Kenansville Lions Club
1. Fill out information on entry form and sign.
2. Pay $20.00 entry fee before the deadline.
3. Mail entry form plus $20 check to: Kenansville Lions Club
P O Box 1062
Kenansville, NC 29349
"Or" you can deliver entry form and $20 cash/check to Stallings of Kenansville (Brown's Service Center) and place in envelope and put in the mini deer stand located at the front register.
"Or" you can deliver entry form and $20 cash/check to any Kenansville Lions Club member.
4. Must be delivered before 6pm on November 20st, 2025. (No entries will be accepted after that time by hand or by mail).
1. To participate, hunter's registration form and payment must be received by 6pm on November 20st, 2025.
2. Official hunting dates and times are Nov. 21st & Nov. 22nd during legal hunting hours.
3. Weigh in will be held at the Duplin County Events Center (See map below for directions) from 10am to 9pm each day of the tournament.
4. Hunters may hunt anywhere in Eastern North Carolina where they have the legal right to hunt.*
5. No game will be taken in an illegal manner. All wildlife rules and regulations must be obeyed.
6. Game must be weighed and scored on the same day it is taken. No carry over game is allowed.
7. All deer must be properly registered in accordance with the North Carolina laws, rules, and regulations. Any unregistered deer will be disqualified.
8. No member of the Kenansville Lions Club may enter this tournament.
9. Each person may enter more than one deer, but cannot win more than one tournament prize.
10. Deer must be field dressed (i.e. gutted with all organs (including male reproductive organs and female milk sack) removed and head and hooves still attached. The abdomen and chest cavity must be completely empty.
11. All deer will be weighed by the Kenansville Lions Club weigh master. Each animal will be weighed and recorded to the nearest tenth of a pound (.10).
12. The Kenansville Lions Club reserves the right to deny any entry.
13. All participants must agree to have their names and photographs used in publications for this event.
14. Injection of any substance for the purpose of adding weight is not allowed.
15. Each hunter will be required to present NC Wildlife Registration number at weigh-in.
16. Each hunter will be required to sign a legally binding statement swearing under oath that he/she killed the deer he/she is entering. Prize winners may be subject to further verification.
17. In case of a tie, the deer weighed in first will be awarded the higher place.
18. Deer must be taken in the act of hunting. No roadkill allowed.
*SEE ADDITIONAL CWD RULE
Highest Scoring Rack
1st Place $500, Shoulder Mount & Trophy. Score is determined by the following formula: (longest tine + widest outside spread + number of points over 1 inch long) $100 Bonus will be awarded if winner beats tournament record (42 9/16)
2nd Place - $200, Shoulder Mount & Trophy
3rd Place - $125 & Trophy
4th Place - 2026 Free Entry
Largest Buck by Weight
1st Place $300 & Trophy
2nd Place $200 & Trophy
3rd Place $125 & Trophy
4th Place 2026 Free Entry
$100 BONUS will be awarded if winner beats tournament
record (176.2 lbs.)
Largest Doe by Weight
1st Place $300 & Trophy
2nd Place $200 & Trophy
3rd Place $125 & Trophy
4th Place 2026 Free Entry
$100 BONUS will be awarded if winner beats tournament
record (107.3 lbs.)
Largest Weight by Youth (16 & Under)
(Buck and Doe Divisions)
1st Place $100 cash & Trophy
2nd Place $75 cash & Trophy
3rd Place $50 cash & Trophy
4th Place 2026 Free Entry
$100 Bonus will be awarded if the tournament record is broken.
(youth buck 147.3 lbs youth doe 92.4 lbs)
1. All hunters who have entered the tournament will automatically be entered in a drawing for 4 different guns. (1.) Ruger American Gen. II .308 (2.) Savage Axis II Pro .350 (3.) Mossberg 500 12ga (4) Puma 28ga Over/Under
2. Every hunter who weighs in a doe will be registered to win a Savage 301 .410 w/ Red Dot turkey shotgun. (49 does were entered in 2024)
3. Not a hunter or didn't register for the tournament? DON'T WORRY, we will have many other ways for you to win great prizes! We will also have $20 raffle tickets for the following items.
1. Chestnutt Farms Deer Stand
2. Wilmington Stainless Grill
3. Browning A-Bolt .270 Rifle
4. Weatherby Vanguard 6.5 Creedmore Rifle
5. Henry .22 LR Golden Boy
6. Duck Hunt for 3 at the Smithfield Impoundment
7. Vortex 8X42 Binoculars
8. Muddy LR650 Range Finder
(Additional Items Will Be raffled At Event)
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