Big Buck Photo Contest - Official Rules

 

1. Contest Period: The contest begins November 11, 2024 at 12:00 a.m. and ends February 15, 2025 at 11:59 p.m.

2. Eligibility: The buck must be harvested during 2024-2025 whitetail deer season, and it must be harvested from within the 23-county Black Belt region.The Black Belt region includes the following counties: Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Russell, Sumter, Tuscaloosa and Wilcox. Big Buck Photo Contest winners from the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 season are not eligible. 

The winner of the contest is selected exclusively through online voting.

Visitors to the contest webpage may vote once per day, per entry, per IP address. In the case of any dispute, the decision of ALBBAA is final. Photo contest winners from the previous two years are not eligible for entry.

3. How to Enter: Upload photos via entry form here:

https://alabamablackbeltadventures.org/news-more/shoot-the-black-belt/big-buck-photo-contest/

Include the name of the hunter, email address, and select county where buck was taken. Limit of one entry per person. All entries must comply with the following restrictions:

    a. By entering, you understand your entry, if approved, will be posted online to be viewed by members of the general public. Also, by entering, you are giving consent to ALBBAA to use your photo in promotion, marketing and advertising.

    b. By entering, you will have the option to receive Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association email newsletters.

    c. Entrants must not disparage Sponsor or any other person or party; 

4. Photo Approval:  ALBBAA reserves the right to approve or disapprove of a photo submitted.  Cause for disqualification of a photo can include, but is not limited to, the following:

• The photo content presents the subject in an unethical or dis-respectful composition.
• The photo content is perceived to cast a negative perception of hunters and their contribution to the management of wildlife.
• Voting violation which imposes an unfair advantage to others.

5. Winner selection: Winner is determined by the photo that receives the most votes in the gallery. The winner is deemed to be a potential winner, pending verification of the entrant’s eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules as determined by Sponsor or Administrator, in their sole and absolute discretion.

6. Prize: The contestant who receives the most online votes at the close of the contest February 15th will receive a $150 gift card and a copy of “Black Belt Bounty,” an award-winning coffee table book filled with amazing wildlife photography and artwork, entertaining stories by award-winning writers and mouth-watering wild game recipes.

7. Winner Verification and Notification: Potential winners are subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules. Announcement and instructions for the Prize will be sent by private message to the potential Prize winner’s Facebook account or email, including requesting the potential winner to provide his/her complete first and last name (no initials), email address, physical mailing address, telephone number and date of birth. Once the potential winner’s initial information is received, Administrator will send an email with further instructions on how to claim the Prize. 

Limitation of Liability: By participating in the contest, entrants agree to release, indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor, its parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates, Administrator, prize suppliers, Influencers, and advertising and promotion agencies, and each of their respective agents, representatives, officers, directors, shareholders and employees (collectively, “Released Parties”) from and against any injuries, losses, damages, claims, actions and any liability caused in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from participation in the contest or acceptance, possession, use, misuse or non-use of any prize that may be awarded. The Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process and/or void any entries submitted fraudulently, to modify or suspend the contest, or to terminate the contest and conduct a random drawing and award the prize using all eligible non-suspect entries received as of the termination date. 
 

8. Privacy Policy: Any personally identifiable information collected during an entrant’s participation in this Contest will be collected by Sponsor or its agent and used by Sponsor, its affiliates, agents, and marketers for the sole purpose of the proper administration and fulfillment of the Contest as described in these Official Rules, in accordance with Sponsor’s Website Privacy Policy.