TROPHY ENTRY RULES
- Trophy must be presented to D.D.C. officials during show hours designated for Trophy Entry.
- Entrant must supply all requested information for completion of entry from. Falsified information will disqualify entrant for any prizes or awards. Entrant must be willing to submit to polygraph testing if requested by show officials.
- Trophies must have been obtained within full compliance of all game laws of the state, and must comply with Boone and Crockett guidelines of Fair Chase.
- Previous Trophy Winners are not eligible for awards during current show.
- Any trophy removed from the show prior to the Awards Ceremony forfeits any awards.
- All entries will be scored and recorded in the Dixie Deer Classic Records.
- An entry will usually receive only one award.
- D.D.C. Scoring Committee reserves the right to make changes in entry rules at any time. All decisions by DDCSC will be final.
Category Award winners will be determined by the highest Boone and Crockett score, with the exception of the BEST IN SHOW and PRESIDENT’S AWARD.
Deer must be scored by 5 PM Saturday to be eligible for awards. The DDC will only score deer that were harvested in compliance with the B&C and P&Y fair chase position statements.
Wake County Wildlife Club
PO Box 99048
Raleigh, NC
27624-9048
BOONE AND CROCKETT FAIR CHASE STATEMENT
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.
HUNTER ETHICS
Fundamental to all hunting is the concept of
conservation of natural resources. Hunting in
today’s world involves the regulated harvest of individual animals in a manner that conserves, protects, and perpetuates the hunted population.
The hunter engages in a one-to-one relationship with the quarry and his or her hunting should be guided by a hierarchy of ethics related to hunting, which includes the following tenets;
- Obey all applicable laws and regulations.
- Respect the customs of the locale where the hunting occurs.
- Exercise a personal code of behavior that reflects favorably on your abilities and sensibilities as a hunter.
- Attain and maintain the skills necessary to make the kill as certain and quick as possible.
- Behave in a way that will bring no dishonor to either the hunter, the hunted, or the environment.
- Recognize that these tenets are intended to enhance the hunter’s experience of the relationship between predator and prey, which is one of the most fundamental relationships of humans and their environment.