Contest Rules

• LOUISIANA BUCKS: All legally harvested Louisiana bucks , big or small, are eligible for the contest and can be entered in the Men’s, Ladies, Youth, Bow, or Muzzleloader Divisions. Bucks must be taken during the 2009-2010 hunting season. The hunter must select only one division for each buck but may enter more than one buck in the contest.
• OUT-OF-STATE BUCKS: Legally harvested bucks from surrounding states are eligible for entry in the Out-of-State Division.
• GRAND PRIZE: All hunters entering legal bucks are eligible for the grand prize drawing. Hunters may enter more than one buck from Louisiana and/or from other states. Even a spike can win the grand prize
• DIVISION PRIZES: Division winners will be based upon official Louisiana Big Game Records Score.
• Hunters must complete the registration form available at Bowie Outfitters, online at Bowieoutfitters.com, or in the "Louisiana Sportsman" magazine. Photographs of the rack must be included with the registration form. The forms and photographs can be mailed in or dropped off at Bowie Outfitters on Perkins Road in Baton Rouge.
• The Contest coordinator will evaluate the pictures submitted with each registration and determine those racks which MAY qualify for the Louisiana Recognition Program. These hunters will be invited to bring their rack in to be scored during the month of April, 2010. Antlers must have air-dried for sixty days in order to be officially scored. Hunters are asked to leave their rack or mounted head on display at Bowie Outfitters during April.
• Antlers will be measured as typical or non-typical and the hunter whose rack is closest to the minimum score of 160 for typical antlers or 185 for non-typical antlers or whose rack exceeds the minimum score by the greatest number will be declared the winner in each division. (Full mount or antlers can be scored.)
• Antlers that have been officially scored elsewhere are eligible, but they must be brought in to Bowie Outfitters along with the official score sheet with the measurer's name.
• All bucks must be registered no later than 12-noon the day BEFORE the Awards Ceremony. The date for the Awards Ceremony is forthcoming. (Last year it was in May)