2025 Best Whitetail Hunt Photo by First Lite

[fatlander]

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[KHNC]

Colorado Eastern Plains 11/10/2025

 

[zscarrok]

Arkansas Ouachita mountain buck. He was bedded just down from the top of a big ridge with 15mph wind blowing right in his face. Came around his side and bumped him uphill, he gave me a broadside shot at 40 yards. Packed him out about a mile down the mountain back to the truck.


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[HiMtnHntr]

Don’t hunt whitetails much. They sure are cool deer… was lucky enough to take this WY buck on Nov 9.

 

[jrbarnes9972]

Probably my most memorable hunt of all time! Sitting in a blind with my dad using my Grandfather's 30-30 that my Great-Uncle made the stock for. Couldn't have asked for a better sit in Indiana

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[tp308]

My 17 yr old's archery buck (during MO rifle season) 8 yds... not a giant but every one of them is a privilege.

 

[buzzy]

A beautiful Alberta whitetail taken a week ago.

 

[Oregonhuntrboi]

11/18/25.

 

[Tryin]

 

[mitchellmountain]

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Contest is simple, but READ THE RULES your entry could disappear without notice. Common violations are posting more than one picture or posting for someone else, so read the rules!

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:

1) WOW Factor. Is it a great photo that grabs the viewer? This takes in lighting, color, uniqueness, etc.

2) Composition- by that we 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 hunter's 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, it might!

4) Must be a photo of a buck YOU harvested fair chase in 2025 (between January 16th, 2025 and January 15th. 2026)

5) Post up YOUR best 2025 harvest photo by January 15th 2026 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.

7) Also, by posting on this thread, you agree to let Rokslide, First Lite, & Phone Skope 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

There will be Meat Pole thread on this same whitetail subforum to post your pics that aren’t quite contest quality
( @Glendon Mullins @philos @mtnwrunner @Maidenfan539 @fngTony )

South Dakota black hills buck, as it was when I walked up to it.