Randy Smith fooled this salmon with a purple egg-sucking bunny leech on the middle fork of Alaska’s Goodnews River last fall. Field & Stream Online EditorsSam Campbell with his first gobbler – a 22-pounder taken near Chattanooga, TN. Field & Stream Online EditorsDamien Rzepka with a 40-inch tiger muskie from Conesus Lake in upstate New York. Field & Stream Online EditorsNickles Mirmow – bass fisherman extraordinaire – caught both these fish at the same time on a Bagley Small Fry. Field & Stream Online EditorsRobert A. Floyd, of Austin, TX, walks out of the marsh after a good day of duck hunting. Field & Stream Online EditorsMichael Sutherin finally caught up with this 12-pointer after sitting for three days near Urbana, OH, trying to get a shot. Field & Stream Online EditorsBrock Callicoat with his monster whitetail shot near Dresden, OH. Field & Stream Online EditorsThis big Colorado rainbow couldn’t resist a red copper John in the Roaring Fork River. Angler Bob Wooten fought it for 20 minutes before it hit the net. Field & Stream Online EditorsFrank Boyle of Greenup, KY, with a nice whitetail taken last fall. Field & Stream Online EditorsFrom left to right, Matt Uber, Chet Swancey, Kurt Tallstrom, and Steve Macelmoyl show off their trophies after a successful hunt outside Visalia, CA. Field & Stream Online EditorsZoe Krause celebrates her first Montana antelope with a lollipop. Field & Stream Online EditorsMark A. Higgins with a 210-pound hog he shot on E-M Ranch in George West, TX. Field & Stream Online EditorsCole Naert with a 6X7 elk he shot in Gallatin Gateway, MT. Field & Stream Online EditorsBill Tatum and son John proudly show off a big gobbler taken with a bow. Field & Stream Online EditorsFather and son team Bill and John Tatum strike again with a Montana antelope. Field & Stream Online EditorsWhen Mark D. Thompson got an invite to fish a farm pond on the property of an Amish community in Indiana, he jumped at the chance. It’s not hard to see why. Field & Stream Online EditorsMike Flewelling of Collingwood, Ontario, with a fat brownie from the Beaver River. Field & Stream Online EditorsSix hours of waiting paid off for Scott Marshall when this turkey came along. Field & Stream Online EditorsIt was a good opening day of duck season in Alton, IL, last year for these wily hunters. Pictured left to right, Zach Elmore, Brendan Farrell, Drew Elmore, and Shannon Farrell. Field & Stream Online EditorsThis photo, taken by Bradley Fimrite near Billings, MT, proves that there is no bait too big for a brown trout. Field & Stream Online EditorsKaren Cabral used a watermelon-colored worm to trick this hefty bass on Worden Pond in Kingston, RI. Field & Stream Online EditorsJohn Blanchard was a long way from his home state of Florida when this shot was taken, but the travel was definitely worth it. Field & Stream Online EditorsEight-year-old Karen Neace needs a bit of muscle from Dad Mark to lift her 8-pound rainbow caught on the Millers Fork in West Virginia. Field & Stream Online EditorsJohn Newkirk of West Palm Beach, FL, with his 4-pound peacock bass taken on a gold Rapala twitchbait. Field & Stream Online EditorsA few live grunts was all it took for Candace Robinette of Fort Pierce, FL, to score these two mangrove snapper. Field & Stream Online EditorsRill Thompson with some pheasants he shot near Springfield, OH Field & Stream Online EditorsThis big non-typical buck came into the sights of Aaron Guiterman while he was hunting last December in Cumberland County, VA. Field & Stream Online EditorsTom Bielinski of Brookfield, WI, says, “You’re never too old to start hunting.” This is Tom’s first whitetail taken on his first ever hunt in 2007. Field & Stream Online EditorsLucy the English pointer learned real fast that taking on a porcupine isn’t very wise. “She definitely won the battle,” says Lucy’s owner Greg Feist. “But the porcupine scored some points.” Thankfully, Lucy’s fine, and maybe now she’ll just stick to scaring up rabbits. Field & Stream Online EditorsCody Booker, 14, took this 8-pointer with his bow last season near LaSalle, IL. Field & Stream Online EditorsJason Summers with a nice mule deer from the 2007 season. Field & Stream Online Editors“This was my first Pope and Young buck in almost 20 years of hunting,” said Dale Nafzger. Dale scored this trophy near New Glarus, WI. Field & Stream Online EditorsDonnie Silmon’s first black bear taken in September 2007 during a hunt in northern Minnesota. Field & Stream Online EditorsCorporal Larry Rucker took this 18-pound bird while hunting with his cousin near his hometown of Wren, MS, during predeployment leave. Field & Stream Online EditorsThis 52-inch snook slammed Charles Rutterbush’s live bait in Florida’s Sebastian Inlet. Field & Stream Online EditorsSteven Howes with a nice male steelhead from the Clearwater River in Idaho. Field & Stream Online EditorsFive-year-old John Beckman with his first turkey from Nevada County, CA. Field & Stream Online EditorsPat Chapman (right) and buddy Nick Howard took these toms outside of Winters, CA. Field & Stream Online EditorsSteve Andrews from Richland, WA, shot this buck near Yakima during the 2007 season. Field & Stream Online EditorsKevin Wensink landed this 21-pound flathead catfish in the Fox River in Illinois last July on a live sucker minnow. Field & Stream Online EditorsWes Fassnacht trolled up this 90-pound wahoo while fishing off Marathon, FL. Field & Stream Online EditorsSam Hocevar caught this chunky largemouth in northern Wisconsin. Field & Stream Online EditorsW.C. Brown of Shasta Lake, CA, took this 27 1/2-inch, 4X3 muley with a muzzleloader. Field & Stream Online EditorsErik Rogers makes hunting a family affair every Thanksgiving weekend. He took this buck last season on a ranch in San Angelo, TX, where the family gathers every year for the holiday. Field & Stream Online EditorsMichael Maglione had always dreamed of joining the hunt and taking a turkey with his relatives. That dream came true when he got a shot at this bird while hunting near Plantation, FL. Field & Stream Online EditorsWe agree that Martin Hager of Bowie, MD, has one nice bottle of soda there, but the smallmouth is a little sweeter. Field & Stream Online EditorsDean Bolin scored this colorful brown trout in southeast Minnesota. Field & Stream Online EditorsCody Hallanger with his first buck harvested in northern Wisconsin. According to Cody’s father, three other hunters fired a total of 16 shots trying to take the buck down. Cody took it with just one shot from across a field. Field & Stream Online EditorsDuring a trip to the Outer Banks, Jonathan Dale of Wilmington, DE, hooked this dolphin near the surface while the rest of the anglers focused on bottom fishing. Field & Stream Online EditorsSue Xiong Lee pulled this largemouth through the ice while fishing for panfish near St. Paul, MN. Considering Lee was only using 2-pound test, he’s lucky to have landed the fish – it weighed 6-pounds. Field & Stream Online Editors
