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Hunter/landowner recognition program takes aim at giving credit where credit is due
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Big game animals must be scored by a certified TBGA or Boone and Crockett scorer and meet the minimum net score the region for entry in the “scored entry” category. A full list of TBGA scorers and other details can be found on the program website, texasbiggameawards.org. COURTESY PHOTO / MATT WILLIAMS -
In addition to its popular “scored entry” category, TBGA has youth and first harvest divisions to recognize the achievements of youngsters and new hunters. Participants are awarded certificates at a series of banquets held around the state during late and spring and early summer. Here, Willow Price displays her First Harvest entry for 2022-23, a nine-pointer taken in Parker County at Lake Mineral Wells State Park and Trailway. COURTESY PHOTO / TBGA
With another round of fall hunting seasons rolling to a close soon, Kara Starr and the rest of the folks at the Texas Wildlife Association in New Braunfels are sounding the bell to Texas big game hunters in hopes of drumming up a solid list of entries for the 2022-23 version of the Texas Big Game Awards Program.
Starr is the coordinator for TBGA, a non-profit program run jointly by the TWA and…