redkneck

Put the tip of the bh on a hard surface, nock straight up, use your thumb and index finger and give it a spin like toy would a top.

Sticky the rules and sign-up threads in the contest room, maybe unpin the turkey contest threads?

+1 I got two kinds of arrows in the quiver, those I shoot at deer, and those I shoot at hogs/target practice. Don't bother naming them all.

Will do thanks Al. I do think this is a much easier/better way than that junk they do on the bull.

Sign up thread posted in the contest room here: http://www.realtree.com/forums/announcements-online-contests/109352-2012-2013-realtree-forum-deer-contest-sign-up.html Only ten days to get signed up, don't miss out! :gun2:

Was working on it as you were posting that Al, the rules posted in this thread were only to get some feedback if anyone had new suggestions, time is short. This thread could be deleted now to avoid confusion.

Redkneck 39 Oct 1st - Jan 31st

THE DEADLINE FOR SIGN-UP IS September 20th at 8PM CST. We will take alternates the remainder of the month to fill out teams to have them all in place by 10/1. 2012-2013 RT Forum Deer Contest - SIGN-UP BEFORE SIGNING-UP MAKE SURE YOU READ AND UNDERSTAND THE RULES OF THE CONTEST AS I WILL NOT BE MAKING ANY EXCEPTIONS ON ENTRIES. YOU CAN FIND THE RULES HERE: http://www.realtree.com/forums/announcements-online-contests/109351-2012-2013-realtree-forum-deer-contest-rules.html INSTRUCTIONS FOR SIGNING-UP: To participate you must be a RT forum member, with a minimum of 75 posts. Youth members (17 & under) must have a minimum of 25 posts.In the 2012-2013 RT Forum Deer Contest - SIGN-UP thread make a post including your screen name, your age and the opening and closing dates of your deer season (if known). ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONEL are not subject to minimum post count, but you are required to participate and become an active member of the forum. Post your screen name, your age, military branch, your rank, duty location and the opening and closing dates of your deer season (if known), in your sign up thread. We appreciate your service. In this thread make a post including your screen name, your age, and the opening and closing dates of your deer season (if known). Remember the spirit of the contest is to have fun and meet new members as well as to get to know old ones better. Please post kills in a timely manner as well as check in from time to time with your team to keep things fun for the whole team. Good luck to all!!! Any questions, PM me john

