2024 Best Elk Hunt Photo Contest, sponsored by Kifaru

robby denning

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It's back! Nine years running and just getting better!

Kifaru has upped their game AGAIN and put up not one, not two, but now THREE BIG PRIZES for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Place. Check this out!


1st-3rd place receives the newly released ARK Frame with winner's choice of bag!!! Our own @Tony Trietch reviewd the ARK here, along with member @Ucsdryder here
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Pretty much the most over-the-top photo contest prizes we've ever ran. Thanks Kifaru

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For 4th place Iron Will Outfitters is back with their New K3 Ultralight Boning Knife +
- Custom engraved with the winner's chosen text.
- Choice of black ceramic coated or natural steel blade
- Choice of Tan, Olive, Gray, Blue, or Orange G10 handle colors.
- Choice of black or hunter orange Kydex sheath.




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For 5th place, long-time sponsor Phone Skope stepped up with a great prize package:

-Phone Skope Case
-Phone Skope C3 Optic Adapter
-Phone Skope Lens Cap
-Bino Loops
-Cleaning Cloth

Rounding out 5th place,
Iron Will Outfitters is in! (prize pending, so check back soon)

Here is the winner of the 2023 Contest @COTubbs

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and runner up @HoytHntr4
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Check out all the 2023 finalists here so you know what we're looking for.

There is a 2024 Meatpole thread for your images that aren't contest worthy
here

Rules:

This is NOT a biggest bull contest, but a "best photo" contest. The winning photo will be judged on the following criteria and rules:

*to note you can't enter a photo for someone else. They must enter it themselves (per rules #4-6) , otherwise the guides and those with big families/friend circles would have better odds.

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 fair chase in 2024 (or after December 10th of 2023--you must be able to prove date of harvest)

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

6) Must be a Rokslide member to enter your photo. One Photo Per Entry, (multiple photos entries will be deleted without notice). If you harvest multiple bulls, you can enter one photo for each (lucky dog, you!)

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.


Good luck Roksliders!

@philos @fngTony @Travis Bertrand @mtnwrunner
 
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TheViking

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2024 Colorado Solo Archery Bull

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1st bull with a bow in Idaho , not a monster but will always be a trophy to me for the memories of my first Elk ever . Clean quick kill with an Iron Will broad head right into the heart. I posted the photo of the pack out because the animal was the prize but not without the grueling work and pack out . IMG_2928 Copy.jpeg
 

bergie

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2024 archery bull. A good representative of the area I hunt, they certainly get bigger but this guy is a little above average. Wild vocalizations he made as I called him in make this a memory that won't soon be forgotten.
 
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Opening day in Montana. I spotted this guy just after daylight. He was about 120 yards up the ridge. I set up and gave a couple cow calls and he came running in. I shot him frontal at 10 yards. He ran about 20 yards stopped and fell over. I was hunting solo. Packed him out in three trips 2 miles from the truck.
 
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