• The contest is open to the entire State of Texas and Oklahoma and hunting hogs only in Texas and Oklahoma.
• The Contest starts Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.– NO EARLY STARTS! (Can't pull trigger till 6 a.m.)
• Weigh-In is at THG Headquarters – The home of Tres Poynor, 458 County Road 3225, Bridgeport, TX 76426. You can weigh your hogs between 9a.m. – 1p.m. Sunday, April 6, 2025 (4 hour time slot, but possibly longer if there’s a line of teams that made it in time).
• You can only win 1 place!
• Blacklisted names will not be allowed to enter regardless of team. Will receive full refund.
• 4 Man Team Maximum – All legal methods of hunting are allowed except helicopter hunts and high fence (cause then they aren't free range)! Must be hunted from the ground (tree stands and box blinds up high are ok) in regulation with TPWD. No hunting with other teams!
• Count your pigs before coming, and we will verify through our count and via polygraph!
• Running and Gunning in Buggies: Only Team Members can drive or shoot!
• No trapping of hogs until 6 a.m. Saturday (Day Contest Starts)! Can't hold on to them and then bring them in...
• Hogs will be counted by the number. (Can have just the head, or the whole body). Please have hogs counted and we will verify at weigh-in.
• No pooling of hogs! Your team must kill their own hogs, no one else!
• You can hunt past the 24 hour period from the time the contest starts as long as you make it to the weigh-in!
• For the purpose 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 purpose of being hunted in this contest. They must have the characteristics of a wild hog.
• All Hogs/Animals Must Be DEAD in ordered to be weighed or measured!
• Teams may be split up however they would like.
• Any contestant found to be cheating or attempting to cheat will cause the disqualification to that contestant and forfeiture of any and all entry fees. Cheating will also cause that contestant to be banned from all future events and names will be given to all other competitions in the Great State of Texas and Oklahoma.
• In the event of a tie, the hog/animal that weighed/measured first will be declared the winner of the tie-breaker (this includes the number of hogs, too).
• You are responsible for the disposal of all wild hogs/animals after they are weighed, unless other disposal means are available at the weigh-in.
• All Federal and State Game Laws must be followed.
• The Hunting Game has the right to dissect any hog/animal submitted in the contest that makes the leaderboard during it’s weigh-in to search for any abnormalities that can hurt the integrity of this contest.
• We reserve the right to check/dissect/autopsy your hog/animal! So please don’t cheat.
• All winning contestants will be subject to a random polygraph test. Refusal of polygraph or failure to show up will result in immediate disqualification. No Exceptions!
• Polygraph man will be on site and must be ready to take after contest.
• Fee for polygraph will come out of the winnings.
• A W-9 will be issued to any winners in the contest and must be filled out in order to receive your winnings. You should also expect a Form-1099 before they are due in the mail.
• All winnings will be mailed out within 7 days after the contest ends unless we have them readily available.

SIDEPOT RULES:

• Trapping is allowed, but can only be set at 6a.m. on morning of the contest start date. Can not be done beforehand and held on to!
• 3 HOG STRINGER: You must pick your 3 Hogs you want weighed. We will not be weighing more than 3 hogs for this side pot per team.
• HEAVIEST HOG: You must pick out the 1 hog you want to be weighed. We will not be weighing all of the hogs. Boars must have nuts for the side pot!

*The Hunting Game will have final say so regarding any discrepancies during this contest. We hold the right to disqualify any team at any time! We run a clean contest and want to make sure it stays that way.

• • Can our group split up to hunt? Absolutely! However you would like.
  • Do we all have to hunt together? No! That is the benefit of having more team members.
  • Can someone, not in the contest, be with us while we hunt? Yes, as long as they do not help you hunt in any way.
  • Who has to take the polygraph? Not sure... we will decide :)