Post by: boneaddict on November 29, 2008, 03:36:03 PM
PHOTO OF THE MONTH CONTEST December 2008
Please enter your favorite photo into our photo of the month contest.
WINTER SCENEs anything wintery GOES remember preference goes towards Washington and hunting and fishing.
(I really like Muledeer with large black antlers LOL)
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
This is your last chance to become eligible for the photo of the year contest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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
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 ...bowhunting/Archery
October....open
November.... Field photos
December.... Winter scenes (wildlife and scenery acceptable...anything winter)
Post by: rosscrazyelk on December 01, 2008, 02:39:33 PM
Post by: boneaddict on December 01, 2008, 03:54:30 PM
Post by: Timberstalker on December 01, 2008, 04:03:53 PM
Post by: saudog on December 01, 2008, 04:52:02 PM
FWIW, we were hunting. Unfortunately, there were no large deer hanging out next to the lake that wanted their picture taken after being shot!
Post by: boneaddict on December 01, 2008, 05:06:38 PM
Post by: saudog on December 01, 2008, 07:15:43 PM
I was hunting Elk up high a few years ago with my dad up around 4000-5000ft. We had cut some pretty fresh tracks made by a few elk that were zigging and zagging horizontally across the terrain. Then we cut some even fresher tracks that started heading straight up to some seriously steep alpine country. We had just gotten up out of the trees to where we could see a ways when we cut these tracks and were happy to follow them up a ridge so we could get a better lay of the land if not see where these couple of animals went. Based on the snow fall they were only a half a day old but had about a half-inch dusting in them from more recent snow. They sure looked like Elk tracks to us.
Well after scrambling up some very steep ridges and starting to wonder what kind of Elk would be heading where they were heading, we both looked up from seperate but parallel ridges and saw a MONSTER of a mountain goat. He was on an exposed ridge and stook out like a sore thumb. It was late in the afternoon by this time and he was heading back down to treeline to forage again.
We didn't expect to see goats where we were and there is no mountain goat season there. This goat was huge and it was the first time I had seen one in the wild like that. He was like something you would see on a real nice blown up photo from a gallery or in an advertisement. As thick as he was tall and with very think and long horns and a goatee that came close to touching the ground. He was staring right at us from his ridge and had probably been watching us for a while. He wasn't going anywhere though as he could pause for nightfall and we'd surelly be gone.
The sight was awsome through my bino's and my scope, problem was the only camera I had was a Kodak disposable! Determined to document the event I snuck up as close as I figured he would let me before getting spooked (still about 300 yards) and threw down my pack. I lined my rifle scope up laying it on my pack and jacket and crancked it up to 7X. Now with a disposable the view window is offset from the actual lens, so you have to just wing it in the postition I'm in, using my rifle scope as a telephoto lens. I held it back about 3 inches and snapped off a couple shots, not thinking or knowing if they would come close to being viewable.
After wrapping up that Elk season and waiting for the pictures to get developed I was shocked to see that one of them came out pretty good, all things considered. I also had to retake the picture with my digital Olympus to get them on the computer since I don't have a scanner here. I know they aren't something you would put in a wildlife calender but it is my favorite picture.
Post by: SpokaneSlayer on December 03, 2008, 10:31:04 PM
Post by: shanevg on December 03, 2008, 11:51:58 PM
Post by: shanevg on December 04, 2008, 12:01:18 AM
Post by: Charlie on December 04, 2008, 07:20:21 AM
Post by: farmin4u_98948 on December 04, 2008, 08:39:24 PM
Post by: fc2038 on December 04, 2008, 08:59:01 PM
Post by: croix on December 05, 2008, 10:03:37 AM
Post by: saylean on December 06, 2008, 05:57:27 PM
This is the north fork of Trout Creek, up by Harts pass.
Post by: bowsandhose on December 06, 2008, 06:07:40 PM
Post by: norsepeak on December 06, 2008, 06:36:49 PM
Post by: runniNgunnin on December 06, 2008, 07:20:11 PM
Post by: norsepeak on December 07, 2008, 10:42:17 AM
Post by: mulehunter on December 07, 2008, 10:51:38 AM
Mulehunter
Post by: saylean on December 07, 2008, 12:38:07 PM
The first elk shed I found I ran up to it thinking someone else was gonna grab it before me, out in the woods!...Great pic.
Post by: EastWaViking on December 08, 2008, 01:26:51 PM
Merry Christmas!
Post by: runningboard on December 10, 2008, 07:12:56 PM
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10516/100_0058.JPG)
Post by: runningboard on December 10, 2008, 07:26:13 PM
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,15953.0.html
better photo(IMO) than the 1's posted earlier. shows buck, ice, frost, rifle. Not trash around his right base, that's the stick I used to hold him up for photos.
