Thread: Sika show 2022

Mixed bag I think:

Pro's
- seemed like really good numbers for attendance
- looked like some good heads entered
- good facilities, parking, bathrooms, food etc onsite
- likely reached a wider audience than if it was in Taupo
- met a couple of hunters etc that i follow online and had a yarn which was cool.
- got to handle a couple of items i wanted to look at before buying that aren't often in shops here.

Con's
- the exhibitor list was very misleading ie you could take 6-10 listed exhibitors and combine as one stall in most instances.
- Some listed exhibitors I couldn't see evidence of at all.
- For a hunting show the amount of firearms, bows, ammo and reloading stuff was pretty light.
- some of the stalls were very compacted and hard to access anything.
- didn't seem to be a lot of great deals on things i was looking at - in some cases stuff was more expensive, I thought I would walk out with a scope and bino's - the ones I looked at "show price" was more expensive than if i ordered online from NZ...
- I think there were a lot of brands, retailers, organisations that should've been there absent.

Suggestions:
- move vehicles outside to free up more space
- site map - if there was one we didnt get one
- perhaps consider changing it to "NZ Hunting and Shooting show" and get more exhibitors onboard - I realise this may rub some the wrong way but united we are stronger, bring in the target shooters, pistol shooters, archers, and other hunters.
- Instead of Hunting and Fishing having small alcoves for 6 - 10 brands within their pop up store get those brands to have their own stands with the distributors / reps onsite - this would reduce the traffic jam, make products more accessible and improve the experience
- All major brands should surely be represented. Vortex? Hunters Element? Hardy Rifles? Hornady?

Cool stuff:
- Glacier Rifles were awesome to handle - would love one, just not in my budget.
- Backlanz look good, another cool NZ product.

Brought:
- 2 Yeti coffee cups
- Dog n Gun Coffee
- Tatonka womans pack - first time being able to try one on for the the wife.

I bought some huntfast hydration sachets,those of you that were there on Saturday will know why!!!

Was Bill Nikl there this year? He makes great knife?

Originally Posted by 10-Ring

Was Bill Nikl there this year? He makes great knife?

Yep,he was there,nice blades alright ,him and his mate there would have had a combined age of around 170

Only photo I got was this one - check that head out hahahaha fym, some from the old days of FnH forum etc will recognise this deviant





Fuk one thing I forgot to mention last night, while there weren't really many decent % off deals, we were walking past one stand & some dude picked up a $70 rechargeable spotlight, says "shit this be good for the boat" & the response from his misses - Put that back, you ain't buying anything !! holy fuk the poor cunt, we felt so sorry for him & then guilty we didn't go save the poor bugger, God Bless being single hahahahahahahahaha

Sunday was ok as far as an space to move around went

Originally Posted by Philipo

Only photo I got was this one - check that head out hahahaha fym, some from the old days of FnH forum etc will recognise this deviant

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Fuk one thing I forgot to mention last night, while there weren't really many decent % off deals, we were walking past one stand & some dude picked up a $70 rechargeable spotlight, says "shit this be good for the boat" & the response from his misses - Put that back, you ain't buying anything !! holy fuk the poor cunt, we felt so sorry for him & then guilty we didn't go save the poor bugger, God Bless being single hahahahahahahahaha

Noted for future ref...leave wife and kids (dob alert) at home

Originally Posted by Philipo

....we were walking past one stand & some dude picked up a $70 rechargeable spotlight, says "shit this be good for the boat" & the response from his misses - Put that back, you ain't buying anything !!

The guy probably didn't even have a boat...
So once he had bought the spotlight, his next sentence was going to be "well now I have to buy a boat for the spotlight!"

Forgot to mention the Wapiti Foundation.

It was a real treat to finally speak to Roy Sloan and the team that do such amazing work.

I have emailed them some pictures of father’s mid 50’s ballot trip. Hopefully with their extensive knowledge they’ll be able to tell me which block and perhaps more.

B

I enjoyed it... Although I am not sure if I will make the trip up from Wanganui again...Its a hell of a haul. I didn't get to look at any of the outside stuff at all due to it pissing down with rain. Some of the stalls seemed a bit cramped though...and I don't know why considering the amount of space they had, Like the Stoney creek venue, not that I would ever buy any of their gear, but that was very cramped and crowded, and for no reason. I think they could have really opened up the aisles.

Originally Posted by scotty

They were well done
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Didn't get the name tho

Roe Engineering from Hamilton

Few photos of heads can be seen here:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?sto...65952343599856

There was a heck of a lot more there though, pretty cool display.

I was lucky enough to win biggest Sika:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?sto...00034650234353

Originally Posted by Daithi

Does anyone know the name of the stand outside, sold bbqs, the one that did them in shape of boars, etc?

Roe Engineering Hamilton

Was my first visit, went down Saturday as mentioned lots of people and I thought a reasonable mix of stands. What I was pleased to see was the wide range of people attending; families and wives in particular were there in good numbers which I thought was encouraging. Yes there will be learnings but looking forward to next year and hopefully some ammo being available.