We started seeing pronghorn pretty quickly and marked dozens of waypoints on OnX. The unit had been hit hard by winter kills a few years ago and numbers were down from what we expected, but there were bucks to be found. Many were small to average size and only a handful approaching 'big' in...
11 years ago I met a stranger from the internet at the end of a dirt road outside Kankakee, Illinois to try hunting for the first real time - enter Kurt. We both had shotguns, it was 4AM in the relative middle of nowhere, what could go wrong? I had wandered around in the woods with a .22 looking...
Not all are "puppies" but I've been hanging out with a friend both hunting and training his dogs. Also some pics of other dogs at some Hunting Retriever Club training days as well.
If there's not a thread already, this is it now. I think I enjoy wildlife photography about as much as hunting.
Urban Critters by charliebravo77, on Flickr
Urban Critters by charliebravo77, on Flickr
Urban Critters by charliebravo77, on Flickr
CO/SD/WY 2019 by charliebravo77, on Flickr...
Last weekend's walk in the local woods.
Wildlife by charliebravo77, on Flickr
Wildlife by charliebravo77, on Flickr
Wildlife by charliebravo77, on Flickr
Wildlife by charliebravo77, on Flickr
In terms of "Backpack" camera equipment I have been very happy with the Mindshift Backlight 26l as a dedicated photography backpack. For taking a camera along hunting, I have an assortment of soft neoprene lens and body cases that I can stuff in and around my sleeping bag/etc. I am hoping to...
Thanks, here's an update from AZ forward. I also upgraded glass significantly since then. Sigma 18-35/1.8, Tamron G2 70-200/2.8 and Tamron G2 150-600mm are my main go-tos now. I have also all but given up on shooting video because I'm just no good at it and it's such a pain while hunting. Kudos...
Vacation in CO last week. I need to find a way to move away from Chicago...
CO/SD/WY 2019 by charliebravo77, on Flickr
CO/SD Snapshots by charliebravo77, on Flickr
CO/SD/WY 2019 by charliebravo77, on Flickr
CO/SD/WY 2019 by charliebravo77, on Flickr
CO/SD/WY 2019 by charliebravo77, on...
A variety of birds:
Robin Dinner by charliebravo77, on Flickr
ATX Zoo by charliebravo77, on Flickr
ATX Zoo by charliebravo77, on Flickr
ATX by charliebravo77, on Flickr
Urban Critters by charliebravo77, on Flickr
Canada Goose by charliebravo77, on Flickr
Lunch by charliebravo77, on Flickr
A few shots from (unsuccessfully) turkey hunting in NW Illinois this past weekend. Friday the weather was in the 60s, Saturday temps dropped and dumped 4 inches of snow, Sunday it warmed back up into the 50s. What a weird spring.
Driftless IL by charliebravo77, on Flickr
Driftless IL by...
Thanks all!
You should see some of my first photos I took when I started getting into it. :eek:
For some reason I thought this was the pinnacle of art:
I've been an amateur photographer for 15 years and I'm still improving every time I hit the shutter. Plenty of road ahead of me for...
Check out the world class museums, wide variety of restaurants and breweries. I've been meaning to check out a fishing charter on the lake but haven't gotten around to it yet. There's a fair number of forest preserves too wander through too...
Living in the Chicago area presents many challenges to exploring the outdoors, particularly that there is very little of it available within a reasonable drive. I've been making due lately by photographing whatever critters are around that I can find in either my yard, forest preserves or just...
Photos from my AZ coues hunt back in October. Didn't punch a tag, but the scenery was pretty nice.
IMG_5179_hires by charliebravo77, on Flickr
IMG_5045_hires by charliebravo77, on Flickr
IMG_5058 by charliebravo77, on Flickr
IMG_5070 by charliebravo77, on Flickr
IMG_5415 by charliebravo77...