2009-Your best Trophy Photo
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Contributors to this thread:
Let's see who has the best 2009 Trophy Photo. It can be any critter taken with a bow in 2009.
I will start it off with a photo I took one evening when a freind called me and told me he had just taken his very first 4x4 mule deer with his bow. By the time I got there is pitch black so it was taken with a flash.
Here's one I took, lets see some of the ones the rest of you took.
Have a great bowhunt. BB
Not a dramatic trophy but I like the pic.
My sons first deer this year.
My Gemsbuck I took in SA in July. I really liked how the picture was centered.
hey Huntinhabit, the next Jim Shockey! Must of been a special day, congrats on your sons first deer.
Here's Big Jon from Louisianna up here in Alberta puttin a hurtin to our muleys!
Graham Brigden Outfitting
A good day of antelope decoying with a good friend!!
Graham Brigden Outfitting
My first elk taken in Montana on my first day of my second elk hunt.
Barron Ervin of SC after a successful day of spot & stalking mule deer on the Alberta prairies!
Best so far! Touched up by BB! Thank you sir!! Charlie
Shot a Turkey, Bear, and a large deer this year, but this is my favorite pic. Why? Because he tasted the best!
Mike-TN's Link
I thought the fall colors made this picture turn out well....and it did not hurt that it was my best buck to date. Mike TN
First elk on first elk hunt
My mt lion from a couple weeks ago
I got a couple,but here is my MT speedgoat.HUNT
And here is a special hunt with my DAD.HUNT
My 2009 Wyo Moose. What a thrill!!!
And one more of DADs whitetail to top off a great year.
This one's for the family album.
And this one's for Woody and Mike. ;)
Here is my 2009 P&Y antelope from Hart Mt, OR.
My 10 point from Oct...Rainy and foggy that evening and the flash reflected off from the water droplets...Sorry
Matt
I called this 'yote in by kissing my palm. Shot him at 20 yds.
Youngest son Brady's 1st deer with a bow, 18yd shot, stalking, made it 70or so yds, as you can tell...he was hunting alone. Lol...4finger
Not a fantastic photo, or a gigantic animal, but it is my first bear and I'm tickled to death with it...
My first elk, taken in CO late in the afternoon of my last day to hunt. What a thrill!
one of the does I shot using my teeth to draw and shoot.
I only shot this bear with my camera (on same CO hunt as photo above)...we surprised each other when I sneaked into a draw where some elk had gone. Pic was taken at 25 yds. A couple days later when I had cell service I did send a short text message to my family in which I casually mentioned I "had to shoot a bear." Of course they didn't know I was referring to shooting it with a camera. It sure stirred things up at home, as they knew I had no bear tag! They forgave me later that afternoon when I called to tell them I had just shot a bull elk!
Ugly critter, but love the photo!
Sorry...rifle kill but I really like the picture of my wife and her 2009 mulie buck!!!
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My sons first deer, taken 20 minutes into his first hunt.
First Elk with my Son :):):)
Packing out my Once in a Lifetime Colorado Bull Moose
My buddies monster 7 footer taken with a recurve.. Thanks for cleaning up the pic for me BB.
Here is a pic of a trophy nap, it was hard earned in the wet weather. The pic does bring back the memories of the hunt.
Last evening of the hunt.
Here's Jeff's very first bear. He took it very near the end of the season last spring in Idaho.
Some great photos, keep them coming. BB
Cell phone pic after recovery of my '09 NY State archery buck.
My buddy Don's first bowkill
Jody's (Oregoncritter) first whitetail....
I'm headed to hunt with him next year!
DIY leftover tag, first antelope. Touched up by BB.
Thanks, Bill!
My Nephew Bret, he broke his back in a motorcycle wreck June 09, the Doc gave him the OK to pull his bow in Mid Sept. I told him to practice and when he got so he could hit the vitals on the 3D target everytime at 15 yards we would go hunting, He practiced and it didn't take him long to get hunting accurate and he killed his 1st archery Buck at 5 yards, a nice double lung hit and he was in 7th heaven,
My bull from this last fall.Thought it was a pretty neet pic.Congrats to all above. Some terrific shots!
Black Rhino!
Nice buck Charlie!
My son Matt's buck! Oh pitiful me!
Wow, Charlie, that's just one o' them there bucks that just takes your breath away.
My first ever Antelope!
My German shorthair Gus and my Dad. Dad's first pheasant hunt in over 30 years, we had a blast!
My daughter's first deer ever
My first ever antelope from a WY hunt with WOODMOOSE. Love ya Bro, Jay
first public land buck with a late season snow...awesome experience
Grandson's ( Kaede )first buck with a bow
Grandson Kaede's first doe with a bow
Taken tonight at 430pm in SE Mass. This deer is older than dirt, very thrilled to get him so late in the season after passing on so many deer :)
Grandson Kaede's first doe with a bow
My utah lion. 14th day hunting. well earned i think!
Heres my 2009 muskox with my hoyt
aug 29th 2009 first buck out of a tree :']
A very surprising big buck from North Carolina, best this season!
gunslinger,
how cold was that?? ha! cool pic.
