“PRETTY CREEK HOG TOURNAMENT”
(RULES AND REGULATIONS)
Contact Gary Wyche @ 318-465-3274
Email:
alywyche@yahoo.comThe registration fee is $200 per team. (non-refundable)
Teams will consist of 4 people and you cannot be a member of multiple teams.
Each team will have a designated captain to correspond with Pretty Creek Tournament officials.
It is each TEAM’S RESPONSIBILITY to have a current copy of the Rules.
Registration of all teams and FULL payment must be received by Feb 21st.
Teams will include cell phone contact numbers on registration for emergency purposes.
The team members listed on the Entry Form are the ONLY members allowed to hunt the tournament. If a team member is unable to continue hunting with his or her team for any reason, that team will continue hunting without that member(s). NO SUBSTITUTIONS CAN BE MADE!!
If a team member drops out due to an emergency situation, Pretty Creek officials listed above must be notified IMMEDIATELY. A confirmation number will be given by the Pretty Creek Officials to the Team Captain or caller of that team. This confirmation number must be recited or given to the Pretty Creek official prior to weigh in.
Teams will have 48 hours from official start time Friday Feb 22nd 3:00 P.M. to hunt and be at Cash Point Landing, 221 Cash Point Road, Bossier City, LA, for last call weigh-in Sunday Feb 24th at 3:00 P.M.
Teams may weigh in beginning Sunday, Feb. 24th at 12:00 p.m. Weigh-in will close at 3:00 p.m. sharp.
All 4 team members must be present at final weigh in. NO EXCEPTIONS!
No hogs arriving after close of check-in will be considered for the contest regardless of excuse, calling ahead, or any other unforeseeable circumstance. NO EXCEPTIONS!
All hogs will be weighed to accumulate points toward the heaviest catch for the tournament. The highest total weight of a team’s weighed in hogs wins the contest.
Largest Stringer of highest weight with 5 hogs wins 1st Place
Side Pots:
Big Hog:
Heaviest Stringer of 3 Hogs:
Big Boar:
(PRIZE MONEY CONTENGENT ON NUMBER OF TEAMS ENTERED)
The largest live hog weighed in is the winner of the “BIG HOG” and will win the side pot if they should decide to buy-in before the Tournament begins.
ALL WINNERS MAY BE SUBJECT TO TAKE A POLYGRAPH TEST.
NO CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL OR UNPRESCRIBED DRUGS PRIOR TO POLYGRAPH TEST.
All hogs will be weighed Alive.
All hogs must be over 50 lbs to count.
Live hogs will be weighed on foot and then taken into custody of Pretty Creek.
In the case of a tie for any team placing in the top five, the team with the heaviest single live hog in the catch will be declared the victor.
Boars tied in weight: In the case of a tie, the boar in question with the longest single tusk will win.
Sows tied in weight: In the case of a tie, the sow will be measured from tip of nose to the tip of tail. The longest one will be declared the winner.
General Rules:
This contest is open to all hunters utilizing dogs for the purpose of harvesting feral hogs for the purposes of this hunt, hogs are defined to be feral, free-ranging, wild hogs which have not been previously held, trapped, pen raised, and released for the purposes of being hunted in this contest and must not have been hunted from within a game fence. Hogs cannot have been previously trapped, kept, or held for the contest. Any form or violation of these rules will be immediate disqualification.
