I can't believe this is even an issue. People got nothing better to do than try to ruin a good thing and stir up all kinds of contraversy over a FUN contest.
ANY legally taken deer should count whether you put in 500 hours of scouting to find it, or was walked to a stand by a guide.The contest isnot measuring the work involved in getting the deer, we are just adding up inches. The teams are picked at random, it's the luck of the draw who has who on thier team.