Rev. 9/13

- 12. General Scoring:
- A. Each participant could score a possible 200 points in each event for a perfect team score of 1,000 points per event and a possible aggregate score of 4,000 points for shotgun, rifle, archery and hunter skills.
- B. All participants will be administered the Hunter Education Responsibility Exam to serve as tie breaker in the event of TEAM EVENT TIES. Five (5) participants will compete in the Hunter Education Skills Event at the discretion of the coach without knowledge of the exam score.
- C. All teams must compete in all four (4) events to receive an aggregate score or to eligible for ranking.
- D. TEAM TIES will be broken by the highest overall as follows: first (1st) by the combined scores of the Hunter Education Responsibility Exam for the participants involved in the tie; second (2nd) if a tie still exists, a final written exam will be taken to break the team tie by ONE PARTICIPANT ONLY from those involved in the event from each team.
- E. INDIVIDUAL TIES will be broken by rules in each event with the exception of the overall individual score. The high overall aggregate individual score will be broken by the Hunter Education Responsibility Exam, same sequence as team ties.
- F. When scoring targets, if a shot breaks or touches the line, it will be counted as the higher score.
- G. CROSS FIRES – If a participant’s target has been shot more than the rounds fired by that participant, the target has been “crossfired”. The event director must determine that the crossfire was unintentionally caused (with no malicious intent) by participants on the firing line. If this is established, the crossfired target will receive the total score of rounds inside the scoring area (not to exceed the maximum score for that round of shooting). The participant committing a crossfire act will only be scored for the amount of rounds inside their actual target’s scoring areas. Should the event director find that crossfiring was an intentional act by participants to gain unfair advantage, all parties involved will be immediately disqualified from the event and will subsequently receive a“DQ”(amounting to “0”) under both individual and team scores.
- 13. Each team shall have a coach escort the team to and from each assigned event. The coach will be responsible for following the event order given on the team’s event card. Teams will have a maximum time of 30 minutes to reach their next assigned event and sign in. The coach will be responsible for signing out at each event before leaving that event. A single one-hour period will be allowed for the teams lunch period. Coaches will be responsible for alternates competing in the muzzleloading event to participate only when they do not have a regular scheduled event. The coach will be responsible for each member of the team being ready to compete when the team is called. If the team is not at the next assigned event within the 30- minute period or single one-hour lunch period, a 50-point deduction will occur for each violation. If a team does not follow the rotation schedule or a team is not ready to compete 10 minutes after being called to compete at an even a 50-point deduction shall occur for each violation.
- 14. Team coaches will be responsible for verifying scores and signing the event score card for his/her team prior to leaving each event. Protests must be made prior to signing the score card. No protests will be considered after the score card is signed except for score transfer or addition errors.

6