If you're a spring gobbler hunter who still has an unfilled harvest tag, there's still this week to do so.

And to give you more time afield to pursue a long beard, hunting hours have increased from a half-hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset.

According to the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC), since 2011, afternoon and evening harvests have comprised five percent of the total reported harvests and 20 percent of harvests during the all-day portion of the seasons. Essentially, 80 percent of the harvests have occurred before noon during the all-day portion of the season.

Mary Jo Casalena, PGC wild turkey biologist, reports that afternoon and evening harvests have occurred between 4 and 8 p.m. So the opportunities are still there as she mentions that many hens are on their nests, which makes the gobblers seek other hens for mating.

If you haven't downed a turkey this season as I understand a good many hunters have not, and if you do score on one, photograph it but do so in a tasteful way.

To take better turkey harvest photo's, even if it's with your cell phone, here are some tips and techniques to make them wall hangers from my late dear friend and mentor, Tom Fegely, former award winning outdoor writer, photographer and book author.

In his book, "A Guide To Hunting Pennsylvania Turkey's," Fegely writes that successful turkey hunters should photograph their turkey where they actually shot it instead of in the back of a pickup truck, at home with vehicles, trash cans or a child's swing set (for example) in the background. But if you must do it at home, pick out a spot with a hedge or conifer tree in the background.

His tips continue as such:

* Clean the bird before photographing it. Use grass or moss to wipe any blood from its facial area and arrange the bird's feathers to show the iridescence that can be captured best on bright overcast days. Or, use fill flash if it's a dull, cloudy day.

* Shoot a few standard shots of the hunter kneeling behind his or her trophy and spreading the fan, wings and stretch out its beard. If you're by yourself, use the self-timer on your camera and newer Smartphone's.

* Get on your knees to be on the same eye level of the subject if it's a kneeling hunter shot.

* You or your subject should pose in the camo clothing they were/are wearing and to spice it up, a blaze orange hat.

* The over-the-shoulder shot is another popular pose that is done by holding the birds by its legs and lifting it over one shoulder, while slinging the gun on the other. Spread the wings so they sort of "cup" the hunter's upper body. Turn the subject left of right so the beard is silhouetted against the background. Take poses with subject looking at the camera and also looking out of the picture.

* Make a couple scenic "type" snaps of the hunter in the vicinity of where it was shot. Forget the shot of the hunter holding the turkey in outstretched arms with a death grip on its neck.

* Try a shot where the hunter sits on a rock or stump and drapes the bird over the knee. Again, spread the wings before pressing the shutter button.

* Fence posts, fallen logs, rock outcrops, stone walls, low tree limbs, old barns, a blooming bush and other objects in the woods and fields make interesting backdrops.

* Preen the bird, then put it on the ground, spread its wings and lay some of the gear you used such as gun, shells, hat, calls and hunting license on or around it. Shoot close-ups from directly over the set-up.

With some pre-planning, Fegely wrote, you can turn a turkey hunt into a valuable photo finish.

To order a copy of Fegely's turkey book, send an email to Shiloh41@rcn.com. The 304 page softcover book, complete with photos, sells for $5.50, which includes shipping and handling.