2006 elk contest?

[Dakota]

I don't know if we've done it before, but if we havn't I think it'd be fun to do. Who's up for it?

Dakota

[slughunter]

I would be game for It but I only got a cow tag, any bull can beat that.

-shane

[OJR]

If I do go for an elk, it is going to be on a depredation tag and we can only shoot cows! If I don't get the draw for that, then I am not going to hunt elk!

[andymansavage]

I'm in....feelin lucky this year. got a private farm to hunt that has been limited entry for years but just opened up to general tags, we've seen some nice (370) bulls there in the past few years.

Andy

[Dakota]

Well, for those of you w/ bull tags, how many of you want to do it? The largest Boone and Crockett bull wins it. Maybe there should be a separate contest for archers. What do you all think? And since there aren't too many of us, we should pro'ly have no teams, just individuals. It all depends. If we have a lot more hunters we might be able to have teams.

Dakota

[whitetailtrax]

I'm in! I'm more likely to shoot one with my bow, so maybe we should do a winner based on P&Y score and another for B&C.

[andymansavage]

Muzzleloader here. I think that it should be the same rules and scores for everyone as bowhunters have the luxury of hunting during the rut. I'll be hunting spooked bulls in november myself.
Andy

[Dakota]

It's settled then, largest bull wins it! What should the prize be? One of us could always buy a good elk call and have that up for the prize?

Dakota

[slughunter]

I might be able to get my hands on a bull tag, so I might be in. I have to get a hold of the CO DNR and see what they have for left overs.

-shane

[_MD_]

This sounds like fun, eventhough I have been in a big bull drought.

Shane CO sells OTC bull tags in several archery units.

[8ptbuckpa]

I would love to do it but getting drawed is a different story our draw in Pa is not until sept. for the nov. hunt but I would do archery if drawn and many guys will use rifles then. I think split divisions

[andymansavage]

Yeah, every state is different, so we should do one P&Y winner and one B&C winner.
As far as prizes, I would be willing to throw in something, maybe a hoochie mama? (the elk call of course)

Andy

[tallone]

This will be my first time elk hunting so I'll be going for beginners luck! Count me in.

[slughunter]

I think that if we get enough people to enter we should have small group 2-4. If we do have groups we should do it like the deer contest, have cows worth certain points and then bulls worth the same plus the number of points they have or a cow worth something and then the bulls are worth that plus there B&C or P&Y score. I dont know, just brainstorming so then people with cow tags can be in it too

-shane

[Dakota]

Good idea, Shane! We could have the cows worth 250 or something. Oh! Oh! Brainstorm! We could have a separate contest for cows. Heaviest cow wins it!

Dakota