MEMBERSHIP PHOTO PAGE

Had some success this past hunting season that you would like to share with the membership? Caught any nice fish this past year or have a photo of a possible entry in this years contest? This is the place to post it. You can send photos attached to email or mail them to me and I will scan them for the site. All pictures must be of good taste (no bloody photos)! Include some short and to the point details and I will attempt to add them when I update the site.

Include a self addressed envelope with sufficient postage if you want your original photo returned!
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14 year old VPSA member Sarah Faison harvested this 7 pt. buck in Southampton County on 12-2-06 with a 20 ga. shotgun at 50 yds. The deer weighed about 140 lbs.

photo courtesy of R.L. Faison, III

VPSA member Steve Little harvested this Bobcat during the 2006 Black Powder season in Isle of Wight Co. Steve says the cat weighs close to 50 lbs.

VPSA member Steve Pabst harvested this deer in Southampton County during the 2006 season. No further details were given.

photo courtesy of Steve Pabst

K.W. Poole harvested this 4 pt. buck on 11/27/06 In Gloucester. His father Ken Poole, says that this is his first buck and the first time K.W. has been in the woods in 5 years. Way to break the ice K.W.

photo submitted by Ken Poole

VPSA member Ben Poole harvested this nice four point buck the first week of black powder season in Martinsville. It has a 15" outside spread and weighed in at 129 lbs.

photo submitted by Ken Poole

VPSA member Marty Porter harvested this 14 pt. buck with his Matthews bow on his family's farm near Sedley in Southampton Co. on Oct. 14, 2006. Marty reports that he shot the deer at 25 yards and the deer traveled about 75 yards after the shot. He was using "Muzzy Broadheads".

photo submitted by Marty Porter

VPSA member David Frank harvested this 9 pointer 11/6/06 with a muzzleloader in Sussex County.

photo submitted by David Frank

Benjamin G. Murry harvested this turkey on 5/10/06 with a shotgun in Northumberland Co. The bird weighed 23 lbs. 10 oz., both spurs are over 1 1/2" and has a beard over 11 in.

Update: Mr. Murry placed his turkey in competition at the 2006 Eastern show and placed 1st. in the Eastern Region with a score of 75 11/16. Mr. Murry was deployed oversees and unable to take the bird to State Competition in Harrisonburg. Had he been able to do so, the bird would have placed 2 nd. in the State.

photo submitted by Benjamin Murry

VPSA member James C. Taylor harvested a Deer, Bear and Turkey during the 2005-06 hunting season and will be eligible for a "Grand Slam Award" at this years contest. The deer has 8 pts. and was harvested with a shotgun on 12-2-05 while hunting in Fluvanna Co. The bear was harvested on 11-23-05 in the City of Suffolk with a shotgun and weighed 210 lbs. His turkey was harvested on 4-15-06 with a shotgun while hunting in Isle of Wight Co.

pictures submitted by Steve Little

Sarah Faison, daughter of VPSA member Robert Faison, harvested her first deer on 12-31-2005 with a shotgun while hunting in Southampton County.

photo courtesty of Robert Faison

VPSA member Gary Ramsey harvested this fine 150 lb., 8 pt. buck with a 20 ga. slug gun on 12-14-2005 in the Dreweryville area of Southampton County.

photo courtesy of Gary Ramsey

VPSA member Mark Ferguson harvested this 190 lb. Black Bear while still hunting in Rockbridge County on 12-3-05. Mark also reports that he harvested a 6 pt. buck the previous Saturday and hopes to harvest a Turkey this spring so that he can once again win the coveted "Grand Slam Award". We wish you good luck Mark!

photo courtesy of Mark Ferguson

VPSA member Hunter Spitzer shot this 17 inch wide, 150 pound 9-point, while hunting with Dunn Hunt Club in Sussex County, with his Remington 870 while running dogs on 11-25-05.

photo courtesy of Pete Spitzer

VPSA member Hunter Spitzer shot this 17 inch wide, 160 pound 8-point, at 60 yds while still-hunting with my Browning A-Bolt slug gun in Yale Virginia, on 11-24-05.

photo courtesy of Pete Spitzer

VPSA member Hunter Spitzer shot this 17 1/2 inch wide, 172 pound 7-point, on 11/11/05 with his blackpowder rifle at 40 yds. while hunting in Yale Virginia.

photo courtesy of Pete Spitzer

VPSA member Gary Ramsey with his fiancé Betty Roberts who harvest her first buck with a Parker Crossbow on Nov. 12, 2005 in Southampton County. The antlers are: 15"tall, 18 1/2" inside and 20 3/4 outside spread. Nice shot Betty!

photo courtesy Gary Ramsey

VPSA Board member Ken Poole (r) took this 8 point buck on Nov. 12, 2005 with his 50 cal. muzzleloader while hunting on friends property in Pittsylvania County.

photo courtesy of Ken Poole

VPSA member Pete Spitzer harvested this 22 inch wide, 168 pound, 8 point at 78 yards with a muzzleloader and hunting with his son Hayden in Yale, VA (Sussex Co. ).

photo courtesy of Hunter Spitzer

VPSA member Hunter Spitzer harvested this 148 pound, 6 point at 60 yards with a muzzleloader while hunting in Yale, VA (Sussex Co. ).

photo courtesy of Hunter Spitzer

Buck taken by Fredrick Dodson near Oak Park, VA (Madison Co.) on November 13 with a 30-06 rifle. He says the deer is an 18 point buck according to VA rules, and a 17 pointer according to Boone and Crockett. Dale Winger, taxidermist in Elkton, VA scored him (unofficially). He scored approx. 232 (VA) and 192 (Boone and Crockett).

photo courtesy of Fredrick Dodson

VPSA member Howard Simmons took this 10 pt. buck in Charlotte County, VA while hunting with the Colonial Flat Iron Hunt Club on Dec. 15, 2004. The buck weighed in at 138 lbs.

photo courtesy of Raye Respress