Huntnphool & Boneaddict

[OneHorn]

Both of you guys have some pics of some incredible deer. i thought it would be cool to see whats the biggest deer you guys have taken pictures of. Other people feel free to jump in.

[Tom Reichner]

Hi, Onehorn

Great idea for this thread.  Gives us all a chance to go thru our pics and find that one buck that beats all the others.

Here's mine, the biggest-antlered Whitetail I've ever photographed in the wild.  I spotted him right after Thanksgiving last year.  Unfortunately, he was about 600 yards away, and there was no way to get closer.  He was all I thought about for the next couple weeks.

Finally, I got a chance to go back to try to see if I could spot him again.  After a couple days of searching, I finally saw him - and close!  Of course, as soon as he saw I was on to him, he bolted - but fortunately I had all my camera settings pre-set, and was just able to get the lens up and focused on him before he disappeared down over the hillside. 

He's not nearly as big as many of the bucks you see on the covers of hunting magazines.  But he was photographed in the wild, not in captivity where many of our "magazine cover" bucks are found.  He's special to me, and I can't wait to go back and try to find him this year - perhaps he's got an even larger rack.

[huntnphool]

Thanks Onehorn, thats a nice whitetail Tom, love the palmation

[popeshawnpaul]

I predict Ricochet has everyone beat...

[OneHorn]

Tom that is a very awsome buck. hope you can get him next year for us to all see and you can have braggin rights of him

[huntnphool]

I predict Ricochet has everyone beat...

 Probably, but I have yet to get down to the refuge

[OneHorn]

Huntnphool, how do you have the time between huntin and work to get out in the field to take pics? How far do you walk usually while photographin these nice bucks?

[bowhunterforever]

Thats a awsome pic and whitetail tom!

[boneaddict]

Excuses Excuses from me.  I have seen some absolutely incredible bucks, usually about one monster per year, and I have yet to get photos of them.  One, I'm not taking refuge pics, so the deer don't tend to stand around, and two I was always pushing th elimits of daylight.  Now I have the lens that might allow me to get a glimpse of them on film.  Now its just a matter of getting fast enough and being able to get out withthe lens.   I wish I could download my mind or photographic memory of some of these critters so you know I wasn't exaggerating, and I could share them.   Believe it or not, thats one of the reasons I took up photogrpahy, was I could never share what I see out there.   Like Tom capturing the Blue grouse mating ritual.  Seems simple, but I have watched them for hours, but never could convey how cool that is to anyone.  To be able to capture that on film is awesome.  To be able to share is awesome.  This forum is practically heaven to me because I get to share my pictures and my interests to folks that might like it but not gett he chance to see all that I do.  Thats whats cool about being a hobbyist versus someone that has to make a living doing this.  Its all for fun.  Sometimes I puthte camera down and still just take it in myself. 

I've seen several whitetails like that Tom, way to capture the image.  I am always about 3 seconds slower than that. 

By the way, Thanks Onehorn.

[Tom Reichner]

I've seen several whitetails like that Tom, way to capture the image.  I am always about 3 seconds slower than that. 

Bone, I'm usually a couple seconds too late, too.  About 90% of the time I totally miss what I wanted to capture.  But the rare moments when it does actually work out make it all worthwhile.

[boneaddict]

THis was probably one of the biggest whitetails I got on film.  Crappy picture but at least I got him on film.  This was during hunting season. 

[JackOfAllTrades]

This was during hunting season.

If I was standing in your shoes that hunting season. I sure as hell wouldn't have been looking through a camera lens! 

-Steve

[Tom Reichner]

THis was probably one of the biggest whitetails I got on film.  Crappy picture but at least I got him on film.  This was during hunting season. 

Geez, Bone - that's a tremendous buck!  You didn't happen to go looking for sheds, did you?

[boneaddict]

I did look for them but never found them along with several othe rmonsters.  I swear th eground swallows them up.

[huntnphool]

Huntnphool, how do you have the time between huntin and work to get out in the field to take pics?

 Well last year was the exception, having drawn a moose tag. Most of the time its just the same seasons as everyone else, which leaves loads of time for pics. Several of us have posted many times that with a camera you can hunt year around, you just can't kill anything. With a camera you're not limited to one critter per year either. I get a lot of my pics while out scouting for other people after my season is done, or in between hunts. Like Bone, Ricochet, Pope, Slider, Tom and several others I'm sure, once you do it it gets addicting.

 I try to keep the bigger buck pics to myself for the most part, although I have shared them with permit, raffle and auction tag holders, and no I have never asked for compensation before some of you guys go off.

Here is a nice whitetail, the pics are not the best but you get the idea.