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View ArticleBack for it’s third year, the ITS Tactical Pumpkin Carving Contest is all about getting into the Halloween spirit and carving up a tactical pumpkin.
Submitting a photo of your carved pumpkin will get you entered to win some awesome prizes, including ITS Gift Certificates to our store and even the yet to be released MSCS (Modular Skeletonized Carrier System!)
Be sure to check out the rules and resources listed below to see how you can get your entry in. Be sure to also check out all the great winners we had last year and the year before!

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There’s a great resource out there we like to visit this time of year called zombiepumpkins.com where you’ll find some cool patterns and carving tips. You can also download the ITS Tactical Pumpkin Carving Template from a while back if you’d like to carve that up. Here’s the .PDF pattern to download!
It’s a fairly simple pattern that you can use to shave off the outer skin of the pumpkin, or impress us and find another way to carve the logo into a pumpkin. You definitely get bonus points if your pumpkin has our logo somewhere in it!
There’s really not much in terms of rules for this contest other than getting your photos in by midnight (central time) on October 3oth; Winners will be announced on Halloween Day!
To submit your entry, simply email us at least an 800px x 600px image of your carved pumpkin. You can even take a photo with your camera phone and send that in!
By submitting a photo of your tactical pumpkin, you agree that the image is good to use here on ITS when we announce the winners and can be added to our ITS Reader Photos Flickr Group.
Happy Haunting, we can’t wait to see your entry!
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With the entries I’ve seen from past years, I’m not even going to attempt! Hahaha Ok maybe I will just for fun. So many awesome prizes!
So does an entry put you into a raffle style drawing, or are the winners based off of “best in show” for pumpkin carving talent?
Matt, it’s based on talent. We select the three winners. Thanks, looking forward to seeing your entry
Sent mine in. I’m hoping that it’ll be good enough for something
I’ll be sending my tomorrow evening just have to do a few more things to it
Good luck to everyone who entered the 3rd annual pumpkin contest. ITS I sent my entry last night and hope that you have received it.
When are the winners going to be released?