Thought this might make and interesting thread....the emphasis is on skies you have photographed while hunting.
Please, no vacation, side of the road, or back yard pics. Please only post pics you actually took WHILE hunting. Please also post where you were and what you were hunting.
Dawn of a Texas Javalina, Hog, n Bunny Hunt...
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Hunting Mule Deer in WY on a ranch owned by a guy named Ross.
A rainbow tornado???? Pretty unique I'd say...
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/terry/wyrainbowtornato.jpg)
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Now do you get the idea???
Now lets see those hunting skies......
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Sunrise on a Colorado Elk Hunt (elevation, 10,000 ft):
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*Last hunt with "Hope" 2010
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*Sunset after packing my first elk with a longbow off the mountain.
Sunrise on a Utah muley hunt
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Another sunrise on an Idaho elk hunt with my Dad
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Stunning pics! keep em coming :)
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Atchafalaya Basin, South Louisiana. Spring bowfishing
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Kansas sunrise deer hunting
There is something about a crisp blue ski that makes me want to climb higher and higher. This is elk country.
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Sun and Smoke fight for Dominance. Mule Deer 2009
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This is my all time favorite picture I have taken while hunting.
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Pig and deer hunt at Horsecreek WMA. South Ga. October 2010 along the Ocmulgee River.
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Another hunt along the Ocmulgee this time on Flat Tub WMA. August several years ago..
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Early morning pig hunt Big Hammock WMA several years back on the Altamaha River..
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Coastal Island can`t remember which year or trip..Lots of deer
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Headed in. Ocmulgee pig trip.
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Carters Bite landing. Headed for pork on Big Hammock WMA from the boat.. RC
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Sunset over Lake St. Clair on the day I shot my first Mallard with a bow. Believe it or not, that is the beginning of Detroit in the middle left of the picture.
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sorry double post
Colorado DYI Elk Hunt with Wapiti1997 and LoweBow
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September '09 elk hunt near Elk Mt.
You guys out west have some mighty purty country. I`m gonna make it out there to really see it one day Lord Willing.RC
And some folks wonder why we get up so early just to go hunting. :D :D :D
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Aug '08 Wyo antelope hunt.
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Bob walker. Lackabou hunt 2007 Quebec
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Hog heaven sc
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stony rapids SK
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RC,
Was that a murder of crows?? I can remember seeing huge numbers of crows when I was growing up in Florida.
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Pig hunting in az
Morning whitetail hunt..
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Looking for mulies..
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Another morning hunt..
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Not real traditional but elk, deer, and bear camp in Colorado.
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Nice shot of your Colorado camp, Bill
A nice sunrise in S. MO on a foodplot
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Sunset on the last day of deer season this past year in Maryland
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Sunset in the sunset stand
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Mid November rut hunt here in MD a few years ago.
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Hunting moose in Alberta......
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Dawn at the cabin in the UP. Getting ready for Bear Season.
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Here are a few from Alaska
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It was as cold as it looks. Last light breaking, snowshoe hares, Alaska.
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Top of the world. Winter mountain goat hunt, Alaska.
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Moose hunting, Alaska.
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Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Southern Colorado: (http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q44/Whiskers_album/IMG_0091.jpg)
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Hells Canyon elk hunt
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Wyoming antelope hunting
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Wyoming elk hunting
Morning storm, sheep hunt Colorado
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Sunrise, sheep hunt Colorado
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Sunset, elk hunt Colorado
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Sheep Hunting, Hawaii Island
Clouds on Fire
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Sunset above the Clouds
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Last day, last evening of elk season 2011
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Looking at all these pics and having been out in the woods, mountains, tundra, and swamps, I really feel sorry for those folks who have never experienced the things that we sometimes take for granted.
Certainly is my meditation and getting closer with God.
Thanks for the great pics, looking forward to more spectacular views.
Nick
Hunting Axis Deer. Lanai, Hawaii
Sunset over the Pacific Ocean
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Ridgeline Mouflon
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hey kad bow, Love that morning storm pic! gives a real sense of the moment.
