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Fall 2011/Winter 2012 Coues Whitetail Buck Contest
CouesWhitetail.com will again be sponsoring a COUES BUCK CONTEST for the sixth
year. The contest’s purpose is to garner interest in hunting Coues whitetail and
this website, and to share our hunt successes and pleasures from chasing the
gray ghost.
This contest will be open to registered forum members of CouesWhitetail.com and
their immediate families living in the same home (i.e.- husband, wife, son,
daughter, sister, brother). Deer must be taken legally from Arizona, New Mexico
and/or Mexico during the August 2011-February 2012 seasons. If you have multiple
tags, i.e. from different states or reservations, you may enter deer from each
hunt.
Contest Categories (15):
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 Spike Coues buck
Smallest 3x3 typical Coues Buck (not counting eye guards)
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.couesw...?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.
Photos may be taken while helping others on their Coues hunts.
(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
General Drawing- those entrants not winning a prize in one of the
categories will be
entered in a drawing for prize.
Registration.
There is no pre-registration required, except that you must be a registered
forum member before your hunt starts. Anyone who is a registered forum
member BEFORE their hunt starts is automatically eligible to enter the contest.
You must post your photo and hunt story to be entered in the contest, see below
for more details on entering the contest.
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
or purchasing of the prizes. To donate financially, please send the money
through PayPal on the CWT.com home page and note that it is for the contest.
Please contact Doug/Red Rabbit if you wish to donate an equipment prize. Prizes
awarded, and the number of contest places, will depend upon the number of prizes
donated.
To enter your deer: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.coueswhit...?showtopic=3721
Then, E-mail Doug/Red Rabbit the field photo of you and your deer, its gross
B&C/P&Y score, and a link to the story you posted. Amanda and Doug will post
pictures on the home page and in this contest thread.
Click
here to email Doug.
If you do not post a story, photo, and email the info to Doug/Red Rabbit, you
will not be entered in the contest. If you just wish to share your hunt in the
forums, but not enter the contest, then do not send Doug your link, photo and
score.
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. Do not add any non-typical
point lengths for the typical category. If the deer is a “spike”, submit just
the lengths of the two spikes.
http://www.coueswhit..._Coues_deer.htm
Entry photos with info/story must be posted in the forums and e-mail received by
Doug/Red Rabbit by Feb. 15, 2012.
Hope all of you have a successful Coues season.
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!
10 day rental of Swarovski Spotting Scope or 15x56 Bino and tripod, including
shipping (retail value $240) donated by
Optics4Rent.com
Covert
Extreme
Trail Camera (retail value $250) donated by CouesWhitetail.com.
 $300 off a Deer
Shoulder mount or any taxidermy work done by
Dan Lee at Artist Touch Taxidermy
(this can be applied to any type of mount, not just a deer shoulder mount).
There is no expiration date on this offer.
Sportsman's Warehouse
has donated $200 worth of Gift Cards. Plus
dozens of $10-off certificates.
Bushnell Trophy XLT 4-12x40 rifle scope donated by Tony Villegas
Deer Skull Cleaning (or equivalent skull up to $100) -
CMC Skullworks has donated 1 skull
cleaning which includes cleaning with beetles, degreasing, and whitening.
 Deluxe
Gun Cleaning Kit in Camo Case donated by Tony Villegas
 Buck
Skinning Knife donated by Tony Villegas
 Arrow
Straightener donated by Clay Price
Antler Bollo Tie, Antler Nightlite with Bear design and CouesWhitetail.com
antler ornament donated by Jeff Mortensen
Phil Cramer (Boart Longyear Co.) has donated several hats and knives.
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