Thread: Hihitahi Challenge 2015

No rest for the wicked mate, your schedule must be about as hectic as mine... weekend of the 31st of January is now one of only three free weekends until the middle of May and i'll probably be trying to finish the load development for the new barrel on my .260...

Yup, one weekend in Feb off, otherwise on the road every weekend - Wairarapa, Gisborne, Whanganui, Cheltenham, Otorohanga, Hamilton plus Hihitahi and Woodstock - pretty mental time of the year.

Same barrel you shot at Tarata ?

NC down here for Nationals, he sounded like a possible for Woodstock, will try and twist his rubber arm

Yep, I replaced the one I had at Tarata with a brand new one exactly the same.

Grasshopper has been in touch about Woodstock. Looks like a couple of Aussies are giving him a run for his money in FO at the Nationals.

New date is great, Karapoti Classic on the 7th, Hihitahi on the 14th & Woodstock the following week then bring on the Roar " farken mint"

I have received a few queries about the event and a few entries as well. Queries can be put here in this thread, PM'd to me or just email me at the emails address on the poster. If you email me i'll send you the event details and entry document that explains the event in greater detail including entry requirements, general rules, required and recommended gear, firearm and equipment rules, etc.

Folks I am looking to share a vehicle or ride with shared costs to the Hihitahi event. I live about 25km north of Taupo and if anybody is interested in sharing we could meet in Taupo early morning of the event and go from there. I need to arrange something because one mate is unable to come and the other is now far from certain.
Might suit persons coming from Taupo, Reporoa, Rangitaiki, Rotorua, and north.

Cheers. Woody.

@Gillie, question about the tree identification part, are we talking NZ natives only, or is it more "deer food" type trees, including non-natives

And when you say "trees", does that exclude shrubs, ferns etc ?

Originally Posted by ebf

@Gillie, question about the tree identification part, are we talking NZ natives only, ?

I'm pretty sure South Africans are allowed to take part in that as well ....


Tim

Originally Posted by Woody

Folks I am looking to share a vehicle or ride with shared costs to the Hihitahi event. I live about 25km north of Taupo and if anybody is interested in sharing we could meet in Taupo early morning of the event and go from there. I need to arrange something because one mate is unable to come and the other is now far from certain.
Might suit persons coming from Taupo, Reporoa, Rangitaiki, Rotorua, and north.
Cheers. Woody.

@Woody, let me know how you get on with this. I know of a couple of people coming from further North of you and will ask. Need to make sure they are coming along first.

Originally Posted by ebf

@Gillie, question about the tree identification part, are we talking NZ natives only, or is it more "deer food" type trees, including non-natives
And when you say "trees", does that exclude shrubs, ferns etc ?

@ebf, when I say "trees" I mean flora... and not all of it may be native... and we may "import" some plants/trees not normally seen in the area to ensure the locals don't find it too easy.

Awesome please can we have a prize for the person who scores ZERO on the plant id section

Originally Posted by ebf

Awesome please can we have a prize for the person who scores ZERO on the plant id section

Don't you work in a reserve of some sort?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Don't you work in a reserve of some sort?

yeah, but my main tasks are riding a quad, stomping on mice and being chief 1080-spreader, don't know shit about plants

in all seriousness, I'm ok with a small numbers of the natives (tarata, whau, rangiora, kowhai etc) but that is about it.

My plant Id only has 3 groups

Deer eat that
Deer might eat that
Deer don't eat that

Hey Gillie, sent an email to your gunsmithing gmail address but no reply. Keen to get more details please , cheers

Originally Posted by chainsaw

Hey Gillie, sent an email to your gunsmithing gmail address but no reply. Keen to get more details please , cheers

PM sent @chainsaw, as i said feel free to ask questions here or get in touch with me directly. Email works easiest for me. I have had a few questions from competitors and so another email answering those will go out closer to the date (including location details). Answers to general questions i will post here as well.

Note to all, i will not post the exact location details on a public forum you will need to get in touch with Malcolm or myself for that information.

Cheers,
Simon