Our 2025 contest will start on March 3, 2025!
Want to win $1500? All you have to do is find the large plastic ant in our annual South Georgia Banking Company Find the Fire Ant Contest!
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The highly competitive county-wide scavenger hunt is back! The big plastic purple/blue ant will be somewhere in Turner County and waiting for you to find it starting Friday, March 3, 2025. Whoever finds it first, whether with skill or by luck, gets $1500, a photo in the Wiregrass Farmer, and bragging rights.
2024 Clue dates and locations TBA on 3/3/25!
$1500 prize
Rules to know!
- It is not in a garbage can.
- You do not need to tear anyone’s property up to get to it.
- If it is still not found by Friday, March 22, the Chief Ant Hider will give a new clue or explain a clue starting at 2:00 p.m. in Heritage Park. Hunters may vote on having a new clue or having one clue already given explained.
- If no one finds the ant by Saturday, March 29, 2025, at noon, the Chief Ant Hider wins the contest. If able to leave the festival, they will lead a group to go retrieve the ant but it is NOT guaranteed.
- Only the Chief Ant Hider knows where the ant is hidden. No one who works for him or who is in his family knows anything about the hiding place or what the clues may be.
- You MUST visit the businesses to get the clue. It will not be given out over the phone. If a business takes down the clue and you don’t have it by then, you must track down someone who already has it and hope they share.
- Businesses are not obligated to post clues in easy-to-find locations. Some may post clues so that you have to walk through the store to find them. For a full list of the dates of when clues will be released and where, check out the February 26, 2025 edition of The Wiregrass Farmer. Digital subscriptions can be purchased here:
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Rules and Terms
The Fire Ant Festival Committee is not responsible for any injuries that may occur while participating in the Find the Fire Ant hunt. By participating in this contest, I acknowledge that I have read and understood all of the terms of this release and that I am voluntarily giving up substantial legal rights, including the right to sue sponsor. I acknowledge that I am over 18 and participating freely and voluntarily and understand that I am legally bound by the terms and conditions contained herein.
The 2024 Find the Fire Ant contest is over. Congrats to Steve Chapman for finding the ant – for the second time!
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