IBA's Annual Game Awards
Submit Your Bow-taken Game for the IBA Game Awards Program
Each year the IBA honors one of it's bow-hunting members in each of four different Indiana game categories. Eastern Wild Turkey, Whitetail Deer, Ground Hog, and bow-fished Carp. The hunter submitting the best specimen taken in the prior year's season will receive a high quality plaque to honor their trophy harvest. These are presented in a ceremony at the IBA's annual Awards Banquet each Spring. Note that attendance at the banquet is encouraged, but not mandatory, for award recipients. You may submit your entries using the forms below. For any questions about the Awards Program, contact Paul Vice at (812)498-7111 .
What are the guidelines?
- Eligible hunter must be an IBA member at the time of harvest.
- To qualify, the animal must have been legally taken in Indiana, using archery gear as defined by the P&Y club.
- Turkey: Scored using the NWTF system...submit weight, beard length and both spur lengths.
- Deer: Scored under the Pope & Young system and fair-chase eligibility rules. Submit completed score sheet. "Gross" score will be used (subtotal box).
- Ground Hog and Carp: for both, the scoring criteria is overall length plus largest girth. For groundhog, length is from the nose to tip of tail.