Coues Buck Contest 2007

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Coues Buck Contest 2007-08

Fall 2007- Jan 2008 Coues Whitetail Buck Contest

CouesWhitetail.com will be sponsoring a Coues Buck Contest again for the third year. The main purpose of the contest is to garner interest in the beloved Coues whitetail and this website, and to share our hunt successes and pleasures from the field chasing the gray ghost.

This contest will be open to registered members of CouesWhitetail.com and their immediate families living at home (husband or wife, sons & daughters under 18). To become a member, you just need to register in the CouesWhitetail.com forum. Deer must be taken between August 24, 2007 and January 31, 2008 from Arizona, New Mexico or Mexico. If you have multiple tags, i.e. from different states, you may enter deer from each hunt.

Categories (10):
Youth (ages 10-17) - largest Coues buck
Youth (ages 10-17) - smallest Coues buck
Archery- Highest P&Y gross Typical frame Coues
Archery- Highest P&Y gross Non-typical Coues
AZ&NM rifle- highest gross B&C Typical frame Coues
AZ&NM rifle- highest gross B&C Non-typical Coues
Mexico rifle- highest gross B&C Typical frame Coues
Mexico rifle- highest gross B&C Non-typical Coues
Smallest Coues buck
Best field photo- based on composition & quality, not antler size. All contest photos will automatically be considered for this category. Read this article to learn some tips for taking good photos of your buck.

Register by October 15, 2007 for the contest. Send Doug/Red Rabbit a personal message through the forum or email Doug. Entries received after October 15, 2007 will not be accepted. He will send a confirmation message.
To register, your personal message to Doug/Red Rabbit must include the following:
Name
Member name/handle
Telephone number
E-mail address
Mailing/shipping address

Entry Fees & Prize Donations. There is no fee required to enter the contest. You may wish to donate a piece of hunting equipment to the prize packages. Prize donations are not required, but are appreciated. You may also send a small financial donation to help with shipping of the prizes to the winners. Prize packages, and the number of places, will depend upon the number of prizes donated.

To enter your deer
1) e-mail Doug/Red Rabbit a field photo of you and your deer, its gross B&C/P&Y score, hunt unit and date killed. Amanda will then post your picture on the home page.
2) Post your picture and hunt story in the regular forums. If you have difficulty posting a picture, this thread may help, or asking another member will certainly get it done.
http://www.coueswhitetail.com/forums/index...?showtopic=3721

Scoring your deer. There is a nice “how-to” on the home page complete with photos, instructions and downloadable score sheets. Again, the gross score is needed for this contest.
http://www.coueswhitetail.com/how_to_score..._Coues_deer.htm

The contest will close January 31, 2008, at the end of archery season. Entry photos with info/story must be posted in the forums and received by Doug/Red Rabbit by Feb. 15, 2008.

Hope you all enter and have a successful Coues season. Here is a current list of prizes so far. If you have something you would like to donate for a prize, please email Doug and let him know. Donations can be items or monetary. We appreciate all donations, large or small.

Leupold rifle scope: VX-III 3.5-10x40 Boone/Crockett Reticle item # 55046 Retail $549.99 - this great item was donated by Leupold in cooperation with Ron Sega of AZ Guns Etc in Chandler, Arizona

Leupold Rangefinder: RX-IV Boone/Crockett Reticle, 1,500 yd, with Trophy scale Item # 62840 Retail $529.99 - item donated by Leupold in cooperation with Ron Sega of AZ Guns Etc in Chandler, Arizona. The trophy scale is a new feature that allows you to judge the spread of the buck in inches. Read more about it on the Leupold website.

In addition to donating those two great items shown above, Ron Sega has agreed to give all CouesWhitetail.com members a 12% discount on all accessories as well as $25 off any guns purchased at his store. Ron provides some great service with customizing guns as well as just about anything you need for your guns. Ron has been in business for 20 years in Chandler, AZ (near Alma School and Warner). Go visit his store and see what he can do for you!

Vortex Diamondback 10x42 binoculars - Read more about this pair of binoculars on the Vortex website.

A bronze Coues deer created by Jason (aka Foundryman) - photo shown is just a draft of the mold. He has said he will be doing many modifications to it, but this gives you an indication of the size of the mold.

A large framed print from Mike Fabritz (aka Rembrant). Mike will let the winner select any large print from his collection (not just the one shown above) and do a great framing job on it. Here is a link to Mike's website where you can see his artwork.

