2012 Handgun Hunting Photo Gallery

Ladies and gentlemen, I thought it would be neat to put all of this year's game in one photo gallery -- something we could do each year. Dear season is well on its way in many states and a number of you have already tagged out. Let's see if we can't put all of our handgun hunted animals of 2012 right here.

cmnash and Pink TC recently posted up some trophies as well as others, let's see 'em here!

So the easy way to do this is to include the keyword 2012 when you submit your photo. You'll need to do this on the 2nd page of the submission process because there is a bug whereas the keywords entered on the first page don't get carried over. If you've already submitted a 2012 photo go to the page showing the full-sized version and click edit. You can add the 2012 keyword and save the change.

The photos keyworded as 2012 can be seen here:
http://www.handgunhunt.com/photo_viewer.php?keywords=2012

Cool idea guys.

Post 'em up, let's see 'em! Franchise, cmnash, Pink TC?? Come on now, don't be shy!

of course, I post my bear and it ends up right next the two huge Alaskan black bears lol

Post 'em in this thread!

Shot this antelope in Wyoming at 233 yards with a 30-30 Contender. I was asked to shoot a mature animal by the landowner. This doe was dry and was over 6 years old so I am quite proud of her.

Very nice and thanks for posting it here!

Whit, I know this has been explained before, but how do I post it here to this topic? last time I tried it ended up just being a link

I have a photobucket account and it is a pretty easy process. I would suggest opening an account -- uploading photos is easy enough for even me to do it -- LOL!

The process to post a photo in the forum is the same regardless of whether you choose photobucket or upload to the bragging board and others can view your images here if you use the bragging board.

i figured it out! LOL Here is my 2012 MN black bear boar. I didn't weigh him but I am guessing him at 200-250ish pounds

Bears are one of those species that I think you could easily get hooked on hunting. Then again I get hooked on hunting certain animals on a regular basis anyway. Nice bear BBW

Yeah....I just get hooked on hunting...anything!

Thanks Gary! I have to agree with you, This was my fourth year hunting them, and the first time running my own baits and it was a blast! tons of trail cam pics and excitement every time you go to place bait and see the logs moved.(I am not going to count the first year because I had no idea what I was doing!) I will definitely be going after bears for as long as I have the chance too.

Despite what some people think, they are really good eating too!

Very nice, gentlemen, keep 'em coming!

Here are my two thus far this year:

Whit
Is that the max in the first pic?

Only chance I've had this year to get out was at the beginning of the year. Have a hunt planned next week though. We'll see how it goes....

Yes it is, Glenn! Heck of a boar you shot there!

2012 Wisconsin Black Bear shot with a Ruger .480.

Very nice, MIHunter!!

Hey Whit. given shot placement and caliber on your hog, I'm betting he didn't last very long following the fireball from your sixgun

One of two taken with my 454 this year. She was quartering towards me.

So far this all I have pics of, summer chuck taken at 276 yards.

That's a beautiful piece and one helluva shot. Congrats!

I'll post these for PinkTC

This her antelope at 203 yards. Her practice really paid off.

Then when we got home she shot this buck. She is really on a roll.

So far just small game but that will change soon hopefully.

January coyote with Contender .223:





April crow with Ruger .22/45:




October prairie dogs with Ruger .22/45:

Your wife is doing excellent! But how about your nice January buck Matthew...let's see you post him up here!

Good job!

Well if we are talking calender year 2012, here are a few more.

My buck from Alabama; January 2nd.
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Some groundhogs in the summer to stay sharp.

A hog with the sixgun in August.

This is great! Keep 'em coming folks!

I've enjoyed your photos ladies and gentlemen. It's good to see all of this handgunning success! Here are a couple of North GA hogs I took recently with my S&W 44 Mag revolver and my 209 X 50 Contender:



I hope to have a buck to post in the upcoming weeks.

These are all I've gotten so far....WY 9/12

Nice pics, folks, and congrats! Good luck the rest of the season, too!

Nice photos, BT!

SON OF A GUN!! My hunting season, for big game, doesn't start till November 3. This thread is giving me one heck of an itchy trigger finger!!! All I can go shoot right now is small game and paper. Been doing a LOT of paper punching with the 460 at 200 yards. Groups are now acceptable for hunting!!

These pics are awesome guys! Congrats to all those who have taken something this year, and to those of us who have not, well, OUR TIME IS COMING!!!

Here is one hog I shot July 4th in the Southern Hills of Texas. Contender 6.5JDJ, approx 105 yds-15yd recovery. 125lb
Mike

Nice work, Mike!

some nice critters here guys... good job!

Some summertime pursuits...






Like Darrell, hoping to add some bone to the Bragging Board soon - but a big ole doe will do just fine!

Ruger MK III Quiet Gun

What can I say?

