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16th ANNUAL
SOUTH TEXAS WILD HOG
HUNTING CONTEST
FEBRUARY 5-7, 2010
$$$ CASH PRIZES PAID - TOP 10 PLACES IN DOG DIVISION $$$
TOP 3 PLACES IN GUN & TRAPPING DIVISIONS
(See Back For Details)
**Places 11th Thru 20th DOG TEAMS Will Receive Prizes Donated From Local Businesses**
**Participants In The Trapping Division Will Be Able To Sell Their Live Hogs At Weigh-In**
Entry Fees:
$100 Per Team with Dogs $20 Per Person with Gun and without Dogs
$20 Per Person with Bow and without Dogs $20 Per Live Trapper
$10 Jackpot For Biggest Field Dressed Hog $10 Jackpot For Biggest Live Hog
$10 Jackpot for Total Head Count
**NEW THIS YEAR - PRE-REGISTRATION WILL BE ALLOWED**
Registration form is enclosed. Pre-registration must be RECEIVED in Extension Office by
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 (No Exceptions). Pre-registrants must provide a valid e-mail
address, so that additional rules can be e-mailed. All teams and individuals not pre-registered must
have a representative present at registration, on Friday, February 5, 2010, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00
p.m. at the Friar Ag Center, Cuero, Texas.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: MAIL PRE-REGISTRATION TO:
Anthony Netardus DeWitt County Extension Office
DeWitt County Extension Agent-AG 307 N. Gonzales St.
361-275-0816 Cuero, Texas 77954
Extension programs serve people of all ages regardless of socioeconomic level, race, color, sex, religion, disability or national origin.
The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the County Commissioners Court of Texas Cooperating.
CONTEST OVERVIEW
CONTEST: There will be 4 Divisions. The entry fees, placing, and winnings are as follows.
1. Team Hunting with Dogs - $100.00 entry fee
a. Teams compete for Heaviest 3 Dressed Hogs
(Teams should bring one extra hog to weigh-in, for a total of 4 hogs, but only these 4 hogs will be
allowed on the premises)
b. Cash Prizes for top 10 places
c. 11 th-20th will receive prizes donated by local merchants
2. Individual Hunting with a Gun and Without Dogs - $20.00 entry fee
a. Individual competes for Total Dressed Weight
b. Cash prizes for top 3 places
3. Individual Trapping Hogs - $20.00 entry fee
a. Individual competes for Total Live Weight
b. Cash prizes for top 3 places
4. Individual Hunting with a Bow and Without Dogs - $20.00 entry fee
a. Individual competes for Total Dressed Weight
b. Cash prizes for top 3 places
CASH JACKPOT:
$10.00 per category entered. Contestants may enter the following jackpots if they wish.
1. Winner-takes-all for Heaviest Dressed Hog (dog teams & individual hunters only)
2. Winner-takes-all for Heaviest Live Hog (trappers only)
3. Winner-takes-all for Total Head Count (dog teams only)
NOTES
In the “Total Head Count” Jackpot, hogs will not be brought to Ag Center to be weighed-in. Each Dog Team
will be responsible for producing proof of their harvest, by digital photo, polaroid, video, etc. The Committee
will instruct Teams on an “item of the day” for both Saturday and Sunday, to be included in the picture/video.
A more detailed explanation of the “Total Head Count” Jackpot will be given out at Registration, or e-mailed
out to Pre-registrants.
The winner of the “Heaviest Dressed Hog” Jackpot will have the weight of that hog removed from their total.
If this occurs in the Dog Team Division, the weight of the 4th hog will be substituted.
Cash prizes will be given on a percentage basis as determined by the Wild Hog Hunt Committee.
Trappers will be able to sell their live marketable hogs to a buyer at weigh-in.
REGISTRATION: **NEW THIS YEAR - PRE-REGISTRATION WILL BE ALLOWED**
Registration form is enclosed. Pre-registration must be RECEIVED in Extension Office by Wednesday,
February 3, 2010 (No Exceptions). Pre-registrants must provide a valid e-mail address. Additional rules will
be e-mailed out to pre-registrants at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 5, 2010. All teams and individuals not preregistered
must have a representative present at registration, on Friday, February 5, 2010, from 5:00 p.m.
to 6:00 p.m. at the Friar Ag Center, Cuero, Texas.
RULES and REGULATIONS:
1. The contest is open to wild (feral) hogs hunted or trapped in any county in Texas and only during the period
from 6:00 p.m. on Feb. 5, 2010 through 12:00 noon on Feb. 7, 2010. Hogs cannot have been previously trapped,
kept, or held for the contest.
2. All contestants must have a valid hunting license. Any individuals or teams found guilty of violating any
Texas Game Laws during this contest will be disqualified.
3. All team members must hunt together. No splitting of teams!
4. Hogs must be harvested/trapped on free range. They must not come from behind a game proof fence.
5. Contest weigh-in times will be on Saturday, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and Sunday, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon.
Hogs must be brought to the Friar Ag Center in Cuero, no later than 12:00 noon on Sunday, February 7, 2010,
in order to be eligible for competition.
6. Hog meat must come to weigh-in in edible condition. Hogs must arrive at weigh-in being throughly
washed out (inside the body cavity and outside). This rule will be strongly enforced. Any dressed hogs
determined by the committee to be unfit for human consumption will be disqualified.
7. All protests must be in writing to a committee member and must be made immediately after the occasion
arises for protest. A protest committee will then be formed, and all decisions of the protest committee and the
Wild Hog Hunt Committee are final.
8. Any contestant found trying to cheat will be disqualified and banned from entering the contest again.
ADDITIONAL RULE:
9. There will be one additional rule handed out at the time of registration on Friday, Feb. 5, 2010.