The rules and regulations for the contest are as follows. The contest will start April 11 2009 and run through June 15 2009.The contest is restricted to members only and all participants must be registered by April 10 2009 at 9:00 pm. Participants are only allowed to enter 1 bird bow or gun kill. So far the two highest scoring birds will be awarded prizes(Currently working on a third place prize to be donated). Along with the measurement pics you must also have one pic with the hunter,bird and weapon harvested with. Pics of entries must be posted on the official thread by 9:00 pm on June 15 2009 to be counted. All measurements are based on the honor system and I think we all can handle that. In the event of a tie the person who's bird has the longest spurs out of the two birds wins. If the spur length is the same then the heaviest bird wins. All entries must be taken legally or it has no place on this site.
Scoring of the birds will be determined by a series of measurements. All pics of the beard(s) and spurs must have a ruler behind them clearly showing the measurements. The weight of the bird is based on the honor system. If possible please provide a pic of the bird on the scale. You will not be disqualified if you do not have a pic the the bird on a scale. Again everyone this is based on the honor system and the contest is for fun. I can understand people's concern for cheating but you nor I can prevent that. The NWTF scoring method makes this the easiest and most efficient way to run this contest. This is the site's first turkey contest so we are working out the kinks for the future. Please post all measurements along with your pics and story so your score can be double checked. Thank you for your patience everyone and let's all have fun
1. Measurement(s) of Beard(s). One pic if there is only one beard with ruler in the background. Multiple pics if more than one beard with ruler in the background.
2. Measurement of both the right and left spurs. One pic per spur with ruler behind each spur in the pic.
To simplify scoring the birds we are going to use the National Wild Turkey Federation method of scoring. It's easy to use and can even calculate scores for you. Please click on the link below. http://www.nwtf.org/for_hunters/how_to_score.html
