This is our 9th year! Always love scrolling these threads and seeing some of the best mule deer hunting photos out there.
The 2025 Best Buck Mule Deer Photo Contest by Kryptek is back with the first prize winner taking the $1,000 Kryptek Store Gift Card (see all you could buy here) Thanks Kryptek for always stepping up.
For 2nd 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
And new for 2025, 3rd place is @onX Hunt Elite Membership here:
This is NOT a biggest buck contest, but a "Best Photo" contest. The winning 2025 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. There will be a MEAT POLE thread on this mule deer subforum HERE for those images, and those that aren't quite contest quality.
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 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 likely chose the bigger animal.
4) Must be a photo of a buck harvested fair chase in 2025 or after December 10th of 2024--you must be able to prove date of harvest)
5) Between archery season and December 10th 2025, post up your best harvest photo on this thread
6) Must be a Rokslide member to enter your photo of your buck. One photo per buck only. If you harvest multiple bucks, you can enter one photo for each in separate posts.
7) Also, by posting on this thread, you agree to let Rokslide and Kryptek 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 2024 finalists and get an idea of what we're looking for, click HERE. Just to busy to click? you can see last years 1st & 2nd place winners below:
@bbrown
@Stiddca