DISCLAIMER This is a COMPLETELY UNOFFICIAL CONTEST. The 2012-2013 RT Forum Members Deer Contest is a contest created and operated independently by RT forum members and is not officially sanctioned or managed by Realtree or Jordan Enterprises It's time for the 9th Annual deer contest, before you sign-up make sure you read and understand ALL the rules. DEADLINES SIGN-UP DEADLINE - You have until September 20, 2012 to sign-up to participate in the contest ENTRY DEADLINE - Contest will run from the opening of the first legal deer season until February 28th, 2013. At midnight on February 28th, 2013 the contest will be closed to further entries. ELIGIBLE ENTRIES Any deer taken in the 2012-2013 deer season. That includes muley, whitetails, blacktails and cous deer. Both does and bucks are eligible for entry. Deer may be taken however legal way chosen (bow, shotgun, rifle, etc... motor vehicles not allowed. SCORING 5 points for a deer. Buck or Doe. 1 additional point will be added for every point on a rack of 1 inch or more. Participant score will consist of 1 deer. If you are allowed to shoot more than 1 deer you may upgrade your score by submitting the new deer, this will cancel out your previous deer. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SIGNING UP To participate you must be a RT forum member, with a minimum of 75 posts. Youth members (17 & under) must have a minimum of 25 posts. In the 2012-2013 RT Forum Deer Contest - SIGN-UP thread make a post including your screen name, your age and the opening and closing dates of your deer season (if known). ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONEL are not subject to minimum post count, but you are required to participate and become an active member of the forum. Post your screen name, your age, military branch, your rank, duty location and the opening and closing dates of your deer season (if known), in your sign up thread. We appreciate your service. HOW AND WHEN WILL TEAMS BE DRAWN Approx. August 31st I will randomly draw names from a hat to determine teams -I will try my best to evenly distribute youth participants (17 and under) evenly across teams. If number of participants can be evenly divided at the deadline it will be done, otherwise I will allow a short deadline extension that will end once the needed number of participants is filled or the new deadline is met - whichever comes first. There will be a thread made called 2012-2013 RT Forum Deer Contest - TEAMS & SCORES that will list the drawing outcome as well as have a running score throughout the contest. INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENTERING A DEER To submit an entry a participant must include in the 2012-2013 RT Forum Deer Contest - ENTRY thread... your screen name, the number of tines that are 1 inch or longer (main beam counts), your team name. A photo of himself/herself with the deer, Photo must show the entire front half of the deer or more - this is to avoid any possible accusations concerning people entering mounts. NOTE 1: This picture HAS to show both the deer AND THE HUNTER, pics of only the deer will not be counted. Photo must show the entire front half of the deer or more. NOTE 2: Picture of just the caped out head, skull plate, or skull mount will not be counted Photo(s) were all scorable tines can be seen in. If 1 inch tine is questionable supply a photo with a measurement against the tine for verification. A photo of legal tag: This is a MUST, no deer will be entered without a clear picture of the tag. Make sure the picture can be read in the picture. NOTE 1: The tag picture has been the #1 reason for entries not being counted in the contest - DON'T FORGET YOUR TAG PICTURE. FOR PARTICIPANTS IN STATES THAT DO NOT HAVE A TAGGING SYSTEM write the following information down on a piece of paper, your forum name, your team name, date deer was taken, state deer was taken in, print and sign your name - scan or take a picture of that info and supply it instead of the tag picture. ** If you have issues with scanning or posting your photos I would be happy to help you out or post them for you, just send me a PM. TIE BREAKERS In case of a tie, the teams participant scores will be arranged in descending order, the scores will be compared in that order with the highest participant score indicating the winning team. In the odd case of a tie past this the team names will be put in a hat and drawn, whoever is pulled is the winner. PRIZES As of right now there are no prizes. We will recognize the highest scoring team. We will also recognize the Youth (Age 17 and under) with the highest scoring deer. We will recognize a Best of Contest Deer that will be voted on by RT forum members after the February 28th deadline. If and when prizes are posted - only one prize package will be awarded to an individual member. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ETC. Please feel free to contact me via PM if you have any questions. If you have any comments, concerns or possible disputes please pm me so that I can look into it and get a decision made on it. Just to forewarn everyone I WILL NOT put up with teams/participants scrutinizing or arguing between each other, if there is an issue bring it to my attention so I can make a decision on it. If I feel there is a need for more than my input on the issue I will bring it in front of the mods to help with the decision. The decision made on a matter is final. If a participant or team wants to try to play out an issue in the open forum and cause problems instead of bringing it to me, I reserve the right to deal with that member/team accordingly. Any participant caught cheating will be removed from the contest and replaced. I reserve the right to remove any participant from the contest for any reason.

40 days here. Got a lot to do yet, need this monsoon to end.

Was the seed inoculated?

I thought about that, but time is going more of a factor this year, but whatever you guys want to do, it's all in fun. I know some states are about to get started, one or two may already have.

