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Big Buck Contest

2024 BIG BUCK CONTEST

What You Need To Know!

Free Entry with Processing at BackYard!

Registration/Entry:

  • FREE to enter with Whitetail Deer processing

  • MUST have BYTP designated ticket number to be eligible for entry

  • No additional fees required to enter contest

  • MUST declare “contest division and category” at check-in (declaration of contest entry participant agrees to BYTP rules/regulations as outlined below)

Divisions: BIG BUCK CONTEST

Youth Big Buck (12 & under)

  • 13 & older will enter their respective division (women’s or men’s)

  • All youth entrants receive a free t-shirt

  • Women’s Big Buck

  • Men’s Big Buck

  • Grand Prize Big Buck

    • The Grand Prize Big Buck winner will be the highest scoring buck over all three divisions (youth, women, men)

Categories: OPEN

  • Longest Spike

  • Widest Spread (outside spread)

  • Biggest 7 point Buck (must have 2 main beams, broken antlers must have 1” minimum to measure)

  • Heaviest Doe (antlerless WT with female sex organs, MUST be properly field dress)

Prizes

·        Phantom Deer Blind

·        500lb Longhorn Deer Feeder

·        Custom Purses

·        Custom Pillows

·        Youth Exotic Hunt

·        Deer Mounts

·        Gift Cards                                                     

·        AND MORE!

Rules and Regulations

ALL contest WT deer MUST be harvested in Texas (out of state WT not allowed)

  • ALL antlered WT deer MUST have the cape attached to head (antlers without cape will not be eligible)

  • ALL hunters/participants must comply with Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept rules and regulations

  • ALL tags MUST be properly filled out and attached to the WT deer as required by TPWD (or subject to disqualification)

  • ALL pictures, scoring sheets, etc may be used for advertising and/or posted on BYTP social media

  • ALL WT deer must be properly field dressed (all internal organs, anus, poop shoot removed)

  • NO high fence WT deer allowed. Any WT deer with ear tag, ear tag hole, or a tattooed ear are automatically disqualified

Scoring:

  • All trophies will be scored by an approved BYTP scoring official

  • All official scoring will take place at BYTP located in Decatur, Texas

  • Official leader boards will be updated and posted to social media weekly

  • Tie breaker will be determined by “inside” widest spread of antlers

  • Scoring method is as follows:

Measurement of outside spread

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Number of points

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Measurement of G2 (tip to tip)

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Length of right main beam measurement

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Total Score

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