Weigh in for this competition was on the 7st of July. Once again Wayne and Miranda Paget put a lot of work into organising this competition. I was told 2 years ago that the publican Keith Benwick had the place on the market so would not be around next year however the pub has not yet sold so 2 years on and Keith is still there. I’m surprised some pig hunter has not come along and brought this pub as it’s a great place in any rural area to find out where the pigs are in the area. He had also donated a spot prize of $500 cash again.
A couple of the hunters were telling me that the deer numbers are starting to pick up yet there was only two deer weighed in, I guess that’s what you get with diehard pig hunters. Our Ridgeline judging team have been judging this competition for a number of years now so I have looked back over the previous results which are:
2011: 31 Boars, 13 Sows and 2 Deer
2012: 11 Boars, 10 Sows and 1 Deer.
2013: while I don’t have the number of boars I see that Andy Moriarty got the prize for the most boars on one truck with 9 and there were 2 sows and 1 deer.
2016: 42 Boars, 19 Sows and 5 Deer
2017: 22 Boars, 13 Sows and 2 Deer
2018: 30 Boars, 13 Sows and 3 Deer
2019: 28 Boars, 3 Sows and 2 Deer
Results of this year’s comp
Heaviest
Boar
1st Neil Forbes 185.4 pounds
2nd Mike Townsend 160.4 pounds
3rd Dan Pemberton 154.4 pounds
Average weight Boar John Fitspatrick 113.4 pounds
Best tusks Neil Forbes
Heaviest Sow
1st James Green 105.4
2nd Mike Townsend 89.2
