Favorite Trophy Photo

nmtaxi · Apr 26, 2011

A while back we did a post of photo regrets. What are your favorite trophy photos? Here's mine.

This is my sons 2009 Wyoming Antelope. I just love the lighting and colors in the whole set of photos I took of it.

I also really like my 2004 off-range oryx pic.

And my favorite trophy photo of my dad's is his ibex from 1984 with the Marlboro man pose.

NMPaul · Apr 26, 2011

Great photos NMtaxi. I especially like the one of your Dads Ibex.
Up until 10 years ago I took no photos and that just reminds me of all the hunts we had been on that I regret not getting pics.
The old days we did not primp the animal.
Now I really take time. I will try to post a couple up later.

264mag · Apr 26, 2011

I like the one of your Dad that's a real classic.

1FastGambler · Apr 26, 2011

LAST EDITED ON Apr-26-11 AT 10:53AM (MST)[p]My oldest son's first elk...

"Windage & Elevation Pilgrim, Windage & Elevation"

WapitiBob · Apr 26, 2011

My fishing partner when she was younger.

HunterHarry · Apr 26, 2011

Favorite photo.
That's tough.
Some are great due to great composition and clarity.
Some due to the quality of the trophy.
Others due to the sheer scenic beauty.
Still others due to the memories of the hunt.

I have too many that mean much to me to just pick one.

HH & Son
Our Album

http://salmonella.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Hunting/16530223_FVSTX#1244512056_6dgXi

greatwestern · Apr 26, 2011

Love that old school billy shot!

NMPaul · Apr 26, 2011

If I could only pick one. There are some epic hunts that pics almost mean as much to me.

nmyotebuster · Apr 26, 2011

2 Favorite Photos in my collection

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nmtaxi · Apr 27, 2011

HH, I agree with you. I started this post meaning the "best" trophy photos as far as eye pleasing. I went through your album and you have some fantastic photos. The one that stuck out the most to me was picture #130-in the snow with the elk rack on the horse. What a great photo that is. What's the story behind it?

DoeNob · Apr 27, 2011

One of my favorite hunting pictures, not necessarily a trophy photo.

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2213/24/27/643262717/n643262717_2024978_2751.jpg

264mag · Apr 27, 2011

That picture has it all Family the trophy and the hunt.

vmcfadden · Apr 27, 2011

HunterHarry · Apr 27, 2011

>HH, I agree with you.
>I started this post meaning
>the "best" trophy photos as
>far as eye pleasing.
>I went through your album
>and you have some fantastic
>photos. The one that
>stuck out the most to
>me was picture #130-in the
>snow with the elk rack
>on the horse. What
>a great photo that is.
> What's the story behind
>it?

Thank You NM.

I took that photo back in 1989 in the Washakie wilderness of northwestern Wyoming out of Cody.
It shows my buddy Rick with a decent bull that he took near the end of our October hunt.
A few days prior I had taken a very nice 6x6.
It was a hunt we'll never forget.
Rick went on to many other great hunts that i can only dream of including five sheep, very big moose, big muleys & much bigger elk.
Today he lives in Belgrade Montana.

greatwestern · Apr 27, 2011

Packin out a couple beasts...

High country archery bull

Yuma Proving Grounds desert hammer

fishfurlife · Apr 27, 2011

LAST EDITED ON Apr-27-11 AT 09:45PM (MST)[p]If you haven't figured it out yet, I like waterfowl

This............

Led to this...........

ASUCoues · Apr 30, 2011

NM coues from 2005. One of my best trophies and best field pics.

http://www.monstermuleys.info/photos/user_photos/3041img_1067-1.jpg

NMPaul · May 1, 2011

That is a slamming coues. Great pic to.

nmelktrout · May 1, 2011

Great post Taxi. Some of the best "trophies" in my book are the first harvests of family friends and photos that just remind me of a great trip.
My wife's first bull:

My buddy Joe packing his first bull out:

A pile of bone from one of the most incredible days of hunting I've ever had (Unit 9, 2006)

-Cody

nmelktrout · May 2, 2011

And I just found this photo taken back when I was a kid on a family ranch in Northwestern Colorado. This picture kind of captures the spirit of my elk hunts as a young hunter in that we occasionally remembered to take a haphazard picture if and when we had a camera available. This was my first "big" bull taken back in the day when spindly raghorns were considered big bulls in Colorado. Simpler times indeed...

NMPaul · May 2, 2011

Cody, that picture with the 2 dead elk, sheds and packs is classic.
You know what kind of sweat equity went into a day like that.
I see you tie up loads like I do, it aint pretty, but, have not lost one yet.

ElkSniper · May 2, 2011

LAST EDITED ON May-02-11 AT 07:35PM (MST)[p]Tio Ray's Oryx

Little Bro's First

07 Turkey

My Favortite Tropy Photos

tvbrewster · May 3, 2011

LAST EDITED ON May-03-11 AT 06:53AM (MST)[p]Montana 2010 Rainy Day Archery Elk

OLBUZZTAIL · May 3, 2011

LAST EDITED ON May-03-11 AT 07:01AM (MST)[p]My first Bow kill Antelope by spot and stalk....14 3/4 in.

My OIL bull from Rhodes Canyon...

Hunting is Life...everything else is
Just details.
Ol' Buzztail...

tvbrewster · May 3, 2011

2009 NM Unit 9 Photo by the light of our campfire. Came out kinda cool for not knowing what I'm doing.

NMPaul · May 3, 2011

Some awesome photos guys.

You need to keep this going. Great pics.

leftturnabq · May 3, 2011

LAST EDITED ON May-03-11 AT 08:55AM (MST)[p]
This is one of my favorite's: my dad's 1st elk

TerynItUp · May 3, 2011

Last time my Grandpa hunted with us....

Good afternoon in AZ with my Dad and Uncle...

Hunt Hard. Shoot Straight. Kill Clean. Apologize to No One.

nmtaxi · May 4, 2011

Here's a pic of my mom's biggest antelope, and best photo.

scottyboy · May 4, 2011

A few of my favorites from a few diff hunts in Zimbabwe.

Yote_Slayer · May 8, 2011

http://www.monstermuleys.info/photos/user_photos/5821wes_elk_001.jpg

NMPaul · May 8, 2011

Wow. Some really cool pics. Keep em coming.

twdjr · May 9, 2011

Nice Pics!

5yearcoueshunter · May 21, 2011

Awesome pictures guys!

NM Coues
Me and my Dad with his first Coues at age 60 with a muzzleloader! Very memorable hunt on a left-over tag. 103 Gross

My first coues. Muzzleloader 105 Gross

Thanks,
Travis

TheBoneCollector · May 21, 2011

Here are a few of mine.

velvetmonster · May 24, 2011

LAST EDITED ON May-24-11 AT 09:52AM (MST)[p]One of my favs..son's goat

AZDirtNap · May 24, 2011

My future hunter.

hunting1 · May 26, 2011

Very awsome all! Here is mine due to it was my sons first big game hunt with me.

nmelktrout · May 26, 2011

LAST EDITED ON May-26-11 AT 11:59AM (MST)[p]This thread has been one of the best on this forum for quite some time and has been a breath of fresh air as it gets back to the core of hunting and the memories made on many hunts. From the classic Marlboro man shot to all the family shots, it's clear that we all have a lot in common.

Better yet, it's clear to me from this post that there IS a next generation of hunters out there.

Here's one of me and my old man, the reason behind my passion for the outdoors.

Keep it going,
Cody

www.streamflies.com

TerynItUp · May 26, 2011

This first picture is my best friends first deer hunt ever. I had the pleasure of taking him and his future father-in-law on a great hunt in my backyard. He had never applied for a hunt in his life and drew the 2nd rifle hunt in 2B last year. Made a perfect shot at 250 yds. Great memory!

Him and his Fiance's Dad put in together and Rick made a great shot on the first morning on this STUD of a deer (196 gross). Here is my buddy with his first buck and me holding Rick's monster.

This picture was right before the buck went to the taxidermist and truly shows how beautiful this deer was. I just talked to Rick and he told me he got his buck back a few weeks ago. I will post up the mount pictures as soon as I receive them from him.

That weekend was unforgettable!

Hunt Hard. Shoot Straight. Kill Clean. Apologize to No One.

NMPaul · May 26, 2011

A day I will never forget. I even remember the details of walking from the where I shot to where he dropped. I cant even remember what I had for breakfast.

hunting1 · May 26, 2011

I still wish Paul would adopt me! That is awsome!

nmelktrout · May 26, 2011

Teryn, that big buck is an absolute hog!

Paul, love seeing those pics of you and your hunting crew (we will all miss khart). Your pictures make me thankful that I'm still killing and packing elk with my old man. Here's a Sargent bull he called in for me and then had to help pack out. We've been hunting buddies since I was 3 months old and loaded onto a panyard on a packhorse for my first elk hunt in the Flat Top Wilderness Area back home in NW, Colorado.

www.streamflies.com

live4muleys · May 28, 2011

Nephews first big game

http://www.monstermuleys.info/photos/user_photos/4751pict0341.jpg

and my feature little hunter

http://www.monstermuleys.info/photos/user_photos/8424pict0315_(2).jpg