Scoring system will be as follows: Each participant is allowed to enter ONE antlered deer. This must be the FIRST antlered deer that you harvest during the season. If you are fortunate enough to harvest a 2nd antlered deer, it will not be eligible for this contest. Score will be based on GROSS total score using the P&Y scoring system. All measurements must be listed at time when score is posted. If anyone has any problems with scoring, please ask for help first. I will post a scoring tutorial at the top of the page for those who may need some additional assistance. Mule Deer and Blacktail deer will not have a multiplier for the inches of antler that the animal scores. Whatever the gross score is will count as your final score. Each participant is also allowed to enter ONE antlerless deer as well. Antlerless deer, regardless of size, will count as 50 points. Rules for entry: 1. All deer entered into this contest must be harvested legally within the laws and regulations of the state or province in which it was harvested. 2. All deer entered into this contest must be harvested with archery equipment only. After all, this is bowhunting.com. This includes compound bows, traditional equipment, or crossbows. This also means you can't shoot a deer with a gun and enter it into this contest. 3. All entries must be accompanied by a minimum of TWO (2) photos of the hunter with the deer and your archery equipment in the picture. If you can manage to take one picture, you can also manage to move 4 feet to the side and take another one. It's not that hard. There will be NO exceptions to this rule. Two photos with hunter, deer, and bow in photo or it won't count. This goes for both does as well as bucks. Like Rob, I'm a skeptic. 3a. If you harvest the deer on film and can provide footage of you shooting the animal along with post-recovery footage including hunting, animal, and bow, that will suffice in place of two photos. Footage must be posted online for everyone to see. 4. Along with your photo (or video) you must post the date and time in which the deer was shot as well. 5. Above all else, have fun! Don't change the way you hunt for a contest, no matter where it is. If you see a deer that you want to shoot that is going to make you happy then by all means shoot it. Don't worry about what people will think. We're all bowhunters and we should all support each other's decisions on what type of animals we choose to harvest, regardless of size or age. 6. If a buck's rack scores less than 50 points, a minimum score of 50 will be applied. We will call this the "Fergie Clause". :D (Added 10/14/2008) The winners will be awarded a nice Bowhunting.com gift pack that Todd and I will put together for you. I have no idea what will be in it yet, but I'll do my best to make sure it's nice stuff! If anyone has any questions or concerns about the rules or scoring please post them here, PM me, or e-mail me directly - [email protected] Thanks everyone!
Justin, thanks for heading this up bud. These are always a ton of fun. Thanks to Todd as well for donating a goodie prize bag, that's awesome.
Just curious. If the kill is on video with the bow, hunter, and deer, and the video is posted will 2 pics still be needed?
Good question - and the answer is no. If you can provide the video online for everyone to see that will be more than sufficient.
