First let me say I take pictures for me....nobody else.

I hunt alone so it's a digital camera/timer and a monopod for me. I have to take allot of pictures to get one good one.

I put my rifle in the pictures because I have more than one rifle and love my rifles...they are part of my hunt. Sometimes the rifle just doesnt make it into the shot. like the last two.

All of these pictures are self timed monopod pictures

I have known guys who let their buddies pose with a buck
that they shot and then brag that they shot it.

I like the no hunter/me pics also and always take a couple.

This is how the deer ended up after I shot him with a winchester 1886 in 40-65...

That is a neat pic Shrap.

Nice thread Bob, lots of great pics.

ass over teakettle.....

I always try to get a pic of exactly how they fall too. I don't know why, its just habit. I don't tuck in tongues or clean blood for those pics.

I'm almost embarressed to show this pic. This is a classic example of how me not being in the pic makes the animal look bigger. I am not going to tell you how small this bear was.

This was a serious judgment screw up on my part. I hid my head in shame when I had him checked in. The guy who did the paperwork was laughing the whole time.

I man not much for longarm pics, but I have probably done it a time or two.

Few critters from last year.

Maybe a little arm stretch and some blood that was difficult to keep under control while being solo and running back and forth with a timer.


Solo again with timer. Probably could have removed more grass and maybe not lean on the critter.


Had someone else take this picture. I made the mistake and didn't review the pics. Out of focus and I had to crop a pile. Too much grass as well. Light was amazing about 1/2 before this shot, but I forgot my camera in my other pack. Learned a few things on this field shot.

Random photos are great, I don't take nearly enough of them on hunts. I don't like long arm shots, mainly because it's hard to tell just what size animal I'm looking at. I much prefer a well composed long arm shot to back of the pickup, in the garage, on the lawn shots. Couldn't care less if anyone is smiling in the photo, I'm not that smiley myself. I don't do fist pumps and jump around like a chick when I kill something either. These are a few of my favorite shots.

Remote controls are the bomb when it comes to solo shots. Too bad camera companies have done away with them in their P&S lines. Seeing the end, I bought a couple off eBay a year ago. Should probably find some more to buy.

Nice pics!

Mostly I'm lucky if I remember to take any!

My opinion on hunting photos:

1. Take more than you think is necessary, today with digital cameras all its going to cost is a bit of time.

2. Keep the blood and guts to a minimum, it doesnt take much to clean up an animal for some quality pictures.

3. Take some pictures both with and without a flash.

4. Put some thought into your photos, its well worth the extra effort to have some quality photos.

5. Dont just take pictures of your animals, take scenery pictures, pictures at camp, etc. etc. etc.

A few self timed photos from last year. Its possible to get good photos when hunting solo, but you have to work at it. A tripod helps a TON.

New Mexico Pronghorn:



Wyoming Pronghorn:



Montana mule deer:



Wyoming elk:

SU35 - I really enjoy seeing the photos so many hunters post here. Great stuff. That said, yes, there's one heck of a difference in quality of the photos. You brought up two distinct points; one being gun safety with the rifle pointed at or near the hunter, and the other being the photo shown to make the animal/fish look bigger. Both of those bother me a bit.

Over the years I've thoroughly enjoyed sharing photos of my hunts with others via e-mail and on some forums. Learned a bit too, from guys who take their photos and hunting seriously. Seems like many of the African PH's know how important those "trophy" photos are to their hunters. Mostly I see the animals cleaned up and posed nicely. Makes for a great photo for the hunter to preserve and share the memories of the hunt.

A few of my favorites:

Youngest son's first deer.


A buddy with me and a mule deer.


One of my bucks, on a solo hunt.


I like this one even though I've been told it looks like the horse grew antlers!


Should have cleaned up the blood a little better here. Forgot.


On these last two, the guys we were hunting with really went out of their way to clean up my son's bear a bit and pose him for the photos. Worth the effort in my opinion.


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Pretty proud of the young fellow in several of those photos. He sure seems to enjoy our time afield together, and we've got quite a few photos in the great outdoors. Many of my game photos haven't come out so great, but I'm giving it a try. Keep on posting 'em guys - it's great to see hunting photos. Keeps the dream alive.

