Rules and Regulations for Entering Deer and Bear

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Big Buck Club, Inc.

THE NEW YORK STATE
BIG BUCK CLUB

Rules and Regulations for Entering Deer and Bear

DEER | BEAR | BUCK CLUB ENTRANTS

DEER

TO QUALIFY FOR ENTRY

The deer must have been taken legally and tagged in accordance with the rules and regulations listed in the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Big Game Guide.
“Deer taken this year” must be accompanied by a signed and dated New York State Big Game tag.
A deer is not eligible if spotted from the air and taken the same day, if taken with the aid of electronics, radio devices, walkie-talkies or from fenced enclosures.
A deer cannot be officially scored until 60 days from the date it was taken.
During that 60 days the antlers must be air-dried at normal room temperature. Not frozen or stored in a freezer.
To be eligible for the gun or archery categories the skull plate cannot be broken or split.
Broken antlers: Antler beams and/or points can be measured only to the point where they were broken.
Repaired beams or antler points cannot be measured. Broken skull plates eligible only in shed antler category.
The antlers must be scored by an Official Big Buck Club measurer.
The Official Score Sheet and photos must be submitted with a $15.00 registration fee before April 1st. See #3 below under BUCK CLUB ENTRANTS
To be eligible for entry the antlers must meet the MINIMUM SCORE REQUIREMENTS:

GUN - 140 TYPICAL, 165 NON-TYPICAL

BOW - 120 TYPICAL, 145 NON-TYPICAL

MUZZLE LOADER - 140 TYPICAL,
165 NON-TYPICAL

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All scoring is done in accordance with Boone & Crockett Scoring System for Whitetail Deer and Bear. All Deer and Bear entries must have been taken under the Rules of Fair Chase as attested to by the signatures of the hunter and witness to the kill. A falsification on the Fair Chase Affidavit or entry is grounds for dismissal from the New York State Big Buck Club. A false statement is grounds for the entry to be rejected-no future entries accepted-all past entries dropped from NYSBBC Records. The Trophy taker agrees that the the acceptance of his entry belongs to the the NYSBBC Board of Directors and their decision is final in all respects.

The largest New York Whitetail Bucks taken each Fall must be scored by a panel of 3 NYSBBC official Measurers in order to be eligible for Big Buck Club oil painting. The Big Buck Awards Banquet is held the 3rd Saturday in September.

BEAR

TO QUALIFY:

The bear must have been taken legally and tagged in accordance with the rules and regulations as listed in the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Big Game Guide.
“Bear taken this year’ must be accompanied by a signed and dated New York State Big Game tag.
A bear is not eligible if spotted from the air and taken the same day, taken with the aid of electronics, radio devices, walkie-talkies or from fenced enclosures.
The bear skull cannot be officially scored until 60 days from the date it was taken.
The skull must be air-dried for 60 days above 32 degrees F. Not frozen or stored in a freezer.
The skull cannot be broken or split, if cut improperly it will be measured to the cut portion of the skull.
The skull must be scored by an Official Big Buck Club measurer.
The Official Score Sheet and photos must be submitted with a $15.00 registration fee.

To be eligible for entry the skull must meet MINIMUM SCORE REQUIREMENTS:

GUN - 18 0/16 inches

BOW - 17 0/16 inches

MUZZLE LOADER - 18 0/16 inches

All scoring done in accordance with Boone & Crockett Scoring System for Black Bear.

BUCK CLUB ENTRANTS

Racks and skulls meeting minimum scores will be listed in the next Record Book.
The hunter tagging the animal will receive the Official Patch and Certificate.
To be eligible for the Annual Award (largest buck with gun and bow) the deer must be scored and entered by April 1st of the following year.

EX: A buck killed November 29, 1999 cannot be scored until January 30, 2000 (60 day drying period) and must be entered by April 1st 2000. The largest antlers must be scored by three (3) official scorers before a deer is nominated for the annual awards that are presented to the largest gun and archery deer.

SUBMIT all DEER ENTRIES and BEAR ENTRIES, the $15.00 RECORDING FEE
and ALL PHOTOS to:
NYSBBC Deer & Bear RECORDS OFFICE

360 Mclean Road

Kirkwood, New York 13795