Kaiden brought her dad luck on her first deer hunt. He shot this 8-point buck 15 minutes into the hunt when she joined him. Field & Stream Online EditorsTom Spinella hoists a seven-pound largemouth caught in a Rhode Island Reservoir. Field & Stream Online EditorsCassandra Olguin scouted this bull elk for a month before taking him down. Field & Stream Online EditorsMatt Phillips’ black lab Buddy retrieves a Louisiana mallard. Field & Stream Online EditorsMatt Boarman sighted this Ohio buck, trying to keep hidden. 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 EditorsChris Wilmot hoists this fat northern pike caught in Labrador this summer. Field & Stream Online EditorsMatt Martin took this 10-point buck near Chester, Oklahoma. Field & Stream Online EditorsJack from Peoria, Illinois hoists a monster largemouth. Field & Stream Online EditorsClete Kirkpatrick of Salt Lake City, Utah holds up a nice Madison River rainbow trout. Field & Stream Online EditorsErin Meyer of Barnevled, Wisconsin got this monstrous 10-point buck this October. Field & Stream Online EditorsJay Antoon of Charlotte, North Carolina is grateful for the season’s first redfish. Field & Stream Online EditorsGary Dell Abate watched this buck for two seasons before he finally got his shot from 360 yards on opening day. Field & Stream Online EditorsMatt poses with his first buck, an 11-pointer near Franklin, Illinois. Field & Stream Online EditorsKevin poses with a buck he caught munching sunflower seeds in eastern Colorado. Field & Stream Online EditorsBilly Finke of Pittsburg, Kansas and his 17-point buck. Field & Stream Online EditorsEric Steingraber got his first bobcat on a day when Wisconsin was hit with six inches of snow. Field & Stream Online EditorsBrett Grainger took this goat along the continental divide in British Columbia. Field & Stream Online EditorsConrad Schneider of Syracuse, New York took this landlocked atlantic salmon on Cayuga Lake. Field & Stream Online EditorsFive-year-old Brock Anderson examines an early-season rub. Field & Stream Online EditorsSteven Tottingham took this bear in La Tuque, Quebec with a bow. Field & Stream Online EditorsThirteen-year-old Jake Murphy with his first deer, an 8-point buck. Field & Stream Online EditorsFourteen-year-old Nate Yarberry took down this elk with one shot in Colorado. Field & Stream Online EditorsJuan Moreno and his son Gabriel took this buck just five minutes after getting into the field in Lake County, California. Field & Stream Online EditorsJimmy Torres shot this 325-pound hog from 155 yards. Field & Stream Online EditorsRon Omark shot this 11-point buck with a muzzleloader. Field & Stream Online EditorsRoland Wood proudly displays his first squirrel in Georgia. Field & Stream Online EditorsGarret Miller’s daughter said this buck was “the coolest thing she had ever seen.” Field & Stream Online EditorsKirk Stovall got this buck in eastern Montana. Field & Stream Online EditorsSteven Long of North Carolina shot this 14-point buck on opening day of rifle season. Field & Stream Online EditorsDaniel Miller of Pennock, Minnesota caught this coyote lunching on a blue-winged teal. Field & Stream Online EditorsBarry Coomer of Louisville was deer hunting when he ran into this coyote. Field & Stream Online EditorsBryan Lockman of Apalachin, New York with his first deer. Field & Stream Online EditorsCurt Davis’ proud lab with her first wood duck of the season. Field & Stream Online EditorsStephen Wise took this nice mule deer in Arizona this October. Field & Stream Online EditorsKaren Kies of Washington hunted for 15 years before getting her first elk, this 7X7 giant. Field & Stream Online EditorsNick Dereski of Marshall, Michigan proudly displays his first U.P. wild turkey. Field & Stream Online EditorsKenay Heigle got this 19-pound gobbler in Arkansas. Field & Stream Online EditorsEvan Fedorko of Morgantown took this buck on the opening day of West Virginia’s archery season. Field & Stream Online EditorsJeff Mercer and his Colorado mule deer taken this October. Field & Stream Online EditorsMarco is all smiles after a good morning rabbit hunting in Kentucky. Field & Stream Online Editors
