BIG BUCK CONTEST

 

PLEASE READ ALL CONTEST RULES!!!

 

Opening Day Gun Contest - October 18, 2008

 

Contest Location: GA/FL Tobacco Exchange Warehouse

on south side of Georgia Highway 32

 

Bring Your Own Chair         

 

2008 RULES:

è                To be eligible to enter a deer in the contest, your ticket must be purchased before 8:00 p.m., Friday, October 17, 2008.

 

è                Prize Drawing/Supper Tickets will be sold until Saturday, Oct. 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the GA/FL Tobacco Exchange Warehouse.

 

è                Prize drawing will begin at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, October 18.

A.     Prizes drawn between 7:00 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. may be claimed by anyone holding the prize ticket until 9:30 p.m.

B.    Prizes drawn from 7:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. that are unclaimed at the time of the drawing will be placed on a separate table.

C.    At 9:30 p.m. all unclaimed prizes will be returned to the prize table.

D.    For prizes drawn after 8:45 p.m., the ticket owner must be present with ticket to claim prize. Be prepared to show I.D. for major prizes.

 

è                Supper will be served from  6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the GA/FL Tobacco Exchange Warehouse.

 

 

 

1.                  All deer must be presented according to DNR regulations or the deer will be disqualified from the contest.  This rule will be enforced.

2.                  No person may buy a ticket for himself and resell or transfer it to someone else.  Any deer entered must be harvested by the ticket owner.  Stubs will be compared.

3.                  Entering a deer will require a signed statement that the deer was legally harvested by you, the ticket owner.

4.                  Deer antlers will be scored typical Boone and Crockett.

5.                  The final recorded decision of the scorer is absolute and incontestable.

6.                  Excessive controversy with the scorer over the decision is grounds for barring the hunter(s) from participation in the contest.

7.                  All tickets will be twenty-five dollars ($25.00).  Please show ticket for supper.

8.                  No alcoholic beverages are allowed on the premises.

9.                  All state and federal laws and regulations must be met if you are a winner of a long-gun or any state and/or federally regulated prize.  If an individual under 18 years of age wins a state and/or federally regulated prize (such as a gun), a parent or guardian must sign for and meet all state and/or federal laws and regulations.  If General Rule #9 cannot be complied with, you forfeit the prize.

10.       The full body or field dressed deer will be brought to headquarters. Check-in will begin at 8:30 a.m. and will end at 8:45 p.m., October 18, 2008.  NOT ONE MINUTE AFTER.

11.       The 10 highest scoring deer heads and the owners must be at the contest headquarters (Tobacco Warehouse, Ga. Hwy. 32) at the time of awarding cash and trophies or you forfeit your cash and trophy and the next highest scorer moves up.  Ten (10) places receive cash and trophies.

12.       Scoring of the antlers will begin at 7:30 a.m. ALL deer heads must be at the contest headquarters by 8:45 p.m. Saturday, October 18, 2008.

13.       Time for checking deer will be kept on the official contest clock at headquarters.  Check-in time will be judged by this clock only.

14.       Clay Gilliard Award: