Author Topic: MARCH Photo of the Month Contest (Read 8082 times)

boneaddict · « **on:** February 27, 2008, 12:07:15 PM »

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PHOTO OF THE MONTH CONTEST March 2008
Please enter your favorite photo into our photo of the month contest.
March's theme...SHED ANTLERS

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
-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 27th of the current month(March) 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 entries will not be eligible for future photo of the month contests.
-The winner of the previous months contest is not eligible for the next months contest. (February's winner cannot win in March)
-Entries will be accepted or rejected as is, meaning the judges will no longer enhance, or alter images.

The photos will be evaluated by a panel of Judges made up of Boneaddict, Jackelope, Billy the Kid Rock, Huntwa, Shadow cat Bobcat and Sisu. 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 and get a free patch.

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....open
February....Anything with WATER (waterfowl, winter steelheading, scenery, boating, crabbing, Icefishing etc.)
March.....Shed Antlers
April.....Fishing
May.....Turkeys
June......open
July....Landscapes, spring flowers summer hiking trips etc.(wildlife or scenery can be included)
August.......Velvet bucks or bulls
September Archery
October....open
November.... Field photos
December.... Winter scenes (wildlife and scenery acceptable...anything winter)

boneaddict · « **Reply #1 on:** February 27, 2008, 12:09:11 PM »

OK MILES I expect an award winner out of you next Friday. Duck....get your butt out there and get your best two pics!

jackelope · « **Reply #2 on:** February 27, 2008, 07:03:27 PM »

fire it up, boys and girls...

cohoho · « **Reply #3 on:** February 27, 2008, 11:13:12 PM »

The best shed photo I got..... Of course it was funnier with the Moose sheds, they just couldn't hold them up too long....

saylean · « **Reply #4 on:** February 28, 2008, 11:56:42 PM »

My submission...nothing special...

tlbradford · « **Reply #5 on:** February 29, 2008, 12:14:38 AM »

If you and Miles are shed hunting than bring your snow shoes. I got off work early and wanted to go call a bobcat area. I postholed through 2' to 4' feet of snow for about half a mile before I gave up and called a lower elevation. The thaw has made it so you are busting through the crust. Last weekend you could mostly stay on top.

This guy is starting to "shed" his winter coat. Does it count? These hats really do produce.

archery288 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 02, 2008, 09:15:23 AM »

shed and herd of elk its from

boneaddict · « **Reply #7 on:** March 02, 2008, 09:21:07 AM »

PETTY DARN COOL!

boneaddict · « **Reply #8 on:** March 08, 2008, 02:06:27 PM »

OH rihgt you guys.....this is the worst showing (amount of entries) of any of our POM contests. What gives?

boneaddict · « **Reply #9 on:** March 08, 2008, 02:07:42 PM »

boneaddict · « **Reply #10 on:** March 08, 2008, 02:09:30 PM »

boneaddict · « **Reply #11 on:** March 08, 2008, 02:09:51 PM »

huntnphool · « **Reply #12 on:** March 08, 2008, 02:10:33 PM »

Looks like the Loo-Witt unit 288

boneaddict · « **Reply #13 on:** March 08, 2008, 02:10:49 PM »

Antlershed · « **Reply #14 on:** March 08, 2008, 02:11:25 PM »

No time to get out, and there aren't too many sheds in Seattle.

huntnphool · « **Reply #15 on:** March 08, 2008, 02:21:27 PM »

"this is the worst showing (amount of entries) of any of our POM contests. What gives?"

You have to look at it by the numbers Bone, when the mods decided to put themes behind each month, they in affect reduced the size of the pool by eliminating large groups of posters that don't participate in said topic. Then brake it down even further, out of the members that actually do participate in each months topic, shed hunting for instance, how many of them actually post pics anyway? I'm not complaining, its not my site so I go along with whatever Huntwa decides, but putting themes behind each month actually does eliminate the amount of participants you have.

popeshawnpaul · « **Reply #16 on:** March 08, 2008, 04:06:58 PM »

I got to disagree though Phool. This months theme is pretty specific...although I like the idea in general. I myself had a hard time deciding what to post in the past months with no theme. Do I put a pretty sunset/tree photo that is a great photo in, but up against a 6x6 elk like M-Rays a photo like that doesn't stand a chance. The issue comes down to great technical photos or great subjects. This site is geared towards great subject photos. It will always be the best big game animal kill shot that wins. Some months will be bigger than others and they have some "anything goes" months sprinkled in there. It just so happens that this months theme is very specialized and that keeps a lot of people out of this month. I don't think it's necessarily bad though... The themes give people a chance to win and levels the competition within the entries that month.

Antlershed · « **Reply #17 on:** March 08, 2008, 04:26:59 PM »

Here's an ATL pic from last year when I was living in Eburg...

archery288 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 08, 2008, 07:18:25 PM »

haha maybe it is phool!!

maybe its not??

huntnphool · « **Reply #19 on:** March 09, 2008, 04:04:46 PM »

"The themes give people a chance to win and levels the competition within the entries that month."

I agree with most of that Pope, like I said I'm not complaining, just trying to explain to Bone why there are few pics. We have about 1000 members, of those 1000 how many post pics of any kind? Not many. Of those 1000, how many actually go out and shed hunt? Even less. What we are left with is only a handful of people that will actually have gone shed hunting, and even fewer that will find one and post it, leading to questions like Bones. I would be very surprised if there are 20 members on here that have gone out shed hunting this year, found one and took a pic of it.

billythekidrock · « **Reply #20 on:** March 09, 2008, 05:41:39 PM »

There were a couple of us who wanted themes of some sort, whether seasonal or monthly. While some themes may limit the amount of entries I think it makes the contest more interesting. Maybe some themes will get more people to post pictures or even get them into photography.

saylean · « **Reply #21 on:** March 09, 2008, 11:55:58 PM »

I might have some more pics soon Bone....I just havent found all that many sheds...and even less pics of em!

Twisp here I come.

sisu · « **Reply #22 on:** March 12, 2008, 02:49:36 PM »

I like the photos so far. Especially since my shed hunting amounts to near zip.

jackelope · « **Reply #23 on:** March 12, 2008, 08:48:14 PM »

good ones duckfvr, great choices.

boneaddict · « **Reply #24 on:** March 12, 2008, 08:57:54 PM »

Great choices!

MIKEXRAY · « **Reply #25 on:** March 15, 2008, 06:49:20 PM »

My wife was looking over my shoulder at this topic and said " we should submit our shed antlers". After I quit laughing and got back on the bar stool, I thought I would submit our " shed antlers ", apparently she thought all you guys put your antlers up on your sheds also. I explained to her about real sheds.

Antlers are 2007.

wastickslinger · « **Reply #26 on:** March 15, 2008, 06:50:57 PM »

Running out of days so here is one entry. Hopefully I find a moster this month. I'll only post one for now just in case.

"ONLY DAM SHED I FOUND"

boneaddict · « **Reply #27 on:** March 15, 2008, 06:52:58 PM »

boneaddict · « **Reply #28 on:** March 20, 2008, 06:11:41 AM »

You guys have about one more weekend to go. GOOD LUCK!

wastickslinger · « **Reply #29 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:46:27 PM »

counting down the days Sniper!!!!

Sorry bone.. we aint finding any bucks big enough worth bragging about yet. I have been saving my last picture in case i find that bruiser but it is not looking like it will happen in March. 509er and I got skunked today. Just another day in the desert.

MuleySniper · « **Reply #30 on:** March 25, 2008, 09:50:04 AM »

Im a dummy. Gonna wait til next months contest for the birds. I didnt realize the theme for this month was sheds

MS

boneaddict · « **Reply #31 on:** March 25, 2008, 10:09:50 AM »

Its been a tough frickin year. I think I am at shed 15 instead of 50 by this time. My wife wants me on anti-dreppresion meds, and I am about to accept. To top it all off , it costs me about a $100 to go look everytime.

Skyvalhunter · « **Reply #32 on:** March 25, 2008, 11:33:02 AM »

Don't go on the anti depressants you might commit suicide!! We need you around to keep supplying pictures.

jackelope · « **Reply #33 on:** March 27, 2008, 08:26:45 PM »

that horn is ruined...it landed right in a big steaming pile of poo.

might as well send it to me, it's no damn good anymore to you

.
good one miles.

klickriverchromer · « **Reply #34 on:** March 27, 2008, 08:44:53 PM »

a light beaming down on brown gold. yepeeeh

boneaddict · « **Reply #35 on:** March 28, 2008, 11:59:30 AM »

Nice ones guys...let the voting began.

boneaddict · « **Reply #36 on:** March 29, 2008, 09:36:10 AM »

We haven't come to a conclusion yet, so the winner will be announced as soon as we do.

boneaddict · « **Reply #37 on:** March 29, 2008, 10:01:28 AM »

Congratulations Duck......you scored the photo of the month with your first entry. I wish thats what the hills looked like right now. Thanks guys for the other entries. What a tough year to try to come up with shed pics. Maybe next year will be a better showing. CONGRATULATIONS!

boneaddict · « **Reply #38 on:** March 31, 2008, 07:41:17 PM »

Personally since he won, I think we should be able to trade out that one and post the elk one he just put on here in the snow. MUCH more characteristic of this frickin year.

saylean · « **Reply #39 on:** March 31, 2008, 07:43:53 PM »

Grats Duck.

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