Post by: boneaddict on December 01, 2009, 06:47:42 AM
PHOTO OF THE MONTH CONTEST December 2009
Please enter your favorite photo into our photo of the month contest.
TOPIC this month. WINTER SCENES (anything winter, from snowy field photos to winter range to snowmobiles blasing through a drft.....post em up. If you took it or are in the pic, post it up. Best one wins.
Last chance to get a photo in the photo of the year contest!
-Photo size MUST be 800x600 pixels or LESS Most violated rule
-Photos need to have been taken within the last calendar year.
-Photo must have been taken by the person submitting it, or of that person in the case of a field photo.
-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....Hunting buddies
April.....Shed antlers
May.....Fishing (combo this year...Turkey/Fishing)
June......Trailcam pics
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: Snowman on December 01, 2009, 06:53:41 AM
Post by: Gutpile on December 01, 2009, 07:31:08 AM
Post by: Skyvalhunter on December 01, 2009, 08:24:52 PM
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Post by: Jeffrey on December 01, 2009, 11:04:00 PM
Post by: bow4elk on December 01, 2009, 11:24:23 PM
Post by: workstohunt on December 02, 2009, 07:48:14 AM
Post by: swift on December 02, 2009, 08:39:26 AM
Well heres two from early 08 Look close he's in both!
Post by: SpokaneSlayer on December 02, 2009, 08:49:05 AM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on December 02, 2009, 12:28:58 PM
Post by: Jeffrey on December 02, 2009, 02:29:54 PM
Me, a buddy and CoryTDF on a late elk hunt a few years ago. Cold. Deep. Steep.
Hey Pathfinder- Looks like a "brutal" hunt. Not many places for you, or the elk to hide! :dunno: Did you guys get an elk?
Post by: EastWaViking on December 03, 2009, 02:28:42 PM
Post by: wapiti hunter2 on December 04, 2009, 08:35:49 AM
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on December 04, 2009, 08:44:34 AM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on December 04, 2009, 09:08:44 AM
Me, a buddy and CoryTDF on a late elk hunt a few years ago. Cold. Deep. Steep.
Hey Pathfinder- Looks like a "brutal" hunt. Not many places for you, or the elk to hide! :dunno: Did you guys get an elk?
You are right about that Jeff, no place to hide. We found the elk, there were about 70 of them, sitting on a bare knob, guards posted on every corner, no way to approach. We tried to get on them for two days, but never got closer than 100 yards. On the afternoon of the 2nd day they busted down into a deep, deep, deep, deep canyon. Jimmy, (the middle guy in the picture) busted down into the canyon after them. Cory and I just looked at him, each other, shook our heads, then sat down in the snow to watch. Did I mention that the canyon was deep? Snow drifted in spots chest deep. He got into the bottom of the canyon, made it to within 40 yards of a cow, but couldn't get a clear shot. The elk then promptly trotted back out and onto their knob again :chuckle:. They made it look like an afternoon stroll.
It took Jimmy almost 2 hours to fight his way through the snow up outta that canyon. Twice he just collapsed and lay down in the snow. We were seriously starting to get worried that something bad was going to happen. Finally he made it out and collapsed on the trail.
"Why didn't you guys stop me?" He said.
Cory and I looked at each other and shrugged.
"Entertainment?" I said.... :chuckle:
Post by: CoryTDF on December 04, 2009, 10:35:31 AM
Me, a buddy and CoryTDF on a late elk hunt a few years ago. Cold. Deep. Steep.
Hey Pathfinder- Looks like a "brutal" hunt. Not many places for you, or the elk to hide! :dunno: Did you guys get an elk?
You are right about that Jeff, no place to hide. We found the elk, there were about 70 of them, sitting on a bare knob, guards posted on every corner, no way to approach. We tried to get on them for two days, but never got closer than 100 yards. On the afternoon of the 2nd day they busted down into a deep, deep, deep, deep canyon. Jimmy, (the middle guy in the picture) busted down into the canyon after them. Cory and I just looked at him, each other, shook our heads, then sat down in the snow to watch. Did I mention that the canyon was deep? Snow drifted in spots chest deep. He got into the bottom of the canyon, made it to within 40 yards of a cow, but couldn't get a clear shot. The elk then promptly trotted back out and onto their knob again :chuckle:. They made it look like an afternoon stroll.
It took Jimmy almost 2 hours to fight his way through the snow up outta that canyon. Twice he just collapsed and lay down in the snow. We were seriously starting to get worried that something bad was going to happen. Finally he made it out and collapsed on the trail.
"Why didn't you guys stop me?" He said.
Cory and I looked at each other and shrugged.
"Entertainment?" I said.... :chuckle:
Yeah that was an adventure to say the least.
Post by: shanevg on December 05, 2009, 10:29:05 PM
I really like this picture because it really captures the essence of climbing with skis.
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/11028/Epic%20033POTM.jpg)
Post by: h2ofowlr on December 09, 2009, 08:10:24 AM
Post by: TEX-X on December 09, 2009, 08:30:12 AM
Post by: joebear on December 09, 2009, 08:42:09 AM
Post by: LittleJohn on December 09, 2009, 10:03:21 AM
My trip the Montana in October.
