2023 Best Whitetail Photo Contest, sponsored by First Lite

[CTXhunter]

Texas- opening day of rifle.

 

[Bigfeet]

Alberta Whitetail. Northern timber country meant a 2 mile pack out with fully loaded packs for 2 of us! Hard work and well worth it. At least we got away from the ATV crowd!

 

[DWinVA]

VA mtn buck on 11-20-23. Doubled with him first then a big doe a few seconds later. This is the final load out of the mountain. God Bless.

 

[119bowhunter]

NC Thanksgiving morning buck

 

[IDRowdy208]

Long-time lurker here. Figured this was a good time to finally jump in! Was fortunate to take this buck on 11/17 here in N. Idaho where I’m going to school at UI.

Rowdy

 

[CareyJAF50]

Love chasing western prairie Whitetails

 

[Jski in TN]

November WI

 

[Evo9037]

Halloween buck from WI

 

[Vanstepm]

11/24/23 timbertail

 

[Caleb Miller]

 

[Dcoryn]

November 4th Wyoming Whitetail

 

[Andrewlonghi]

My best Florida buck to date

 

[Carr5vols]

November 21st. Tennessee Public Land.

 

[MightyWhitey]

11/29

 

[JGBowman]

My first buck as a Dad!

 

[Birdhunter24]

Not my biggest buck but certainly the most mature. He was a fighter judging from his broken tine and the scars on his face.

November 28th was a cold, very windy, typical late November morning during PA rifle season. I had pretty low expectations. As they say, if you want to hear God laugh, tell Him your plans!

Photo was taken with a GoPro Hero 11 (the only camera I had on hand) so the 9 point rack is pronounced despite using the linear mode. Nevertheless, I love this photo as it captures a very special moment with a terrific view!

 

[Hunt_UP]

At 6 years old, my son got to experience his first pack out, 1.7 miles each way, no trails to hike and a few hundred feet of elevation in the big timber in the U.P.. He has been with me scouting and hanging stands since he was 1, and this was his first harvest I took him to help me with. From quartering, packing, processing, and cleaning the skull, he was with me the whole way. He didn’t complain and he always reminds me to just have fun out there. I wish I could submit more pictures of our adventures this year since it’s not just about the harvest. But I’ll stick to the limit of one classic picture where the smile and arms in the air capture what the season was about. Teaching the next generation to enjoy the outdoors and hard work pays off. He earned the harvest patch for this season and when it comes in, he has the spot already picked out on his backpack. Proud dad moments! (Disclaimer - this is my kill, not my sons, he was my partner in this hunt)

 

[kschneider]

Missouri 11/12/23

 

[KyleSS]

Got this buck on the last morning that I had to hunt for the year.
He ran his doe into me and stopped at 35 Yards
Over the month of November, my hunting partner and I had him inside 40 yards 7 different times.
Alberta Canada

 

[billday]

He got bigger and bigger as I walked up to him…