Buzz - those area some great photos!

Regards, Guy

Ingwe--I couldn't agree more. Shows the realism, and most of the time TRUE emotion that goes into the sport.

Very nice pics EVERYONE..

For me, well, if I'm lucky enough to see or even kill a deer with antlers they're far to small to make them even appear big. . .grins..hard to grow tines/main beams/G2's/drop tines from buttons, spikes and forks...

I found this one the other day, stuck away in a shoebox...

A few of my favorites:

Bears are about as tough to get good pictures of as anything...always take more than a few..I'm into selftimed shots. I'll take them even when someone else is there.



I was hunting solo when I connected this buck at mid morning and had all day to get the pictures, cape, bone and pack him back to the pickup...It was a little more of a challenge back before digital camera's hit the scene to get good field pics. You never knew what you had until the were developed.

You have the market cornered on some cool photos...

I wish I would have taken more time with many of my early photos.

A good example of how "not to do it"....rifle muzzle pointing right at me..



One of my favorites....foreground, background and center, all blend well on this shot..

I'll bet he was REALLY pissed by the time you let him out of the shoebox!

Thanks Buzz!......nothing wrong with the one's you hang either! I probably hold as much personal value in the field pictures as I do in the trophies themselves.

I don't like this one......that Cape Buffalo laid down further back to make Ingwe look bigger........

Good one bro.....and for the record, I did release it. It was a female.

It was one of the "dwarf" buffalo....

Ohh! Shoulda knowed.....my bad!

Pat...that rifle looks kinda "Swiftish..."


Am I guessing right?

And yes, thats an excellent pic, all the way around.

Selftimed shot of a bow killed buck a few years back...well, a LOT of years back!....grin!

Rockin' the Bar/Trucker hat though!

Laffin!......I had a matching "truck driver" jacket to go along with it.

Sweeeeeet...

How about this hunting Chic' from back in the day....?

My bud, Greenhorn with a bear I shot in Wyoming last spring....he's even pickier than I am when it comes to snapping field pics...

When remembering a hunt I always think of the packing. It's the most work, but enjoyable to me. I always try to get pics that show the sweat that went into a hunt.

Here I am carrying out an entire bone-in mule deer. this is when I decided to buy a real pack.


Here's most of a whitetail from the same spot a year later. I remember how glad I was that I had a better pack than the year before.


And this pic reminds me of how absurdly cold I got in Colorado.


Sorry for the hijack of non-critter pics, just a reminder to take the camera out even when you're not standing next to something bloody.

I got a pretty decent action sequence last year watching the Old Man. Got a little bit of everything.







The Old Man grumbled a bit when I wanted to drag the Lope up to the top of the hill but I like the blue sky background. Just need to work on my shaded faces.

Longarming doesn't bother me. I can look at the picture and decide myself. No sense in not using the angle to make the critter look the best it can.


And if you bring your kids to my house, they're gonna get used to cover my short comings as a trophy hunter!!! My friends highschool aged kids with the same bull

Outstanding pictures from everyone!

Heres some of my favorite Pics. I like my photo wall in my trophy room almost as much as the trophies on the wall.....Almost.
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Best thing about antelope hunting....you can take the whole family. Flinch



Definitely no outstretched arms here. She caught this 5.5 lb. walleye all by herself. She was just a bit proud of it.


What not to do; Use cheap camera, have photographer's shadow in the picture. This is my best white tail to date and my camera puked. We bought a cheap throw away camera and it shows.


One of my favorites, great camo, great colors, perfect hunt.


Nice velvet archery buck.


Make sure the fish holds still in the pic..lol No ground shrinkage here
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Another one of my favorites.
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Some of the "bad"....the only pic I have of a 160" whitetail buck I shot a few years ago.

Tailgate pics rule!

Horn picker for life...

scenar- for the pre-digital pics, are you scanning in prints or negatives?

Prints....some of them are pretty good quality. Most of them were shot with a Nikon F2A and Nikkor lenses...pretty fair stuff, even today..

Wonderful stuff here. Love seeing all the great stuff from you guys around the country. Keep 'em coming.

A couple of good tailgate shots.....