well I always liked the idea's of smaller contests
be them something that once a month a winner can be picked
be it simple things like
post your favorite trail cam pic's
your best buck
your best turkey
or even, make it something more creative, like, lets pic an animal, and see who can get the best/first picture of it on a DATED NEW not old one they have from the past
and post it!
reason I say picture contest is , picture treads seem to get viewed the most, and in todays age
most hunters have trail camera's
BUT doing this would take more input from , I'm going to say the owners
the pictures could be voted on by members to pick a winner
but it will take work from someone running the site I think
I know we tried this in the past, and it got some action, but since there was never any prizes
it seemed to fail
prizes, maybe could be from site sponser's
don't have to be much, but??
better the prize, I bet the more folks that enter and the more action the site gets!
other sites I visit, have $25.00 amazon gift cards, as prizes, once a month
prizes could also always be left for the next contest too, if winner wants
but I honestly think we have a ton of memebers now
its just most don't post, reply to post, or seem very happy when they do post
funny to me, as most of these folks complain there is no action here, and well its like complaining about things your guilty of!
but I truely think, something new has to happen here to generate more active posts
as leaving it up to just the folks here, to add more
seems like a loosing battle, a stand still of sorts