Entry Fee: $25
Whats Included: With entry we will e-mail you a scoring sheet, plus any other necessary information.
- Contest Dates: Oct 7 2022 - Jan 15 2023
- Ways to Enter: Website or Send your first/last name and email to Hunter4Hunter.082122@gmail.com for information on how to submit your $25 payment and complete registration
- Entry deadline: October 7
- Categories: Archery, Firearm and Youth
- What can I win? A championship trophy belt and Biggest Buck bragging rights
- Region: In the State of Illinois ONLY
Eligibility
- Hunter must be properly licensed and have proper permits to hunt whitetails in the
- State of Illinois to participate
- Hunter must enter contest no later than October 7th, 2022
- To qualify for the youth category, participant must be 15 years of age or younger
Harvest
- Buck must be legally hunted, harvested, and tagged in the 2022-23 Illinois Deer season in the state of Illinois.
- Buck can be taken in any of the archery or firearm seasons spanning from October 7th, 2022 through January 15th, 2023
- Buck must be harvested 100% fair chase - wild and free-ranging. No game farms guided hunts allowed.
Scoring
- Hunter will be provided with an e-copy of the scoring sheet to score his/her buck. You may reach out to Hunting4Hunter Memorial via email
- Email Hunting4Hunter.082122@gmail.com if you have any questions on scoring your buck.
- Final score will be gross inches (no deductions) and will closely follow the Boone andCrockett scoring guidelines. Official directions for measuring and calculating final score will be on the scoring sheet provided.
- All bucks are subject to being scored in person by a member of the Hunting4Hunter Memorial and/or third party appointed by the Hunting4Hunter Memorial. In-person scoring will only be used to help verify and determine winners if necessary
- Any ties will be broken using the measurement of the longest main beam of each buck.
Submitting Your Entry
- Your buck must be scored and submitted for the contest within 72hrs of tagging the deer. If you need more time to submit your entry, you must email Hunting4Hunter.082122@gmail.com within the 72 hrs to make other arrangements.
- The following 6 images must be included in an email to Hunting4Hunter.082122@gmail.com:
- An image of the buck with the hunter (this will be the primary image we use if/when sharing your buck)
- Three images of just the buck’s head/rack (left side profile, straight on, and right side profile),
- 1 image of your filled deer tag
- 1 image of your scoring sheet.
*Make sure all photos are clear and any writing is readable on the score sheet and deer tag images*
- Other information required with submission: County the buck was taken in, private or public land, and type of weapon used (shotgun, crossbow, bow).
- Failure to submit all necessary images/information may result in disqualification from the contest.
Other Terms/Conditions
- All proceeds from the contest will be provided and managed by the Hunting4Hunter Foundation.
- All hunters participating in the contest provide an irrevocable license to Hunting4Hunter Memorial for the use of any and all photographs, videos, and recordings of any kind of the hunter taken during and after the hunt for a buck submitted in the contest.
- Trophy belts will be presented to the hunter with the biggest buck in each category, so a total of 3 belts will be awarded
- No professional hunters are allowed to participate in this contest. A professional hunter for the purpose of this contest is defined as an individual who has received income as a result of hunting deer.
- By entering this contest, all hunters understand that Hunting4Hunter Memorial is not liable in any manner for any damage or injury, personal, public, or otherwise, to and/or involving a participant while hunting.
- Failure to comply with any of the rules, terms, or conditions set forth in this contest may result in automatic disqualification from the contest.
- Participants will have the option to purchase a 2nd entry to the contest. This option will only be available to participants who have already submitted one buck to the contest and still have an open buck tag. If you become eligible for a 2nd entry and wish to re-enter, please email Hunting4Hunter.082122@gmail.com. For a buck to be eligible for the 2nd entry, it must be harvested AFTER the 2nd entry request is approved by Hunting4Hunter Memorial.
Awards
Championship Belts - Click Here to View The Belt!