Bragging Board: Big Smallies, Kid Bucks, Hunt Club Triple

March 23, 2017 By Scott Bernarde

Game & Fish's popular Camera Corner bragging board features reader photos from successful trips in the field or on the water.

Here is the latest batch of shared photos (information supplied by readers). Game & Fish online publishes reader photos three times a week.

Chelsea's Citation Crappie

My daughter, Chelsea Shield, Age 7, with her citation Crappie, 16 inches in length and weighing in at 2 pounds 2 ounces (caught in Virginia). This was caught Feb 5, 2017. I am submitting this for the Camera Corner

Thank you!

David Shield

G&F Camera Corner image (reader submitted)

Reader Photos on Game & Fish

It's easy to share your photos with Game & Fish: http://tinyurl.com/gpegmga

Although I have taken many bucks in New York over the last 45 years, I was amazed when this (198 pounds dressed) buck walked into my shooting lane about 85 yards out. There was no doubt he was a shooter. Looked more like a horse. While not scoring high B&C he is so much larger than any others€‹ I have seen in the Northeast. Alan Jones

GF&F Camer Corner image (reader submitted)

Successful Grandson

These are two 9 pointers my 15 year old grandson harvested last fall. The first one in Vt. That weighed 190 pounds field dressed and scored 129 & 4/8 and the second one shot in Maine 10 days later that weighed 199 pounds field dressed and scored 135. Robert Cameron (Wyatt Cameron's grandfather) Wyatt is the one who harvested both deer. Thank you!

First Bow Kill

Ethan Guthard age 11 at time of picture, now 12, with his first bow kill from his own tree stand. Hickman, NE

Lake Chesdin Crappie

Kenny Mitchell with 15" 2lb crappie caught at Lake Chesdin (Va.) while fishing with my son Doug.

Hunting Club Triple

Just got in from work and I received my February 2017 issue of California Game & Fish in the mail. As I am browsing through the magazine, I came across the Camera Corner page with photos of bucks from other readers.

And this made me want to share three photos from our hunting club that were all taken in Sept 2016.

Please add these to any up coming issue and share with our hunting brothers.

Thank you,

Jack "Nimrod" Parodi, Napa, CA

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