Marc A. Brill harvested this 8-pointer during the 2006 muzzleloader season in Northern Michigan. The buck weighed in at 150 pounds, and the green scored 132 1/2. Field & Stream Online EditorsDimitry Vaynberg from Montvale, N.J. hauled this 25-pound muskie from the Delaware River near Dingmans Ferry. Field & Stream Online EditorsDavid Saunders, right, and Colin Drozdowski with their day’s worth of geese and pheasants from a hunt in Pierre, S.D. Field & Stream Online EditorsFour-year-old Carson Crawford with a bluegill caught on his first fishing trip from his grandfather’s pond in Illinois. Field & Stream Online EditorsThis 24-inch, 4 1/2-pound brown trout was caught on a night crawler in northwestern Connecticut by Domenic J Sebben, Jr. Field & Stream Online EditorsAfter three unsuccessful attempts at a California black bear, John Mircetich, 82, was finally successful in Trinity County, Calif. Field & Stream Online EditorsThomas Orozco, 6, of Union City, Calif., reeled in this barracuda while fishing in the 2006 International Game Fish Association’s Junior Angler World Championship. He placed fourth in the small fry boys division. Field & Stream Online EditorsChristine Lutheran shot this 10-pointer in Amesville, Ohio. This was her first year hunting, and her first time out with a gun. “The boys tell me I won’t get another one this big, but we will just see about that,” she says. Field & Stream Online EditorsJoe Harris, from Lexington, Ky., downed this 10-pointer last November. Field & Stream Online EditorsJennifer Miyake with her personal record bass from the Castaic Lagoon in California. Field & Stream Online EditorsCole Pennell, 13, bagged a 12-point buck with a 75-yard shot while on a combination deer and duck-hunting trip in southwest Texas. Field & Stream Online EditorsAshley Smith with her 9-point that she shot in late December. She was also fortunate enough to tag an 8-pointer this season. Field & Stream Online EditorsJames Dill with his first big buck, an 8-pointer, taken near Danville, Ark. with a muzzleloader on public land. Field & Stream Online EditorsI caught this Spanish mackerel on a redhead lure in Placencia, Belize. The trip also produced shark, tuna, bonefish, snapper, horse eye jack, and barracuda.–Frank Leone Field & Stream Online EditorsRyan Jones, 13, with his first cow elk that he shot on a hunt in northwestern Colorado in late December. Field & Stream Online EditorsHeather Flete, 4, caught this bass out of a pond at Fort Stewart in Georgia. “A little known secret is that many military bases in the U.S. offer some great fishing, and they are open to the public,” says her father, Ray Flete. Field & Stream Online EditorsBill Flynn downed this goat in Colorado last fall. He had to hike for five hours to get his shot. The billy had 9 1/2-inch horns. Field & Stream Online EditorsJim Pahl of Appleton, Wis. shot this 9-pointer in northern Wisconsin the day after Thanksgiving. The buck had an 18 1/2-inch inside spread and weighed 210 pounds, dressed. Field & Stream Online EditorsThis 23 1/2-pound gobbler was shot by Andy Eicher in Eastern Iowa. He had a 10 1/2-inch beard and 1 1/4-inch spurs. “It was my first time turkey hunting, and I am totally hooked,” says Eicher. Field & Stream Online EditorsTwelve-year-old, Daniel Gorans shot this 400-pound bear near Brownsville, Calif. with is Ruger .243. Field & Stream Online EditorsCaleb Schmitt, 13, shot this Wisconsin whitetail with his .30/06. Field & Stream Online EditorsThis buck was shot by Nick LaChapelle near St. Ignace in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The 10-pointer had an 18-inch spread. Field & Stream Online EditorsKarl Johnson from Wilmington, Del., shot this buck, his first deer, three days after his 14th birthday in southern Chester County, Pa. Field & Stream Online EditorsJessica Meppelink, 12, and her father, Jamie, with Jessica’s first whitetail buck. She shot it near Cadillac, Mich. this past fall with her .243 Winchester. Field & Stream Online EditorsChase Barrett of Baton Rouge, La. downed this 11-pointer with a10-yard shot. Field & Stream Online Editors(Pictured from left to right) Philip Forrest, 8, Walt Kendzierski, Milk Dud on a fall pheasant hunt in Ohio. Field & Stream Online EditorsJessi Crockett, 9, of Bluefield, Va. with a stringer full of trout. Field & Stream Online EditorsAlayna Gallardo, 5, with her prize catch, a pin perch, caught in Corpus Christi Bay at the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station. Field & Stream Online EditorsTroy Hebert of Jeanerette, La. took this nice 8-pointer in early January. Field & Stream Online EditorsRenee Coy with her 4×5 blacktail buck in Molalla, Ore. Field & Stream Online EditorsDavid Dees shot this buck while waiting to be picked up with a doe he shot earlier in the day. “I took my rifle and fired a shot, but there was only a click–no bullet,” says Dees. “I quickly shucked one in and took him at 180 yards.” Field & Stream Online EditorsMarty Blashfield and Jim Anderson with their prize catches of the day. “All the bragging rights belonged to Blashfield that day,” says Anderson. Field & Stream Online EditorsGavin Harvey, from Stamford, Conn., got this big 10-pointer in southern Texas in early December. Field & Stream Online EditorsJosh Dittmer from Fairfield, Nebraska had seen this buck for months, but it wasn’t until mid-December that he was able to get a shot at him. Dittmer stuck this 8-pointer with a 15-yard shot with his bow. Field & Stream Online EditorsMike Fox caught this 22-inch brown trout on the Wautauga River in Elizabethton, Tenn. Field & Stream Online Editors13-year-old, Tinsley Setters with her second doe of the season. This was her first year deer hunting. Field & Stream Online EditorsBrad Faulk from Pleasant Garden, N.C. downed this buck in mid-November in Indiana. Field & Stream Online Editors15-year-old Chris Dangler with his first gobbler. The bird weighed just over 22 pounds and had a 7-inch beard. Field & Stream Online EditorsMike Stone of Boise, Idaho tug this buck, his first deer, at the age of 30. Field & Stream Online EditorsSienna Fontaine reeled in this bass from Lake Iroquois in Vermont. Field & Stream Online EditorsTaylor Daugherty and his father, Shawn, on their first duck hunt together in December 2006. Field & Stream Online EditorsAndy Mayer caught this monster rainbow while fishing in upstate New York in November. “The browns and rainbows were running rampant,” says Mayer. Field & Stream Online EditorsMegan Fenstermacker, 15, shot this muley on her first deer hunt in North Dakota. 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