+keewee Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Thanks for the update. One of mine is joining Snoogan's new community project - I see there is at least one other Cow Tag going to be involved also. Quote Link to comment
+Jackalgirl Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 As soon as I get mine in the mail, there will be a third (unless that's the other one you're talking about). : ) Quote Link to comment
+keewee Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 As soon as I get mine in the mail, there will be a third (unless that's the other one you're talking about). : ) No - someones is already there... Hey - we should overload it with cow tags!!!!! :laughing: :laughing: Quote Link to comment
+Jackalgirl Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 He'll have to call it "the Heifer Fence". ; ) Quote Link to comment
+keewee Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 He'll have to call it "the Heifer Fence". ; ) Yeah! If we get enough on there then Mark will have to give us Naming Rights!! Quote Link to comment
+manu luq Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 One of my cows are in a good position ... the other one seems definitely eaten, ...or perhaps, if she is a dairy cow, was saved...!! Quote Link to comment
+L_Y_H Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 WOW ! Susi made it to Germany !!!! Quote Link to comment
+mamoreb Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I wonder if it is time to mark those cows still registered at the event, as missing... Quote Link to comment
+manu luq Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 I've received this message from Geocaching: Greetings, manu luq A geocache containing the Heifer Int’l Travel Tag Heifer Int’l Travel Tag - Poti I ( http://coord.info/TB476ET ) has been archived. The trackable item's last known location was the Event Cache 5th Annual Sonoma County GeoRally ( http://coord.info/GC2NRD3 ). You may be able to determine more about the cache and your trackable item's status by reading the most recent logs on the cache page. If you cannot determine the current location of your trackable item, you can mark it 'missing' on its reference page. ...I have to say goodbye to my cow?... Quote Link to comment
+Moozer Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 I've sent out a couple of reminders for folks to retrieve the remaining five cows that are listed in the event. Unfortunately, they haven't yet. Hopefully people will remember to do so soon. Sorry about this... Quote Link to comment
+mamoreb Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Wow, one of my two missing cows has reappeared! Someone grabbed her soon after the event was archived and I marked her as meatballs - I mean missing. Seems that she's going to Geowoodstock - that crazy cow sure likes to hang around at events, I hope she doesn't stay as long as GWIX... I guess this means that there's hope for the other four cows! Quote Link to comment
+manu luq Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 I've sent out a couple of reminders for folks to retrieve the remaining five cows that are listed in the event. Unfortunately, they haven't yet. Hopefully people will remember to do so soon. Sorry about this... Thanks! I guess this means that there's hope for the other four cows! I hope so... Quote Link to comment
+mamoreb Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Oh, I forgot to write: THANKS a lot, Moozer! Quote Link to comment
+Moozer Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Down to only 3 cows left in the event - here's to hoping they take flight soon Quote Link to comment
+mamoreb Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 The 4th cow is still on the run - I marked mine as missing when the event got archived. But one out of five rescued so far is still good. Quote Link to comment
+Jackalgirl Posted July 4, 2011 Author Share Posted July 4, 2011 (edited) I've updated the race standings again (sorry for missing a week there), and I've marked the four cows that are still either in the event or marked as missing as "missing". I'll get with Moozer about sending out (another) APB about those missing four. In the meantime: Most Original Tag - Tag with the most original item attached. The actual “bug” attached to the tag should somehow relate to the theme of charity, especially self-sustaining charity. A winner will be announced on July 18th, 2011. Squee! - The most adorable Tag, as judged by panel of guest judges. A winner will be announced on July 18th, 2011. Make sure you check out Snoogans’ TB Longevity Clinic for hints on how to make your tags less attractive to thieves, as cute tags/bugs are often targets. I still haven't gotten any entries for this. So I'll change the date for them to July 31st. If you've got an entrant, please let me know soonest. I've got a nice cache o' swag ready to go, and check out the new Good Deeds AE (below). Don't miss out on this cowtest! -=-=-=- Edited to add the Good Deeds AE pic! Edited July 4, 2011 by Jackalgirl Quote Link to comment
+goosefraba1 Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 So... My cow has only been picked up once since the event. If nothing else I will just resurrect it as a travelbug. A newbie picked up one of my other cows and hasn't responded to my email to please "grab" it from a cache. Might end as a resurrected also. I have one cow moving :/ Quote Link to comment
+goosefraba1 Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 (edited) Here is my entry for creative Cow.... I give you MooDoo. It might not be that creative.... but I like the name edit: Moodoo is currently on his way to Little Rock, Arkansas (home of Heifer International) via a kind cacher. Edited July 26, 2011 by goosefraba1 Quote Link to comment
+mamoreb Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Guess what! After almost 5 weeks of sleeping in a backpack, my lazy cow Dagros has climbed a 14500 ft mountain! http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?guid=d3d58c0f-5bf3-448a-bc06-995fc45f7b10 Quote Link to comment
+Jackalgirl Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 Howdy! I come up again for air and have managed to update the race standings. Sadly, a few more cows have gone missing. : ( Goosefraba1, I updated the website to list "MooDoo" under "most original". So far, he's the only entry -- if anyone else has an original cow or has a cow I may have missed, please email me! Mamoreb, that is awesome news (though incredibly old, because I am incredibly slow). It's always good news when the missing are found! : ) Quote Link to comment
