I tend to agree with everyone on this deadline you came up with,The end of august at the latest would be much better for everyone.You want to pick the teams,get to know your teammates,and get a little SMACK talk in before season opens just to get things rolling.Besides most posts made last year was just that ,SMACK talk,all in fun of course.When season opens alot of guys aren't on the computer as much,there out in the field.
Please explain what constitues a "no show." Are you saying that if a person or team hasn't posted a buck kill by Oct 15th they'll be dropped for an alternate? Iowa's bow season doesn't start untilOct 1st, and runs until Jan 10th.
driftrider----what they are trying to say is ,when a team is picked of 10 people ,we have till the 15th of october to "make an appearance"as you will.It really wouldent be fair for say 10 teams of 10 people and 1 team of 6 people.All the deer scored per team is added together in inches to declair the winners of the contest.
Some guys and ladies will sign up for the contest,and come time for the games to begin they just plain forgot about hunting.net and the contest all together.Rob wants the deadline to be september 15th,anyone signing up after that date will become an alternate.
Say you are on a team and only 9 guys "signed in" on your team by October 15th,an alternate who wants to play,but never made the deadline of signing up before the teams were picked will be placed on your team,making a team of 10 guys .
I hope this helped and cleared a few things up
