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Title: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: bigboy on January 29, 2025, 11:20:43 AM
Anyone had any experience bringing there deer heads or antlers to the show to get measured and what that entails?
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: nwmein199 on January 29, 2025, 11:55:13 AM
Walk into the show with your antlers, head to to the heads and horns both and say you would like to enter. I think its like a $10-$15 fee. Drop off your animal, check out the rest of the show, come back and get your scored critter.
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: bearhunter99 on January 29, 2025, 12:21:30 PM
Walk into the show with your antlers, head to to the heads and horns both and say you would like to enter. I think its like a $10-$15 fee. Drop off your animal, check out the rest of the show, come back and get your scored critter.
:yeah:

With the exception that if you have a high scoring animal and want to enter it into the competition I believe you cant pick them up until Sunday as they will be on display.
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Westside88 on January 29, 2025, 12:35:29 PM
I tried a few years ago, they wanted me to leave them there for the rest of the show. I wasn't interested in doing so and left without being scored. It didn't seem like it would be overly secure after hours
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Farmer72 on January 29, 2025, 12:47:54 PM
I did it with my elk horns a few years ago. I didn't have any problem leaving them there. I doubt someone would break in to steal my horns when there was a lot of gear that was smaller and worth alot more.

They gave me a pass to get back in on Sunday to pick up my horns. Ended up winning a Leupold spotting scope so seemed worth it.
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Ridgerunner on January 29, 2025, 12:52:01 PM
If anyone goes can someone ask when a new edition of the WA recordbook will be coming out?  I see there is a 7th edition of the Oregon book that is coming out soon.
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Bone collector 13 on January 29, 2025, 02:28:53 PM
If anyone goes can someone ask when a new edition of the WA recordbook will be coming out?  I see there is a 7th edition of the Oregon book that is coming out soon.

No doubt! I have a shed I paid to enter in 2020 or 19 that still hasn’t made it into the “new book”
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Ridgerunner on January 29, 2025, 03:33:57 PM
Hopefully someone on Sunday will take some pics of the winning walls and post them here, I'll be out of town but always enjoy seeing what shows up, normally some really good critters. 
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: RaffleMule on January 29, 2025, 05:19:23 PM
It's $40 to get it scored....if you enter contest you must leave it til Sunday. The SE raffle tag bull is in there if anyone wants to see it.
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Dan-o on January 29, 2025, 06:13:21 PM
$40 to get one scored. 

I had 2 scored today and took them home with me 2 hours later.

The SE bull is really purty!!!!
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: The scout on January 29, 2025, 07:19:06 PM
$40 to get one scored. 

I had 2 scored today and took them home with me 2 hours later.

The SE bull is really purty!!!!


Not to dirty up this thread, but I’m assuming you had your buck from this year scored? Curious what it scored? It was a beauty!
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Dan-o on January 29, 2025, 09:11:46 PM
$40 to get one scored. 

I had 2 scored today and took them home with me 2 hours later.

The SE bull is really purty!!!!


Not to dirty up this thread, but I’m assuming you had your buck from this year scored? Curious what it scored? It was a beauty!

Cover your eyes, Karl.
I don't want you to know that my buck outscores yours.....   I mean you tried, and thatt's what's important.      :tung:

@The scout

Thanks!
My buck scored 159 5/8.........    Which means I'm gonna tell people 160.

Besides just being curious, I honestly don't care about scores.
But did I mention he scores 160?
   
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: highside74 on January 29, 2025, 09:18:44 PM
Hey has anyone had a 160s buck scored lately?
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Dan-o on January 29, 2025, 09:28:22 PM
Hey has anyone had a 160s buck scored lately?

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Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: highside74 on January 29, 2025, 09:34:31 PM
Hey has anyone had a 160s buck scored lately?

https://media1.giphy.com/media/Q8Gg4W981ozmdh6GPU/200.gif

Oh really, I hadn't heard.🤣
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: huntnphool on January 29, 2025, 11:35:46 PM
Walk into the show with your antlers, head to to the heads and horns both and say you would like to enter. I think its like a $10-$15 fee. Drop off your animal, check out the rest of the show, come back and get your scored critter.
:yeah:

With the exception that if you have a high scoring animal and want to enter it into the competition I believe you cant pick them up until Sunday as they will be on display.

 Correct, if you want it in the competition, it must be there until Sunday, at least mine had to anyway. :dunno:
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: huntnphool on January 29, 2025, 11:38:32 PM
$40 to get one scored. 
I had 2 scored today and took them home with me 2 hours later.

The SE bull is really purty!!!!


Not to dirty up this thread, but I’m assuming you had your buck from this year scored? Curious what it scored? It was a beauty!
Thanks!
My buck scored 159 5/8.

 :tup:
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Russ McDonald on January 30, 2025, 03:53:41 AM
I will try to get some pics on Sunday.  I saw a 409 bull which was the new #2 in the state..  if your going it is upstairs in the Pavilion this year.