+Jackalgirl Posted February 5, 2012 Author Share Posted February 5, 2012 The Cows are Coming Home! The date for the 2012 Sonoma County GeoRally and MEGA Quest has been set: April 28, 2012. Check out the event page for more info! I've updated The Great Cow Tag Race's Homepage with the information. You may also want to check out the News page for more information, but most importantly to check out "MooDoo", the so-far sole entry to the "Most Original" Cowtest and a very cool cow tag indeed! Since I only had the one entry (which came in way, way after the August 2011 date), I have extended the end of all of the cowtests to April 28, 2012. So, here's what I'd like to request: 1) Please check on your cows. Now would be a good time to update cow pages with links to the goal event (http://coord.info/GC2YA1F) and to send gently, kindly-worded requests to those cachers who are holding tags, letting them know about the 2012 Rally and asking them to get the cows moving. Please let me know if you run into a situation in which a cacher has stopped caching and so won't go out and drop off your tag. 2) Got pictures of your tag? Do you think they're cool? (I would hope so!) Send me an email (greatcowrace@grafikato.com) with a picture and I'll enter your tag into the cowtest of your choice. Help me populate these cowtests -- and remember, the prizes are Japanese 100 Yen store swag (the most awesomest swag on the planet) and an ultra-rare unactivated and fully trackable Heifer International Artist Edition "Good Deeds" geocoin. 3) Let everyone know about the event! It's getting exciting -- let's all get to the finish line and watch the cows come out of the woods! Quote Link to comment
+keewee Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Will there be a 'Great Cow Tag Race Moo'...I mean Two...? Quote Link to comment
+Eartha Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Title updated at OP's request. Quote Link to comment
+mamoreb Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Thanks for the news, Jackalgirl! Well, my lazy cow has probably run off to graze in calmer fields (read: unknown location), after being taken both to the original stash and to a really high peak. Too hazardious for her? My crazy cow is still travelling. Well, she has been stuck somewhere with no visitors since January 4th... I hope she won't run off due to too little action! Should have swapped those names, I know I should... Quote Link to comment
+Moozer Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Unfortunately, one of my cows was picked up by a new cacher who seemed to give up the hobby, and hasn't answered my emails, and the other may or may not have disappeared from a cache. Oh well... Quote Link to comment
+Jackalgirl Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 I've updated the race standings -- looks like there's been a bit of an upset, with Team kizb's Spot jumping up to take 2nd place, and some mooovers lower down on the list too. Moozer, you're not alone in this; from a rough guess, at least half of the cows are currently "in the hands of..." cachers. Which struck me as interesting; I know that with coins, we often say "well, they're probably in the hands of new cachers who don't know what to do with them", but in this case, most of the stalled cows are in the hands of cachers who obviously know how to log trackables out of caches. I'm sorry to hear that you're not getting a response to your queries. : ( Quote Link to comment
+Moozer Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Now for the other question - how many of them will make it back to my event on 4/28? If any of you have ones that approach the San Francisco Bay Area, let me know, and I'll try my best to go get them before the event... Quote Link to comment
+mamoreb Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Wow, looks like the first cow is already ready to attend the event! My lazy cow is still missing, after her fantastic start... My crazy cow is active, but has been sitting patiently in a geocache in Michigan for two weeks. I really doubt that she'll make it to the event. Perhaps in 2013? Quote Link to comment
+Moozer Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Much to my surprise, a cow just wandered into my pasture and I'll take it to my GeoRally this weekend! Quote Link to comment
+rupprider Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I very rarely post on forums, but I wanted to give a big thank you to Moozer, and Jackalgirl. The effort you two put forth to make this happen has not gone unnoticed! Being a very new cacher when this started I just wanted to say how much fun I had watching these cows travel the world! (Drneal's cow put on some serious mileage in a year!) Quote Link to comment
+Moozer Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Okay, the official tally was nine cows that made it home to this year's GeoRally: - Vivianna del Vaca Valiente (TB476F0) - Jigs (TB476H8) - Sillys Cow (TB476FM) - Udderly fabMOOlous (TB476FE) - Baby Cow Racer (TB476GQ) - Stella Heifer. No relation to Hugh (TB476GC) - Moozilla - Heifer Int’l Travel Tag (TB476G3) - Heifer Int’l Travel Tag- SORELLA! (TB476EQ) - Heifer Int’l Travel Tag - Poti II (TB476EK) Congrats! Quote Link to comment
+manu luq Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Yeeeea!!! :D , my cow Poti-II has returned home, thanks to those who have made it possible, with special congrats to Jackalgirl and Moozer, thanks for this fun georally!! Quote Link to comment
+mamoreb Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Congratulations to the cows that made it home! Any news on the contests mentioned in this post? Quote Link to comment
+redwingrr Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Nine cows made it back!? Wow, that's awesome! I didn't expect it to go that well. Congrats to their owners! I've been enjoying my cows. Some wonderful folks moved them for me. Thank you Jackalgirl and Moozer! Quote Link to comment
+keewee Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Apparently one of our coins is on it way there now too... a little late, but it will make it back to Sonoma. Quote Link to comment
+drneal Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 are the standings final? ILYK Quote Link to comment
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