2018 Best Whitetail Photo Contest, sponsored by SITKA Gear

[Lostinthewoods]

Nov 7, 2018 Kansas archery whitetail.
He has some funky stuff going on with his main beam and one of his brow tines went up a 1/2” and then made a 4” 90 degree right turn towards the other brow.

Funky bucks get arrows!


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[vanish]

Welp, I got a whitetail last Friday, but can't compete in photography with TravisIN! Wow, what a shot! Heck of a buck, too!

Nebraska - Archery - Public Land - Still Hunting - Shot ~15-20 feet

 

[TravisIN]

Some great pics. Congrats guys


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[CDNPO]

Well done guys (and gals), lots of great deer!

Rut is in full swing here, and despite hunting with 4 other guys at camp, this is the first buck I saw this year. We share tags though, so more on the way.

This one came in, nose to the ground in the swamp edge, trailing a doe that came by moments before. 90yds through the brush, quartering away at a slow pace. Went 5 yds and piled up.

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[go4thegusto]

Iowa 11-5-2018 Black Widow recurve

 

[DonRiaz]

Arrowed this unique buck the first week of November in Iowa. Gotta love the rut!

 

[CREillY]

My MN Rifle Buck! It was hot after a group of does cruising through the swamp.

 

[sneaky]

My 2018 Ohio buck. I need to remember to take photos before I hang it to dress it out. I always get excited and skip that step. One of these days I'll remember.

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[elkyinzer]

Central PA
Public land
11/10/18, 12:00
Compound bow (recovery was on Sunday, so no weapon allowed)

 

[robby denning]

One picture per post please. Pic your best, delete the rest. Thanks


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[Osprey]

Illinois public land 11/9. Never stepped foot on this area before I arrived to hunt. Picked a spot out on a topo scouted my way in around 10am shot him around 3pm. Took the picture exactly as I found him.

 

[coueschaser]

Arizona coues father son double

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[Thwack16]

11/03/18 Public Land Bow Buck

 

[MtnBum]

How do I get my pic to upload in full size? It’s tiny when I tried uploading it the first time?

 

[robby denning]

There’s dozens of ways to upload and that many mistakes to be made too. All I can do is refer you back to the link in OP, #5


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[Cactus kid]

11/05/2018: Accomplished a long held goal of tagging an exceptional whitetail.

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[MtnBum]

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Tagged Out 11/09/18' on this beautiful Western, MT Mountain Whitetail. It took many many miles to turn up something of the class I was after. As I sat at my glassing point waiting for the morning fog to burn off as the sun crested the ridge I picked out four cow elk feeding high up on the opposite side of the drainage. With no legal bulls I watched as the cows fed up out of the drainage. With elk out of the picture I repositioned myself to get eyes on the lower portion of the drainage. Within a couple minutes I saw the silhouette of this buck bedded on the outside edge of the tree line. After getting a couple pictures of him through the spotting scope I positioned myself and waited 15mins (what felt like a life time) before he finally got up from his bed. When he rose from his bed I put my crosshairs on him, steadied my breathe, and hit him broadside at 350yds. This is my furthest rifle shot to date on a warrior of a buck which ended up having no teeth. I had my cousin along for the whole experience including with the pack out and I truly feel blessed to be able to hunt on public land making memories like this and always remind myself to never take it for granted.

 

[BigWoods]

Opening morning of New Hampshire's rifle season (11/14/18) found me on the track of a buck and a doe at 6:30 AM. It was 10degrees out with the wind whipping at 15mph on top of the 8-10" of snow from the day before. Followed the pair about 1.5 miles straight south paralleling the main forest road. Enjoyed watching a cow moose along the way. At about 7:45 I heard a snort that stopped me my tracks right before this guy came out running about 60 yards out in some hardwoods. It took the shot which connected a bit far back. 20 Minutes later I caught up and finished the job. Eastern count 8-Pointer weighing in at 213lbs dressed. By far my biggest deer to date.
I was fortunate that the He died about 400 yards uphill from the road, making a remarkably easy drag.

 

[bolo1187]

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Shot him on Nov. 3rd which happens to be my birthday. Hoping to keep the tradition alive next year

 

[bohntr]