Submit Your Photos Now for Members' Best 2020!

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posted on November 20, 2019
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If November doesn't get your engine revving, you might just be a fisherman. Be it upland birds, elk, or of course, the whitetail rut, if you're not planning to be in the woods this month chasing game, you may be missing one of the best opportunities to bag a trophy this year! If you've already found success, be it with a rifle, shotgun or bow, we want to hear about it!

Send us a picture and a 200-word description of when, where and how you filled your tag by March 1, and we’ll publish the best entries we receive in the June issue of American Hunter. Send us the best field shots you’ve got, because your photo could even land on our June cover!

You can email story entries and accompanying high-resolution (1MB or larger) images to [email protected]. If entering via mail, send entries to: American Hunter, Members’ Best, 11250 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, VA 22030. Please include your name, address, phone number and NRA Membership number with all entries. Photos will not be returned.

Previous Members’ Best:
• Members’ Best 2019
• Members’ Best 2018
• Members’ Best 2017
• Members’ Best 2016
• Members’ Best 2015
• Members’ Best 2014: Whitetail Edition 

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