The Bean Camping Tournament began in 1984 with six Charter Members. The only way one can attend the tournament is to be invited by a previous competitor who is approved by at least one charter member:                                                                                                                                

The following is a list of the Charter Members:

 Jeff Bean II*

James E. Bean*

John T. Bean Sr.*

David C. Bean*

David Anderson

Drew Domas

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The following list is of all the Competitors besides the Charter Members:

Daniel P. Bean*

Michael S. Muhs*

John T. Bean Jr.*

Drew Lamont*

James T. Bean

Andy Huber

Jordan Brown

David L. Bean

Jim Bean

Matt Lamont

Shane Bean

Chance McShan

Richie Wells

Paul Smith

Juan Diaz

Asher Terry

Braxton Bean

Grant Jones

Richie Drouillard

Aaron Lemoine

Ryan Terry

Barry Bean

David Keller

Scott Hansen

Scott Gluck

Rick Rainey

David Lofton

Ron Sigler

Thomas Sigler

Ray Ortiz

Brandon Kief

Raphael Rojas

Philip Brown

 

 A * denotes a Champion