Detroit, MI, September 21, 2006 --(
PR.com)-- Nearly $7,000 in prizes for the most imaginative college fraternities will be awarded by the World Hunting Association, which today announced a creative challenge for frats across the country. The competitive sporting organization is sponsoring a nationwide search for the most creative or clever videos and photos that interpret the phrase “The Hunt Is On!”
Entries in the free contest will be eligible for eight cash prizes, other giveaways and online glory for creators of winning videos and images posted at www.worldhunt.com, where “The Hunt Is On” refers to an inaugural WHA Tour event that will feature eight professional hunters in Gladwin, Mich., this fall.
“Interactive features will let web visitors experience our tournament’s live action, and this contest is yet another way for the public to get involved by voting on finalists—and a fun way for fraternities to score a check,” says WHA Commissioner David Farbman. “We have our meaning for ‘The Hunt Is On,’ but we want to see what America’s fraternities ‘hunt.’ It’s a chance for each band of brothers to show rival fraternities and other campuses how they bring home what they set their sights on—girls, unusual trophies, or you tell us,” the WHA leader explains.
Collegians with cameras are invited to load, aim and shoot an activity or scene representing a “hunt” of any sort—as long as it’s legal and not too explicit to post publicly. Videos need to include “The Hunt Is On” on screen or on the soundtrack, while digital still images must show the phrase somewhere.
Twenty of the cleverest clips submitted by Nov. 7 will be posted for the public to pick five winners and five honorable mentions.
The top video earns $2,500 for a Greek house, with the first runner-up snagging $1,500. Three other chapters get $250 to $1,000 each. Photo winners earn $200 to $500 apiece. Fraternities can get one prize in each category and 5 honorable mentions will be awarded and receive a signed WHA Girl poster.
Brother “hunters” can win just by registering to enter the WHA chase for cash. The first 100 entrants get 25 logo T-shirts with their house’s Greek letters on the front, along with other World Hunting Association swag.
“There’s a serious goal behind the offbeat fun we’ll have with this,” says Farbman, “An important part of our mission is to educate non-hunters about our sport and increase its popularity among young people. This contest and our fall WHA Tour will show more people of all ages what goes into a successful hunt and what makes it rewarding.”
The 14-day whitetail tournament on the 1,000-acre Lost Arrow Ranch in northern Michigan turns eight leading outdoor sportsmen from every U.S. region into woodland rivals who’ll match tactics, techniques and intimidation in an intense competition captured on videotape for viewing as it unfolds. Each will use a scoped rifle, compound bow and muzzleloader.
“Our inaugural event is an exciting showcase of hunting abilities and strategic planning,” says Commissioner Farbman. “It will be dramatic to see how these eight guys from different backgrounds and regions adapt to the four terrain zones at the Gladwin ranch.”
A key goal of the WHA is to recruit and retain more youth, women, minorities and new hunters into the sport and reverse a two-decade decline in numbers. The organization’s charitable programs are designed to increase understanding and participation by promoting youth and community programs, habitat restoration and trips for disabled hunters.
Rules and conditions for the college video competition are at www.worldhunt.com/fraternity.html
Videos and more information about the World Hunting Association are at www.worldhunt.com
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