Big prizes were awarded to hunters entered in the 2014 Big Buck Contest organized by Lone Butte Sporting Goods on March 14.
The inaugural event saw an official measurer score more than a dozen racks at the Lone Butte Fire Hall.
The first-place winner was Scott Robinson of Clinton, who scored a 165 with a four-point mule deer. Robinson won a rifle valued at close to $2,000. Second- and third-place prizes (binoculars) were valued at $800 and $320, respectively.
Mark Roseboom of Lone Butte Sporting Goods says the contest was a success and will be “bigger and better next year.”
Rick Berreth, an official measurer with the Boone and Crockett Club in Prince George, encourages hunters in the area to contact the organization and have racks or skulls they've bagged over the years scored, with the aim of maintaining a detailed record of animals in British Columbia.