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Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: The scout on January 30, 2025, 06:47:10 AM
$40 to get one scored. 

I had 2 scored today and took them home with me 2 hours later.

The SE bull is really purty!!!!


Not to dirty up this thread, but I’m assuming you had your buck from this year scored? Curious what it scored? It was a beauty!

Cover your eyes, Karl.
I don't want you to know that my buck outscores yours.....   I mean you tried, and thatt's what's important.      :tung:

@The scout

Thanks!
My buck scored 159 5/8.........    Which means I'm gonna tell people 160.

Besides just being curious, I honestly don't care about scores.
But did I mention he scores 160?
 

 :tup:
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Russ McDonald on January 30, 2025, 03:49:48 PM
Heads and horns so far

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Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Russ McDonald on January 30, 2025, 03:50:14 PM
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Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 30, 2025, 04:33:17 PM
Russ you wetside guys are the worst! Multiple STOMPER muley's just chopped in half for pictures of boring elk and blacktail🤦‍♂️ I expect better sir :chuckle:
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: bearhunter99 on January 30, 2025, 05:28:13 PM
Russ you wetside guys are the worst! Multiple STOMPER muley's just chopped in half for pictures of boring elk and blacktail🤦‍♂️ I expect better sir :chuckle:
Thats what I was thinking!
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Ridgerunner on January 30, 2025, 07:00:08 PM
Some good looking elk showing up already. 
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Feathernfurr on January 30, 2025, 07:11:10 PM
Man, maybe I’m crazy, but I was thinking the opposite. I feel like if you’ve seen 1 200” muley you’ve seen 100. 160” blacktail on the other hand
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: String Bender on January 30, 2025, 07:40:44 PM
Russ you wetside guys are the worst! Multiple STOMPER muley's just chopped in half for pictures of boring elk and blacktail🤦‍♂️ I expect better sir :chuckle:
Lol. Go get him Karl!
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: blindluck on January 30, 2025, 08:06:24 PM
I don’t remember all the details but I remember winning the biggest buck for archery mule deer a few years back.
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Russ McDonald on January 31, 2025, 05:25:59 AM
What is on the wall is stuff that has been at the show for years not anything new.  I was taking pictures of new stuff.  You all want the whole wall then someone should have said that to.  I wasn't even looking just taking pictures.  Hey Karl I got this finger I found at Walmart.  It was on sale. I will get more tomorrow. 

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Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Ridgerunner on January 31, 2025, 08:10:28 AM
You're doing great Russ I am enjoying seeing the pics. 

Any word on when a new WA book is coming out?
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Hunting Cowboy on January 31, 2025, 08:23:07 AM
Thanks for posting the photos Russ. We’re planning to take my 2024 Cascade Roosevelt bull and my 11 year old grandson’s 2024 mule deer down on Saturday.
Looking forward to seeing all of bulls and bucks.
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: puyallupaul on January 31, 2025, 09:00:04 AM
Had mine scored. Left it till sunday for awards presentation. They had security at night. Got a Bushnell scope from Sportsmans. Thanks. Still in the box.
Said they would send Mont. score sheet to Mont records. Never made it. Did get it to B&C though.
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Feathernfurr on January 31, 2025, 09:02:15 AM
What system are they using for scoring? I know a lot of times these shows don’t score official p&y or b&c.
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: boneaddict on January 31, 2025, 09:20:13 AM
Yakima uses B&C and P&Y typically, unofficial for the contest, but if qualifies then they try to have it officially done.   Years past this was no charge.   Kinda surprised they are charging this much at Puyallup :yike: but am I really.  I never entered my sheds into the state book.  Even having the number one for decades.  Too spendy to do them all
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Feathernfurr on January 31, 2025, 09:26:25 AM
Yakima uses B&C and P&Y typically, unofficial for the contest, but if qualifies then they try to have it officially done.   Years past this was no charge.   Kinda surprised they are charging this much at Puyallup :yike: but am I really.  I never entered my sheds into the state book.  Even having the number one for decades.  Too spendy to do them all

I mean you can’t mention a #1 shed and not let us see!! Agreed about the price though, I don’t think I can see paying $40 to get it scored when I can get it officially scored for free and get to actually watch the process.
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: nwmein199 on January 31, 2025, 09:29:21 AM
Yakima uses B&C and P&Y typically, unofficial for the contest, but if qualifies then they try to have it officially done.   Years past this was no charge.   Kinda surprised they are charging this much at Puyallup :yike: but am I really.  I never entered my sheds into the state book.  Even having the number one for decades.  Too spendy to do them all

I mean you can’t mention a #1 shed and not let us see!! Agreed about the price though, I don’t think I can see paying $40 to get it scored when I can get it officially scored for free and get to actually watch the process.

$40 to get scored is definitely not worth it! I paid $10-$15 to get my bull scored the 2018 show
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: KNOPHISH on January 31, 2025, 09:33:41 AM
Had mine scored. Left it till sunday for awards presentation. They had security at night. Got a Bushnell scope from Sportsmans. Thanks. Still in the box.
Said they would send Mont. score sheet to Mont records. Never made it. Did get it to B&C though.

