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.
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.
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.
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