Sounds good, let's do it. Here's last year's rules, I always enjoy this contest because it's clean and simple, but if anyone wants to suggest a change, let's hear it, if not we'll get a sticky up in this room in the next day or so for sign ups. DISCLAIMER This is a COMPLETELY UNOFFICIAL CONTEST. The 2011-2012 RT Forum Members Deer Contest is a contest created and operated independently by RT forum members and is not officially sanctioned or managed by Realtree or Jordan Enterprises It's time for the 8th Annual deer contest, before you sign-up make sure you read and understand ALL the rules. DEADLINES SIGN-UP DEADLINE - You have until September 01, 2011 to sign-up to participate in the contest ENTRY DEADLINE - Contest will run from the opening of the first legal deer season until February 29th, 2012. At midnight on February 29th, 2012 the contest will be closed to further entries. ELIGIBLE ENTRIES Any deer taken in the 2011-2012 deer season. That includes muley, whitetails, blacktails and cous deer. Both does and bucks are eligible for entry. Deer may be taken however legal way chosen (bow, shotgun, rifle, etc... motor vehicles not allowed. SCORING 5 points for a deer. Buck or Doe. 1 additional point will be added for every point on a rack of 1 inch or more. Participant score will consist of 1 deer. If you are allowed to shoot more than 1 deer you may upgrade your score by submitting the new deer, this will cancel out your previous deer. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SIGNING UP To participate you must be a RT forum member, with a minimum of 75 posts. Youth members (17 & under) must have a minimum of 25 posts. In the 2011-2012 RT Forum Deer Contest - SIGN-UP thread make a post including your screen name, your age and the opening and closing dates of your deer season (if known). ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONEL are not subject to minimum post count, but you are required to participate and become an active member of the forum. Post your screen name, your age, military branch, your rank, duty location and the opening and closing dates of your deer season (if known), in your sign up thread. We appreciate your service. HOW AND WHEN WILL TEAMS BE DRAWN Approx. During the first week of September, 2011 I will randomly draw names from a hat to determine teams -I will try my best to evenly distribute youth participants (17 and under) evenly across teams. If number of participants can be evenly divided at the deadline it will be done, otherwise I will allow a short deadline extension that will end once the needed number of participants is filled or the new deadline is met - whichever comes first. There will be a thread made called 2011-2012 RT Forum Deer Contest - TEAMS & SCORES that will list the drawing outcome as well as have a running score throughout the contest. INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENTERING A DEER To submit an entry a participant must include in the 2011-2012 RT Forum Deer Contest - ENTRY thread... your screen name, the number of tines that are 1 inch or longer (main beam counts), your team name. A photo of himself/herself with the deer, Photo must show the entire front half of the deer or more - this is to avoid any possible accusations concerning people entering mounts. NOTE 1: This picture HAS to show both the deer AND THE HUNTER, pics of only the deer will not be counted. Photo must show the entire front half of the deer or more. NOTE 2: Picture of just the caped out head, skull plate, or skull mount will not be counted Photo(s) were all scorable tines can be seen in. If 1 inch tine is questionable supply a photo with a measurement against the tine for verification. A photo of legal tag: This is a MUST, no deer will be entered without a clear picture of the tag. Make sure the picture can be read in the picture. NOTE 1: The tag picture has been the #1 reason for entries not being counted in the contest - DON'T FORGET YOUR TAG PICTURE. FOR PARTICIPANTS IN STATES THAT DO NOT HAVE A TAGGING SYSTEM write the following information down on a piece of paper, your forum name, your team name, date deer was taken, state deer was taken in, print and sign your name - scan or take a picture of that info and supply it instead of the tag picture. ** If you have issues with scanning or posting your photos I would be happy to help you out or post them for you, just send me a PM. TIE BREAKERS In case of a tie, the teams participant scores will be arranged in descending order, the scores will be compared in that order with the highest participant score indicating the winning team. In the odd case of a tie past this the team names will be put in a hat and drawn, whoever is pulled is the winner. PRIZES As of right now there are no prizes. We will recognize the highest scoring team. We will also recognize the Youth (Age 17 and under) with the highest scoring deer. We will recognize a Best of Contest Deer that will be voted on by RT forum members after the February 28th deadline. If and when prizes are posted - only one prize package will be awarded to an individual member. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ETC. Please feel free to contact me via PM if you have any questions. If you have any comments, concerns or possible disputes please pm me so that I can look into it and get a decision made on it. Just to forewarn everyone I WILL NOT put up with teams/participants scrutinizing or arguing between each other, if there is an issue bring it to my attention so I can make a decision on it. If I feel there is a need for more than my input on the issue I will bring it in front of the mods to help with the decision. The decision made on a matter is final. If a participant or team wants to try to play out an issue in the open forum and cause problems instead of bringing it to me, I reserve the right to deal with that member/team accordingly. Any participant caught cheating will be removed from the contest and replaced. I reserve the right to remove any participant from the contest for any reason.

You just described most of the duck hunters I know William! :yes:

I'll do it if nobody else wants to. I should be able to keep it updated once a week without any problem.

I agree completely.

Hoosier is dead on. Got to get a different perspective on bow hunting, anyone that thinks a shot in your first couple years is good needs a new look at it too. Even the title to your thread is misguided. I'm sorry as well if I sound as if I'm coming on harshly, but you have to make a better preparation as to what you do after the release, just as much as you do before it. Know your limits, the best shot to get through the vitals, watch the arrow best you can to the target, listen to the sound, note the deer's behavior, listen to the last sounds he makes as he runs to judge the direction and if it may have fallen, and wait, then track. If you are not familiar with every element of that, please find a mentor to help you. It's a great sport, and if you keep at it, that will likely not be the last one you will lose, but you need to be more prepared next time.

Need a mods opinion, haven't seen Chance on lately. Maybe one will come in.

Well we could do an official unofficial thing if need be. Same rules as last year?

B/c they get paid to endorse product.

I'm with Mark. If you think republicans have this country's best interests in mind your crazy. The world ain't black and white or red and blue, I vote republican cuz it's the lesser of two evils. Both parties are selling us out. Bush spent us in a hole, now Obama is digging it deeper. I'll vote the Romney ticket but I really don't like the guy.

I'm talking about or annual deer contest.

Some folks smoke on the stand. If that's what you want fine, just better odds for me when he doesn't get a shot lol

Cot and pillow? Seriously I've never hunted from one, but like any stand, keeping a good body temp (in the heat and cold) and a comfortable seat makes all the difference.