2022 Membership Contest

Contest Rules

The IHEA-USA membership drive will grant one lucky winner the opportunity to win a Ruger Precision Rifle model #18029. Entrants must be members that refer other hunter education instructors to join IHEA-USA or the new IHEA-USA member him/herself.

Eligibility
Eligible winners must be at least 21 years of age. Not all Ruger firearms are legally able to be possessed in all states and locales. Recipient must be able to legally possess the firearm in its configuration in his or her state and locale following completion of all required federal and state background checks. To enter the contest, an existing instructor must be a referral from a new instructor or a new instructor. One entry will be placed into the contest for every referral.No purchase necessary to participate or enter. Purchase or payment will not increase odds of winning. Please submit a 3×5 card with full name, address, email address, instructor number, and phone number indicating entry into the 2022 IHEA-USA Membership Dr., PO Box 1320, Lolo, MT 59047. Entries must be placed between Sept 27, 2022 and Oct 31, 2022.
Winner Selection
Winner will be randomly drawn by IHEA-USA staff on November 10^th, 2022, and announced November 15^th, 2022. The winner will be notified by phone and email. Verification of eligibility of winners is subject to verification by the IHEA-USA, whose decisions are final and binding in all matters related to the contest. An entrant is not a winner, unless and until entrant’s eligibility has been verified and entrant has been notified that verification is complete. Potential winners must continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning are contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. The potential winner will be notified by mail, email, or phone. If a potential winner of the prize cannot be contacted, or prize is returned as undeliverable, such potential winner forfeits the prize. In the event the prize winner is disqualified for any reason, the IHEA-USA will award the prize to an alternate winner by random drawing among all remaining eligible entries. 
Release
By receipt of any prize, winner agrees to release and hold harmless the IHEA-USA and their respective subsidiary, and affiliate companies, supplies, distributors, and advertising/promotion agencies, as well as each such company’s officers, directors, employees, and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the Contest or receipt, use, or misuse of any prize.
Privacy
Except where prohibited, participation in the Contest constitutes winner’s consent to IHEA-USA and its agents use of winner’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinion, and/or hometown and state for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration. The winner’s name will be announced publicly unless the winner requests in writing that they wish their name to be kept private.
General Conditions
IHEA-USA reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, if any fraud, or other factor beyond the IHEA-USA’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by IHEA-USA in its sole discretion. In such event, the IHEA-USA reserves the right to award the prize at random from among eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment. IHEA-USA reserves the right, in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual, without compensation, it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and should such an attempt be made, IHEA-USA reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. IHEA-USA’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. All firearm transfer fees are the responsibility of the winner.
Limitation of Liability
The Released Parties are not liable for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (2) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process of the Contest; (3) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of entries; or (4) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Contest or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If for any reason an entrant’s entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another entry in the Contest.
Disputes
Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by a state or federal court located in San Jose, California; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorney’s fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant claims all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental, and consequential damages and any other damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and IHEA-USA in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Montana, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Montana or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Montana.