I'm a little late getting this one up, but there's plenty of time to enter.
Although I'm a mule deer hunter, I've learned a ton from studying whitetail hunters. After all, big whitetails use many of the same tactics as big mule deer use to evade hunters- they hide in the thick stuff!
One of the best books on down-to-earth whitetail hunting stories is Ryan Hatfield's "Idaho's Greatest Whitetails". I have a copy for the winner of this contest. Rules are the same as the Mule Deer and Elk Contests....
Myself, Ryan Avery, and Rokslide member ChrisS of Syracuse, NY will be choosing will be judging the harvest photos FROM 2016 based on the following:
1) WOW Factor. Is it a great photo that grabs the viewer? This takes in lighting, color, uniqueness, etc.
2) Composition- by that I mean the way in which the different parts that make up your photo are arranged- is there too much background, not enough animal? or visa versa? Is the buck's nose cut off the frame? Or is it a good balance between the buck, the hunter, the terrain? (the hunter is not required to appear in the photo.)
3) Size of animal. This doesn't mean biggest animal wins, but if #1 and #2 are equal, we'll chose the bigger animal.
I recommend using a photobucket account or the like to post photos as they'll appear full size on the thread. We won't be offering personal consultations on uploading photos, as you can do a search on Rokslide and find out how to upload.
Also, by posting on this thread, you agree to let Rokslide use any of the photos in promotional material without compensation.
Post 'em up boys and girls, any legal whitetail (no high fences please) from any state (Coues can go on here, too) and Mexico
Also, as the title says, 2016 kills only, previous year's won't be considered.
UPDATE: As there seems to be more Whitetail hunts still going on, we'll leave this thread open for entries until Sunday 12/18. Get your entries in by then and we'll consider them. Thanks!
UPDATE 12/26/16 OK Whitetail slayers! We got a better response on this contest than we thought we would, so we upped the ante. Besides the 1st prize- Idaho's Greatest Whitetails- we added 2nd place:
Larry Benoit's remastered classic: How to Bag the Biggest Buck of Your Life
Third place:
any shirt (not including hoodies) in stock (including size) from the Rokslide store: CLOTHING – Rokslide Online Store
Rokslide member and Whitetail hunter ChrisS helped Ryan and I narrow down all the entries to the top three:
1st place:
TBoschma! This dude knows how to take a photo as he also placed 2nd in our Mule Deer contest!
For 2nd place:
griffinit! Another Rokslide killer, he had two bucks in this contest, two bulls in the elk contest AND a giant mule deer in that contest, taking Honorable Mention in both those. No Honorable mention here, though, and takes the Benoit book.
And for 3rd place
Devonian's very unique photo. We usually shy away from the bloody ones, but somehow he made this one work. He takes the Rokslide shirt.
All you guys need to email me at [email protected] with your shipping info (and size for the shirt winner) within 10 days (so January 5th) to claim your prizes or I'll move someone else into your slot. Please post up on the thread, too, we want to hear from you!
Thanks and hoping to make this contest even better next year!
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) guys! Time to start getting serious for whitetails around here next weekend. Still warm though. Needing a cold front in the worst way.
