GSPHA Championship Calling Contest 2009

[steelslinger]

The Gem State Predator Hunters Association Inc. (GSPHA) 5th Annual Coyote Calling Championship will take place January 16,17,18th 2009.

The GSPHA would like to invite everyone to our 5th Annual coyote calling championship. A Calcutta will be held, we will also have a large coyote and smallest coyote contest. A Bar-B-Q will be held in conjunction with the weigh-in.

2 person teams, 3rd & 4th team members can be a non-shooting child, woman, or new hunter.
There will be door prizes on the evening of check-in. A good selection of prizes, awards, and money will be awarded at the weigh-in.

The Registration deadline is coming fast, January 1st - $50.00 per team, after January 1st, $70.00 per team. Post Marks Don't Apply!

If you would like a Registration form, Please send a self-addressed stamped envelope to:
GSPHA
995 Plaza Rd.
Emmett, ID. 83617

Or you may download the Registration form on our website at;
http://gspha.timberbutteoutdoors.com
or go to our Message Board @: http://gemstatepredatr.proboards37.com/

Or call Loren @ 208-365-5455
or Gary @ 208-365-7393
For more info our email address is: gspha@live.com

In August 2008 we reformed the Club and become a Non-Profit Incorporation. We have a solid set of Club Bylaws, and a have set dates for the Championship, and our monthly fun hunts, and we have a set of contest rules that we are using to Govern our hunts.

This year the Check-In/Weigh-In Festivities will be held in Emmett at the Gem County Fairgrounds. For all of you that don't know where Emmett is, it is located about 30 miles Northwest of Boise on Highway 16.

The GSPHA is Extending a Formal Invitation to everyone to Register and come out and spend sometime with us and enjoy the Idaho Hospitality and Landscape. We hope you can make it to the Gem State Championship.

Thank You and We all at GSPHA look forward to seeing you at the Championship.

Gary Mathews
GSPHA Sec/Tres
Timber Butte Outdoors
www.timberbutteoutdoors.com

[steelslinger]

Bump'n it up!

[Glanceblamm]

Ahhh...but for more time & especially more money

Idaho has as much or more woods as any state in the lower 48 does. Yes?

[trotterlg]

What kind of costs does Idaho have for out of state hunters?  Larry

[steelslinger]

Larry,

Thanks for writing. Here is the information that you are looking for.

The main reason that we have the Championship during January, because Idaho has a non-game license that is good from January 1 to August 31, here is a list of Idaho License options. We try to make it so that people can hunt without it costing an arm and a leg for licenses, which allows more people to attend the hunt.

We have 3 options to choose from:

1. Non Resident Yearly Hunting License is $141.50

2. Small Game Hunting (Not valid for the first 5 days of the pheasant season. Valid for upland & migratory game birds, turkeys, cottontail, snowshoe hare, huntable furbearers and unprotected and predatory birds and animals) $81.75

3. Nongame Hunting (valid from January 1 to August 31) $29.25

I think you can purchase these online at:
http://fishandgame.idaho.gov

You can also read the Regulation online also.

Thank You for writing.
Gary
GSPHA Sec/Tres
Timber Butte Outdoors
www.timberbutteoutdoors.com

[steelslinger]

Sending it back to the top. Time is running out, January 16th is the cut-off date for registration.

Gary

[trotterlg]

If you are getting as much snow there as we are here then I hope the Coyotes have snow shoes.  Larry

[steelslinger]

Hey Larry,

We had snow in the valley, but it warmed up and melted the snow, the hills still have some. Even Bogus Basin Ski Resort above Boise lost some snow to the rain.

We will see, there is a new storm on it's way Sunday night/Monday Morning. I hope that there is no new snow before the Championship.

Where are you located?
Gary

[trotterlg]

Seattle

[steelslinger]

I saw on the News that your area has gotten hit hard. How much snow do you have. Or is it mostly ice?

This new storm is coming from the West Coast, has it hit there yet?

I hope it is rain, we are driving 3 1/2 hours to Burns Oregon. The GSPHA Admin is going to attend the JMK Ranch Calling Contest. We are going to represent the GSPHA Club at the Weigh-In tomorrow. I hate to drive in the snow on the roads.

Gary