKHunter.com. A multi-generation Adirondacker, Dan is a graduate of SUNY Plattsburgh and is on the Board of Directors of the New York State Outdoor Writers Association.

Dan is currently putting together his second book which will be a collection of his newspaper columns that is expected to be released in November of 2010

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