Author Topic: FEB Photo of the Month CONTEST (Read 8947 times)

boneaddict · « **on:** January 31, 2009, 07:05:00 PM »

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PHOTO OF THE MONTH CONTEST FEBRUARY 2008
Please enter your favorite photo into our photo of the month contest.

NEW TOPIC THIS MONTH
THIS MONTH PREDATOR HUNTING (any calling, trapping etc. goes) Cougars, bobcats, coons, fox and coyotes. ) Pretty much everything but bear. Pics of live critters, hounds, trapping anything regarding winter/spring predator hunting.

The photo must have been taken by the entrant, but there is NO time limit set to how long ago the picture was taken. If the category happens to include field photos, they can be taken by someone else as long as it is of the entrant themselves.)- The photo must pertain to hunting or fishing or the outdoors in some fashion and it must match with the current months theme.
-Photo size MUST be 800x600 pixels or LESS Most violated rule
-2 entries per contestant are allowed per month. If more than 2 entries are submitted the first two elegible ones will be the ones accepted for the contest.
-Entries must be submitted by midnite of the 26th of the current month in order to qualify for that Months contest.
-Photos of Washington material will receive preference in judging as the winner will be posted on the front of a Washington site.
-Previous Photo of the month entries will not be eligible for this months contest
-The winner of the previous months contest is not eligible for the next months contest.
-Entries will be accepted or rejected as is, meaning the judges will no longer enhance, or alter images. Resizing is legal if you can talk a moderator into doing it for you.
The photos will be evaluated by a panel of Judges made up of all the moderators. The winner (NO TIES) will be announced as soon as we come to a majority decision.

The Winner will have their photo posted on the front page

New Ideas for the contest:
We are going to start having themes for some of our Photo of the month Contests. These are not in concrete, but as outlined for now. Get out there and get those PICS.
January....photo of the year contest/open
February....Winter Predator hunting
March....
April.....Shed antlers
May.....Fishing
June......Turkeys
July....Landscapes, spring flowers summer hiking trips etc.(wildlife or scenery can be included)
August.......Velvet bucks or bulls
September ...bowhunting/Archery
October....open
November.... Field photos
December.... Winter scenes (wildlife and scenery acceptable...anything winter)

boneaddict · « **Reply #1 on:** January 31, 2009, 07:27:17 PM »

Skyvalhunter · « **Reply #2 on:** January 31, 2009, 07:45:57 PM »

Awesome pic Bone. I have to knoe did this dog go down?

boneaddict · « **Reply #3 on:** January 31, 2009, 08:48:38 PM »

Thanks Sky, Nope he walked

telof latzi · « **Reply #4 on:** February 01, 2009, 04:59:45 AM »

Nice pic. Talk about setting the bar high. I was thinking about posting a picture, but now...

boneaddict · « **Reply #5 on:** February 01, 2009, 07:24:29 AM »

THANKS! I'm not in the contest, thats just for fun.

mossback91 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 01, 2009, 09:34:44 AM »

Cool picture bone

cameraguy · « **Reply #7 on:** February 01, 2009, 02:21:15 PM »

Here's a picture of a coyote on one of our trips to the Malhuer. He was laying in the snow on the banks of the Blitzen River.

cohoho · « **Reply #8 on:** February 02, 2009, 10:57:39 AM »

Just a sitting dog pic...

hambone · « **Reply #9 on:** February 02, 2009, 09:50:41 PM »

snowy yote

cougkilr · « **Reply #10 on:** February 05, 2009, 07:37:28 PM »

Pretty Kitty

509er · « **Reply #11 on:** February 05, 2009, 07:49:09 PM »

story?

mulehunter · « **Reply #12 on:** February 05, 2009, 07:51:33 PM »

Mulehunter

cougkilr · « **Reply #13 on:** February 06, 2009, 09:04:45 AM »

My brother and I were deer hunting on the west side the third weekend of the 2006 season. My brother had shot a small buck that morning so we decided to head up high, about 5,000 elevation to look for a big blacktail. We stopped and got out of the pickup to glass a large hill side that often carries deer. While glassing something caught the corner of my eye. I figured it was a deer up hill from where we were parked so I ran around the truck and then realized that it was two cougars walking across some rocks on the top of the ridge. I told my brother that there were two cougars and he said yeah right, until he looked up and saw them. His gun was in the back seat of the pickup because he had already shot his deer, so I had the only shot. I rested on the door of the truck and took aim, and then herd a voice say, "your scope cover is on", I guess the excitement of a cat made me forget to click the scope off. The front cat stopped on a rock ledge, broadside as if she was posing for me, they didn't even know we were there. One shot in the back of her neck and she flopped off of the cliff and kicked a couple times behind a stump and that was it. The other one was gone and over the ridge so fast even if my brother had his gun out he probably wouldn't have gotten off a shot. I shot her at 176 yards at about a 90% slope. It was a pretty good day of hunting, my little brother shot his first deer and I shot my first cat.

MuleySniper · « **Reply #14 on:** February 08, 2009, 01:07:38 PM »

Here are my two!
MS

MuleySniper · « **Reply #15 on:** February 08, 2009, 01:09:08 PM »

Hmmm, the other pic didn't attach to my original post.

PacificNWhunter · « **Reply #16 on:** February 09, 2009, 07:12:21 AM »

Cool pic's MS.

Aneoakleaf · « **Reply #17 on:** February 09, 2009, 11:20:17 PM »

Ok I'll try to find something, Annie

Aneoakleaf · « **Reply #18 on:** February 09, 2009, 11:26:43 PM »

Nice pictures!
I'm sure glad I don't have to pick.Love thoese bobies!!

