Upcoming Varmint Contest

calblu · Post by **calblu** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:31 pm

NCTA will be holding a Varmint Contest Dec 14-16, 2007

Link to rules/entry form is here: http://www.chisum-trail.com/NCTA.html

Coon, Bobcat, Fox - $25 entry per person/group, per species - enter for 1, 2 or all 3
Hunt with any kind of dogs you want.....or no dogs at all. You don't need to be a club member to enter.
2 places will be paid in each species - 35% to 1st and 25% to 2nd; all ties will be split equally for that place
Coon Contest is NOT for biggest coon. It's by drawn weight only (same as we did before). Only 1 coon can be entered in the drawing per entry fee, but you can sign up in advance for up to 3 coons. No coons smaller than 10 lb are eligible for the drawing. At least one person listed on each entry form must have a current CA resident/nonresident license.
Bobcat Contest is for the 2 heaviest tagged cats. One cat per entry, no limit on number of entries per person/group. Open to anyone anywhere. Cats must be tagged with tag completely filled out to be eligible.
Fox Contest is for the 2 heaviest gray foxes. One fox per entry, no limit on number of entries per person/group. At least one person listed on each entry form must have a current CA resident/nonresident license.

Mail-In Entries: Must be POSTMARKED by Tues Dec 11. Entries with postmarks after that date will be returned to sender. Mail entries to: NCTA, PO Box 2223, Marysville CA 95901-2223

Enter in Person: You can enter in person at the club grounds in Oroville/Honcut on Fri Dec 14 from 7-9 pm and also on Sat Dec 15 from 5-7 pm.

Weigh In: Weigh in is Sun Dec 16 from 7-9 am. No late weigh ins allowed. NO frozen varmints accepted for weigh in - refrigerated okay.

Coon Skinning Contest: Skinning contest will follow conclusion of weigh in on Sun morning. Entry fee is $5 per person. Payout is 50% to fastest time; ties split equally. Coons must be cased - tail does not need to be stripped. Nicks completely through the skin will be penalized at 2 seconds each. Bring your own knife.

For more info send a pm, send email to chisum-trail@earthlink.net or call Tiny at (530)533-6331, Bill McNeal at (530)741-2244 or Brady Harper at (530)674-2478.

Melanie Hampton · Post by **Melanie Hampton** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:59 pm

Can out-of-staters play?

I am a member LOL...

Melanie Hampton · Post by **Melanie Hampton** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:28 pm

Oh wait...I just read that again... Our bob season doesn't open to Dec 1st.. That doesn't leave me much time to catch some good ones.. Counting that the weather behaves.... Oh well...

bearman · Post by **bearman** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:20 pm

come out and play only takes a couple days or one to win u can refrigerate just no freezer.

Tiny

Melanie Hampton · Post by **Melanie Hampton** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 12:14 am

I might just try it anyway...

You gonna come up and hunt this bob season Tiny?

Redwood Coonhounds · Post by **Redwood Coonhounds** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 4:21 pm

You can make that trip down here and hunt with us like you said you would! Bear season will still be going, and our Cat season opens in October. Come out here and catch a few cats and show us how it's done, and we can run a few bears, have two seperate packs going at once. I know a spot we seen a Cat that had to be 40 lbs or more! He walked right across the road for us and could care less! Crash gave him hell, but I couldn't find him in the tree

But, he did a good job for not even knowing if he was supposed to run that or not, he thought it was a setup.

Melanie Hampton · Post by **Melanie Hampton** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:31 pm

Hey Sandra

I still want to make it down, I have to see what the boss's schedule looks like

Brisco is still striking bears

So snow is the only way I can tell you for sure what we are turning loose on... Unless our buddy lets us borrow his broke cat dog... which Brisco has a better nose than she does:roll: ... glad I didn't fry him last time we went out.. I was damn sure he blew up on a bear.. Nope.. 20 feet later she blew up (w/the others) on a cat....

No snow and I can tell you it will be 1 of 3 things.. fuzzy, short tailed, or long

Redwood Coonhounds · Post by **Redwood Coonhounds** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:15 pm

It was just a thought! We might just have to run a few bear then

I guess one of us could enter for a coon that way if we can't catch a Cat we might get lucky and run over a coon on the way there! LMAO! See at least you have a 1-3 chance at a cat. If any dog in our truck makes a noise, it's a 1-1 chance of being a bear, LOL. I'd say in December there will be snow... But you should come down earlier than Dec, and come and just run some bear, or get a feel for the area before the contest. Tiny's gonna come with us sometime this year (hopefully Chawn too) so we should all get together and have a little fun!

Melanie Hampton · Post by **Melanie Hampton** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:21 pm

I didn't see anything in fine print saying it couldn't be roadkill

Yeah we need to make a long weekend and come down.....

calblu · Post by **calblu** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:51 am

ladycathunter wrote:I didn't see anything in fine print saying it couldn't be roadkill

Hmmm, we might have to take that into consideration! Haven't written up the actual fliers or sent out the newsletter yet. LOL
Then again, after Rebel puts the crunch on a coon it pretty much looks and feels like roadkill.

calblu · Post by **calblu** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:48 pm

Okay, I have edited the first post to what I hope are the finalized rules for this contest.
Post here or contact one of the guys listed if you have any questions or concerns.
Oh yeah, roadkill isn't an option since you can't legally pick it up here in CA.

Redwood Coonhounds · Post by **Redwood Coonhounds** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:46 pm

Cool, I'll be sure to be too sick to work those days, ahead of time LOL.

Just so long as Melanie comes down! If not, IDK if I can risk asking for those days off.

calblu · Post by **calblu** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:17 am

Go here to find the link for the rules/entry form:
http://www.chisum-trail.com/NCTA.html

bearman · Post by **bearman** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:48 am

THIS WEEKEND

Liz ODell · Post by **Liz ODell** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:19 pm

ooops, we caught a nice cat that weekend too, so who won???

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