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10516/1204081220.jpg)
Post by: blessed on December 10, 2008, 08:26:15 PM
Post by: blessed on December 10, 2008, 08:51:52 PM
Post by: boneaddict on December 13, 2008, 01:13:49 PM
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv47%2Fboneaddict%2Freflectionsofwood.jpg&hash=309d1561bc72dac8dafec10ec8e35b194125d53e)
Post by: 1bowhunter1 on December 13, 2008, 01:23:42 PM
Post by: heavy hauler on December 14, 2008, 09:05:28 PM
Post by: BC CHASER on December 14, 2008, 09:19:32 PM
Post by: groundhog on December 15, 2008, 02:00:39 PM
Man your Wood Duck photos are off the hook!!!! That would be a hands down winner! Here is a pic of my oldest daughter Katie with a limit for her and I. We couldn't get our shorthair to sit still long enough to be included in the photo. (https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10630/KODIAK_STEELHEAD_024.jpg)
Post by: SpokaneSlayer on December 15, 2008, 02:02:08 PM
Post by: groundhog on December 15, 2008, 02:06:10 PM
Post by: groundhog on December 15, 2008, 02:49:29 PM
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10630/winter_06-07_063.jpg)
Post by: groundhog on December 15, 2008, 03:09:55 PM
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10630/elk_0708_231.jpg)
Post by: beaubeau on December 15, 2008, 08:05:45 PM
Post by: huntnphool on December 15, 2008, 08:11:26 PM
Post by: boneaddict on December 15, 2008, 08:59:13 PM
Post by: beaubeau on December 15, 2008, 09:22:56 PM
Post by: beaubeau on December 15, 2008, 09:37:29 PM
Post by: wackmaster on December 16, 2008, 09:55:39 PM
Post by: saylean on December 18, 2008, 10:58:12 AM
Post by: beaubeau on December 18, 2008, 08:07:28 PM
Thats an interesting statement at bottom of your posts."Never pass on the first day what you would take on the last day".I have a similar but a somewhat different/backwards rule. Mine is best staed as "never take anything late in a hunt that you wouldn't take on the first day".
Post by: saylean on December 19, 2008, 03:06:50 PM
Saylean,
Thats an interesting statement at bottom of your posts."Never pass on the first day what you would take on the last day".I have a similar but a somewhat different/backwards rule. Mine is best staed as "never take anything late in a hunt that you wouldn't take on the first day".
I was watching "Hunting for the Holidays" and one of the hunters said that...I thought it was clever, so I stole it. ;)
This year I passed on several white tails...I still havent taken a buck (few days left for archery)...I think I should have stuck to that saying... :chuckle: :chuckle:
I like yours too.
Post by: Ray on December 19, 2008, 04:55:33 PM
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,15948.msg187553.html#new
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi234.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee99%2Frainshadow1%2FDSC04478.jpg&hash=b354a36bb99720b99122ab03038da77ce1ffd2a7)
Post by: Swiftkid on December 19, 2008, 06:28:48 PM
Post by: smdave on December 19, 2008, 08:00:11 PM
Arlington Hwy9 at 160th The farm behind where the Prairie dogs were.
Dave
Post by: Slider on December 20, 2008, 11:41:37 AM
Post by: bowsandhose on December 20, 2008, 11:46:06 AM
Post by: 270Shooter on December 20, 2008, 08:17:47 PM
(http://C:\Documents and Settings\Shelly\My Documents\My Pictures\deer and hunting\Ram looking 800.JPG)
Post by: jeepasaurusrex on December 20, 2008, 08:31:23 PM
Post by: Timber on December 20, 2008, 08:49:56 PM
Post by: robb92 on December 21, 2008, 05:15:58 PM
Post by: hogsniper on December 21, 2008, 05:51:39 PM
Post by: Elkman on December 21, 2008, 08:59:38 PM
Shot this last Thursday morning.
(Not washington)
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpeot.smugmug.com%2Fphotos%2F438512931_BZZ3H-L-1.jpg&hash=337c5a4e47065f6fdd8f8d58525d30d1f6450513)
Post by: huntnphool on December 21, 2008, 09:02:10 PM
Post by: Ray on December 21, 2008, 09:13:13 PM
Post by: Elkman on December 21, 2008, 09:16:04 PM
Not sure whether you're trying to show off a great pic or rub it in that you were somewhere hot last week :chuckle:
:) Trust me, it should have been, but it was anything but hot. Hell, it wasn't even warm.
more like the 40's last week.
And Thanks guy's!
Post by: mossback91 on December 22, 2008, 01:22:04 AM
Post by: rougheye on December 22, 2008, 12:19:13 PM
Post by: Slider on December 22, 2008, 06:37:18 PM
Post by: mossback91 on December 22, 2008, 07:40:05 PM
Post by: groundhog on December 23, 2008, 07:06:44 AM
Post by: boneaddict on December 24, 2008, 12:50:04 PM
Post by: bucklucky on December 25, 2008, 12:29:34 PM
Post by: Elkman on December 25, 2008, 09:02:23 PM
Post by: Bearhunter on December 25, 2008, 10:21:47 PM
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi107.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fm292%2Fpetkmj%2FIMG_1653-1.jpg&hash=c6e38dce7ef8e45d824c6491b99204725a650997)
Post by: bankwalker on December 26, 2008, 05:28:54 PM
Post by: 270Shooter on December 26, 2008, 09:26:07 PM
Post by: boneaddict on December 27, 2008, 07:37:38 AM
Keep an eye out folks for the next months contest, which will probably be an open one, and also the Photo of the Year contest, where the winners of every months contest will be voted upon by the forum members. I'll get to work on it.
Post by: boneaddict on December 27, 2008, 07:39:03 AM
Post by: Wea300mag on December 27, 2008, 07:54:53 AM
Post by: 270Shooter on December 27, 2008, 08:05:42 AM
Post by: bucklucky on December 27, 2008, 09:14:51 AM
Post by: tlbradford on December 27, 2008, 09:49:03 AM
Post by: rainshadow1 on December 27, 2008, 10:13:17 AM
Awesome Buck and great pic! Congratulations!
Post by: boneaddict on December 27, 2008, 10:50:18 AM
Post by: Slider on December 27, 2008, 05:19:30 PM