Attendee Info
Exhibitor Info
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BIGHORN OUTDOOR ADVENTURE SHOW
ANTLER/HORN COMPETITION
CONDITIONS
FOR ENTRY
- Completely fill out your entry
tag/disclaimer/claim ticket. Indicate all categories that apply, i.e.
Archery, Muzzleloader, Junior Hunters (16 or younger at the time of
harvest and not over 19 at the time of entry).
- Keep the numbered portion at the bottom of the tag
as your claim ticket. After 3 p.m. on Sunday, you claim ticket becomes
a courtesy pass to the Bighorn Show. After 5 p.m. Sunday, you will be
able to claim your trophy.
- NO ENTRY MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE BIGHORN SHOW
PRIOR TO 5 PM. SUNDAY.
- The Bighorn Show Competition Committee reserves
the right to refuse any UNPRESERVED trophies.
- Once an entry has taken first place within its
species (regardless of division), it is ineligible for future
competitions, but may be entered as DISPLAY ONLY.
JUDGING AND
AWARDS
- All species of North American Big Game recognized
by the Boone and Crockett Club are eligible for awards (see their
website at
www.boone-crockett.org). Rugs are NOT eligible. Rules, regulations
and guidelines of the Boone and Crockett Club will apply to the Bighorn
Show.
Judging will be divided into two (2) divisions
- Current Harvest: All trophies taken during the
hunting season immediately prior to the Bighorn Show.
- Prior Harvest: All trophies taken during any
other hunting season.
- Winners must have harvested the animal in FAIR
CHASE. FAIR CHASE, as defined by the Boone and Crockett Club, is the
ethical, sportsmanlike, and lawful pursuit and taking of any
free-ranging wild, native North American big game animal in a manner
that does not give the hunter an improper advantage over such animals.
- Commercially-raised animals are not eligible.
- If an error is made and detected prior to the
Awards Ceremony, it will be corrected. However, if it is detected after
the Awards Ceremony, we regretfully apologize for the error, but cannot
change the outcome. Every effort will be made to ensure that no errors
are made in measuring, recording, or determination of winners.
- The following categories will compete for Awards:
WASHINGTON STATE CURRENT
HARVEST
ARCHERY
MUZZLELOADER
JUNIOR HUNTER
INWC MEMBER CURRENT HARVEST
DISABLED HUNTER CURRENT HARVEST
WOMEN CURRENT HARVEST
BEST OVERALL CURRENT HARVEST
BEST OVERALL PRIOR HARVEST
BEST OF SHOW
TO ENTER
TROPHIES
Enter the Fairgrounds at the South Entrance. Continue
down road and through Yellow Gate. Bring your trophies through the door at
the southwest corner of Bay 3. Trophies are not allowed to be brought in
through the Main Entrance.
Trophies may
be entered from Wednesday through Friday March 19-21 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
and Saturday, March 22, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. All trophies will be
measured by Boone & Crockett or Pope & Young judges or qualified measurers.
First place in each species will receive a custom-made belt buckle.
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