1st annual North Idaho Archery Big Buck, Bull and bear contest

$20 entry fee for each species (must be registered prior to harvest)

Green Gross score awarded to each species for overall winner

1st place 70% of purse (for respective species)

2nd place 20% of purse (for respective species)

3rd place 10% of purse (for respective species)

Rules:

Must be legally harvested ARCHERY ONLY (Idaho, Washington and Montana OTC species qualify)

Field photo must be taken where animal is recovered (time and date stamped within phone data or proof of time and date must be shown)

Entry and exit wound photos must be taken (any questionable wound photos will either have to be explained or eliminated)

Please take best field photo you can with your harvested species with weapon as winners will be put on large posterboard and kept on the wall at NIA for everyone to enjoy and look back on as this contest progresses through the years.

Any of the above mentioned criteria not met will automatically disqualify animal (We are promoting and preserving the sport of archery, we want this to be a fair and ethical competition for all)

Whitetail and Mule deer will be accepted into the deer category. A score deduction will be applied to mule deer to balance out species size difference. (P&Y minimums for both species are 145” and 125”, with a size difference of 20”, this will be the deduction for MD) For example an 165” mule deer would only receive an accredited score of 145”. If there is enough entry’s for mule deer we will consider opening them up to their own category in future contests.

Green gross score will be measured in house only, bear skulls must be free of meat.

Scoring must occur within 2 weeks of harvest unless extenuating circumstances prevent it. Then hunter must arrange with shop a time to be scored. Rotting skulls will not be scored until cleaned of flesh.

ADDITIONAL PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED FOR RANDOM SCORES, SO ENTER ALL HARVESTED ANIMALS EVEN IF YOU DON’T THINK IT’LL WIN OVERALL, IT COULD BE A PRIZE WINNER.

WE WILL BE GIVING AWAY A FREE BOW DURING THIS COMPETITION! WINNER WITH CLOSEST GROSS SCORE TO A RANDOMLY GENERATED SCORE WILL WIN. (FOR EXAMPLE IF THE NUMBER WAS 142 3/8, THE CLOSEST TO THAT SCORE WOULD WIN THE BOW) WINNER MUST BE WITHIN 2 INCHES OF RANDOM SCORE TO WIN. A TIE WILL BE BROKEN BY FEWEST DEDUCTIONS.