RE: Legal to hunt in your state
 

English sparrows is all here.

RE: Legal to hunt in your state
 

if all you have in your area are english sparrows (a 3 point bird) and no 5, 6 or 7 pointers; i think you and other people in your situation should be allowed 5 points per sparrow and 0 points for any of the others.

how's that sound?

RE: Legal to hunt in your state
 

That sounds really good, the only problem that would be really hard to get aroound would be if some guy goes and cheats by taking like 5 pics of the same birds in like different poses and with different scenery/backrounds. Your point system seems very good, pigeons would kinda beout for me, but thats alright, and starlings are hard to get within 40 yards to get a good shot with a pellet gun. Black birds and sparrow point systems sounds accurat too. I think its time to make a post stating all the rules, and open up the contest.

RE: Legal to hunt in your state
 

we have a season on banded but I am in for it. Plenty of starlings, sparrows, and pigeons to get!

Tentative rules
 

1. this contest is open to all members of huntingbbs.

2. only legal nongame species for your area are allowed.

3. contest shall be from may xx to august 31.

4. points are awarded for all birds bagged.
4a. 7 points for a pigeon.
4b. 6 points for a starling.
4c. 5 points for a blackbird.
4d. 3 points for an english sparrow.

5. method of take is any weapon that launches a projectile.
5a. birds bagged with a shotgun shall receive 75% of the total cumulative score.
5b. birds bagged with a rifle shall receive 90% of the total cumulative score.
5c. birds bagged with an airgun shall receive 100% of the total score.
5d. birds bagged with a slingshot or manually propelled projectie shall receive 125% of the total score.
5e. birds bagged by being caught with bare hands or traps shall receive 150% of the total score.

6. these rules may be modified or amended by a simple majority of all participants in the contest.

7. other interpretations, discrepancies, judgements, findings, etc of unwritten rules and circumstances shall be decided by a simple majority of all participants in the contest.

8. participants are encouraged to provide a material incentive to the winner.
8a. winner is responsible for all shipping costs
8b. material incentive shall be worth 2 and 10 dollars.

9. participants must post their bagged birds and keep their total cumulative score on this thread within 72 hours of bagging said birds.

10. photo proof is encouraged but not necessary.
10a. in the event of a tie, the contestant with the greatest total number of birds bagged shall be declared the winner.
10b. if a tie still exists, the winner shall be the contestant with the greatest number of 7 point birds.
10c. if a tie still exists, the winner shall be the contestant with the greatest number of 6 point birds.
10d. if a tie still exists, the tieing contestants shall have an additional consecutive 72 hours to increase their total.
10e. if a tie still exists, rule 10d shall apply again.

RE: Tentative rules
 

I know how ebay works.

RE: Tentative rules
 

cool zak....

RE: Tentative rules
 

Here in Wyoming you can shoot pidgeons among other things all that you want and with whatever you want. My cousing and I went out last year to help a farmer shoot some of his pigeons since they were eating all of his cattles' feedl. We found a whole bunch of them feeding in a huge mob.... so we snuck up to them and we both shot once at the same time with our 12 gauges. We killed something like 62 of them.... that we could find! We sure made that farmer happy.

RE: Tentative rules
 

What if I accidentally killed 6 starlings with my trebuchet and 12 small pebbles? I did that this afternoon...

RE: Tentative rules
 

see rules 4b and 5d.

you get 37.50 points.