Thread: Ruahine Hunter's Biathlon May 2014

Had an absolute blast today.....damn good fun!

Was good being able to put a few faces to names!

Count me in next year for sure!!!!

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Better still, bring a rifle ��

It sure was good fun even for the directionally challenged.

I would have intentionally run the wrong way to win that booby prize!!!!

I'm in for next year. I might get a Blaser... The orange stocked ones look good!!!

Originally Posted by craigc

I'm in for next year. I might get a Blaser... The orange stocked ones look good!!!

They shoot good too!!!

Great day! Well run and organized. Congratulations on the win Neckshot

Night before on the way up:





Maybe the gongs should be covered with deer skin. Then I might hit the bloody things.

Sounds like a great day guys You should of grabbed the lamb on ya way home Thar.

Yeah as the rest of the boys have said, was a bloody good day & well run event thanks to Neckshot, Gillie, Malcome & Vince for all the work you guys put in.

Well done on the win Jase & I hope i can give ya a bit more competition next year brother

Just back from watching the pulse beat the Dimonds.....................if those girls could shoot we all would have been left in there dust and jesus they all have fantastic legs.Thanks to all the NZHS guys that came to shoot it was a good representation from this forum around this part of the world And to @BRADS for driving down to marshall...........and glass for deer during the day.And as Usuall Gillie and Malcom run a good challenging shoot for the guys.Every shooter that turned up today were all good buggers look forward to meeting you on the range again or on the hills.

Jasen

Well done Neckshot. Did anyone shoot any video? Are you going to do a write up?

Was a bloody good weekend, caught up with some mates, met some great people, set a fun course and got to watch a bunch of good buggers challenge themselves completing it.

Weather was great, fine but with enough wind to make the shooting interesting. We set some obstacles we hadn’t used before. The climbing net worked well – provided support for the shooter but was still challenging. The camouflage net also worked well – certainly from the comments I got back it was enough of a hassle to be challenging for the shooter to deal with – just as we wanted it.

Congrats to Neckshot on a hard earned win. He didn’t have the highest shooting score but his consistently fast course times got him through on a close win. 17 competitors in all and a few spectators as well. BBQ at the end was great! In fact it disappeared so fast I didn’t manage to get any! Event was well supported with sponsored prizes. Everyone got a prize.

I’ll post a couple of photos on here once I get them all sorted.

The winner of the famous Ruahine biathlon purposely went to watch a netball game afterwards?!?


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Gillie, what do you think would have been the maximum wind speed up at the top station during this event?
Just having a look at the ballistic tables to guesstimate the drift. I'm thinking 10-15 mph?

Cheers
B

Yes i would say that is a pretty good estimate of the gust speeds - maybe a little higher on a strong gust. Varied depending on when you were up there though - sometimes there was bugger all wind...

Originally Posted by Tahr

Gillie, what do you think would have been the maximum wind speed up at the top station during this event?
Just having a look at the ballistic tables to guesstimate the drift. I'm thinking 10-15 mph?

Cheers
B

I had my kestrel there Thar, some people had no wind at all, some gusts where up two 20, with all sorts of weird angles across that gully, I forgot the ave.
It didn't seem two affect you
Some off the smaller cals where struggling


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Couple of photos:
Father and son team


Cargo net (standing, kneeling & sitting)


Camouflage net - just to get in the way


Hill to climb on the top course


Some competitors were faster than others


Case capture