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Bull Elk Contest 2010-2011
CouesWhitetail.com will be sponsoring a Bull Elk Contest for the first time! We
know a lot of you have elk tags this year and you can win some great prizes in
this contest.
We are currently accepting donations for additional 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.
Eligibility:
This contest is 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. You must be a registered
forum member before your hunt starts in order to enter your
elk in the contest. Elk must be taken legally
between August 1, 2010 and January 12, 2011 from any of the Western States. If you have multiple tags, i.e. from different states, you may enter
the elk from each hunt. Guided hunts and elk taken on Indian Reservations
are allowed in this contest (if we get enough prizes and entries, we may
separate these out into their own category later).
Contest Categories:
Youth (ages 10-17) - largest bull elk
Youth (ages 10-17) - smallest bull elk
Archery Typical- Highest P&Y gross Typical frame bull elk
Archery Non-typical- Highest P&Y gross Non-typical bull elk
Rifle/Muzzleloader - Typical - highest gross B&C Typical frame bull elk
Rifle/Muzzleloader- Non-typical - highest gross B&C Non-typical bull elk
Best Field Photo of Harvested Elk (aka "Hero/Trophy" Photo) - Based on
composition
& quality of photograph, not antler size.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 elk excluded). This category means you can
possibly win something even if you do not harvest an elk.
(Note: An elk may be entered in only one scoring category, ie. not in both
typical and non-typical)
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. You may contact
Tim Maddock
(aka TAM)
or
Amanda
regarding your donation. Prize packages, and the number of places, will
depend upon the number of prizes donated.
To enter your
elk:
1. You must have registered in the CouesWhitetail.com forum before your
hunt started.
2. Post your picture
and hunt story in the
CouesWhitetail.com forum. 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.php?showtopic=3721
3. Then, E-mail
Tim Maddock
(aka TAM)
the field photo of you and your elk, its gross B&C/P&Y score, and a link to the
story you posted. Amanda and Tim will post pictures on the home page and in
this contest thread.
If you do not post a
story, photo, and email the info to Tim Maddock, you will not be entered in
the contest. If you just wish to share your hunt but not enter the contest,
then do not send Tim your link, photo and score.
The contest will close
Jan 12, 2011. Entry photos with info/story must be posted in the forums and
received by Tim Maddock by January 19, 2011.
How to Score your elk
If you can, please have an official measurer score your elk. You can find
official measurers on the Boone and Crockett or Pope and Young websites.
If you can't get an official measurer, please use the following links to help
you measure it correctly.
Scoring Information - Typical Elk
Scoring information - Non-typical Elk
Prizes
(we will continue to add prizes to the list as they come in. Thank you to
those that donate!)
Dan Lee of
Artist's Touch Taxidermy has donated $300 off a deer mount or $500 of an
elk mount. This can be applied to any type of mount but can only be used
by a new customer.
Bobby Boido (aka luckysob) of
A-1 Mattress is donating a camping
pad which can range in size from a cot to a RV size bed, up to 60x75. Value up
to $375.
 Covert 2 Trail
Camera donated by CouesWhitetail.com.
Read more about these cameras.
Sportsman's Warehouse
has donated $175 worth of Gift Cards. Plus
dozens of $10-off certificates.
Steven Ward, Wards Outfitters
has donated a King's Mountain Top Core Hunter backpack. The Core Hunter
Backpack is lined with the TX membrane with the bottom having the extra
ShadowGrip for extra protection. Multiple compartments including a split main
compartment, rain fly, water bladder section and a quality belt system.
Expandable to approximately 2340 cubic inches.
Cameraland is donating an
Olympus
10-30x25 Zoom PC I binocular.
Jeremy Browning has donated $50 off meat
processing at his new shop, Browning's Custom Meat Processing in
Payson. 928-978-3512.
 Tommy Maldonado of Gila Wilderness Hunting
is donating an electronic Hornady powder measurer.
Craig Steele of CEI Outdoors has donated 5
Outdoorsman's Resource Guides. This is a great resource for finding almost
anything related to hunting, like archery shops, meat processors, game and fish
offices, law enforcement numbers, taxidermists, lodging and so much more.
Check out his website for more information.
Bear Mountain in Mesa
donated a free re-stringing of any compound bow with Winner's Choice string.
This is a high quality bow string!
Tommy Maldonado of Gila Wilderness Hunting
is donating a custom TOPO map 30"x30" of any place in NM or AZ.
Northstar Video Productions
has donated two of their Awesome Archery bull DVDs.
Outdoor Experience 4 All
and Zeiss have donated a Zeiss Knive.
Brian Fisher (aka AZPackhorse) donated a Surefire 6P LED light.
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