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SUBMIT YOUR RECORD

Welcome to the Bowfishing Association of America record submission page. Here you’ll find the rules and tips for your submission as well as the form you need to use to submit your entry.

Please read carefully as missing information will be denied.

Submit Your Record Form

Submit Your Record

  • (Original Membership # will be in your email from when you signed up and this number will be the ORDER NUMBER found on your receipt.) (Required for BOTY)
  • Date Format: MM slash DD slash YYYY
  • Drop files here or
    Accepted file types: jpeg, gif, png, pdf, jpg.
    YOU MUST UPLOAD 3 Photos. The maximum upload size for all photos is 10MB. (( Live photos exceed memory- to combat this take a screenshot of the live photo and submit that.)) All 3 photos must not exceed the maximum. Do not use this section to upload a video.
  • Drop files here or
    Accepted file types: jpeg, gif, png, pdf, jpg.
    YOU MUST UPLOAD 2 PHOTOS IF SUBMITTING Quillback, Sucker, Hound or Needlefish, Buffalo Species excluding Bigmouth). The maximum upload size for all photos is 10MB. The 2 photos must not exceed the maximum. Do not use this section to upload a video.

WEIGHING INSTRUCTIONS:

We suggest you contact your local Co-Op or DNR to weigh your fish. Weighing Must Take Place on a Certified Scale. Put your fish on water and take it to get weighed. Just make sure to tell them Thanks! They are not required to do this service.

Make sure to take as many photos as you can, especially of the current certification sticker.  A video uploaded to YouTube is preferred.

Photos should be:  (1) Clean, well recognizable picture of fish & bowfisherman holding fish. (Larger fish to be displayed the best way possible to clearly & visibility see fish and record shooter)
(2) Complete Side Profile of entire fish
(3) Complete whole fish on scale with weight showing.
Note:  Suckers & Quillback species must have additional pictures showing full mouth closed, along with up close shots of head just past gill plate.  Out of focus or fish cut off other than fish longer than 40” or longer will be rejected. These records are posted publicly and need to be submitted in the highest quality possible.

Please make sure the scale is zero’d out/tared if you’re using a container, rope, or anything else to help weigh the fish.

OR

We will accept fished weighed on the Klau Industrial Digital Hanging Scale. (300 kg / 600 lb model SF-918) that you can purchase from Amazon.com.  You will need to also purchase a CAP Barbell 2-Inch Olympic 2.5 LB Grip Plate from Amazon.com as well.

You will need to zero out the scale with the S hook on the scale. Next, weigh the 2.5 LB plate so we can see the weight. The weight is cast and may not register exactly 2.5 lbs. (2.4-2.6 lbs is typical) Now, remove the 2.5 lb weight and weigh your fish. This must all be recorded. Hang the scale from a stable location and then add the fish to the scale. Do not hold the fish and the scale.

For video submissions, Please UPLOAD to and send us the link using the form on this page.

CLICK HERE FOR A VIDEO ON HOW TO WEIGH A FISH PROPERLY USING THE KLAU SCALE AND WEIGHT

Make sure you keep the scale in a dry box.

We also have access to the NTEP Intelligent Intell-Weigh APM-60 Bench shipping Scale and a stainless steel 1 lb calibration weight with the NIST Traceable certificate that we can use to help certify your club scales.  Please contact Jeff Neiball about this service.