When I hear the number 18 I think - Legal...... Barely Legal!
But those words won't do much when trying to add some bone to a scorecard!

Sounds like I might be a drag on the overall score. My primary hunting grounds in East Texas don't produce much horn wise and that is whereI concentrate most of my early season bowhunting. It's close to home and relatively cheap. A 3.5 year old deer there is a trophy.
I do have two hunts booked for December on land that can produce much larger deer- South Texas, but only one of the parcels will qualify for this competition.

So how does that work? IfI should shoot my first buck of the year on land that doesn't qualify (high fence, not a cage by any means, but high fence nonetheless)
and then another on land that does, can I enter the second buck??


Oh and before I get beat up about the high fence, it's just a way of life down here. IfI were to only hunt low fenced land it would rule out 1/2 the day leases in South Texas- this hunt is with friends and they chose the locale. I cannot afford (or choose not to) a good South Texas lease and the day lease option is just a way for a po-boy to get his feet wet chasing mucho bone.