October Photo of the Month

[C-Money]

Knowing Firefighter4607, He probably will kill an elk in the 400 range someday! The man dose not kill "small" animals! I have shot some really decent Muley bucks with him due to the fact that they were not what he was looking for. I know he is very proud of that 7x7 bull, he had a horn mount done with the antlers.

[bowsandhose]

sweet pics every one 

[bow4elk]

As usual, last winter the salmon were running pretty hot and heavy in the creek near the house.  One afternoon on the way to my treestand I came across this rotting chum that had completed the cycle of life.  I stopped and took some photos while being feverishly splashed by others still on their fateful journey.

Since childhood, I've always loved watching the salmon spawn.  I even tested some lofty "kid" ideas on how to catch garbage bags full of salmon to take home for dinner.  The salmon's determination was more deep-rooted than mine, and I didn't last long on my hiney in a stream in November.  Damn that was cold!

It's such as contrast to the modern world to see how their primitive instinct drives them to jump, twist, flop, and otherwise muscle past anything in their path, only to wind up fertilizing the very stream they were conceived in.  I thought this photo captured the expression of that irony.

[EastWaViking]

It is also a great camo pattern!

[firefighter4607]

Beautiful rack,    Why do you guys (see alot on here) keep cutting the heads off at the base of the skull?  Cape it and make a dollar or two it will pay for your gas or buy you something extra nice if your not going to mount it.... Taxis buy them, especially mature bulls like that....  Do one each year and keep a tab going, maybe you'll get a free mount after a couple years...  Again very nice animal...

I would of caped it but it was about a 2 mile hike out of the Water Shed and my dad didn't know if he could pack it on the horses so I packed it out and it was very very heavy already. I am going to put my story up about that hunt in a few days

[elkoholic]

 sun-up

[bow4elk]

nice photo!

[demontang]

Something about this pic, I really like it, the grass with the yotes hair color, and the contrast of a sweet AR.
I just think the animal could have been posed better with the AR, and angle the camera lower.
Nice shot.

I wasn't thinking about putting it in a contest when I took the pic with my camera phone. I just really like the color contrast with the good old black gun

[markts]

Hope this fits. Promise Land early 1980"s

[popeshawnpaul]

I'm saving my entry until I take a picture of a huge gagger bull moose with a happy hunter behind it... 

[M_ray]

I think I might know who that'll be! 

[backwoods_boy]

it turned out nice markts...
glad i could help. but if you win the hat do i get to wear it.
haha

[bow4elk]

September 8th, opening day bow season (elk) western Washington.  I use the morning dew to see if the elk were feeding.  If they've been there, they leave trails in the dewey grass, as you can see in the photo.  The sun burning up the fog and filtered light through the alders made for a neat moment so I stopped and snapped a few photos.

[Bullquest]

The first photo is of the Idaho high country on my 2008 archery elk hunt. The second is on the Tatoosh overlooking the Ohanapacosh on the SE side of Mt Rainer.

[Timber]

Here is a grouse from my recent moose trip.