Sportmans show

[rosscrazyelk]

Who is bringin' Their heads to the show?

[huntnphool]

I may bring a couple to have them scored

[WAcoyotehunter]

I think i'm bringing two WTail mounts to the Big Horn Show in Spokane. 

[Michelle_Nelson]

  Just bringing me, myself, and I! 

[washingtonmuley]

Wacoyote,
If you are going to the spokane show check out the non typ that scores just short of 190". It is from washington and it is a dandy. I was lucky enough to see it in person and it is a toad. A friend that I went to school with shot it and yes it was his first deer.

[Bigshooter]

Might bring in a rosie.

[PolarBear]

They now charge $20 or $25 to have your critter scored.  I took my bull up to have it scored a couple of years ago and the guy waved the fee because he was certain that I was going to enter it into the state book.  After he scored it I told him that I wasn't going to and he practically begged me to let him enter it into the State Book and P&Y.  I love looking at the heads and horn competition but am bewildered why some folks would have dink or average critters scored.  I saw one dude have a whitetail scored (rifle killed) that barely broke 90".  Why bother?  

[huntnphool]

Polarbear, when did they start doing that? I have mine scored every year and never been charged.

[rosscrazyelk]

I had mine scored and they charged me $15 but i got the book free the next year.

[PolarBear]

They started it at the 2006 Puyallup show.  I took a bull and a buck up to have them scored and he said that it would be $40 or $50 to do them both.  Luckily for me he did them for free.  He said that they started charging a scoring fee because everyone and their brother was bringing in critters and they were having a hell of a time getting them all scored before the folks left the show.  To me it isnt worth $20 to $25 to have an animal scored and another $30 to $50 or so to have them entered.  That is money that I should spend on gear and not my ego.
Rosscrazyelk, that's cool that you got a free book!  I entered 6 bucks, payed the fees and they still wanted me to pay for the book.  I told them to forget it.

[ICEMAN]

Polarbear, some guy with a smaller deer may want to get it scored for his own satisfaction. No reason to shoot him down for it. Not all of us nail those big monsters.

[PolarBear]

Damn, that did sound pretty crappy!  I didn't mean it as a total put down or to be a jerk, but it seemed to come out that way.  I can understand someone wanting to get a critter scored for their own satisfaction but hauling in a forkie or a tiny buck is kind of a waste of time.  IMO  They don't all have to be monsters or even really nice but there has to be some common sense involved.  I have seen bucks on the scoring table that were 2 1/2 year olds practically just out of spots.

[ICEMAN]

Ok, sorry... just sounded a bit weird.  Before I started visiting this site, I never even considered comparing or learning about rack size. None of my buddies or 'kin' ever thought twice about it. Now, I wouldn't mind having a few of my racks measured, just to see where they stand...sort of part of the learning curve.

I have one shed that is pretty big in my opinion, would like to know on that one for sure.

[jackelope]

i got charged the $20 last  year at the monroe show. it's 1 way or the other...i can't remember if i got the 20 back cuz it didn't make book or i didn't get the 20 back, but it's 1 way or the other.

[billythekidrock]

Before I started visiting this site, I never even considered comparing or learning about rack size. None of my buddies or 'kin' ever thought twice about it. Now, I wouldn't mind having a few of my racks measured, just to see where they stand...sort of part of the learning curve.

That is about the same for me. No one I knew ever measured anything. A couple years ago I took a bear skull to the PSS because my boss (yea, we shoulda been working) begged me to. It made me curious to know the size and they charged me $20 to measure it. If it was large enough for the WA book they would include it. Well the skull went 20 inches even and then they asked for another $40 or $50 to include it in the B&C Awards book. I said, "hell no!, $20 was more than I wanted to pay". The guy looked shocked that I did not give a rats ass about B&C. Now I would not mind haveing a buck or two scored just so I know what people are talking about. A 90 blacktail means as much to me as a 130 blacktail...I don't know what the numbers mean. Now if you tell me it was a 3x3 with eyeguards and the tine lengh was 9 inches and about 18 inches inside I would have an idea, but plain numbers just confuse me.