We’re looking for some good deer, squirrel, rabbit, bear, gamebird , waterfowl and turkey hunting photos from youth, or novice hunters. Congratulations to those who have taken the time and commitment to mentor a young or novice hunter – the dads and moms, uncles, aunts, grandparents, friends or volunteers for discovering the passion for the outdoors and providing this most important opportunity for developing new traditions, life skills and character building resulting in wonderful experiences and memories to last a lifetime.
Send us your photos of smiling young hunters. Also, any unusual pictures or stories from any hunters are considered for posting. The pictures need to be in good taste for publication—minimal blood, classic pose, etc. Our award-winning professional photographers offer a few tips on composition of your photos so as to capture the moment with a good photo—consider background, good light, contrast, and have both young hunter and mentor in the photo, especially father-daughter, or mother-son, etc. Any firearms pictured MUST be pointed in a safe direction.
Send the basic information to david.coffman@dgif.virginia.gov for a caption including: names, age, hometown, location and date of harvest, county, private, or public land, first deer, doe or # antlers, turkey, coyote, bow or gun specifics, comment from the young hunter or mentor.
A special thank you to avid hunter and videographer Jeff Phillips from Roanoke who manages the blog site Star City Whitetails for sharing some of the photos from his site of smiling youngsters who harvested deer on the special Youth / Apprentice Weekend and throughout the season. We will also be forwarding photos submitted to TOR and DGIF Facebook, to the Star City Whitetails hunting website 5th annual Big Buck Photo Contest. SCWT is hosting a Big Buck Photo Contest that runs from opening day of bow season till the end of Late Muzzleloader season. Hunters should submit photos of them with their buck to jeff@starcitywhitetails.com or send your photo to the SCWT Facebook page and you are entered. At the end of the season the hunting community will cast their votes for best buck by “commenting” beneath their winning buck in the photo gallery on the website. We’ll keep you posted throughout the season.
Link to the fishing report – https://blog.wildlife.virginia.gov/outdoor-report/2016/11/fishin-report-36/
Link to the full report – https://blog.wildlife.virginia.gov/outdoor-report/