Thread: Sika Show

Sounds like no tahr over 14 and winning red 340 ish? I should have entered some heads ha ha

Originally Posted by Cameron13

It's supposed to be a fair comp not fair if they can make mistakes another fallow was 266 official but marked as 259 at sika show. same happened to me last year I took a 255ds deer in come out of there with a score of 243 so I wouldn't enter another 1

I had the opposite with my Sika last year. The first score I got from taxidermist was 216 then an official scorer logged it at 213 1/4 but then the sika show scored it at 215 1/4… annoying getting so much variation.

Originally Posted by stagstalker

I had the opposite with my Sika last year. The first score I got from taxidermist was 216 then an official scorer logged it at 213 1/4 but then the sika show scored it at 215 1/4… annoying getting so much variation.

You’d think a sika would be pretty easy to get a consistant score.
That’s a massive score, surely that was the biggest sika there?

Originally Posted by Cameron13

It's supposed to be a fair comp not fair if they can make mistakes another fallow was 266 official but marked as 259 at sika show. same happened to me last year I took a 255ds deer in come out of there with a score of 243 so I wouldn't enter another 1

NZDA do all the head scoring at the show.

Originally Posted by Bush Basher

You’d think a sika would be pretty easy to get a consistant score.
That’s a massive score, surely that was the biggest sika there?

I would have thought so too. Yea won it last year

Originally Posted by stagstalker

I would have thought so too. Yea won it last year

Awesome, be surprised if you hadn’t. Dream head

Originally Posted by Philipo

Blahahahahahahaha wholy fuk has this thread made me laugh, I was planning on heading up to the show but unfortunaly work got in the way.

So seems like the show set up was far better than last year, these things take time to sort at new venues & glad to hear that all those poxy roof tents n stuff have been booted outside & people had a good time ( be nice if some photos were posted up ) but I gutted as by the sounds of it I missed out on a great old school piss up !!!

So I would love to know what the "story" is with this apparently appalling situation that occurred at the show , were there companies - vendors selling alcohol in sealed bottles or was there an actual open bar where such things as beer, wine or a whisky could be purchased & consumed while in the building ?

Oh GOD, won't someone please think of the Children



WTF is wrong with you cunts that are so offended by the sale of alcoholic beverages at the hunting n shooting show, it's not illegal, companies like Ruahine Ports have been a great supporter of the show for years & I hope there was an open bar there, nothing like catching up with someone you having seen for months, putting ya feet up, taking a break & having a cold one while chewing the fat.


Reminds me of the story a fulla posted on here a few months back, where he slipped down a bank, nearly ripped his leg off & spent the night on the hill, lucky to be found n pulled out the next day, you know what I remember from that story, he said that him & his mate had had a beer with lunch when they landed while coming up with a hunting plan & there was a small group of true fuk wits that jumped all over the poor prick, basically saying that it was him having a stubbie that caused the whole situation, like karma jumped up & got him.




I might look into have a bar at the next show, be great, jelly wrestling, Tequila shoots & wheelbarrows for true hardcore punters to be pushed around the show in hahahaha

There's a good chance you might see me there!

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Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

Sounds like no tahr over 14 and winning red 340 ish? I should have entered some heads ha ha

Were at least 2 over 14 that I handled

Yeah just had a better look see the winner was 14 7/8 so that must of been mid to high 14

Originally Posted by stagstalker

I had the opposite with my Sika last year. The first score I got from taxidermist was 216 then an official scorer logged it at 213 1/4 but then the sika show scored it at 215 1/4… annoying getting so much variation.

Oh wicked I was at the same table as you when you won it haha Definitely was a huge sika. Definitely annoying I had mine scored 3 times b4 taking it there so thought I was quite confident in the score, nevermind I was wrong but that's okay I'll go with the middle one

Originally Posted by Cameron13

Oh wicked I was at the same table as you when you won it haha Definitely was a huge sika. Definitely annoying I had mine scored 3 times b4 taking it there so thought I was quite confident in the score, nevermind I was wrong but that's okay I'll go with the middle one

If you measured it freshly shot it will most probably loose a bit of width and span as the normally pull in a bit when the skull dries out so easy to loose a few inches there

Originally Posted by stagstalker

I had the opposite with my Sika last year. The first score I got from taxidermist was 216 then an official scorer logged it at 213 1/4 but then the sika show scored it at 215 1/4… annoying getting so much variation.

The official scorer hopefully has the most experience and got it right , there are subtle little nuisances when measuring lenghts of antler and tines that an entry level scorer won’t get 100% right and be out a inch or 2 easily .
NZDA have just built a data base for members that are scorers and what level they are at .
I’m a level one scorer (entry level and done 1 course) and you need to do alot of measuring with very experienced measurers to really get fine tuned on all the little details , takes alot of time and alot of the guys that know it all are getting on in age and need to pass the knowledge to the next generation.
If you’re in the NZDA put your hand up and do a course .

Originally Posted by Lucky

The official scorer hopefully has the most experience and got it right , there are subtle little nuisances when measuring lenghts of antler and tines that an entry level scorer won’t get 100% right and be out a inch or 2 easily .
NZDA have just built a data base for members that are scorers and what level they are at .
I’m a level one scorer (entry level and done 1 course) and you need to do alot of measuring with very experienced measurers to really get fine tuned on all the little details , takes alot of time and alot of the guys that know it all are getting on in age and need to pass the knowledge to the next generation.
If you’re in the NZDA put your hand up and do a course .

The NZDA guy who did mine is apparently known for being harsh on his scores. Didn’t bother me too much as it was an epic score regardless but the sika show score did give me a bit of a middle point to level out the different results. Have thought about going to another official scorer to see what they come up with but it doesn’t stress me enough to bother.

Have definitely looked at doing the course. One day when life settles, three little kids and too many hobbies keeps me busy enough lol.

Do they have categories for private and public land with regards to winning heads?

Absolutely incredible head @stagstalker regardless, I was taught to give the animal the benefit of the tape by Brian Whitton , he is the NZDA Norman Douglas Patron , everything is measured within 1/8" and when it is in between to round it up not round it down , if your a mean round it down guy that is going to effect the final measurement for sure , I have Jap that went 199DS so fell short of the 200 club , doesn't matter it's still awesome .

Yeah I hear ya , life is busy , will try do another course myself next year if I can .