Hard at work

Downtown

wvhitman, that doe in the cornfield has a BIG old hole in it! what caliber did you smack it with?

That hog on the previous page had on a shoulder rig with a revolver in it! Very dangerous game! LOL

wvhitman, whats the details on that mkIII?

BB, the doe was taken with a SSK .325 WSM, Douglas barrel, 200 gr. Sierra Match HPBT. J.D. Jones gave me a bunch of these to test on animals. Light match bullets won't work on larger game-too fragile. This large bullet does fine on deer. I took 6 or so with it this year out past 200 yds. Exits are usually 2=3" with lungs hanging out the hole. It absolutely rips a groundhog apart. Best thing about these bullets are their accuracy. Mine gun shoots them in to 1/2" at 100. Not bad for that big a gun. This deer was taken around 175.
Wizzard, the Quiet Gun is a SSK MkIII with integral suppressor. Aguila subsonic 38 gr. HPs took the crow at 48 yds. I took 66 groundhogs with the gun and mostly these bullets this year. Longest shot-94 yds. Not bad for subsonic .22s. Get about 75% one shot kills. This gun and CCI segmented HP subsonics is unbelievable on squirrels (no good on groundhogs).

embalmer - Fortunately I was faster on the draw than she was...

A buddy's Cape Buffalo taken using a .500 S&W Magnum.

Buff

Here is Myself and my PH w/ zebra taken w/ an Encore .308.

My warthog.

Mountain reedbuck

Bushbuck

Black wildebeest

Very nice trophies, Rick!

Very nice pic guys! Great Job, I'm hoping to get a big game animal soon!

Great pictures everyone! Congrats on all your success.

Very nice guys!

Ernie - that photo of you with the pronghorn is one of the best trophy photos that I have seen! Beautiful background, great clarity...makes me want to go shoot one soon :-)

From yesterday....475 Linebaugh with cast HP

That's a big ole critter Glenn! Congratulations!

Congrats, Glenn! That's a fine trophy!

That is a good'un! Ernie, was it self-taken with a timer or did you have a buddy help?

WOW Glen...that is AWESOME. Where did you have to go to get him? Assuming you used the solid version lead bullet? Did you get a pass through?

Congrats on a fine trophy. The meat is unbeatable.

Dan

N-I-C-E!!!!!!!

Nice bison, Glenn. Story?

Fantastic, Glenn!! Congratulations!

WTG, Glenn!!

Congratulations to everyone on your success.

Gregg I'm getting pics together and such. First day back at work was long

Great!

Well haven't had a lot of luck getting anything within range and finally today I took a meat deer with my new 500JRH

Earlier this year I took this

Nice shot on that doe CS. I'm betting that she didn't go far if any at all with that slug and shot placement!

Nice work, cottonstalk!! Congrats, my friend!

Cotton - congrats on breaking in the JRH!

Congrats, CS! Nice new toy you have there!

Nice revolver, good shot, great meat! Well done, Cottonstalk. Hang in there bro, your luck will change for the better soon! Persistence and tenacity is what sets good hunters apart from the rest.

I got this buck saturday morning with my 209X50 TC Encore handgun. I'm using 100 grs. of Triple 7 powder and a 300 gr. 45 cal. saboted XTP. As you can see the gun likes it and the deer hate it.

Very nice, Okie Hunter! Congratulations!

good shooting!

Very nice, Okie! I'm gonna give my 209x50 Contender a go this evening; I need to break it in!

Awesome Okie!

Good buck there Okie. I didn't score this past Sat. but I still had a good day out in the woods.

Congratulations Okie! I had the hammer back, but swirling winds saved a life...argggggh.

7mm08. 134yrds.

A VERY welcome addition! Congrats!

Great job to everyone so far. Still looking for a spike elk for the Rod built 300 win mag to hammer and then I will be after a whitetail starting the 25th of this month.

Congrats to all you handgunners that have taken game this year. Those are some nice bucks.

Larry

Thanks for the support guys. If I were a rich man i'd be handgunning all the critters I could but for now I have to stay with what I have at home.

Cull fork horn from last weekend. 45 yards with .44 mag. Bullet is 300 gr wfn pushed by 20 grains of 110.

Nice shot Randy.

He had it coming sticking his tongue out at you like that.

Way to go, Randy

Texas doe gets the nod to break-in the 300 Whisper...

Looks like she liked the whisper seeing how she stuck around for a picture and everything

Nice shooting guys and great deer. Our muley season opens saturday

Good shooting fellas!

Randy that is one heck of a fork horn!

Wow that is an awesome 10 pt Minnesota

Congrats SC! She'll eat just fine.

Nice going Dur!

Got my buck on sunday .The picture is on bragging board but I can;t seem to get it here , Any help would be appreciated Thanks.

