CouesWhitetail Report post Posted December 15, 2008 Hi All, Well, Doug and I were chatting about a contest idea so that I could give away a new Covert II trail camera and you guys might remember Doug's deer hunt story which included the lucky coral bean that SunDevil gave him before the hunt. For those that didn't read the story, here it is: http://forums.coueswhitetail.com/forums/in...c=11172&hl= Well, anyway, this is a variant on the usual guess the number of beans in the jar in that it's all 100% coral beans collected by my husband. Coral beans are a neat and unusual plant in AZ that produces a toxic red bean. I think the beans fit in well with this time of year since they are a very Christmasy red color. Here are some photos of the very unusual flower this plant has. So, for this contest, you guess the number of coral beans in the jar. The jar is as full as can be and it measures about 10.5 inches tall and 6 inches in diameter. I put a 110 inch buck skull next to it for scale so we could at least make this somehow Coues related The person closest to the number (either high or low) wins. I haven't yet figured if I am going to count each individual bean or get a rough estimate based on weighing a 100 beans or so and figuring it out. But either way, you have to accept the answer I come up with as the one you have to get closest to. I will run this contest until Dec 31st so that gives you about two weeks to figure it out. Amanda Here is a pic of the DLC Covert II trail camera. These things are sweet!!! They are 5MP "micro" cams, have infrared for nighttime pics and video and come with a 2GB SD card. For more info on these cams, click here. And here are the coral bean jar pics: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kilimanjaro Report post Posted December 15, 2008 I guess I'll go first and throw a number out there.. lets say 981 beans in the jar!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WFGinNM Report post Posted December 15, 2008 GREAT... Now I'm going to be up counting beans for the next two weeks. --Bill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azcouesandelk Report post Posted December 15, 2008 I will say 662 beans. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bgirdler Report post Posted December 15, 2008 I'm gonna guess 852 beans! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GameHauler Report post Posted December 15, 2008 955 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted December 15, 2008 GREAT... Now I'm going to be up counting beans for the next two weeks. --Bill LOL!!! ME TOO!! hehehe. Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coues7 Report post Posted December 15, 2008 777 BEANS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GRANDE BEAR Report post Posted December 15, 2008 I guess 1342 beans. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azpackhorse Report post Posted December 15, 2008 2,352 beans Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Report post Posted December 15, 2008 There be 5888 beans in that there jar! Kevin PS What is the geographic range of the plant? Don't recall running across it anywhere and that flower should sure stick out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WadeNAZ Report post Posted December 15, 2008 1680 beans. that is a lot of beans. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DesertBull Report post Posted December 15, 2008 6,104 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IHunt2live Report post Posted December 15, 2008 1,001 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COOSEFAN Report post Posted December 15, 2008 I'm gonna say 3,250 beans in that jar.....give or take 1000! I'll stick with 3,250 as my final answer! JIM> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites