Any tips on entering antlers at Sportsman Show?

[jgilley]

Lookin to enter my first bull at the head and horns competition this year. Can anyone give me any tips on the procedure of doing this? All I know is that all entries have to be by 6pm on Saturday. I'm guessing any antlers can be entered on any day prior...

[carpsniperg2]

You will have to leave them and pick them up on the last day after they do the awards. Just pay a fee and enter away

[BNAElkhntr]

Lookin to enter my first bull at the head and horns competition this year. Can anyone give me any tips on the procedure of doing this? All I know is that all entries have to be by 6pm on Saturday. I'm guessing any antlers can be entered on any day prior...

 
 I will look for them they  were awesome!

[Ridgerunner]

LEts see a pic!

[jackelope]

LEts see a pic!

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,183015.0.html

[chinookie23]

Like said earlier just show up pay a $25.00 fee and leave them there. I just brought mine in to have them officially scored and FORGOT to grab them when I left that day! when I went back they were hanging on the wall in 1st place so I left them until Sunday  and took 2nd place. haha. try and bring them on the 1st day if you can though its a lot easier packing them in with the lighter crowds. Good luck. I just do it to find out the score and get official...

[E-Town Hunter]

I've always been curious what the criteria is they judge on. Is it strictly score? Are there different categories like what state it was from? Bow, Rifle, muzzy, character? What kind of prizes? I'd enter my bull too, but I know score wise there will be bigger there and don't want to waste my time.

[Rainier10]

They break it into a ton of category's.  By animal first, then by method, then by age(youth or not), by year harvested and it is just by score for your category.  Small prizes for those, knives and stuff like that.  The big prizes are given out for closest to the state record by percentage of score.

[jgilley]

Well, my antlers were judged as a 5x6. Netted 310 1/8".  Came in 4th in the cascade elk archery class. When all was said and done, the fees were about $100 to enter him into the northwest big game book and with pope and young.

[floatinghat]

$100 mine (Blacktail) was $30 for measurement and "book".  I wasn't going to leave but the guy said i would be dumb not too leave it.  For 4th in class what kind of prize?

[Rainier10]

Getting it in Pope and Young is what added to the cost, still shouldn't have been $70 to get it into that I wouldn't think but maybe costs have really gone up.

[BNAElkhntr]

Well, my antlers were judged as a 5x6. Netted 310 1/8".  Came in 4th in the cascade elk archery class. When all was said and done, the fees were about $100 to enter him into the northwest big game book and with pope and young.

Pretty Respectable!!

[The scout]

Do they categorize them OTC or permit animals? Its more impressive to get a trophy animal in a general season. but it would probably just make for to many categories.

[Rainier10]

Do they categorize them OTC or permit animals? Its more impressive to get a trophy animal in a general season. but it would probably just make for to many categories.

Are you saying you don't put in for permits?

Do you think sheep and moose should have separate categories?  There is no general season for those.

I have seen this debate over auction tag animals, but come on, it is a legal season and harvested legally, it shouldn't be looked at any differently than a general season animal.

[The scout]

wow didn't think that would push a button. also didn't no there were general seasons for oils. so I will take that as a no

[Rainier10]

wow didn't think that would push a button. also didn't no there were general seasons for oils. so I will take that as a no

I was just trying to see where you drew the line.  There are those that think that auction tags shouldn't be eligible for the record book and it was sounding like you thought that draw permits should have their own category when you said "It's more impressive to get a trophy animal during the general season."  Maybe I was reading in to it too much but it sounded like you weren't impressed with his elk if it were a permit versus general season. I don't know if he shot it with a permit or general tag.

Any elk, bull or cow with a bow is impressive to me whether it is general season or a permit.

Probably a discussion for another thread I guess.

Sorry to get this off track, great bull and congrats on getting into the record book.

You should send in any field photos you have of you with the bull and see if they get published in the next book.