Fieldmouse, with all due respect, I will say this as politely as I know how.
youngfart, says rob has accepted his pics in the past with full camo. I personally don't recall it.
How many years have you participated in the Hunting net deer (bow) contest??? I remember you being in the contest before you became a mod (as I recall you shot an Onieda way back when)....Yet you don't remember my full camo pics that were posted every year since the contest's inception???
Your argument has no basis...Contrary to your claims there is no rule to force someone to take a picture for the contest that is not in full camo! Even if I were to show my face, would you recognize me???? Obviously not...
So my question to the captains, has an entry been allowed in the past without revealing who it is? Two, is this an acceptable entry for this contest?
Question one... I suspect you know the answer to this already? If not, don't you have access to archives so see if it has been allowed (you know, being that there is no rule and all!!) Have you asked Rob? Let me help you out.
Hunting net bowhunting contest 2005 entry (Rob would remember this photo because he pulled it from the archives for a different thread a number of years ago.)
Hunting net bowhunting contest 2006 entry
Hunting net bowhunting contest 2007 entry
Hunting net bowhunting contest 2008 entry
Hunting net bowhunting contest 2009 entry
2010 Hunting net bowhunting contest entry
Question two...What does it tell you that I have been posting these pictures for the contest since the annual bowhunting contest began??? Whether you deem it "acceptable" or not really has no bearing on this years contest. If you want to make a rule change that is fine, I am not going to change mine.
This is the internet, there are no guarantees that the images whether masked or unmasked of a person sitting beside a deer is the person who actually killed it. Of the kills that are on our scoring thread I recognize the bucks equally as well as I recognize the people in the photos. In other words I don't know who the people are or what they look like, yet I accept the premise they killed that deer and I have no problem with that. Why would I have a problem with someone in full camo?
Honestly, this arguement is so elementary if it were not for nine other guys on team eleven I wouldn't even bother to address the issue.