We need hunting/trophy pics here!!!

[Skychief]

How about posting some hunting photos here, since the photobucket debacle has wiped so many out???

 

[Sean Gadhar]

Headed to deer camp tonight, I'll do my best to get you a "trophy pic" :wink:

 

[Idaho Ron]

My son's 2017 buck. Neck shot at 175 yards.

 

[hanshi]

I hope to actually have some "trophy" photos before the end of the season. I don't have much in the way of photos since I had no digital camera until relatively recently. I'll post what I have.

 

[Idaho Ron]

Are we supposed to post this years trophy's or any one we have?

 

[Skychief]

Absolutely any Ron :thumbsup:

 

[wattlebuster]

I'll bite

 

[Britsmoothy]

How about a rooster?



B.

 

[hanshi]

I had to really scrape for these as most were taken decades ago. This deer was taken with a gun I no longer have - circa 1972. This is the largest turkey for me yet. And a flintlock squirrel. This bobcat was taken - along with another one - in 1966 with the accompanying rifle. These are some recovered ball from various deer over the years. The last photo is of me just relaxing at home. :grin:

 

[wattlebuster]

Hanshi I had you figured for a doberman :idunno:

 

[excess650]

2011 Virginia .58 flintlock

2013 Virginia .62 flintlock

2016 Virginia .62 flntlock

recovered .605" ball now measures 8/8" x 15/16" and shed less than 1gr!

2016 Pennsylvania at 125+ yards .62 flintlock

recovered ball was round enough to shoot again!

 

[George]

On the hoof or on the wing, I count any bird taken with a flintlock a trophy.





Spence

 

[excess650]

Nice photos, and I agree, game taken with flintlocks are to be cherished.

I was trying to add a couple of additional, better photos to my previous post, but apparently exceeded allowable edit time; I'll just add them here.

 

[410-er]

Pictures 456 by t410er, on Flickr

 

[Britsmoothy]

Good photo :hatsoff:

B.

 

[Skychief]

These are great. Keep em coming :thumbsup:

 

[sooner]

Here you go Skychief my favorite from 2016

 

[Spikebuck]

My hunting revolves around Whitetail Deer, Turkey, squirrel and rabbits. As we're seeing in the pictures, the "trophies" are our experiences in the outdoors. Sometimes they are a "big" animal, but that is the least measure....

An average afternoon squirrel hunt:

My Golden Retriever "Kaiah" helps:

As does my "rescue" Black Lab, Bella:

Kaiah has one located!

My Grandson holds a huge Fox Squirrel we took:

It will be a while before my Grandson can shoot the Virginia!

Looking out over beautiful Trout Valley in SE MN on a winter small game hunt. Game taken or not, this is a huge part of what hunting is to me. Just being out there in God's beautiful creation!

For small game and turkey, my .62 Virginia Smooth rifle fills the bill perfectly:

I'm a horrible turkey hunter, but even a blind squirrel occasionally finds a nut:

2013

2015

Occasionally I stumble onto a Rabbit:

The dogs always get excited when a deer is brought in:

Who doesn't like a big fat doe for the freezer?

"Old Moe" took over a week of hunting in sub-zero temperatures, including wind chills of -20 to -30 degrees, to get. I sent in a tooth for cross-section analysis and his age came back at 7 1/2 years. While not my biggest antlered buck, taking a very old buck under those conditions was a highlight for me:

My biggest buck with traditional muzzleloader:

My first deer taken in "traditional" dress:

 

[wattlebuster]

Great pics spikebuck. Very nice bucks

 

[hanshi]

DANG! Hey, Spikebuck, Excess650, do you two ever kill anything other than huge bucks?! I don't even see that many in a half dozen years! And wattle, I'm a good doggie and very friendly.

And I totally agree; any game, IMO, taken with a flintlock - okay, even a caplock - is a trophy. There!