Pope and Young

[RedTx]

How many of yall have shot a Pope and young and just decided not to enter them? How much trouble is it? Any reason to do it other than getting the certificate?

[Bisch]

I have shot a handful that would make the book. I entered the first one due to peer pressure from a friend. I have not entered any since that first one. I doubt I will ever enter another one. I do not care if my name is on page 1000 of a book. I also think nets are for fishing and a buck should get credit for everything he grows, and not deductions. Anyway, their game, their rules.

It is not difficult to enter a deer. Just have to get it scored by a certified scorer, fill out some paperwork, and send it in with the appropriate fee.

Bisch

[GARY]

2 mule deer and 1 whitetail. Haven't entered any of them.

[Treeshark]

I’ve shot 5 and entered none. If I get a booner I probably will!

[PYBUCK]

I have 4 in there, several more that would qualify. Not interested in having any of them scored & entered.

[gander]

I believe I have 9 that would make it, I have never done it because I don't know any official scorers around here and I guess I'm just not that worried about it. I just like looking at my mounts/heads and reliving the stories of them.

[TN_boy]

Mailed paperwork in May. Received certificate in November. Would I do it again, probably not.
Any Boone & Crockett scorer can score a P&Y, but not the other way around.

I did it so I could say I pulled a P&Y off walk-in public land from pure hunting and no bait.

[Greenheadless]

Mailed paperwork in May. Received certificate in November. Would I do it again, probably not.
Any Boone & Crockett scorer can score a P&Y, but not the other way around.

I did it so I could say I pulled a P&Y off walk-in public land from pure hunting and no bait.

That’s quite the feat, congrats!

[Howard]

Shot a few and have never entered or tried to enter any

[DaveC]

One here, no desire to deal with it. (part lazy/ part too busy)

I know what I got, it's on the wall.

For those that have gone through the process, no shaming here- I'm not downing on those who have, I just did not.



Congrats TN_boy, that's pretty cool!

[Olympic Recurve]

I’ve shot several in the Midwest but did not enter them out of repsect for the land owners wanting to stay out of the spotlight and putting more pressure on their hunting grounds

[Gumbo Man]

I have one that might. But with all of the 400” deer being killed with bows these days it seems that a real deer is WAY under appreciated.

[Deerguy]

I've only shot 2 P&Y-class animals, a spot-and-stalk pronghorn and a public land whitetail. Entered them both and the certificates are hanging next to each. I have no problems with P&Y. Nice way to recognize the quality of the animal. And, the data is entered as part of a nationwide dataset. Always interesting to look at data and trends that wouldn't be possible without the standardized data set. Same with B&C.

[Smart]

I have 5 that qualified with net and have not entered a single one of them. I've been excited that I have killed them and that they have qualified with our self-created "measuring stick" but I guess making it official is just not that big of deal to me.

[Tex_Cattleman]

I've got a couple of them. Never seen a reason to enter. I'll do so if I kill a top 10 record.