More than anyhting I want to find the buck I shoot last year before someone else loads it in their truck. I would have helped my team last year but its hard to when you wait a half hour and blood trail a *%@#&@ gut pile. Ohh well. I have to think that half the people that didn't report a anything were probably a little emberassed by the unrealistic expectations we put ourselves under. The fact of the matter is not everyone will get a buck. Alot of the guys that signed up didn't really feel the same as if they were with their huntin buddies. Sadly i dont think the problem can be eliminated but we should continue brainstorming with ideas to make the contest better for the future. Here is my reccmnedation.

We need to set up a mandatory check in after the contest. Set up a variable length period after the contest with a mandatory check in. All you have to do is respond telling whether or not you got a deer. Any Participants that do not respond to the thread are not allowed to enter the following year. I realize this can be circumvented by simple re-registering the following year under a new screen name. But that seems like a lot of work if you dont really care anyways.

Someone tweak this idea and add some more restrictions that wont penalize first timers or new comer to the board.