They do out of state now? Years ago I brought my Montana muley to the Seattle show and they said Washington critters only, and it was free then.
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: danderson on January 31, 2025, 09:35:26 AM
I never entered my sheds but had them scored by an official B&C measurer cost 20dollars to have it recorded in the north American Big Game records
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: erronulvin on January 31, 2025, 09:44:28 AM
I had mine and my wife's bucks scored at the pasco sportsmans show, took em about an hour or 2 because of the other racks that were getting scored but overall great experience. My buck grossed 147 and change and my wife's was right at 150. For full velvet I think they said it would be #5 in the state (only 4 other velvet bucks in the category lol) but still nice to have an idea of what a decent buck scores for future field references
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Russ McDonald on January 31, 2025, 10:21:53 AM
For you @Karl Blanchard

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Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: arrowflinger on January 31, 2025, 10:24:38 AM
Had mine Scored Thursday. Left it there and they said the competition is at 2pm Sunday.
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Post by: Russ McDonald on January 31, 2025, 10:40:03 AM
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Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Russ McDonald on January 31, 2025, 10:42:19 AM
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Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: bearhunter99 on January 31, 2025, 11:01:03 AM
Thanks Russ!  Used to go to the show every year.  One of these days I will make it back.  Two of my daughters have bucks tht would probably score pretty well in the youth category if they still have it.  ight get them a knife or something...

Had my bear skull on tour with them for a few years but they didn't really take that great of care of it and I wasn't getting any compensation for it so I took it back.  They wouldn't even give me the little plaque they had for it, probably just threw it away....  The head and horns and record book part of has gone downhill I think
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: puyallupaul on January 31, 2025, 12:50:06 PM
Had mine scored in 2013. Top of score sheet says : Score Sheet for Montana Big Game Records / Record Book for Montana.
Year or two later still not in Mont. records so I just mailed them a copy and the put in in.
Raining. Heading down there now.
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 31, 2025, 01:01:42 PM
You're a good man Russ! I take back all the bad things I said about you yesterday  :chuckle:
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Skyvalhunter on January 31, 2025, 01:09:43 PM
That's what you say online
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: KNOPHISH on January 31, 2025, 01:37:45 PM
Whoa those are some huge bucks. 
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: 206 on January 31, 2025, 01:48:59 PM
sum of those deers look like elks
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Craig on January 31, 2025, 02:04:34 PM
there was a great looking muley,  think it was a 197" buck from this year.  Okanogan deer.
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: WWC on January 31, 2025, 03:34:08 PM
We are in booth 364. Come by buy a raffle ticket or a membership.
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: huntnphool on February 01, 2025, 11:49:25 PM
You're doing great Russ I am enjoying seeing the pics. 

Any word on when a new WA book is coming out?

 My kids thumbed through the “current” book they had for sale and on display. They said it was current through 2017. I have a few bucks that make book, but have only had one scored at the sportsman show…several years ago, and is in their early book additions. What’s interesting is my kids pointed out that its not in the current addition, and it’s not like it got dropped out the bottom…it’s 180+ in their original books. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: HillHound on February 02, 2025, 04:32:01 AM
Those books are awesome and I have both additions, but they are definitely just a very, very small representation of what has been taken in Washington. They  havnt updated it in 8 years and many don’t know how to enter or want to spend the money to travel/etc to get it done. Or like some said they did all that and it still never showed up in the book. Or it did in the first and then disappeared with the second edition. Would be nice if all game wardens and/or taxidermists were certified to score/document/ and enter animals into the Washington record books we would get a better idea of what is actually out there.
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: royalbull on February 03, 2025, 08:59:00 AM
If anyone goes can someone ask when a new edition of the WA recordbook will be coming out?  I see there is a 7th edition of the Oregon book that is coming out soon.




New Washington book comes out in November 2025
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Ridgerunner on February 03, 2025, 12:12:29 PM
Thanks for the update on the book.  I was wondering. 
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Sundance on February 03, 2025, 12:33:37 PM
Any news on the winners?
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: nwhuntinman on February 10, 2025, 01:22:32 PM
$40 to get one scored. 

I had 2 scored today and took them home with me 2 hours later.

The SE bull is really purty!!!!

That bull got a lot of attention. Is officially 2nd in state and will tie for 17th in nation pending new records worldwide. Accomplishments are finally sinking in. Congratulations to all other winners.
It was hard to hear what other winners got and what for at the competition and nothing has been updated on the website in years, even though it says they are updated after each show. I'd like to see the updated list.
My Mulie also got first in its division (3 point) to be 3rd in state. It is cool that they have that division being they could never compete against a typical 4 point.
Title: Re: Puyallup Sportsman's Show Heads and Horns
Post by: Turner89 on February 15, 2025, 05:30:27 PM
I was told by one of the guys working there, the new Washington book will be out next January 2026.
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