Entries— Entries for the big gobbler photo contest will begin March 31 through May 15, 2025 and is open for photos of any gobbler taken this season in the 23-county Black Belt region. The winner of the contest is selected exclusively through online voting.
Prizes—The winner of this year’s contest will receive an Otis Elite Gun Care Kit (for shotguns, rifles and pistols), a Dead Ringer shotgun sight, a Knight & Hale Owl Call and a Willow Sage slate turkey call. The total value of the prize package is $275.
Rules— Participants are limited to one entry and must fully complete the online form with the necessary information, including the county where the gobbler was harvested and identifying everyone in the photo.
Voting will conclude on Thursday, May 15, which will give voters time to support photos taken during the last days of the 2025 Alabama turkey hunting season.
Visitors to the contest webpage are restricted to voting once per day, per e-mail, per IP address. In the case of any dispute, the decision of ALBBAA officials is final. Photo contest winners from the last two years are not eligible for entry.
The ALBBAA reserves the right to approve or disapprove any submitted photo. Cause for disqualification of a photo can include, but is not limited to, the following reasons:
- The photo content presents the subject in an unethical or disrespectful manner.
- The photo content is perceived to cast a negative perception of hunters and their contribution to the management of wildlife.
- A voting violation which imposes an unfair advantage to others.
In addition, any photo depicting any violation of ADCNR regulations will be disqualified.
The Black Belt includes the following counties: Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Russell, Sumter, Tuscaloosa and Wilcox.
