Rules and Regulations
Contestant Conduct:
All contestants must adhere to the rules and
regulations of the contest. Any
contestant who harass the announcer, calling officials, scorekeepers, or other
contestants will be disqualified and forfeit their entry fee.
Registration: Contestants
MUST be pre-registered by 12:30pm on the Saturday of the contest.
General Rules: Only
vocal calling or sounds produced by handheld or breath operated instruments
may be used. Electronic devices
or props are prohibited.
Calls:
Contestant will base their calls on the following sequence.
The time sequence will be a maximum of two minutes, (one minute for
cow/calf sounds, and one minute for bull sounds.) Each caller will be asked to produce both cow/calf sounds and
bull elk sounds by the official. The
official will signal to the caller when the minute has concluded.
Scoring: Judges
will score each caller from behind a screen that prevents them from seeing the
contestants. Each judge will
evaluate each contestant on the following:
One (1) being the lowest and Twenty (20) being the highest.
Cow/Calf
Sounds One (1) through
Twenty (20)
Bull
Sounds
One (1) through Twenty (20)
There
will be three (3) judges.
Total
possible score for contestant will be One Hundred and Twenty (120).
Ties:
Contestant’s score by the highest Bull Sounds score will break all
ties for First through Third. If
scores are the same, a call off will result and judges will re-score the
contestants.
Awards: Awards
will be provided for First through Third place.
Awards will be given directly after the competition is concluded and
the scores tabulated.
Contestants Order of Competition:
The contestants will draw numbers and call in the order of the draw.
Divisions: There
will be three divisions: 1)
Professional/Open** 2) Adult
3) Youth (15 yrs old and under). ** any
entrant who owns a calling business or works as a sales representative for a
calling business must enter the Professional/Open division.
Special Note: All
contestants must attend the meeting at 1pm.
Contestants will be drawing numbers for calling positions at this time
and reviewing the rules of the event.