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Fall/Winter 2009/2010 Coues Whitetail Buck Contest
CouesWhitetail.com will again be sponsoring a COUES BUCK CONTEST for the fifth
year. The contest's purpose is to garner interest in the beloved Coues whitetail
and this website, and to share our hunt successes and pleasures from chasing the
gray ghost.
We are currently accepting donations for prizes. This can be hunting
equipment, books, or money to help pay for shipping the prizes to winners.
If you have something you would like to donate, please email Amanda
(amanda@coueswhitetail.com).
View current list of prizes and donations.
This contest will be open to registered members of CouesWhitetail.com and their
immediate families living in the same home (i.e.- husband, wife, son, daughter,
sister, brother). If your family members who are not living with you in the same
home, or your hunting buddies, are not forum members, please have them register
for the forums and then also sign up for the contest. Deer must be taken legally
between August 21, 2009 and February 7, 2010 from Arizona, New Mexico and/or
Mexico. If you have multiple tags, i.e. from different states, you may enter
deer from each hunt.
Contest Categories (13):
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 of Harvested Deer (aka "Hero/Trophy" Photo) - Based on
composition
& quality of photograph, not antler size.
All contest photos will automatically be considered for this category.
This post may help with the taking of your photo:
http://forums.coueswhitetail.com/forums/in...?showtopic=3754
Best Spirit-of-the-Hunt Photograph- Captures the spirit and moment of the
hunt. These
may include photos of packing, hiking, glassing, camp, scenery with hunters,
etc.
(Field photos of harvested deer excluded).
Best Photo Essay of the Hunt- Best pictured story of the hunt with
numerous quality
photographs supported by a well-written story.
Best Junior Hunt Story as written by the Junior Hunter.
(Note: A buck may be entered in only one scoring category, ie. not in both
typical and non-typical)
Registration Deadlines:
Archery
Hunters: Register by August 20, 2009 for the contest.
Junior Hunters need to register by October 8, 2009 for the contest.
Rifle Hunters: Register by October 22, 2009 for the contest.
Late entries will not be accepted.
To register for the contest:
One registration covers both archery and rifle. E-mail a message to Doug/Red
Rabbit. ( dkoepsel at aol.com or you can send him an e-mail through his
profile.) After Doug processes the registration information, he will send you a
confirmation. Your information must include the following:
Member name/handle
Name
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 financial donation to help with shipping or purchasing of the prizes. To
donate monetarily, please send the money through PayPal on the CWT.com home page
and note it is for the contest. 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, and a link to the story you posted (see
#2). Amanda and Doug will post pictures on the home page and in this
contest thread.
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. Amanda has 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. If the deer is a "spike, submit just the lengths of
the two spikes.
http://www.coueswhitetail.com/how_to_score..._Coues_deer.htm
The contest will close
Feb 7, 2010. Entry photos with info/story must be posted in the forums and
received by Doug/Red Rabbit by Feb. 15, 2010.
Hope all of you will enter and have a successful Coues season.
Doug~RR
Current Prize list (this will be updated as
we get more items)
Thank you to all those who have donated!!
We really have some great prizes lined up this year!
McMillan firearms
is donating a certificate for one of their fiberglass stocks with a decelerator
pad (valued at $488).
Vortex
is donating the
Fury 12.5x42 binoculars and a
Diamondback 4-12x40 V-Plex riflescope. Thanks to Marshall MacFarlane
(aka Muskrat) for getting this donation for us!
Cameraland
donated a Pentax Gameseeker 3-9X 50mm scope and several hats.
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Colton Bagnoli, Bagnoli Wildlife Taxidermy (480-296-6620,
bagnoliwildlife@yahoo.com ) has
donated two free shoulder mounts for two of our youth winners.
Scotty Kendrix (aka Scottyboy, (406) 229-0124) is donating a shoulder mount.
If the winner wants to do something more elaborate (like a pedestal mount or lifesize mount), they can apply the value of a shoulder mount ($600) toward that
other mount.
Wild Heritage Taxidermy,
a sponsor of CouesWhitetail.com, is donating a shoulder mount to one of our
winners.
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.
Bobby Boido (aka luckysob) of A-1
Mattress is donating a camping pad, up to full-size (53"x80"). This
pad will fit between the wheel wells of a pickup truck bed, or can be used for a
cot or pop-up trailer. Size can be determined by the winner (up to
full-size). The pad will be up to 5" thick. Comfy!
Bear Mountain donated two each
of a 1 hour archery lesson at their shooting range and a super tuning of your
bow.
Bill Gorman (aka WFGinNM) is donating two CWT antler belt buckles that he created.
 Mike Leas (aka GameHauler) is
donating a camo reclining chair. The one and only world famous Lafuma Chair is
the known to be the most comfortable indoor/outdoor recliners available.
Mike owns RimView RV in Payson and is offering 10-15% off any item at his store
to CouesWhitetail.com members.
Rim View RV
Payson, AZ
928-468-RVRV
(7878)
 Jim Mullins (aka coosefan) of
Mullins Outfitters is donating a
complete
Kings Shadow Camo set. The set includes a hat, button shirt and pants.
Mark and Kathi Nixon donated a Mathews solo pack
16:13 backpack and it comes with a Mathews wrap around
Tony, Lauryn and Keevan Villegas have donated a brand new propane fish fryer
and two fishing poles.
Sportsman's Warehouse
donated dozens of $10-off certificates.
Phillip Cramer (aka Cramerhunts) donated 4 Caps and a Skinning knife.
Brian Fisher (aka AZPackhorse) donated a Surefire 6P LED light.
Ryan Deadmond (aka Youngbuck) donated a LED Lenser P7 light and three $25
gift certificates to Best Hardware in Apache Junction.
Mike Udall (aka Treestandman) is donating
a Dwight Schuh Frame backpack.
Carl Pugliese (aka
Cpugsie) is donating a pack of two-blade 40 KE Rage Broadheads.
Russell
Livingston (aka 1coueshunter) donated another free custom drop chart from
http://www.rifle-accuracy-reports.com
Ben Brown (Benbrown on the forums)
is donating an RCBS dial caliper.
 Clay Price
(aka
Clay Price) donated a Wildview VGA Digital 0.3 MP Scouting Camera Model:
STC-TGL1.
Tom Joiner (aka TJhunt2) is donating a duffel bag and custom pen
made of antler and cartridge.
Kevin Gardner, aka Kevin, is
donating an Extreme Coues DVD.
Outdoor Experience 4 All
and Zeiss have donated two Zeiss Knives.
Bowhunting books donated by Gino Wullkotte (aka Coues'n'Sheep).
Deluxe Gun Cleaning Kit donated by Gino Wullkotte (aka Coues'n'Sheep).
Mad Dog handheld mount donated by Gino Wullkotte (aka Coues'n'Sheep).
Monetary donations have been received from:
Bryan Yorksmith,
HuntScout.com
Jeff Cochran
Dan Lunsford
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