Muttbuster~
having racoons in the mix allows every participant a chance to gain points. raccoons are found all throughout the state...therefore as Dreamcatcher stated all participants have an opportunity to score no matter where they live/hunt. some have no reds...some have no grays...and coyotes are quite hard to kill. so i vote to keeping the raccoons in the scoring bracket. plus, this allows youth hunters an opportunity to earn points as well....because they are easy. you don't get a youth into fishing by handing them a flyrod on a stream...you give them a snoopy pole at a farm pond and let them hook bluegills all day long. thus allowing them to participate and bring fur to the check in, thus keeps their interest in hunting and calling up...thus having a participant year after year. having raccoons in the bracket is not the cause of membership loss.
there is no rules excluding 2 man teams....3 man teams or whatever floats your boat. just no dogs...calling only. thus, there are no rules mandating two man teams....some prefer to go solo and do quite well at it. making them team up will only discourage them from participating. we need and want as many participants during these events as possible. its not like there will be 6 guys hunting together all wekend long against a solo guy in the next district. we encourage members living close together to team-up and have fun...its the whole point....hunting with others in your area and having a b.s. session when its all over at the check-in.
some members are competitive...some could care less about the trophy or braggin rights. we gotta keep things in the middle to allow all interests a chance to have fun.
glad to have another member in Dist. 6....hope to meet you at some point down the road!
~Woody