Jamey Hendrix of Newton, AL, boated this 250-pound blue marlin during a trip to Quepos, Costa Rica. Field & Stream Online EditorsKelly Pence of Bedford, TX, with her biggest buck in two years of hunting. Says Pence, “If only more women knew what they were missing!” Field & Stream Online EditorsJacob Holtz, 14, with his first turkey. He shot the 25-pound bird during Indiana’s first Spring Youth Turkey Season. Field & Stream Online EditorsJessica Wier of Austin, TX, shot this elephant in Botswana while hunting with her dad. She put three rounds into the animal as it charged her. Field & Stream Online EditorsEight-year-old Cameron Peabody of Mobile, AL, used his sharp-shooting skills to get a few squirrels for his “Paw Paw” to eat for dinner. Field & Stream Online EditorsLittle Suzanne Wylie of Cary, NC, preparing to cook a nice crappie in her toy oven. Field & Stream Online EditorsThe rest of these photos might not have made it into our picks of the week, but check them out, because they’re still pretty cool. Here are the runners up. Field & Stream Online EditorsJeff Kirkley of Los Altos, CA, gives a farewell kiss to a nice Clear Lake largemouth. Field & Stream Online EditorsColter Gerald (left) and friend Jarod Ensor of Hamilton, TX, shot these Aoudad on the last day of mule deer season while hunting in Caprock Canyons State Park. Field & Stream Online EditorsChris Lovgren of Natrona Heights, PA, used a Barr emerger to fool this 23-inch rainbow in Spring Creek this May. Field & Stream Online EditorsOn his birthday this June, six-year-old Finn Mott of Gypsum, CO, landed this big brown trout while stripping a soft hackle streamer in a local pond. Field & Stream Online EditorsJessica Wier poses with the second buck she’s ever taken. The deer was shot on her friend’s ranch near Llano, TX. Field & Stream Online EditorsSays Kyle Bragg of Amarillo, TX, “This was the biggest largemouth I’ve ever caught. Of course, my older brother just had to stick his ugly face in the shot. Sure messed up a good picture.” Field & Stream Online EditorsGabriel Hnat of Philadelphia, PA, scored this fat carp while kayak fishing on the Delaware River. Field & Stream Online EditorsEspy Price of Houston, TX, got this monster snook to slam a shrimp-tipped jig while fishing the surf in Sanibel Island, FL. Field & Stream Online EditorsMel Hollis of Houston, TX, shot this Axis deer on a June hunt near San Antonio. Field & Stream Online EditorsEd Vasquez of Lomita, CA, boated this 30-pound halibut while fishing on a party boat out of Southern California. Field & Stream Online Editors“This is the biggest turkey I ever shot with my bow,” says Keith Miller of Atascadero, CA. “I owe it all to my cammo visor that kept me hidden. Of course the blue jacket helped, too.” Field & Stream Online EditorsBen Hilsabeck with the biggest buck he’s ever taken. Field & Stream Online EditorsKevin Degler hauled up this giant halibut in Alaska’s Lower Cook Inlet. Field & Stream Online EditorsAndrew Kohrt caught this 13-pound walleye at 4:30 a.m. near Menominee, MI. Field & Stream Online EditorsJim Hines took this big buck with his bow during a hunt last November with friend Dale Peterman outside of Buffalo, NY. Field & Stream Online EditorsSam Knapp hooked this 25-pound flathead catfish on a live bluegill while fishing the Mississippi River near La Crosse, WI. Field & Stream Online EditorsKev Abbott of Detroit, MI hooked this 15-pound mirror carp on the Detroit River. Field & Stream Online EditorsGabriel Hobson caught and released this 6-pound bass on the Haw River in Saxaphaw, NC. Field & Stream Online EditorsThis fish smacked a rubber worm for David L. of Cranford, NJ, during a spring trip this year. Field & Stream Online EditorsCole Sellers shows off the results of a cast-and-blast near Homosassa, FL. Field & Stream Online EditorsRon Boone used a willow-leaf spinnerbait to nail this 6-pound bass during the spawn near Klamath Falls, OR. Field & Stream Online EditorsJacob Holtz, 14, of New Albany, IN, with a bluegill that nearly hit the 3-pound mark. Field & Stream Online EditorsTyler Newhouse of Lebanon, PA, had to smear deer blood on his face and eat a piece of the heart, as is a family custom when you shoot your first one. Field & Stream Online EditorsEvan Mural of Round Lake, IL, thought he had a snag. What he ended up with was his first channel catfish. Field & Stream Online EditorsSeth Hutcheson of Gainesville, GA, with an Ontario smallmouth. Field & Stream Online EditorsTadd Hutcheson with a 4 1/2-pound smallmouth bass caught on a Baby -1 in Canada. Field & Stream Online EditorsJackson Hunter Norris, 2, with a couple birds his dad shot near Torrington, WY. Field & Stream Online EditorsBrad and Garret Gabriel with two marlin they caught on a father-son trip in the Dominican Republic. Field & Stream Online EditorsDon Hogan of DeSoto, MO, used a white fluke to nail this northern pike on a fishing trip to Ontario. Field & Stream Online EditorsChristopher Tyler of Chelsea, MI, bested this nice brownie while fishing a late-night Hex hatch on the South Branch of the Ausable River. Field & Stream Online EditorsJamey Hendrix of Newton, AL, with a 14-point buck he shot last January. Field & Stream Online EditorsDavid M. Jones with a 6-pound Lake Marion blue catfish. Field & Stream Online EditorsRyan Price of Custer Park, IL, caught these two largemouth on a black Zoom this June while fishing in Central Florida. Field & Stream Online EditorsEric Fisher fooled this bluegill while spending a day fishing a local pond with his brother. Field & Stream Online EditorsFive-year-old Luke Chapman with his first fish. The monster was caught near Gate City, VA. Field & Stream Online EditorsCharlie Aleval of Brownsville, TX, hooked this redfish in the surf at South Padre Island. Field & Stream Online EditorsTim Knutson of South Elgin, IL, boated this flathead on a spinnerbait while smallmouth fishing on the Fox River. Field & Stream Online EditorsDana Siekawitch of Yakima, WA, shot this 20-pound turkey just this past season. It was his first bird. Field & Stream Online EditorsAndy Brasseur of Grand Rapids, MI, used a SPRO frog to hook into this largemouth bass. Field & Stream Online EditorsAdam K. Spotanski with a 3-pound largemouth caught near Grand Island, Nebraska. Field & Stream Online EditorsDoug Gurriell of Hawthorne, NJ, fooled this largemouth with a popper made from a broom handle. Gurriell says he got the idea after reading a Field & Stream article. Field & Stream Online EditorsMegan Mills Smith clearly won the battle with this 61-pound flathead catfish hooked up on the Alabama River using a live gizzard shad. Field & Stream Online EditorsFather-son team Keith and Ronnie Howell took these 8-pointers on the same morning while hunting near Mobile, AL. Field & Stream Online EditorsWalker Knight battled it out with this 37-pound redfish off the North Galveston Jetty in Houston, TX. Field & Stream Online Editors
