My First Elk! Being my second year hunting big game, I only expected to gain more experience. It turned out to be the experience of a lifetime. A little after mid-day I came upon a set of tracks. Concentrating solely on the tracks I stepped out into a clearing, facing me 25 yards away was the rear end of a 6X6. I raised my .308 and pulled the trigger. The rest is history. -Jit022First Turkey, Spring Youth Hunt 2012 western NY My neighbors daughter bagged her first bird with her dad on Sunday April 22nd here in western NY. The bird weighed in at 23lbs with a 9 inch beard, 1 inch spurs and was taken using a 20 gauge youth shotgun at a range of 42 yards. -Sid_Meeder13lb 6oz Largemouth Bass 4/21/2012 This is a monster of a Largemouth caught by Brandon Thompson, using a 9″ chartreuse crankbait. This is by far the largest bass I have ever caught. And believe it or not my first bass caught on a crankbait. -bthomp15My Favorite Magazine Hi, My name is Aria. I am a 3 year old GSP that just had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor on my belly. I needed a little recouperation time to heal up. I will be starting chemotherapy next week to get rid of the Lymphangiosarcoma that I was diagnosed with. In this picture I found my dads magazine (The cover caught my attention.) and I was taking in the latest articles. What a great magazine. -zachary smithBuck on Point The young seven point buck is on point. The eight point piebald buck is also looking at something from behind. Maybe it is a game bird they are watching. -LovesOutdoorsSpring Turkey Fling Rankin Morgan and his friends Tim Kiser, Nick Davis, John Barnett and Matthew Alexander killed these three long beards at his farm in Northwest Georgia on the first Friday in April. They killed 2 more later that afternoon. Sometimes things just go the way they are supposed to. -rankinm11First Time My first time turkey hunting, and I was only out there for 30 minutes. 21lbs and 22mm spurs, with a 10-1/2 inch beard. -LAldrich97Home From The Hunt In the late 1930’s and early 1940’s, my grandpa would travel from his farm in Sauk Co. WI to north central WI. He and his uncles and cousins would follow the railroad tracks back into the bush, to set up camp and hunt deer. This photo was back at home with his trophy, frozen stiff, after a cold week in the bush. His stories spurred my intrest in deer hunting. -saukdeerslayerDinner’s Ready (1 of 2) A pair of red’s decided to den up behind my house. -pafansiwHon, I got dinner (2 of 2) Mr. Red sure is taking care of the Mrs. I only have two pictures of her out of 56. -pafansiwAlbino Elk Caught this elk with my Bushnell camera. -Therese SandagerDoubled up on Missouri Gobblers These two toms came in from behind us. We sat motionless for 45 minutes until they passed behind a bush. Gave us the time to turn around and get ready. Got the first one, and the second one hung around long enough for my shot. 17 1/2 lbs, 10 inch beard, 20 lbs, 9 inch beards. -CoolshooterBig Missouri Whitetail The Missouri season started out with warmer weather and the deer were not moving very well. About 5 days into the opener, we had a cold snap and this was the ticket. I had seen a good amount of big rubs and knew a good deer was on my property. I took him at 15 yards, traveling between wood plots with my Ruger 7 mm Rem mag, handloads 150 mg Nosler Partition, Leupold 3 x 9 x 40 scope and Nikon rangefinder. -CoolshooterLuke Bunde age 8, Number 5 Opening Day Gobbler Luke’s fourth year in the turkey woods, and his fifth gobbler. Mr. Lucky. Shot one last week in NE, and now in MN. 50 Minutes in the woods came right in to the stuffer hen. 22.5 pounds and a 10 inch beard with 1 1/4 spurs. AWESOME day to be a dad. -DJBundeBlack Bear Eats Deer I found a deer carcass that the bears were feeding on, deep in the woods. I set up my trail camera facing the dead deer. Each time I went in to check on the trail cam, I took in bakery items. You can see the bear would rather feed on the stinky horrible deer carcass. It proves a rotten dead animal is gourmet food to a bear. -LovesOutdoorsAvlarimiz.in & trout Hi everyone trout hunt last week. We wanted to share with you a few photos, check the technique and the trout story here: www.avlarimiz.in. -huzurli125Triple Bearded Turkey Dell Geldmeyer shot this triple bearded turkey weighing in at 25.6 lbs with beards 10 inches, 6 inches and 4 inches with his bow in WI. -Bean725Summer, the Archer We got our 9-year-old a starter bow and she just loves to practice. Start them young, teach them a love of the outdoors and respect for all it provides — won’t be long before she brings home a nice little buck. -Tracey WilsonGriffin’s first crossbow turkey We were getting ready to call it a day — last day of our hunt — with about 15 minutes of shooting light left. I was starting to pack up when a group of jakes walked into the field. I grabbed a slate and yelped a couple times — they all came running. My son stayed calm. He’s taken birds since he was 10. I ranged the bird at 20 yards and he made a great shot. -Jayhawk86This buck showed up to my Fairfax County, VA hunting area in late October. I wanted him bad but he would not show in daylight hours. During the rut in early November he vanished, only to show back up in late November. I got several pictures leading to this one and I harvested him six days after this photo. He was ten yards from my ground blind, I took him with my crossbow. -tmessina91Biggest Trout of My Life Early season Wisconsin catch and release, single barbless hook. 6 pound test. Spinner, nonetheless. -Casus171st Turkey I woke up at 4:30 a.m. to go hunting. It was a rainy day, but we didn’t have to wait on the ground too long. One hour into the hunt a hen came into the field — about 5 minutes later a gobbler came in. Ten minutes later, I dropped him with my 20 gauge. -Deerhunter25MORE READER PHOTOS
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