TEXAS BOWHUNTING AND BOWFISHING
RECORDS SYSTEM (TBBR)
The Lone Star Bowhunting Assn. Compiles the TBBR Records
RULES OF FAIR CHASE EXPLAINED AND DEFINDED
To be eligible for listing in the Texas Bowhunting and Bowfishing Records System, trophies must be
taken in complete compliance with the Game Laws of the State of Texas and according to the Rules
of Fair Chase. The term “Fair Chase” shall not be held to include the taking of animals under the
following conditions:
1. Helpless in water, ice or in a trap.
2. By the use of any power vehicle or aircraft.
3. While confined in small acres of land by “escape- proof ” fences as on game farms,
preserves, etc.. unless otherwise approved by the Texas Bowhunting & Bowfishing
Records Chairman, Committee and/or the LSBA Executive Council.
4. In defiance of Game Laws, out of season or poaching.
5. By the use of any tranquilizer, poison, or firearms.
6. By the use of any power vehicle for herding or driving animals or herd, or to
communicate with or direct a hunter on the ground..
7. By any means or methods considered being unsportsmanlike by the Texas
Bowhunting and Bowfishing Records Chairman.
SPECIAL NOTE: For the purpose of the Texas Bowhunting and Bowfishing Records and it’s
activities, a bow shall be defined as a long bow, recurve, or compound bow that is hand-drawn, and
that has no mechanical device built into, or attaché to, that will enable the archer to lock the bow at
full or partial draw. Other than energy stored by the drawn bow, no device to propel the arrow will
be permitted.
Any falsification of the Fair Chase Affidavit is grounds for being dismissed from the Lone Star
Bowhunters Association, causing this entry to be rejected, having no future entries accepted and
having all past entries dropped from the Texas Bowhunting and Bowfishing Records list.
Description of Trophy _____________________________
Type of Game
____________
Sex of Game
_____________
TBBR Score
SEARCH & RECOVERY: Was the above trophy recovered on the same day as hit? ( ) Yes ( ) No
If no, please give a Complete Detail of recovery on the reverse side of this form.
As a bowhunter, I _____________________________by my signature below do declare and state that
my trophy described above was arrowed and harvested by myself within the boundaries of the State
of Texas using a bow and arrow under the Rules of Fair Chase which I fully understand as, explained
and defined above.
Hunter’s Signature _________________________________Date Signed _____/_____/_____
I, the undersigned, do hereby attest to the above and forgoing statements:
Witness’s Signature______________________________ Address ____________________________
(Signature of witness of verification of
City
____________________________
bow kill does not have to be eyewitness)
State
__________ Zip ______________
Revision 05/2013