2022/2023 Big Buck Bounty Rules
Mississippi Broadcasters, LLC
- No pre-registration or entry fee.
- Antlers must be attached to head and skinned for shoulder mount. (full cape)
- Hunter must have valid MS or AL hunting license.
- Deer may be delivered fresh or frozen (skinned for mount) to Atkin’s Taxidermy or Murphey Taxidermy.
- All deer must be taken in accordance with game laws.
- All taxidermy work must be done by Atkin’s Taxidermy or Murphey Taxidermy.
- Buckmaster scoring system.
- No road kills.
- Deer must be taken in the following counties:
MS: Winston, Noxubee, Leake, Neshoba, Kemper, Scott, Newton, Lauderdale, Smith, Jasper, Clarke, Jones, Wayne. AL: Sumter, Choctaw.
- Only native MS or AL whitetail deer are eligible to enter contest from specified counties.
- Any or all winners subject to polygraph.
- Winner of prizes (guns, etc.) are responsible for all applicable sales Taxes.
- All contestants are responsible for taxes related to their prizes. Any contestant who wins prizes valued at $600 or more will be required to complete an IRS W-9 form certifying his or her social security number and will receive an IRS 1099 form as of the end of the year.
- 1st place weekly winners in the open division, 1st place winner in the bow division, and 1st place winner in the youth division will be mounted at the close of the contest. All other deer are mounted in the order they come in, provided a deposit has been paid.
- All deer antlers & capes must remain at Atkin’s Taxidermy or Murphey Taxidermy once entered in contest until after the awards celebration (February 16th, 2023).
- If hunter does not intend on having Atkin’s taxidermy or Murphey Taxidermy mount his or her deer, do not bring deer in for scoring until the last day deer are received for contest (February 1st, 2023) to avoid caping and storage fees.
- All deer to be scored must be in the hands of Atkin’s Taxidermy or Murphey Taxidermy no later than noon on February 1st, 2023.
- The youth division is classified as fifteen years old or under at the time of harvest.
- Youth winners may be asked to provide birth certificates.
- If your deer places in the contest, you will be contacted via either phone or USPS on or before Feb. 8th, 2023.
- All prizes must be picked up no later than March 30, 2023, or will be forfeited. No exceptions. Place and time for pickup will be announced in the letter informing you if you are a winner.
- All scoring final. No protests allowed.
- Mississippi Broadcasters, LLC. has the right to substitute any prize with a prize of similar or equal value.
- Any deer killed with a bow during gun season must have entire cape (or bring in the whole deer) to prove it was an archery kill.
- All entries picked up unmounted after February 17th, 2023 will be charged a skinning, storage, and scoring fee.
- Promoters of this contest reserve the right to change or modify rules at any time by posting changes on WOKK at 97okk.com, WJDQ at q101radio.net, WZKS at 104kissfm.com, WJXM at thebeat951.com, and bigbuckbounty.com.
- By entering this contest, you give Mississippi Broadcasters, LLC, (DBA Digio Strategies) Data Street Marketing, llc, WOKK, WJDQ, WZKS, WJXM, Murphey Taxidermy, Atkin’s Taxidermy, WTOK, or any other media PR promoters the right to use your name, picture, voice, video, etc. On radio, internet, tv, or print as part of the promotion of the Big Buck Bounty contest.
- Any photos of children under the age of 18 posted online at any Mississippi Broadcasters, LLC. station website or social media site, for any purpose or contest within or during the course of the Big Buck Bounty promotion, may only be posted with permission by a parent/guardian of the child(ren) and by allowing permission, hereby authorize the use of said photos by the radio stations and/or it’s co-sponsors of the contest.
- Mississippi Broadcasters, LLC (DBA Digio Strategies), Data Street Marketing, LLC, WOKK, WJDQ, WZKS, WJXM, Murphey Taxidermy, Atkin’s Taxidermy, reserves the right to remove or refuse the use of any photo posted by any party.
- All entrants agree to hold Mississippi Broadcasters, LLC (DBA Digio Strategies), Data Street Marketing, LLC, WOKK, WJDQ, WZKS, WJXM, Murphey Taxidermy, Atkin’s Taxidermy, and/or sponsors harmless and without liability for such publication, broadcast, or use.
- Contestants are only allowed one winning entry per category.
- Weekly prizes are awarded during the 10 weeks of gun season.
- Weekly prizes will be given to winners at the conclusion of the contest once all winners have been notified. Place and time for pickup will be announced in the letter informing you if you are a winner.
- Only applicants who enter the youth division are eligible to win the $100 cash courtesy of Murphey Taxidermy and Atkins Taxidermy.
- Weekly prize winners are still eligible to win the overall open division prizes.
- Participants and/or winners release Mississippi Broadcasters, LLC (DBA Digio Strategies), Data Street Marketing, LLC, WOKK, WJDQ, WZKS, WJXM, Murphey Taxidermy, Atkin’s Taxidermy, and it’s sponsors, employees, owners, and affiliates from any liability or claim related to participation in or winning this contest or the use of prizes won.
- Individuals can only win one contest in a 30 day period.
