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June 2016 Photo Contest

Winner: Fox416

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adam

Moderator

06/07/2016 05:50AM

It is time to start the June 2016 Photo Contest.

First an important note. If you see that you have won the contest or a prize in the contest, please email your address and choice of hat, shirt, or bandanna to me.

The theme for this month's contest is "Wildlife".

Monthly Category: Wildlife in Canoe Country

Prize: BWCA Hat, Shirt or Bandanna.

Winner will receive an additional prize of leather work from Dicecupmaker with the bwca.com flying moose on it. Thank you Dicecupmaker!

Thanks to Cooke Custom Sewing (CSS) for sponsoring the year end prize!

Remember 1 entry per person please. This helps us vote accurately.

Rules:
- You must be signed in as a member with a valid email address in your profile to enter (or win).
- You can only enter one photo per monthly contest. You can enter the same photo if it did not win in a previous month.
- You must be the photographer of the photo and have the rights to post it.
- Photos are entered in the contest by making a reply posting to this message and using the "Add a photo to this message" link during composition. This will allow you to upload a photo from your computer to the contest or allow you to select a photo which you have already loaded into your photo gallery on this site. If you want to enter your photo in another way, please contact us.
- Please describe in the message the location of the photo.
- Judging will be done by the www.bwca.com staff and moderators.
- A member may win once per year.
- Photos must be posted to this thread by 11:59pm on June 30th - Photos must be in jpg (jpeg) format and uploaded to the site.

Thank you for participating!

Adam

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blutofish1

06/07/2016 10:48AM

Bear in a tree North Bay Basswood

blutofish

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fishguts

06/07/2016 12:09PM

Ensign Lake, 1972

fishguts

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Lightfoot

06/07/2016 12:26PM

Just taking off from behind our site on Little Sag.

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egknuti

06/07/2016 12:45PM

Isabella River

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mikedmarsh1

06/07/2016 01:12PM

Fishguts: What are we seeing? Intrigued!

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Navigator

06/07/2016 02:24PM

Silver Falls Moose - Lake Saganagons, Quetico

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Zulu

06/07/2016 02:46PM

Poplar Lake - May 2010

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Arkansas Man

Moderator

06/07/2016 03:16PM

Snowbank bear...

Bruce

Good Paddling, Great Fishing, and God Bless All...

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mjmkjun

06/07/2016 04:05PM

Good capture, Zulu.

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Sir Isaac Newton

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cowdoc

06/07/2016 08:43PM

Something smaller, but ever present and scolding!

Brant Lake Campsite....Sept 2015

"What could happen?"

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offroadjeeper

06/07/2016 10:52PM

Lake One, June 2015

He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much. --Elbert Hubbard--

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Kiporby

06/08/2016 10:30AM

"The Eagle Eye Stare Down"
Bald Eagle on Kasakokwog Lake, September 2015

There is a light and it never goes out. Morrissey

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mama2moose

06/08/2016 06:10PM

Pond on the portage between Lower Pauness and Shell Lake ~ August, 2013

“To those devoid of imagination a blank place on the map is a useless waste; to others, the most valuable part.” Aldo Leopold

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walleye_hunter

06/08/2016 11:13PM

"Man's heart away from nature becomes hard." Standing Bear

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TehBigZ

06/09/2016 09:00AM

Man, in nature.
Wildlife.

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mungera

06/09/2016 12:14PM

Releasing a smallmouth on Carp Lake

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Sheepdogged

06/09/2016 01:15PM

Found a caterpillar on our woodpile. Brule Lake 2013

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Freeleo1

06/09/2016 06:29PM

Moose on Moose river north. (love the loon Zulu, all I ever get are tail feathers)

"Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it." Terry Pratchett

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bapabear

06/09/2016 11:06PM

Loon on nest Omega Lake.

My superhero name is TYPOMAN. Writer of wrongs.

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Hillbilly

06/10/2016 05:21PM

Eagle on brent

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snakecharmer

06/11/2016 08:51AM

Turkey vulture ~ Knife Lake

"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after"
~ Henry David Thoreau

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UphillHarry

06/12/2016 08:18AM

Bear on the cliffs above Cherry

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mr.barley

06/12/2016 10:45AM

serenity now

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apugarcia

06/12/2016 07:00PM

Knife Lake Beaver

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adludwig

06/12/2016 08:16PM

Snapping Turtle - Larch Lake

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travis04

06/14/2016 10:03AM

Snapping Turtle eating our lunch- Ella Hall Lake

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Daunier

06/14/2016 11:56AM

A bird in the hand ...
Pipestone Bay 2006

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baumannjoe

06/15/2016 07:50AM

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wifishncanoe

06/15/2016 02:01PM

Kawishiwi River 2015, Eagle grabbing a pike out of water right next to us!

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DeanL

06/16/2016 09:54PM

Explorer Lake, June 2012

"Leave it as it is.....The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it." Theodore Roosevelt

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Scout64

06/16/2016 11:41PM

Gunflint Lake - just before dinner.

"Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit."

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campcrafter

06/17/2016 08:08AM

Bear @ campsite 1255 on Knife Lake, September 2015

The river calmly flows, Through shining banks, through lonely glen, Where the owl shrieks, though ne'er the cheer of men Has stirred its mute repose, Still if you should walk there, you would go there again.

