South Canterbury pig hunting club comp

 

A line up of animals at the comp
A line up of animals at the comp

This was the first open competition that the SCPHC had organised and run. The comp was held at the Wolseley hotel in Winchester on the 10th of July with 50% of the proceeds going to St Johns. The SCPHC has only been going for one year but already has a lot of positive members so it was good to see all of the members turning up to help out to make this comp a successful one.

This hunting wagon added a touch of class
This hunting wagon added a touch of class

The weather for the weekend was nice cool clear days making it ideal hunting conditions.  One vehicle that pulled up with a boar in the boot was a beautiful Holden statesman, it was a nice touch of class. All of the club members had hunted hard all weekend to try and have an animal to weigh in on the Sunday.

Members of the Ridgeline team hard at work
Members of the Ridgeline team hard at work

There were some good sets of tusks turned up and our judging team had to measure up three sets of which two were identical. Both going 19 inches one boar was weighed in by Matt Reveley and the other by Dave Neal. The winning set went to Dwayne Young that measured 20 inches. The three heaviest boars were only 1.1 pound apart and we judges had to make an unusual call as the owner of the winning boar wanted to get this head mounted so we did not want to cut the throat out of it.

The tree boars that we measured the tusks on
The tree boars that we measured the tusks on

Our way around this was to get one of the throats that had been cut out of one of the other big boars and weigh it. This weight was 400 grams so kept the placings the same without having to ruin a hunter’s dream pig from being able to be mounted. There was a section for a team’s event where hunters had to catch a boar a deer and a wallaby. 27 boars and 10 stags were weighed in.
At the end of the weigh in the comp was able to donate over $1000 to the St Johns.
Heaviest boar                                              Prizes
1st Matt Reveley            175.7 pounds     $350 + pig singer valued at $250
2nd Craig Gibb                175 pounds         $250
3rd Russell Winnington 174.6 pounds     $150
4th Dave Neal                  167.3 pounds    $100 voucher
5th James Stephens        156 pounds       $50 voucher
Average weight boar
Sian Waters                     110 pounds       Garmin tracking gear valued at $1200
Heaviest stag
1st Caleb Mathews          221 pounds       $250
2nd Allan Young                203.9 pounds    $150
3rd Joe Taurima                189.8 pounds    $50
Heaviest fellow buck
1st Allan Young                  97 pounds        $250
2nd Chris Donohue            87.3 pounds     $150
Best tusks
Dwayne Young                  20                       Pig singer valued at $250
Best red antlers
Joe Taurima                                                   Jump start kit valued at $300
Best fallow antlers
Allan Young                                                    Jump start kit valued at $300
Average weight teams event for Boar, Deer and Wallaby
See how we go                                   3 Ridgeline Sovereign shooting jacket and a 6 person Moeraki
fishing charter valued at $1500
Heaviest Wallaby
1st Brendan Morris           50 pounds       $150 + spot prize
2nd Brendan Morris           42.7 pounds   spot prize
Highest Wallaby talley
Glen Ralston                                                $150 voucher Temuka fishing and outdoor
Junior section
Heaviest boar
1st Kiaran Moriarty         94.6 pounds
2nd Shaun Olerenshaw    50.9 pounds
Mixed bag
1st Shaun Olerenshaw     21.6 pounds
2nd Kiaran Moriarty          18.7 pounds
Heaviest Wallaby
1st Shaun Olerenshaw       43.3 pounds
2nd Devon Mount               39.1
3rd Kiaran Moriarty            18.1 pounds
Kids mixed bag
Ayda Stenton                       21.9 pounds
Coby Blackler                       21.6 pounds
Tarras                                    16.8 pounds