CONTEST INFO
Entry Form, Deer Score Sheet & Hog Score Sheet

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Divisions Must designate at time of entry. State wide contest. Must be entered BEFORE the kill. B&C Gross Official Score. Score may be sent in; (with Buck-n-Boar information sheet completely filled in) scored by an official scorer and witnessed. Leaders must bring animal in to be scored by panel for final results.

ENTRY FEES - $20.00 Deer Division | $20.00 Hog Division | $40.00 Both

1. All contestants will be required to follow the rules and regulations of Texas Buck-n-Boar Contest. All game must be taken in accordance to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department rules and regulations. All game must be scored, photographed and information sheet completed, to be eligible for an award. Scores and photos should be sent to Sabinal Chamber of Commerce, PO Box 55, Sabinal, TX 78881.
2. Contestants must be entered in Texas Buck-n-Boar Contest BEFORE the animal is harvested to be eligible for an award.
3. A certified scorer of Texas Big Game Awards using Boone and Crocket measuring system must score all animals. Animals may be scored at Texas Buck-n-Boar Contest headquarters, Sabinal Grain Co.
4. "Tame" or "pet" animals may not be entered into the contest even if the animal is free ranging. Tame or pet refers to having been associated with humans to such a degree that they have lost their natural fear.
5. Texas Buck-n-Boar Contest will use the Boone & Crockett scoring guidelines with no deducts. Animals with velvet will be measured and totaled, then 3% will be deducted for final score.
6. Texas Buck-n-Boar Contest is for animals harvested in the state of Texas only.
7. No contestant may have more than one entry per species at any one time. Contestants may remove an entry and replace it with another of the same species.
8. All weight categories must be weighed on certified scales (must provide certified scale number and signed by weigher). Animals will be weighed without entrails, (lungs, heart, liver, etc.) and may be weighed at the Buck-n-Boar contest head quarters, Sabinal Grain Co.
9. Any contestant may be required to take a polygraph test to secure the integrity of the contest.
10. Texas Buck-n-Boar Contest directors have the right to re-measure an animal to establish the place in each category.
11. "Best over all deer will be highest score from official panel score of all categories.
12. High fence less than 1000 acres is an enclosure with seven-foot or higher fence completely around perimeter not more than 999.9 acres.
13. High fence more than 1000 acres is an enclosure with seven-foot or higher fence completely around perimeter with no cross fences over five and one half feet high and is 1000 acres or more.
14. Bow division will be for animals taken by legal means with archery equipment (long Bow, recurve Bow or compound Bow). Animals taken by any other means or combination (ei. dog and Bow) will be entered in rifle division.
15. Women will compete in “Women” Division and men in the “Men” division, except in the “Overall” division.
16. A low fence is an enclosure with no fence, a fence under seven foot tall, or with at least a stretch of fence 1000 yards under seven foot high on the outside perimeter that is not captive to animals.
17. Youth categories are for male and female under age 16 at the time the trophy is harvested. They may also compete in all other divisions.
18. Contest will run from first day of archery season to the last day of late Doe season.
19. All ties will be broken by the earliest paid entry.
20. Judges decision is final.
21. Overall and first place winners must turn in a testimonial and must be at awards banquet to receive cash prize.
22. Scholarship contest is available for contestants ages 15 throught 20. You must be entered in the Buck N Boar Contest and submit a scholarship application.