The awesome winning photos from Outdoor Canada’s 12th Annual Photo Contest

A large part of the appeal of fishing and hunting is the quality time we enjoy in the great outdoors with family and friends. And photos of those experiences can often mean as much as, or even more than, coming home with something for the dinner table. Judging by all the great submissions to our 12th annual photo contest, our readers clearly agree. With so many excellent entries, however, it’s always a challenge to choose the first-, second- and third-place winners in each of the four categories, but it’s a job we look forward to. Thank you to everyone who shared their photos and memories, and congratulations to the winners. Keep having fun out there, everyone—and don’t forget to bring your cameras!

Inspired by what you see? To enter Outdoor Canada’s current photo contest, click here.

A hearty thank you to VSSL, Rapala, Zeiss and Coleman for generously providing the awesome prizes for our contest winners.