Junebug's Buck

great buck! that a way Junebug!

Congrats to all! Anything taken with a handgun is a trophy.

Great buck, junebug! Congratulations!

Thanks guys
The shot was 60 yds with my 5 1/2 in Bisley in .45 Colt. I used a
250 grn.XTP and 20 grn. of 2400 powder. Rib in and rib out, the liver and both lungs. Distance ran after shot approximately 70 yds. All three of my .45s have drawn blood now. Thanks SChunter for the help with the picture.

I posted several days ago regarding my son and his family coming to hunt with me and we had a blessed hunt and unbelievably filled out all four tags: one bull elk and three mule deer bucks.

That is a great photo Gregg and I'm sure many great memories to go with it.

+1 -- that is a great photo!

Gregg, that was a fantastic hunt; congrats to all!

My first bear, shot in northeast Georgia with a Contender 35 Rem at 117 yards.

good job !!!

Gregg that is great, some beautiful animals there. CM, congrats on your first bear!

Greg- great photo. Was that one of the bulls you saw earlier?

CMnash- great job on the black bear. I am yet to run into one.

That is a very fine trophy you have there. Great job.

Indeed it is!!!!!!

Congrats on the bear CM! Outstanding handgun kill.

Looks like it has been a bountiful year! Keep 'em coming!

CMNash: Good job on the bear! Good shot although I have been with you shooting prairie dogs and I do not doubt your ability at all!

Well, I killed a 400+ pound black bear last Wednesday with hounds in North Carolina with forum member cottonstalk. But, due to the overcast conditions, which sent the gps system into a fritz, and the absolute impenetrable foliage, we were unable to recover the bear. Talk about depressing. We shot him in the shoulder while treed and he managed to run to another with the dogs in hot pursuit at which time we shot him in the vitals again, after catching up. Both shots knocked the bear off the tree and this last time he ran off, with dogs at his heels when he expired. By the time we got within 100 yards of the dogs, two hours had elapsed, and the dogs broke away from the dead bear as they had lost interest (which is what they do after a while when the animal isn't moving any more). Finding an animal in that mess is like finding a green BB in the grass. In hindsight, we should have simply let him expire after the first tree, but we pushed him off. Bummer. His head was easily three times the size of the 200 pound bear I killed last year. Crap.

Whit, thats tough... hurts to lose any animal yet alone a sizable one.

Gregg,

Which is the relative from Washington? I noticed the UW Huskies jacket and it made me proud! God job Dawg Fan!

SR1

Mine and my son's season so far.....

Kim now that looks list a good season so far!

Awesome season so far fellas keep it up an good luck

It's been a very good season, so far. (Thought I'd bring this post back to the front page; thread has been dead a while.)

Update on 2012-13 season....

Kral them all MS deer?

Negative. Three are Illinois deer. I've taken four in MS and my son has taken two in MS.

October 1, 2012. Casper, WY. Shot was 406yds w/ 7mm-270WSM XP-100 and 162AM.



Same day, same gun, same result but closer....325yds.



November 26, 2012 near New Florence, PA. 50yds w/ Competitor .308W and 125gr NBT.





Also took a doe on December 3, 2012 w/ the Competitor .308W. She was 80yds.

Texas whitetail doe with the hush gun - SSK barreled 300 Whisper with YHM 7.62 Ti suppressor

Now that is WAY COOL.

I have never seen one of those! Awesome!

My son's first handgun deer taken in Southern IL.

Kentucky, .325 WSM XP, 200 gr. AB, 100 yd.

WEst Virginia, .325 WSM XP, 200 gr. AB, 125 yds.

West Virginia, 6.5/.284 XP, 130 gr. AB, 387 yd.

Nice work, Doc!

Way to go, Doc! Knowing how many deer you have killed, I gotta think that you must have PILES of deer antlers!

A big step for your son; and a big CONGRATULATIONS to him!

Yes, Greg, I have a lot, but in a cool way. A carpenter friend of mine sawed the side off a large cedar tree, treated it, and put it on the wall of my trophy. I put the antlers of my large deer not quite good enough to mount on it from top to bottom, and call it my antler tree. It's full now, so these bucks were put on one rectangular board, european mount of the 18" and antlers of the other two on each side. They were nice, but I have a 125" and 183" mounted. Getting a space problem, too. The Africa bug is filling my room.

Doc, I know the problem. Last year's revolver elk (bleached skull with 5X5 antlers) is out in the barn; along with a 7X7 BP elk skull/antlers and my Alaska handgun caribou bull shoulder mount; along with over 2 dozen other sets of horns; and this year's big 6X6 bull and big muley (bleached skulls/revolver) will probably end up out there also.

good shooting people! this has been a pretty darn good year for us all!

Nice deer and great shooting