26th Annual Big Game Hunt Tournament

The Anson County Chamber of Commerce will hold its 26th Annual Big Game Hunt Tournament on November 24 through 25, 2023 at Four Branches Sporting Preserve located at 425 Poplar Hill Church Road, Polkton NC.  The Big Game Hunt Tournament is organized by the Anson County Chamber of Commerce and its membership.  The event reaches all of North Carolina.  Attendance for the event is estimated at more than 500 people for the two-day event.  We recognize your company as being an aggressive, community oriented, and professionally minded company and would like to encourage you to become a sponsor of this exciting high-profile event for our area.

We are excited about the prospect of having you involved with the Big Game Hunt Tournament and hope you will agree it is a great marketing and advertising opportunity.  We believe our sponsorship opportunities will assist in name recognition and visibility for your business, as well as the possibility to increase volume through product sales.  With a sponsorship commitment your company will be associated with one of North Carolina’s largest and longest running events.

The Anson County Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit organization. Our success depends on the support from our community and the exceptional generosity of companies like yours.

You can find the detailed marketing and advertising information regarding levels of Big Game Hunt Tournament sponsorships attached.  Please call us at our office at (704) 694-4181 or feel free to email us at info@ansoncountychamber.org if you have any questions.  All mail correspondence can be sent to the Anson County Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 305, Wadesboro, NC 28170.

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SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES (coming soon)

2023 TOURNAMENT RULES
1. To participate in the 2023 Big Game Hunt Tournament, hunters must register and pay all entry fees by Wednesday, November 23, 2023. Registrations will be taken only up until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, November 23, 2023.
2. Pursuant to law, any persons receiving winnings of $600 or more will be issued a 1099 MISC form.
3. Official hunting dates and times: During legal hunting hours on Friday, November 25, and Saturday, November 25, 2023. Weigh-ins will be held at Four Branches Sporting Preserve, 425 Poplar Hill Church Road, Polkton, NC from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. on the days.
4. Hunters may hunt anywhere in North Carolina where they have legal rights to hunt. The Anson County Chamber of Commerce does not provide property on which to hunt and accepts no responsibility for providing property on which to hunt. No hunting is allowed on the Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge.
5. Hunters shall not take game in an illegal manner and shall adhere to all applicable rules and regulations of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.
6. All legal weapons may be used including but not limited to, bow and arrow, compound bow and arrow, rifles of legal caliber, and shotguns. Snaring and bludgeoning are not permitted.
7. Game must be weighed and scored at the Four Branches Sporting Preserve on the day it is taken. No carry-over game is allowed.
8. Injection of any substance for the purpose or with the effect of adding weight is not allowed.
9. No person may win more than one daily prize per tournament and one tournament grand prize per tournament.
10. Deer must be field dressed – i.e, gutted, with all internal organs removed, and head and hooves still attached. NOTE: reproductive organs and mammary glands may remain.
11. Each hunter will be required to sign a legally binding statement swearing under oath that he/she killed the deer he/she is entering. Prizewinners may be subject to additional verification at the sole discretion of the Anson County Chamber of Commerce.
12. All hunters under the age of 16 must have completed and passed a Hunter Education Course prior to this hunt or be under the supervision of a licensed hunter. A Hunter Education Course number is required on the entry form.
13. Any attempts to alter the weight or otherwise violate any tournament rules or North Carolina hunt regulations shall mean permanent disqualification from the Big Game Hunt Tournament. Deer will be inspected at the time of the official weigh-in.
14. Youths ages 8-15 are allowed to compete for cash prizes in a special Youth Division ($20 registration fee). Cash prizes will be distributed for first, second, third and fourth place. No daily prizes will be awarded in the Youth Division unless announced by tournament officials. Persons registered in the Youth Division are not eligible for any daily or grand prizes in the Big Game Hunt Tournament.
15. Youths ages 8-15 may register for the Big Game Hunt Tournament ($35 registration fee) and thereby become eligible for daily and grand prizes, but will not be eligible to compete for Youth Division prize.
16. To compete as part of a 2 to 4-Person Team, each hunter must be registered as an individual in addition to registering as a member of a team. A hunter may not register for multiple teams. Cost is $200 per team. Does may only be entered in the team competition; no bucks permitted. The four highest weighed does from Friday’s and Saturday’s competition will constitute the team’s entry, and their total combined weight will determine team winnings.

For more information on the 2023 Big Game Hunt Tournament, please contact the
Anson County Chamber of Commerce at 704-694-4181 or info@ansoncountychamber.org.