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your favorite hunting photo?
07 August 2007, 01:44
tasunkawitkoyour favorite hunting photo?
not necessarily the biggest, but certainly the most memorable....
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pictured below are second son micheal and third son billy with their first deer, shot in the fall of 2006.
i was with billy when he got his doe. as i was taking a larger doe with a 225-yrd head shot (the only good target that she presented as she was laying down) with my 7x57, billy shot the younger doe standing next to mine with a .30/30. what we thought were echoes of our shots turned out to be mike about half a mile away bagging an extraordinary buck with a .280. all happened within 2 or 3 seconds of each other and all were 1-shot kills.
you can read about this awesome hunt
here.
07 August 2007, 01:54
Josh K.This is my favorite for now.
I wish i had a good field photo of my NT Muley buck i took in 2001..here is a mounted photo for shi** and giggles.
07 August 2007, 03:40
taylorce1These are a couple of my favorites.
2006 Plains Mule Deer:
2007 Spring Black Bear:
07 August 2007, 03:52
tasunkawitkotaylor - that's a great mule deer.
did you find him in colorado or did you have to go out-of-state for him?
07 August 2007, 04:59
SnellstromWell here is a couple of pictures from last years hunting season, can't decide which is my favorite so I'll post them both:
Then I got to thinking about a couple other favorites and threw them in too!
Well wait then there is more...........but I won't bore you anymore!
07 August 2007, 05:09
Mike_DettorreA muley that was shot near last light. I like the contrast of the snow and the hill in the background.
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07 August 2007, 05:30
Josh K.maybe i can get it right this time...
and the muley i wish i had a field (digital)photo of
07 August 2007, 05:39
taylorce1quote:
tasunkawitko posted:
taylor - that's a great mule deer.
did you find him in colorado or did you have to go out-of-state for him?
I've only hunted two species out of State, TX pigs, and my AK Black Bear. I don't need to go out of State to find good deer and elk. Kind of like living in Montana. BTW great photos of your kids.
07 August 2007, 23:32
tasunkawitkoto all - great ohotos so far....keep them coming!
quote:
I don't need to go out of State to find good deer and elk. Kind of like living in Montana.
taylor, i know what you mean....it's nice, isn't it?
snell - of those posted by other members, this is my favorite so far:
your boy there reminds me of my youngest! here is is on a fishing trip that we took about a year ago:
the following was printed in the local paper:
Pictured above is Roger Fischer just moments after
reeling in this 16-inch rainbow trout at Beaver Creek
Reservoir on the afternoon of August 5th. This was
Roger’s first fish that he had caught on his own with
no help from Dad or any of his big brothers. By the
end of the afternoon, it became evident that Roger
didn’t need any help from anyone; he was the only
angler of the day to catch anything, and ended up
bringing home a total of two fish, this trout and a
smaller yellow perch. Both were caught with a number 8
hook baited with a chunk of nightcrawler hanging under
a small bobber. Congratulations, Roger
09 August 2007, 00:18
L. David KeithI really enjoyed this post and seeing all the great pictures. I hope it keeps going....
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09 August 2007, 09:14
keithv35My favorite shooting pic, I took today. His 5th birthday with the Cricket 22 he got for Christmas.
He's a lefty
09 August 2007, 17:14
KSTEPHENSyou didnt say
WHO was hunting mattered...
09 August 2007, 18:14
GeedubyaKstephens,
Yea, thats how my bud in Louisiana does it. He just sends his pet gator out into the swamp and he brings em back. Some are kinda oozy from bite marks though, but definately tenderized.
GWB
09 August 2007, 23:07
CBNHNTRMy son and his red deer spike last fall:
Sons first buck taken in South Texas last year:
10 August 2007, 05:26
Fjold#2 daughter shooting ground squirrels
#3 daughter shooting ground squirrels
And my favorite fishing photo. The granddaughter:
Frank
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10 August 2007, 06:24
GeedubyaFjold,
great pix. I'm 56 and got a late starts, looks like my 3 are going to take after their dad.
So no grandkids yet, only a grandcat and a granddog. Without trying to be maudlin, I think I could handle a couple of crumbcrunchers to spoil rotten and give back to their parents.
GWB
10 August 2007, 09:07
Riodot
My dog's first hunt
This is my current favorite. I adopted him at about 2 years old and he had never hunted. I never had bird hunted with him cause there is too damn many cacti around where I quail hunt.
He was about 8 years old here. We were on a Pheasant hunt for Hunter Education Graduates and the instructors(like me) got to go out a day early and hunt planted hens (roosters were reserved for the kids). The highly trained dog that was going to work with the kids the next day wouldn't retreive a bird if it wasn't DEAD. He just pointed wounded ones again.
I asked if I could bring my UNTRAINED,(couch potato)Wiemaraner, Thunder, out of the truck to try, not knowing what he would do - he ran it down and retrieved right to my hand(I should note the he had not and still will not retrieve balls, bones, dummies, anything so this was a shock).
He stayed out with us and pointed and retrieved those 2 hens perfectly as well as a couple more. They let him help the kids the next day too. That's Instinct!
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10 August 2007, 11:54
TOP_PREDATORThe grass is green Frank
I'm not sure if this thread is just for American big game photos
but ill post my photo anyway.
I will never forget stalking this boar.
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10 August 2007, 12:27
GeedubyaTP,
post away man, I'd say any photos are welcome, that piggie has unusual color markings. What's your shootin' iron and scope. Tell me about stalking that boar, and remember, " a lie well told will serve as good as the truth any day"!
GWB
10 August 2007, 15:57
KSTEPHENSquote:
Originally posted by TOP_PREDATOR:
The grass is green Frank
I'm not sure if this thread is just for American big game photos
but ill post my photo anyway.
I will never forget stalking this boar.
ah, ill never forget the first time i shot a pig tied up in a tree either.
10 August 2007, 20:42
tasunkawitkoquote:
TP,
post away man, I'd say any photos are welcome,
+1 - great picture, TP!
10 August 2007, 22:02
Heatquote:
Originally posted by KSTEPHENS:
quote:
Originally posted by TOP_PREDATOR:
The grass is green Frank
I'm not sure if this thread is just for American big game photos
but ill post my photo anyway.
I will never forget stalking this boar.
ah, ill never forget the first time i shot a pig tied up in a tree either.
That's COLD... But funny.....
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11 August 2007, 05:13
GeoffM24My best memories are in the fields hunting pheasants with my dad and the dogs.
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14 August 2007, 00:35
Riodotquote:
Originally posted by GeoffM24:
My best memories are in the fields hunting pheasants with my dad and the dogs.
Huntin' with Dad....... some of my best memories too........it's too bad he never carried a camera on huntin' trips when I was young.
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14 August 2007, 01:05
DB BillMy son's 1st pheasant.
DB Bill aka Bill George
14 August 2007, 08:17
RiodotDB Bill:
Great shot! By both of you! Although it looks like the bird was 5 yards away and there was nothing but "wings and drumsticks" left. Probably just the camera angle.
Tell us the story.
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15 August 2007, 23:55
Al AgurkisI'm a complete dummy with computers but I've got a lot of good photos and stories to share. Can some body tell me how to post the photos on this thing? I know it can't be that hard. Thank you.
16 August 2007, 02:32
tasunkawitkoal -
to post photos, they need to be already on the internet somewhere. you can upload your photos to places like photobucket.com or
my place, then once it's uploaded you can copy the web address of the picture and then post it here at AR using the image button. just hit it and then paste in the web address of the picture
17 August 2007, 00:39
69deerDMB, I live in Houghton Lake. Did'nt know there was a member so close. Jeff Faust