Custom knife from the Arizona Deer Association banquet 2007

Crooked Horn Outfitter spotting scope case (donated by Jesse's Hunting and Outdoors)

$50 gift certificate from Sportsman's Warehouse
4 - $25 gift certificates from Sportsman's Warehouse
100 - $10 off coupons from Sportsman's Warehouse
a scouting package for a NM coues hunt by Gila Wilderness Hunting
1 Kings Shadow Camo outfit in your choice of either Desert, Mountain, or Snow pattern and will include a hat, long sleeve button shirt, and a pair of pants. This is donated by Jim Mullins of Mullins Outfitters.
Surefire flashlight - green G2 model
signed copy of How to Hunt Coues Deer by Tony Mandile and Duwane Adams
DVD - Hunting Arizona's Massive Elk by Duwane Adams
3 pack of 100 grain Thunderhead broadheads
variety of water bottles, knives, caps
10 CouesWhitetail.com tshirts - see photos
2 CouesWhitetail.com keychains - see photos
2 Extreme Coues DVDs
cash donations have been made to help cover shipping costs

A big thank you to those who have made a donation! See the list below to see who donated the prices for this contest. Please make a point of supporting those who support this website! If you buy something from them, tell them where you heard about them. (if you don't see your name here and you have promised something for the contest, please send it in! We are only listing items that have actually been delivered or secured. So if you have an item you want to add to the contest, please send it in!)

Leupold - specifically Doug Valdez, a Leupold representative who has been enjoying CouesWhitetail.com for years now. These are two great products that Leupold makes that will be very useful to Coues deer hunters. Check out their website and find out more details about the great products made by Leupold.

Ron Sega of AZ Guns Etc - please remember that in addition to those great prices Ron donated, he is offering CouesWhitetail.com members a 12% discount on all accessories at his store as well as $25 off his guns. Please call him, visit his website, or go see his store in Chandler, AZ. I am sure Ron can help you with any gun needs you might have.

Sportsman's Warehouse - specifically Kimberly Polfus, manager of the Mesa, AZ store. Kimberly has donated in the past and continues to support CouesWhitetail.com.

Gila Wilderness Hunting - Tommy Moldonado has been a sponsor of CouesWhitetail.com for years and is offering a great scouting package for a coues hunter that gets a tag in NM.

Vortex Optics - Marshall MacFarlane (aka Muskrat) has secured a donation of Vortex Diamondback 10x42 binoculars.

Fabritz Art - Mike Fabritz is donating a large framed print. Mike does a great framing job and the winner can pick a print from his collection of artwork.

Mullins Outfitters - Jim Mullins is donating 1 Kings Shadow Camo outfit in your choice of either Desert, Mountain, or Snow pattern and will include a hat, long sleeve button shirt, and a pair of pants.

Jesse (of Jesse's Hunting and Outdoors website) - donated a Crooked Horn Outfitters spotting scope case.

Jason (aka Foundryman) - is using his time and talents to create a one of a kind Coues White-tailed deer bronze just for this contest!! Jason is a young artist that may start creating a series of Coues deer to sell in the future. Keep him in mind if you are looking for some fine Coues Deer art.

Brian Fisher (aka AZPackhorse) - donated the Surefire Flashlight and has made very generous donations to CouesWhitetail.com for years. (I won the flashlight last year and I love it! Thanks Brian!)

Tony Mandile (aka OutdoorWriter) is donating a signed copy of the How to Hunt Coues Deer book by Duwane Adams and Tony Mandile

Allen Taylor (aka Coueshunter) has secured a donation of Duwane Adams' DVD Hunting Massive Elk in Arizona as well as the How to Hunt Coues Deer book.

Mike Grootegoed (aka AZ75) - donated $50 toward the contest.

Dan Lunsford (aka HunterDan) - donated $35 cash for shipping costs

Eric Krznarich (aka Ajohunter) - dontated $25 cash for shipping costs

Jeff Cochran (aka cochranj) - donated $20 toward the contest.

Casey Charter (aka Firstcoueswas80) - donated a pack of 100 grain Thunderhead broadheads

Phil Cramer (aka Cramerhunts) - donated 3 knives, 4 water bottles, 5 camo caps and 2 forever lights (you shake the internal magnet to charge it).

Johnny Holder (aka Ruffcountry) donated a Big Game scoring Kit with tape, cable, calculator, scoring charts, a Johnny Stewart PC-5 Predator mouth call, and a Southern Game Calls Deer Grunt call

CouesWhitetail.com - donating the custom knife from our banquet table at the AZ Deer Association banquet, as well as providing CouesWhitetail.com t-shirts, keychains, the Extreme Coues DVDs and funds for the materials to be used for creating the bronze.

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