Does anyone take pictures of different animals and stuff that they see while in your treestand?? Im getting a new SLR camera and love taking wildlife pictures..anyone else do this?

Im going to this year . . . several times I' ve been up in my stand wanting to pull out my camera. This year I wanted to get up in our blinds early and try to click some pictures before season starts . . . but our blinds are taking forever to get built, transported to the lease . . and erected.

We just got the first one up last weekend. And of course the ladder gave way while I was 8 foot up so I came a tumblin down . . . tore up my knee and landed on a 2x4 brace (which has left a fantastic bruise on my back). So know it looks like itll be even longer before we can put my blind up.

Im interested though . . . my brother and I are big hunters, but the rest of my family (while they love the outdoors) simply dont understand the whole hunting thing . . . so its hard to come back from a great trip and carry a conversation with them about it.

Since they do love the outdoors, I think taking pictures of beautiful wildlife up close can bridge that gap . . . they dont have to pick up a gun and start hunting . . but I think theyll start to see what it is that keeps us going out there all the time.

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Nice pic David

Here' s a couple from last year

Absolutely!!! I usually take both still and video cameras. A friend of mine took his video last year and said he never even picked up his gun. It is great capturing all the different wildlife on film. I usually use a digital camera instead of a slr. Just easier to edit and delete instead of paying to have substandard pictures developed.

I tired to post some pics of some deer that I took over the earlier part of the summer from some ground blinds but the files are to large. How can I compress them so I cam post them?

You GOTTA LOVE those treestand shots. If that doesn' t get you going I don' t know what will. I' ve taken stills but I really want to shoot video this season!

Good Luck!

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buckeyebuckhntr, download this free software program and it will easily let you resize and change format on photos for posting, email etc

i' ve brought my dads 35 mm up in the tree stand with me but i' ve never gotten the chance to take pics of wildlife