Thanks for the idea terry
Roads to elk haunts
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Morning before-running late
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Elk hunting skies
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Mulies in late october
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Antelope mornings
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these last couple are cheating on the rules, as I was only scouting when I took them. :readit:
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Lot of talent here!!! Thanks everyone for sharing. Joe
WOW....these are REALLY great pics.....Nice to see Shed's of a rainbow tornado...and dang if Charlie was almost in reach of that pot of gold!!!
Spectacular pics guys.....lets keep them coming....
Here's a sunrise featuring Charlie....I took this pic just as we were about to step off the old road bed and start our day chasing mulies....
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/terry/wysunsetcharliez.jpg)
Elkbreath,
I especially like your black and white photo. Was that taken with a digital camera?
yeah selfbow, that was an olympus e3.
I've got a bunch of those guys...
elkbreath-
the color in your pics are amazing!
Thanks to all who've posted! I need to take my camera with me more :knothead: :campfire:
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Hog heaven
QuoteOriginally posted by elkbreath:
[QB] Mulies in late october
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that rock looks like a giant petrafied fish!
awsome pics everyone!
This was the sunset on my first afternoon in Africa!
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Bisch
Some amazing talent here!
Not a morning person...but sometimes the view is worth it!
Nice Michigan pinch point (the pond is 22 yards in front of the tree and it has a major trail):
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I should have more but I'm usually trying not to move at this time of the day.
Josh
great thread, its always fun to see where you guys hunt
These two were from a special hunt that my whole family came on. We rented a cabin up on the mountain. What a blast this weekend was!
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These are the views from my favorite over the counter spot here in wyoming all taken within 200 yards of each other,
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Elkbreath, I agree with an earlier poster-the color and clarity of your photos is breathtaking
Are they all done with Olympus ?
Here is a sunset from last fall in the soldier creek area of NW Nebraska.
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Yep, IMHO Olympus makes the best lens'. Love mine!
Fantastic....makes me want to go west and do another Elk hunt........Keep them coming!! :thumbsup: :notworthy:
Elk hunting Colorado
PSU, That photo makes me want to see more of nebraska! never thought I would say that, but I love that breaks/hills country.
I agree with KentuckyTJ.
The big companies, Nikon, Cannon, will tell you on the motor, all kinds of little tricks. they do make very good stuff. In the end, especially with the quality of cameras available these days, the picture is only as sharp as the lens. Zuiko (olympus) lens are known worldwide for their impeccable clarity and quality. Also, Olympus builds a motor to clean dust right into the body, whereas other rely on a lens to do that. the other advantage of olympus dslr is the size. The 4/3 format allows for a very packable workhorse.
Fianlly, no matter what camera you are using, you will always get the best results from a tri-pod of sorts. For clarity/quality, they are very worth their weight. I carry a tiny one, but very sturdy, while hunting that weighs half a pound, it does the job. All the photos in my last post were taken with a tiny canon elf, with a tripod.
one more from antelope country, sans tripod, canon elf.
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Colorado in Seprember
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Northern Quebec
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Some beautiful pics so far!
CO muley hunt...
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CO Elk hunt...
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Eastern KY elk hunt 2011.
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tsshooter, thanks for those photos of colorado! that knetucky country looks old, like old world old. did you guys get an elk?
throw this on the pile...some wild horses
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Goat hunt, sunset thunderstorm, West Australia
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Pigs, sunrise, Northern Territory
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Elk, Sept. snow, Washington Cascades
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Goats, sunrise, West Australia
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TTT
Here are a couple from past moose hunts in the Wrangell Mountains: (note to self - buy a graduated neutral density filter!)
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Sunrise on a September elk hunt in the Missouri Breaks of Montana
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Sunset on on elk hunt in western Montana
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This one pales in comparison to the awesome photos put up..
What's unique about it?
Faith was with my hand. Dec 17, 2012 sunrise in Randolph Co., NC.
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I'll never forget trying to hurry up and get my camera out while trying to decide which bugle to chase this morning. I missed a big bull not long after taking this picture :knothead: :
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Not the kind of skies you want to see while antelope hunting:
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Elk from many years ago:
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Over a swamp in Wisconsin:
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Above timberline in Colorado:
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