Well here is the factual story behind the winners of Allen's competition. Van donn Lionandboarhunter, Mike, and Jason Mac. Went and worked hard to catch some good barrs. But they only had 4 and yes leading it with a 400 lb trophy. They had bad weather and were having trouble to locate a 5 th and final hog. Witch ended up being a 150 pound boar. The other team that won it started out with a 347 pound sow (Barron) then had nothing they knew what it was going to take to win it. They went hunting hard and located a 300 pound Barr. Well just so happened there were 3 barrs rooting up my hay field and they come caught them. Witch put them in the lead. Everything they did was legal and it was truly a competitive competition with what happened that weekend and I was not even entered.
Exactly. And I'm puting together a trail that is intended to create an additional layer of competition across multiple tournaments. And that obstacle includes establishing a format that entices more hunters to enter and more hunters who feel like they can win. There are way more hunters out there who can put together a 3 hog stringer of non barrs and feel like they have a remote chance of winning.
The number of teams who "actually weigh-in" on 5 hog stringer tournaments is typically 50%. The best I've heard of is 65%. By lowering the number of hogs required, 3 things are more likely to occur.
1) more entries
2) more teams actually come to weigh-in
3) more teams feel like they actually have a chance to win.
These aspects improve tournament participation all the way around, as well as increase the competition.
