Alabama Black Belt Adventures has only a few weeks left in its Black Belt Bucks Photo Contest.

The contest is open to any hunter who harvests a buck in one of Alabama’s 23 counties in the Black Belt region of the state during the 2011-2012 hunting season. Counties included are Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Russell, Sumter, Tuscaloosa and Wilcox.

The winner will receive a free shoulder mount from Irons Hilltop Taxidermy and Deer Processing, L.L.C. The top four finalists will be determined by who receives the most “Likes” on the Alabama Black Belt Adventures Facebook Fan Page, www.facebook.com/AlabamaBlackBeltAdventures.

Sports Editors from statewide television and print will be asked to judge the top four finalists and select the winning photo. The deadline for photo submission is January 31, 2012. Contest photos can be submitted online at: http://www.alabamablackbeltadventures.org/photo-contest

Alabama Black Belt Adventures (ALBBA), a public-private partnership committed to promoting and enhancing outdoor recreation and tourism opportunities in the state’s Black Belt region, is launching its second annual Black Belt Bucks Photo Contest. Alabama Black Belt Adventures is an initiative committed to promoting and enhancing outdoor recreation and tourism opportunities in the Black Belt in a manner that provides economic and ecological benefits to the region and its citizens.