In honor of Joshua Holm, we are going to run our Fourth annual Big game contest/charity. All benefits will go the family or children of our hero Capt. Aaron Blanchard aka Colockumelk, who was recently killed in action in Afghanistan. As time goes on, we will have more details of the family etc. I figured at this time they didn't need me pestering them, but in the meantime could get the monies rolling in for them.
Details of the contest:
Here's the contest......$20 to enter for ALL of your Non-resident/out of state hunts(one fee covers all hunts). All monies can be either directly paypal'd to me at massivemuleys@aol.com or mail me a check. Some funds will be lost to fees if paypal is used, not much but some. PM me with your interest and I will get that payment information/mailing address to you. I will collect the funds and then we will decide how we will proceed with the monies towards the kids. It has been mentioned college fund, hunting fund, etc. or maybe they just need a trip or whatever. I will be in contact with Aarons brother who is also a member on this forum. We will sort out what we feel is the best way to handle this. Those that enter will be listed in this sticky thread . Currently there is no prize for winning the contest, but we are working on something. Right now its just to help someone, and some bragging rights. There is a travelling trophy that I will get engraved for the winner and you will be able to hang it in your home for approximately a year.
I want to emphasis that the contest is for out of state animals only. ( this was created to avoid the hassles of the WDFW). MANY folks contribute without actually hunting out of state.
-The contest will begin with the up and coming seasons 2013 license year. The contest will end midnite Dec 31st. Some seasons will not have run yet or may still be open, but the contest is over at this time.
-Any animal recognized and measured by Pope and Young or Boone and Crocket will be eligible. No Washington animals will be accepted for this contest, even if it meets the non residency requirements.
-The animals scores will be compared to the world record of each animal for each method of collection and for each category nontyp/typical etc. The score will be turned into a ratio and the one closest to the New world record, or the one that beats the new world record by the largest score. WINS
-Anyone that is hunting a Non-resident hunt is eligible. That means if you are from Montana and hunting Idaho, you are eligible. If you are from Texas and hunting Colorado, you are eligible. If you are from Washington, the animal must be from out of state. Washington state hunters that are interested in donating but are not going out of state can "join" the contest or donate to the cause.
Entrys will be judged on the honor system by the Boone and Crockett club or Popes, scoring system. These MUST be fairchase hunts as outlined by those scoring systems.
Similar to the Washington contest, I would like a committee of judges to be formed. These judges are eligible for the contest. They reserve the right to reject a trophy if an issue arrives or have it measured by another party or request that the trophy be officially measured. (Where's the lawyer, this is a pain to write) If one of the committee members trophies is in the top ten, then they will be replaced with another member to take their spot on the committee. The committee reserves the right to adjust or add rules during the contest if needed. The committee is currently the members who are administrators of this site. This may change as time progresses. I was going to put a deadline on when your funds needed to be in for the contest, but since this is an honor system, at this time I would like to keep the contest open for more applicants if possible as this is a fund raiser. PLEASE have your funds in prior to hunting. You must have your application in before harvesting in order for the animal to be eligible for entry into the contest.
It would be cool if you do donate, to put a comment from yourself indicating who you are (screen name) and that you are from this site, so that we might know where the generosity is coming from and we are sure to get your entry posted.
THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING.
God Bless Aaron and his Family.
History of the contest for those who may not know. The contest was originally brought about for a young man struggling for his life with cancer. His name was Joshua Holm. Lots of funds were raised through this contest and from auctions that we had on this site. We continued the contest the next year for a young man who lost his leg in a horrible accident. The following year, we helped support a young man who was shooting for TEAM USA over at nationals. We took some time off for the contest until this horrific event happened and Colockumelk was taken from us leaving his wife and kids, ages 4 and 2 behind. I cant think of a more fitting charity then these folks. I am hoping that members from this site ban together and help support them. Items are already being donated and we will be running auctions and so forth shortly.