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ParkerMag

06/17/2016 11:49AM

Sharp, pointy teeth and all!

“I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.” - Henry David Thoreau

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BadgerBear

06/17/2016 09:04PM

Horseshoe Lake - September 2015

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mr.barley

06/18/2016 06:23AM

quote ParkerMag: "Sharp, pointy teeth and all!

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Run away!

serenity now

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tobywan

06/18/2016 08:26AM

Breakfast Camp Raider on island campsite on Long Island

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mooseplums

06/18/2016 10:41PM

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"

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h20man

06/19/2016 09:18PM

Eagle on Adams Lake

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Fox416

06/19/2016 09:45PM

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schweady

06/21/2016 01:08PM

Swimming for Breakfast
Lake Two, 1991

"You can observe a lot just by watching." -- Yogi Berra

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brotherbob1958

06/22/2016 11:19PM

Backpacking the Angleworm trail June 2015, this little fellow crossed in front of us

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paddlefamily

06/23/2016 01:59PM

Lake Darner, male. Long Island Lake, Aug 2015

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OBX2Kayak

06/23/2016 09:45PM

North of Ely

"I go because it irons out the wrinkles in my soul" -- Sigurd Olson

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nicek

06/24/2016 11:58AM

Long Island Lunar Moth caterpillar. June 2012.

It's a beautiful day

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cooke350

06/24/2016 12:16PM

A couple weeks ago, we came across a swimming bat on Fairy Lake on a sunny afternoon. It was the craziest thing I've ever seen! By the time we got close enough to it to get a pic, tho, it was crawling up on shore. I wish I could have photographed it swimming!

Since I didn't get a good pic, this dragonfly pic will have to for my submission...

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Spartan2

06/26/2016 07:51AM

Seems like we have had a lot of eagles, but I still think I will submit mine. Fenske Lake, 2013.

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Mennste

06/27/2016 12:38PM

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mfl1776

06/27/2016 10:59PM

Yet another eagle pic...this one features a bold raven testing its limits. We were waiting for the eagle to render the raven headless. Never happened. On the Kawishiwi last Tuesday (on the way to Polly).

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Dammfast

06/29/2016 03:41PM

Pine marten caught a rabbit in our camp while packing to go home on the last day. My 8 year old told me twice while camping in that site that he saw a baby bear.

DammFast

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ParkerMag

06/29/2016 03:46PM

quote Dammfast: "Pine marten caught a rabbit in our camp while packing to go home on the last day. My 8 year old told me twice while camping in that site that he saw a baby bear."

That's quite a "get" with the camera!

“I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.” - Henry David Thoreau

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Mocha

06/30/2016 05:53AM

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Portage99

06/30/2016 06:21AM

On June 18, we ventured along Highway 527 to Mattice Lake Outfitters to begin our fly-in canoe trip.

We saw 4 bear snacking along the road. This was one of them.

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Wallidave

06/30/2016 02:08PM

Quetico Otter - 2013

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PixiePaddler

07/04/2016 03:41PM

Loon family on Basswood River

Not all who wander are lost.

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AJ2008

07/07/2016 07:58AM

Pine Marten on Sawbill. Right behind the latrine. Kept opening the lid on it too.

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airmorse

07/07/2016 08:20AM

quote Portage99: "

On June 18, we ventured along Highway 527 to Mattice Lake Outfitters to begin our fly-in canoe trip.

We saw 4 bear snacking along the road. This was one of them.

"

Is he missing his left eye? Or just the angle of the photo.

"In wilderness is the salvation of mankind." Thoreau.

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Portage99

07/07/2016 02:13PM

quote airmorse: "
quote Portage99: "

On June 18, we ventured along Highway 527 to Mattice Lake Outfitters to begin our fly-in canoe trip.

We saw 4 bear snacking along the road. This was one of them.

"

Is he missing his left eye? Or just the angle of the photo. "

You know, that is an interesting question! I was going to say, "No, he had both eyes", but I checked the other photo I have of him and his eye is dull in that one as well, even though I was to his right (so would have been a different sunlight angle). I cannot say for sure.

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airmorse

07/07/2016 03:31PM

He's looking right at you when you took the photo, I'd say you took a photo of ol' one eye.

"In wilderness is the salvation of mankind." Thoreau.

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Portage99

07/07/2016 03:37PM

quote airmorse: "He's looking right at you when you took the photo, I'd say you took a photo of ol' one eye. "

That would be cool! It looks like it from the other photos. I was taking photos fast to avoid irritating him so didn't notice at the time.

Poor bear!! At least he's able to survive!!

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Moosetracks13

07/07/2016 10:24PM

Nesting loon on south shore of Spaulding Lake, photo taken 6/23/16.

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Frenchy19

08/01/2016 12:01PM

quote Fox416: " "

Awesome!

"The future ain't what it used to be" Yogi Berra

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adam

Moderator

08/01/2016 09:02PM

The winner of the monthly photo contest is Fox416.

The trip report contest winner is MagicPaddler.

The extra prize goes to travis04.

Thanks everyone for sharing!

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