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Fall/Winter 2013/2014 Coues Whitetail Buck Contest CouesWhitetail.com will again be sponsoring a COUES BUCK CONTEST for the 8th 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 2013-February 2014 seasons. If you have multiple tags from different states or reservations, you may enter deer from each hunt. Contest Categories (17): Youth (ages 10-17) - largest Coues buck Youth (ages 10-17) - smallest Coues buck Youth Archery (ages 10-17)- typical and nontypical together 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 3-Point 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.coueswhitetail.com/forums/index.php?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 are excluded). Best Photo Essay of the Hunt- Best pictured story of your hunt with various quality photographs being supported by a well-written story. Best Hunt Video-share your hunt through video with up to a 10 minute edited version. 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 registration to send in. Anyone who is a registered forum member BEFORE their hunt season starts is automatically eligible to enter 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 as a prize. 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 field photo and hunt story in the appropriate forum. Then, E-mail Amanda@coueswhitetail.com the following: 1) field photo of you and your deer 2) gross B&C/P&Y score 3) link to the story you posted. 4) your phone number an USPS shipping address in case you win or need to be contacted. Amanda 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 Amanda, 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 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.coueswhitetail.com/how_to_score/how_to_score_Coues_deer.htm Entry photos with info/story must be posted in the forums and e-mail received by Amanda by Feb. 15, 2014. Hope all of you have a successful hunting season.