Alabama’s Black Belt ranks amongst America’s greatest locations to boost a prize cash, and Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association he needs to see the pictures of the hunters once more this 12 months.

The annual Alabama Black Belt Journey Affiliation (ALBBAA) Large Buck Photograph Contest for the 2022-2023 deer searching season will run via February 10. Sponsor of the net contest Tutt Land Company. Any picture may be submitted from the searching season that began in November and continues.

“Hunters of all ages expertise unforgettable adventures and create great household recollections as they hunt within the Black Belt every year,” stated Pam Swanner, director of ALBBAA. “Our Large Buck Photograph Contest helps us rejoice the catches for which the Black Belt is legendary, and it is gratifying to see so many submissions from younger hunters. They’re future conservationists of our wildlife and habitats.”

To enter the competitors, hunters should add a photograph of harvested deer from the 23-county Black Belt area by way of the ALBBAA web site. Goat must be harvested within the 2022-2023 whitetail season. The winner of the competitors is chosen by on-line voting solely.

Voting takes place on the identical web page the place entries are offered: https://alabamablackbeltadventures.org/news-more/shoot-the-black-belt/big-buck-photo-contest-2022/.

Guests to the competition net web page can vote as soon as per entry, per IP handle, per day. In case of any dispute, ALBBAA’s choice is last. Photograph contest winners within the earlier two years usually are not eligible for participation.

Chelsea Hunter is final 12 months’s winner of the Black Belt Adventures Affiliation of Alabama Large Cash Photograph Contest. (Alabama Black Belt Adventures Affiliation)

ALBBAA reserves the correct to approve or reject the submitted picture. Cause for disqualification of the picture might embody, however shouldn’t be restricted to:

• Photograph content material presents the topic in an unethical or disrespectful composition.
• Photograph content material is perceived to create a damaging notion of hunters and their contribution to wildlife administration.
• A voting violation that imposes an unfair benefit on others.

The contestant with probably the most votes on-line earlier than the season closes in February will obtain a $300 present card to redeem at any out of doors retail location.

The 23 counties within the Black Belt are: Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Russell, Sumter, Tuscaloosa and Wilcox.

ALBBAA reminds all males and athletes to: buy hunting license on-line via the Alabama Division of Conservation and Pure Sources earlier than it goes away. Hunters are additionally reminded to report the deer they’ve harvested at: Game Control.

“The Black Belt provides a number of the greatest whitetail deer searching in America,” stated Swanner. “We hope to see pictures commemorating and celebrating the searching season. This is likely one of the objectives of our Large Buck Photograph Contest.”