As Alabama's deer hunters head to the woods to make the most of the rut, the Alabama Black Belt Adventure Association (ALBBAA) is seeking photos of your best bucks.
The ALBBAA Big Buck Photo Contest runs through Friday, February 16th, giving hunters plenty of time to submit photos for this year's contest. All entries and voting will be done online. Aruba website.
“We would like to thank hunters who have already submitted photos, but would like to remind everyone that photos will be accepted until the end of deer season and online voting ends on February 16th.” said ALBBAA Director Pam Swanner. “We encourage hunters to continue providing photos.”
The contest is sponsored by the Central Alabama Agricultural Cooperative in Selma. Photos of bucks harvested during the 2023-24 archery and firearms season are eligible.
Here are the rules and guidelines for this year's contest:
To enter the contest, hunters must upload a photo of a buck harvested within the 23-county Black Belt region through the ALBBAA website. This buck must be harvested during the 2023-2024 white-tailed deer season. If the photo you submit was taken in a forest, it's important that it's orange. Contest winners will be selected solely by online voting.
Voting will take place on the same page where all entries must be submitted – https://alabamablackbeltadventures.org/news-more/shoot-the-black-belt/big-buck-photo-contest/
Visitors to the Contest webpage may vote once per day per entry and per IP address. In the event of a dispute, ALBBAA's decision will be final. Photo contest winners from the past two years are not eligible to apply.
ALBBAA reserves the right to accept or reject any submitted photo. Reasons for photo disqualification include, but are not limited to:
· The photographic content depicts the subject in an unethical or disrespectful composition.
· The content of the photo is perceived to cast a negative perception on hunters and their contribution to wildlife management.
· Voting violations that give unfair advantage to others.
The contestant with the most online votes by the end of voting on February 16th will receive two game cameras valued at approximately $350, courtesy of the Central Alabama Farmers Cooperative.
The 2023-24 deer season ends on February 10th, but voting will continue until midnight on February 16th to allow additional voting time for photos submitted after the last weekend of hunting season. Ru.
“Alabama's Black Belt is known for its abundance of deer hunting opportunities, and we hope hunters will continue to share their photos with our organization,” Swanner said. .
ALBBAA encourages all sportsmen and women to wear orange; buy a hunting license Check online through the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources before you leave.In addition, those who successfully hunt the deer game check.
The Black Belt includes 23 counties: Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clark, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, and Pickens. , Pike, Russell, Sumter, Tuscaloosa and Wilcox.