ALL HOGS MUST BE DOG CAUGHT (THEN HANDLED AND TIED, BAYED 1ST)
NO HOGS CAUGHT PRIOR TO HUNTING DATE
NO HOGS CAUGHT THAT HAVE BEEN INTENTIONALLY INJURED OR HOBBLED AND THEN RELEASED TO BE EASIER CAUGHT FOR THIS COMPETITION
NO TURN-OUT HOGS (NO TURN-OUT, IN ANY WAY, AND THEN CAUGHT)
NO TRAPPED, NO LOW FENCE, NO HIGH FENCE, NO HOG PROOF FENCE (WITH GATE OPEN OR NOT - FENCE CAN NOT SLOW DOWN HOGS)
NO QUESTIONABLE DOMESTIC BRED HOGS (NO EXCEPTIONS - MUST LOOK AND ACT WILD)
No splitting of teams. All team members must hunt together. Each team is permitted to run one pack of dogs at a time. For the purpose of this contest, a pack is considered a single group of dogs being handled by the team members. A team may not concurrently run multiple packs in multiple locations. If, when hunting, the hogs and
dogs split resulting in multiple bays, hunters are allowed to split up
only to harvest the wild hogs, but must regroup as soon as possible to resume the hunt as one pack.
NO SPLITTING UP ONE GROUP HUNT NIGHTS AND ONE GROUP HUNT DAYS.
Team members are the only ones permitted to actively participate in the hunt. Film crews or observers cannot catch, hold, drag, carry, or help in any form or fashion in the hunt. Film crews or observers cannot hold dogs or equipment or engage in the hunt in any way. It is the 4-man team that performs the task.
ONLY FOUR TEAM MEMBERS WITH DOGS. NO HELP FROM ANY ONE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
During the hunt, the hog must be dog caught or bayed prior to human handling, and must not be roped, run over, or trapped first.
Teams are able to catch the hog alive for holding until check-in, for a live weight on scales.
Horses and ATVs may be used when hunting, but the dogs must catch the hog. It is also illegal to run-over or rope an un-caught hog with/from a vehicle or horseback.
NO RUN OVER HOGS BY VEHICLE, FOUR WHEELER, ETC.
Hogs harvested outside of the official contest duration will not count.
No injured or malnourished dogs of any kind are allowed on weigh-in premises.
All dogs on the weigh in premises must also be either kenneled or leashed.
Each Team Captain has the option of standing in the weigh-in area to witness his or her team’s hogs being weighed and as the other teams are being weighed. Please be courteous of the judges and the space they need to conduct weigh in.
ALL FOUR DOG OWNER TEAM MEMBERS MUST BE PRESENT AT WEIGH IN (NO EXCEPTIONS).
Any contestant found to be cheating, attempting to cheat, or violating any of these rules will cause the disqualification of the entire team and forfeiture of any and all entry fees. The perpetrator and/or team may also be banned from future contests and Pretty Creek.
Complaints or objections can be made in the form of a written grievance and submitted to the contest officials before the announcement of the winners, which will take place after weigh-in and review of qualifying teams. Once the final decision of the contest officials has been made, the decision stands.
No disorderly conduct, such as cursing, fighting, or rude behavior will be tolerated at weigh in. No guns, knives, or weapons of any sort can be displayed or worn on weigh in premises. Anyone behaving in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner will be asked to leave.
ALL WINNERS WILL BE SUBJECT TO TAKE A POLYGRAPH TEST.
NO CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL OR UNPRESCRIBED DRUGS PRIOR TO POLYGRAPH TEST.
THE POLYGRAPH TEST WILL NOT BE QUESTIONED.
PLEASE DO NOT ENTER IF YOU DO NOT TRUST THE TEST AND WILL NOT ACCEPT IF THE TEST SHOWS THAT THE RULES HAVE BEEN BROKEN, INTENTIONALLY OR NON-INTENTIONALLY.
NO MONEY OR PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED IF THE TEST SHOWS THAT THE RULES HAVE BEEN BROKEN.
PRIOR TO THE TEAMS WEIGH IN, THE CAPTAIN WILL PROVIDE SIGNATURE ON WEIGHT SHEET CONFIRMING THE FOLLOWING:
“BY ENTERING THE PRETTY CREEK HOG TOURNAMENT IT IS IMPLIED THAT ALL CONTESTANTS HAVE READ AND FULLY UNDERSTAND THE RULES AS SET FORTH“.
( PRIZE MONEY CONTENGENT ON NUMBER OF TEAMS ENTERED)
