Not sure if anyone is interested, but here is the contest history. 2008 Total Teams (19) - 4 Members Per Team Winning Team - Team 12 (537 4/8) Dubbya Racewayking buckeye Joey Rott Highest Scoring Buck 2008 - Michael Hunsucker - 175 5/8 2009 Total Teams (21) - 8 Members Per Team Winning Team - Team 12 (837 6/8) Dubbya Buckeye mudnation fatsbucknut jakcflap joey rott madhunter racewayking Highest Scoring Buck 2009 - justhunt - 161 5/8 2010 Total Teams (20) - 10 Members Per Team Winning Team - Team 6 (1153 4/8) Scott/IL Drenman Preacher Tony Isaiah Reese iamyourhuckleberry SouthernMDArcher FEB kshunter Buckmaster Highest Scoring Buck 2010 - englum_06- 182 5/8" 2011 Total Teams (28) - 10 Members Per Team Winning Team - Team 27 (1097 1/8) Monster Raxx iHunt Evilstuff wibowhuntr rknierim racewayking MNPurple Hide-A-Bow peakrut rizzo999 Highest Scoring Buck 2011 - Antler Eater - 182" 2012 Total Teams (38) - 12 Members Per Team Winning Team - Team 10 (1312 1/2) Christine flyguy415 cougarmag BH.COM-Clinton Sticknstringarchery liwhitetail Dunn County Dubbya JoshKeller Skywalker hoyt_64 Drath Highest Scoring Buck 2012 - purebowhunting - 172 ½ 2013 Total Teams (33) - 12 Members Per Team Winning Team - Team 10 (1314 3/8) Christine flyguy415 Cougar Mag BH.COM-Clinton Sticknstringarchery liwhitetail Dunn County Dubbya JoshKeller Skywalker hoyt_64 Drath Highest Scoring Buck 2013 - iHunt- 177 3/4 2014 Total Teams (34) - 12 Members Per Team Winning Team - Team 4 (1196 3/4) almightynut bloodrunner13 Bootlegger coheley665 JLS Matt Mo Bow Hunter NebBowhunter pick00l REMYNGTON Rick James tynimiller Highest Scoring Buck 2014 - MNpurple- 229 1/8 2015 Total Teams (31) - 12 Members Per Team Winning Team - Team 20 (1023 3/4) Ryan A buttonbuckmaster pastorandrew illinibowhunter bowhuntingbebout whitecotton03 mylsuhat jacob Born2Hunt SharpEyeSam NEB Bucks scarps23 Highest Scoring Buck 2015 - Bowhunter_IL_BT - 173 3/4 2016 Total Teams (29) - 12 Members Per Team Winning Team - Team 3 (1283 1/4) _andrewgiles_sio Berwickbuckmaster Bootlegger Chago dawg007 DCthebowhunter ILL BUCK rbhunting1 Rick James Turro WakeCow Western MA Hunter Capt. Highest Scoring Buck 2016 - wi p&y - 192 5/8
Last year we had around 330 enter. I don't think we've hit 300 yet this year. Hopefully the lack is the ones that enter only to never be heard from again.
Total inches from the winning team has dropped off substantially the past two years, after being nearly identical the two years prior.
If it is all the same to everyone else I'd like Dubby on my team this year. Thanks Evil for putting this info together.
Honestly one must look at points per team member to truly compare: 2008: 537 4/8 divided by 4 = 134.375 pts/member (19 teams) 2009: 837 6/8 divided by 8 = 104.719 pts/member (21 teams) 2010: 1153 4/8 divided by 10 = 115.350 pts/member (20 teams) 2011: 1097 1/8 divided by 10 = 109.713 pts/member (28 teams) 2012: 1312 4/8 divided by 12 = 109.375 pts/member (38 teams) 2013: 1314 3/8 divided by 12 = 109.542 pts/member (33 teams) 2014: 1196 6/8 divided by 12 = 99.729 pts/member (34 teams) 2015: 1023 6/8 divided by 12 = 85.313 pts/member (31 teams) Clearly the first team ever had an insanely good year and is the "greatest" team assembled yet... ...that said it has been very clear lately the winner has typically had a team of active guys/gals that don't just sign up and are never to be heard from again!
If a team averages a 100 inches a person they will be in the thick of it each year. Pretty cool how that works out.