{"id":521,"date":"2015-12-13T14:09:33","date_gmt":"2015-12-13T19:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.unioncountywestendfair.com\/?page_id=521"},"modified":"2023-08-01T12:45:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T16:45:08","slug":"22-3-mountain-man-contest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ucwef.com\/exhibitors\/22-3-mountain-man-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Dept 22, Sec 3 \u2014 Mountain Man Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

CONTACT: <\/strong> Will Zimmerman | Phone: 570-966-5929\n

PREMIUMS:<\/strong> $4, $3, $2<\/p>\n

Sunday, August 6, 2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
DEPT<\/th>SEC<\/th>CLASS<\/th>DESCRIPTION<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
22<\/td>3<\/td>22012<\/td>Tomahawk Throw<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>3<\/td>22013<\/td>Muzzleloader Shoot - Flintlock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>3<\/td>22014<\/td>Archery - Straight or Recurved Bows<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>3<\/td>22015<\/td>Fire Starting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>3<\/td>22016<\/td>Trap Setting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>3<\/td>Rosette<\/td>Mountain Man Skill Award<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n
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Mountain Man Skill Award<\/h3>\n

RULES: To be eligible for the Mountain Man Skill Award, a contestant must compete in all five skill contests — Tomahawk Throw, Muzzleloader (Class A), Primitive Archery (Class A), Fire Starting and Trap Setting.\u00a0There must be parental supervision for anyone under the age of 15.<\/p>\n

EQUIPMENT: Same as listed for individual contests<\/p>\n

PROCEDURE: Same as listed for individual contests<\/p>\n

SCORING: Point totals earned in the listed individual contests will be added to determine the winner.<\/p>\n

TIE PROCEDURE: In the event of a tie, a knife throw, using tomahawk throw rules, will be held to break the tie.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Tomahawk Throw<\/h3>\n

RULES: Any throwing tomahawk may be used if the blade measures 4 inches or less along the curve.<\/p>\n

EQUIPMENT: Contestant furnishes his own tomahawk. The target will be provided.<\/p>\n

PROCEDURE:<\/p>\n

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  1. Each contestant will be allowed 3 throws per round.<\/li>\n
  2. Points are awarded on the following manner:
    \n– Sticking the tomahawk in the slab – 1 point
    \n– Cutting any part of the target – 2 points
    \n– Cutting off completely any part of the target – 3 points<\/li>\n
  3. High point total of two rounds of three throws each, wins.<\/li>\n
  4. In case of a tie, places will be awarded on a matching throw basis until one contestant fails to match or better the previous throw.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Muzzleloader Shoot<\/h3>\n

    RULES: Any individual may enter once in each class.<\/p>\n

    EQUIPMENT: Contestants must furnish their own firearm and ammunition.<\/p>\n

    PROCEDURE:<\/p>\n

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    1. Targets will be placed an equal distance from all contestants.<\/li>\n
    2. Targets have various point regions with the highest allotted for a near center shot.<\/li>\n
    3. Contestants will add up points scored by their five freehand shots. no bench allowed.<\/li>\n
    4. Highest point score wins.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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      Archery<\/h3>\n

      RULES: Any bow legal for hunting in Pennsylvania will be allowed in the archery contest.<\/p>\n

      EQUIPMENT: Contestants will furnish their own bow and arrows with target point. No arrow releasing devices. No bowsight on straight or recurved bows.<\/p>\n

      PROCEDURE:<\/p>\n

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      1. Targets will be placed an equal distance from all contestants.<\/li>\n
      2. Targets will have various point regions with the highest points allowed for a near center shot.<\/li>\n
      3. Contestants will add up points scored by their five arrows. Highest point score wins.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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        Fire Starting with Flint and Steel<\/h3>\n

        RULES: This is a timed event.<\/p>\n

        EQUIPMENT: Contestants will furnish their own natural flint and steel.<\/p>\n

        PROCEDURE: All tinder supplied by superintendent. Winner will be determined when string has burned through.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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        Trap Setting<\/h3>\n

        RULES: This is a timed event.<\/p>\n

        EQUIPMENT: Ten Steel Traps will be provided.<\/p>\n

        PROCEDURE: Each contestant will successfully set all 10 traps. Fastest Time wins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        CONTACT: PREMIUMS: $4, $3, $2 Sunday, August 6, 2023 Mountain Man Skill Award RULES: To be eligible for the Mountain Man Skill Award, a contestant must compete in all five […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":29,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucwef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucwef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucwef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucwef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucwef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/ucwef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9846,"href":"https:\/\/ucwef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/521\/revisions\/9846"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucwef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucwef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}