BC CHASER · « **Reply #19 on:** February 10, 2009, 08:21:29 AM »

Gutpile · « **Reply #20 on:** February 13, 2009, 04:35:09 PM »

Here's one.

lewy · « **Reply #21 on:** February 17, 2009, 07:33:54 AM »

08 lion

lewy · « **Reply #22 on:** February 17, 2009, 07:34:40 AM »

another

popeshawnpaul · « **Reply #23 on:** February 20, 2009, 07:12:15 PM »

Here is a wild yote I tracked down one day.

huntnphool · « **Reply #24 on:** February 20, 2009, 07:20:27 PM »

I like the top one Shawn

Ricochet · « **Reply #25 on:** February 20, 2009, 08:09:53 PM »

Great pics, Shawn.

popeshawnpaul · « **Reply #26 on:** February 20, 2009, 08:17:59 PM »

If M_ray ever tells you his lens won't take good pictures call his BS and point to my top photo...

Aneoakleaf · « **Reply #27 on:** February 21, 2009, 11:28:42 AM »

Wow,

all of them are great photos! love the lions. For thoese who haven't killed a coyote you would be surprised how soft the hair is! Haven't seen any coon hunts?where's the coons?
I see March is unspecified. Can we do a hunting buddy picture month??

dirty.dan4 · « **Reply #28 on:** February 21, 2009, 12:06:54 PM »

My scanner is not cooperating with me so I hope that these are eligible in the contest.

I was hunting down in Trout Lake in 2006 Modern Firearm Deer season. I was sitting on a dried creek bed behind a large log. From my position, I could look down the creek and see if any deer were grazing. Lots of deer sign in the area was keeping me on my toes even though the weather was cold and rainy. About 0845 I heard a twig snap in the brush, saw a flash of tan, and then a Cougar head looking right at me 15 feet away! I slowly reached for my 30-06 sitting right next to me, put it up to my shoulder, and relized that my scope covers were still on. She was so close that I looked down the barrel and squeezed a shot of. Direct hit. I figured that she was not going to continue moving, but I was wrong. Thru the brush she came and another shot with the rifle. I climbed over the log, pulled the scope covers off and hit her in the heart. The whole situation happened so fast that when all was said and done, all I could say was Holy Sh*t for about 5 minutes straight.

She measured 6 foot nose to tail and weighed approx. 125-140 lbs. Not 100% on the weight, it was the game wrdens guess. I got 40 lbs of meat off of it so alls well that ends well.

Aneoakleaf · « **Reply #29 on:** February 21, 2009, 12:32:12 PM »

Beautiful cat! Great story, glad you had the guts to take the shot!

Theres a ton of cats over there.Thats where I got mine too. Did Diane Schmidt do the rug??

dirty.dan4 · « **Reply #30 on:** February 21, 2009, 12:38:59 PM »

Bill Albrecht did the rug. He works out of North Bend. I went to Moro Taxidermy this year for my bears. Huge price difference

Timber · « **Reply #31 on:** February 21, 2009, 03:22:33 PM »

This is a coyote I called in to within 8 yds by using my mouth to imitate a squeaking mouse.

dirty.dan4 · « **Reply #32 on:** February 22, 2009, 09:41:53 AM »

Sweet pic

SpokaneSlayer · « **Reply #33 on:** February 23, 2009, 02:03:04 PM »

Here are my 2:

CoryTDF · « **Reply #34 on:** February 23, 2009, 02:15:11 PM »

Hello all
I'm new to the site but couldn't resist showing off a pic from a dog i shot this year. I was sitting on the top of a hill looking over a long flat. I had been calling for about 20 min and was just thinking about getting up. I heard something and when i looked back this dog was standing right behind me. I turned and shot so fast that i didn't even notice how close it was. When i got up to get him i took a whoping 8 paces and was standing over him. This is the closest shot i have ever made on a coyote.

CoryTDF · « **Reply #35 on:** February 23, 2009, 02:18:21 PM »

Crap didn't mean to put the pic on twice sorry

andrew_12gauge · « **Reply #36 on:** February 23, 2009, 03:29:46 PM »

8 paces were you making mating calls i think he wanted to hump ya

MasterMisser · « **Reply #37 on:** February 23, 2009, 04:42:27 PM »

he did shoot that yote at 8 paces, and it was trying to hump him, but at least his dog hit the ground. two weeks later i missed mine 8 times on the run!!!

boneaddict · « **Reply #38 on:** February 28, 2009, 04:19:40 PM »

Congratulations Timber, it looks like you take another Photo of the month. Pope was breathing down your neck along with some action from some new folks. WELL DONE!

Slider · « **Reply #39 on:** February 28, 2009, 05:41:43 PM »

Congrats Timber!!! That photo is a Beauty!!!

Ricochet · « **Reply #40 on:** February 28, 2009, 05:45:39 PM »

Great photo, Timber. Congrats on your victory.

Timber · « **Reply #41 on:** February 28, 2009, 06:48:12 PM »

Wow, didn't expect to win! Thanks for the nice comments.

billythekidrock · « **Reply #42 on:** February 28, 2009, 06:52:05 PM »

Quote from: Timber on February 28, 2009, 06:48:12 PM

Wow, didn't expect to win! Thanks for the nice comments.

Congrats. Great shot.
Yes, it was kinda close.

div4gold` · « **Reply #43 on:** February 28, 2009, 08:28:38 PM »

Quote from: Timber on February 21, 2009, 03:22:33 PM

This is a coyote I called in to within 8 yds by using my mouth to imitate a squeaking mouse.

Thats a great picture, wow.

Aneoakleaf · « **Reply #44 on:** February 28, 2009, 10:33:21 PM »

Congrats Timber that's a wonderful photo!

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