2020 Best Bull Elk Hunt Photo Contest, sponsored by Kifaru

[benz1978]

First time out west

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[fulltiltaudio]

Opening day OR bull!

 

[tuffcrk14]

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[cowboydan]

Nice pics

 

[Lure99]

Idaho OTC archery. Packing out my first bull.

 

[steveazz]

We're back! This is the 5th year of this contest. Our friends at Kifaru have put up a $750 Gift Certificate for 1st place again this year!!!! That's 750 Washington's to roll out in the Kifaru store with no smack-talkin' from the bride (or hubby for you ladies!)

The $750 is for first place,

2nd place will be the ever-popular-and-often-out-of-stock Rokslide Kill Kit shown below

Jr8fish took the Kifaru money last year (just like he did in 2018 here!!!) with this winning photo:
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This is NOT a biggest bull contest, but a "best photo" contest. The winning photo will be judged on the following criteria and rules:

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? Are the antler tips out of the frame or the hunters head cut off? Or is it a good balance between the bull, 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.

4) Must be a photo of a bull harvested in 2020 (or after December 10th of 2019--you must be able to prove date of harvest)

5) Between archery season and December 10th, post up your best harvest photo on this thread

6) Must be a Rokslide member to enter your photo. One photo per bull only. If you harvest multiple bulls, you can enter one photo for each

7) Also, by posting on this thread, you agree to let Rokslide and Kifaru use any of the photos in promotional material without compensation

8) Any international winner is responsible for border tax, custom fees, excessive postage fees, etc.

If you want to see the 2019 finalists and get an idea of what we're looking for, click here

 

[Laramie]

Nice bull... crazy how white his rack is. It's like he never rubbed on anything.

 

[rschwegman]

Colorado 3rd Rifle

 

[Laramie]

Some great bulls/pictures this year. Guessing it will take some time to sort through! My two favorites are #76 and 191. Those two pics just really grab my attention for different reasons.

 

[Tyrell]

Colorado OTC bull

 

[rbros]

2020 LE Utah bull

 

[Juan_ID]

I feel it wouldn’t be complete if I didn’t do a follow up post. Having never shot a sick/infected animal before we were urged (by some buddies) to contact IDF&G to see if we had any options. After a couple discussions they offered my wife an alternate tag in exchange for the antlers. While she felt good about having done what needed to be done with the sick bull she was excited at having another chance to get some elk meat.

She hunted her tail off the entire season and with only a few days left in the season this bull offered her a chance after an all day ordeal and she capitalized on it about an hour before dark! Having never seen a dead elk before she was in shock of how big a “healthy” bull was, super proud of this lady for giving it her all til the very end. And super thankful for good friends willing to come help with the packout the next day. God is good!

 

[Wanabe]

2020 LE Utah bull

Now that’s a good pic. And a great bull!!

 

[Stalker69]

Colorado archery bull!View attachment 220073

This one gets my vote, best by far, so far.

 

[Longranginidaho]

agree it looks very steep

 

[Huntin_GI]

You should win for the story! Nice bull as well.

Lol this picture fails to do the story justice. Thanks man. Appreciate it.

 

[thegoosano]

Here’s my 2020 archery NM bull, this was taken on the last pack out on day 3, and I barely had the energy to pull my camera out to take this, but I’m glad I did! This was my first successful archery bull elk hunt after 3 years of struggling.

Great photos everyone!

 

[Bru2]

My first archery bull. Colorado Otc

 

[Laramie]

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My first archery bull. Colorado Otc

Very cool bull. I haven't ever taken a freak.

 

[Bru2]

Very cool bull. I haven't ever taken a freak.

Thanks. I was definitely pumped up when I got to put my hands on him