Post by: mulehunter on December 09, 2009, 06:10:48 PM
Mulehunter ;)
Post by: boneaddict on December 10, 2009, 03:11:57 PM
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Post by: boneaddict on December 10, 2009, 03:15:49 PM
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Post by: yelp on December 11, 2009, 11:55:36 AM
Post by: gramps on December 11, 2009, 01:16:08 PM
Post by: boneaddict on December 11, 2009, 02:27:37 PM
Post by: JoeVon on December 11, 2009, 02:55:27 PM
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Post by: kenbell27 on December 11, 2009, 02:56:20 PM
Post by: JoeVon on December 11, 2009, 02:57:11 PM
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Post by: burrheadcountry on December 11, 2009, 06:39:29 PM
Post by: javman on December 11, 2009, 06:55:48 PM
Post by: joebear on December 11, 2009, 08:02:28 PM
NICE Wolf Trax in Wa. 12/6/09. Okanagon Countyheres a few more tracks for you
Mulehunter ;)
Post by: Lee Root on December 11, 2009, 08:14:24 PM
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Lee
Post by: Jeffrey on December 12, 2009, 12:33:24 PM
Post by: TDFgroupie on December 13, 2009, 11:02:06 AM
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Post by: denali on December 15, 2009, 01:43:17 PM
Post by: carpsniperg2 on December 15, 2009, 01:55:57 PM
Post by: Aneoakleaf on December 16, 2009, 11:32:48 PM
"Kalama River Fishing Buds"
Post by: GregE on December 17, 2009, 09:04:41 PM
Here's a sunrise view of Goat Rocks taken from N of Mt Baker.
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Post by: GregE on December 17, 2009, 09:45:04 PM
A high lake in Colorado with golden Apens. 8)
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Post by: Gringo31 on December 19, 2009, 08:33:37 PM
Post by: CoryTDF on December 19, 2009, 10:46:06 PM
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Love it! Great pic wifey! We make good lookin kids! :chuckle: :chuckle:
Before anybody says it. I'm not talking about the Dog. :)
Post by: Pathfinder101 on December 21, 2009, 08:40:01 AM
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Love it! Great pic wifey! We make good lookin kids! :chuckle: :chuckle:
Before anybody says it. I'm not talking about the Dog. :)
Super pic TDF Groupie! What a cutie! (I'm not talking about the dog either... :chuckle: )
Post by: Dipsnort on December 21, 2009, 08:58:54 AM
Love it! Great pic wifey! We make good lookin kids! :chuckle: :chuckle:Let's be honest. It's mostly her. :P
Post by: Pathfinder101 on December 21, 2009, 10:57:39 AM
Love it! Great pic wifey! We make good lookin kids! :chuckle: :chuckle:Let's be honest. It's mostly her. :P
:chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: saudog on December 21, 2009, 02:18:38 PM
Post by: boneaddict on December 21, 2009, 02:28:02 PM
Post by: andrew_12gauge on December 21, 2009, 03:01:19 PM
Post by: donimator on December 21, 2009, 05:06:11 PM
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Post by: muleysgirl13 on December 22, 2009, 12:18:45 AM
Post by: Skyvalhunter on December 22, 2009, 06:07:51 AM
Post by: muleysgirl13 on December 22, 2009, 10:28:51 PM
Nice pics Muley
thanks sky ... the snowy sun picture is looking south over sr203 north of duvall and the picture of the moose is in NE WA just near the top of sherman pass. There were three of them and they were all trotting over the highway, they jumped into the bushes, we stopped along the shoulder and they decided to stop and watch us for about 10 mins and then took off... i do not have a nice zoom lens so the quality suckks because i cropped alot of the excess out and just blew up the moose. It was late february of this year. The snow picture was right around this time last year (not sure if that breaks the dateline requirments for the contest) it was probably 2-3 days before christmas because I have pictures of us baking cookies later that night
Post by: huntnphool on December 22, 2009, 10:37:40 PM
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Post by: muleysgirl13 on December 22, 2009, 11:13:45 PM
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on December 23, 2009, 09:10:58 PM
Post by: shanevg on December 25, 2009, 09:08:00 AM
Post by: boneaddict on December 25, 2009, 11:43:11 AM
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Post by: boneaddict on December 25, 2009, 11:44:02 AM
Post by: addicted on December 25, 2009, 11:50:23 AM
Post by: huntnphool on December 25, 2009, 11:51:42 AM
Post by: addicted on December 25, 2009, 11:52:35 AM
They look like beer bongs
germans dont mistreat their beer like that. lol
Post by: Todd_ID on December 26, 2009, 08:08:35 PM
p.s., Please be kind to me on the judging since this is my first entry in your monthly contests. (Meaning, I took the picture 364 days ago from the picture properties.)
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Post by: boneaddict on December 26, 2009, 08:52:33 PM
Post by: Jeffrey on December 27, 2009, 03:28:20 PM
mine
Oh ya...this is a great one, for sure!
Post by: alecvg on December 27, 2009, 03:31:36 PM
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I love this shot! Awesome pic bone!
Post by: boneaddict on December 27, 2009, 03:39:08 PM
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Post by: Jeffrey on January 01, 2010, 09:47:41 AM
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Post by: actionshooter on January 01, 2010, 05:08:59 PM
I really have never tried to take good pictures until the last 6 months, mostly because of the fantastic pictures I have seen on this site. :tup:
Post by: boneaddict on January 01, 2010, 05:17:01 PM
Post by: Ray on January 04, 2010, 10:30:04 PM
Post by: Aneoakleaf on January 05, 2010, 12:01:57 AM