A little predator control before taking the kids to school. My first double with the bow! Ed F
My oldest son's double monkey!!!!
Youngest sons skinny warthog
My trophy of a lifetime. Red duiker with a bow
Son's first wild boar-CA March 09
First deer from the ground in my snow camo
My first turkey with a bow.
Me and my daughter with her 1st. deer
best trophy I have ever seen
Graham Brigden Outfitting 2009
New Mexico Late Muzzleloader 2009
son's buffalo in a fast approaching blizzard
Jan, o9, Arizona Coues WT, DIY, public land. self photo.
PY. 84 6/8
My boy's contribution to the freezer
DB, you'd better send that over here to me so I can check it out and make sure it's good enough for you. What year is it?
One sit shot both in about 5 min!
sunsignarcher's Link
Trying photobucket for the first time, see if it works.
kinda worked.
How do I get the photo to appear rather than the link?
My buddy Gary and his Wasatch Front 6x6!
Cheers, Pete
not my kill but the best photo of 09
My first archery coues buck - August 09
My first archery Muley - Sept 09
Picture out of my treestand. Missed him 3 days later. In the words of Homer Simpson...."DOH!!!"
Let me assure you....where in the hell did that picture come from?? Well, evidently I need a little help from the wife posting this.
Well, they are both hawgs!
The kids with their first kill(s) - - the biggest trophys on the site, I love to see their shinning faces
Smallest of my 3 Sitka Blacktails from my August trip to Kodiak, but the backdrop made for the best trophy photo.
of the 12 animals i harvested 9 african 3 North American this my best
My boys with my deer. Woulda just been a deer if my boys weren't there. So satisfying when they are there.
Yohon-Nice Sika. I have been fortunate to Bowhunt Md. a couple times for them... My son took one-no points-would have been a 6 point but all but Main Beam broken off. They are fighters....
Some trophies are a bit more attractive in their pre-trophy state. Such as my 2009 Colorado archery Cow Moose, shown here in her last moments, neck-deep in food.
Matt,
I see some other tines on the right antler....could you post another photo (from a different angle)?
DIY in Michigan. 460 dressed and 21 4/8 green scored. Still on cloud 9.
This is my only bow kill for 2009.
Bear archery kill Kipawa Quebec. Photo taken by myself with camera on timer placed on the seat of my ATV.
Timber
Oregon Rocky Mountian Elk 2009
My son's first elk hunt. Az 12/2009
My first unofficial "poper" coues buck 09/2009
Joe D's Link
Damn....How do I get the pics to show?
Use the Embed a photo area to upload it.
Pa buck, Nov. 2009.
Travlinman- you get my vote for best photo!
My best 09 buck even the[ough it was with my muzzleloader.
My best buck! 11-02-09 dressed 210lbs, green scored 138" NJ Buck!
My nine point from the Kenedy Ranch this year. Great sunset...
First decent buck on my own property here in Bucks County PA. October 16th 2009
First was my best ARCHERY trophy photo of last year, this is my best overall trophy photo for 2009. Once in a lifetime WA Shiras Moose.
Man there are some great pics here folks. Here's my proudest trophy of the bowhunting year. 40 yard shot 40 feet up a tree.
How about this one? A friend enhanced it with Photoshop.
This is a great thread....awesome pics guys. My Coues from last September.
Here's an example of how fixing the eyes and tweeting the light enhances the photo. These are simple procedures that can be done with most photo editing software if one takes a decent photo to start with.
Have a great bowhunt. BB
Zebra from Dare to Bowhunt...Thanks Lammie!!!
This is my 9 year old's first deer. We have been after his first deer for two season. It was a great day!
Limpopo Gemsbuck with Ken Moody.
Chased this buck for two years. Named him Stickerback. My best bow kill to date.
First elk with a bow. Sept 2009. WA
I shot this Muley/Blacktail cross on the last evening of the last day in Washington's late season. Took my son back with me the next morning for the recovery. A day I'll never forget!
Wyoming moose! David
2004 Colorado bowkill bull and 2008 P&Y Whitetail.
My best for 2009. I think I posted this picture or similar one earlier on the whitetail thread.
My 10 year old with first deer. (Sorry it was a gun hunt.)
My WI 10pt for 2009 152 6/8ths gross.
Sorry guys only meant to post one pic of my ram and one of my wifes.
Do ya think we should turn this one into 2009- Your best Trophy Photo 2
All are awesome photos!!!
Clutch , gunslinger, and G.R. awesome!!!
2009 spot and stalk whitetail 35yds.
Opening day of the OK rifle season.
My 1st time with three gals at once. All with 40 minutes, and all tipped over within sight of my stand.
Great pics everyone, Hardcorehunter, ill never forget my first time with three gals at once, too bad I didn't have a camera with me
Your Photos are fantastic, this is my first Cougar, and
40th different species ( not counting birds) with bow.
2 hr stalk and 50 yrd shot. top 10 sci reedbuck. Thanks dare to bowhunt
Awesome flashbacks! 3 things maybe me smile scrolling back through this thread. Seeing BigDan with his bull, Kelly and Morgan Harris with her first deer, and Big Ter's only remaining trophy photo on the thread. :-) Might be time for a ten years later thread!