Official Rules
1. Deer(whitetail/mulie)must taken legally and ethically as laws apply in the state your hunting including tags
2. Archery equipment only which include crossbows, no gun entry
3. Antlered deer only (whitetail or mule)including antlered doe, if it's tagged with a buck tag, it's in.
4. Will be using the Pope & Young Gross scoring system, no deductions. (Mule deer will have to be divided by percent)
5. No more than 10 persons per team, drawn randomly....alternate's when necessary starting with first come first serve....I'll oversee it.
6. Deadline to join is 1st 270 entries, with alternates then being taken until Oct 1st. , you may join the alternate list, see rule 5.
7. You must have a pictured posted on the contest page within the Official Score Card thread to enter a deer. The buck must have a tag visable(if tags apply to your state), the bow must be in the picture and the entire deer must be in the picture, no skull pictures, no rack pictures...the buck, the bow, and yourself must be in the picture.....call me skeptical.
8. Total number of inches of all team member's animal will decide the winner....see rule 4.
9. You must enter the first bow kill antlered deer you get.....second buck for you lucky states will not count. First buck means first taken regardless of multi state hunts.
10. No penned shot deer accepted, deer must be a free range wild animal regardless private or public land.
11. All disagreements, controversies and conflicts will be decided on by a majority vote from a panel consisting of Team Capt's and moderators participating within the contest. Those decisions will be final.