Thread: St Arnaud sighting in area.

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings @Micky Duck and All,
Target shooting has been an integral part of NZ Deerstalkers competitions. The J M Wilkinson Cup dates from 1962 or earlier and was shot each year by the Hastings Deerstalkers prior to my joining in the late 1970's. The first shoot I have records for was the Taruarau shot between Hawkes Bay and Taihape Branch NZDA. This was in 1981 and there were 32 shooters. At that time there were 4 annual shoots. Over the years the number of shooters declined with 25 shooting in the 1983 E Richards and just 3 in the last shoot in 2019. Only the Interbranch Taruarau shoot was shot since then.
Regards Grandpamac.

NZDA South Canterbury shot the JM Wilkinson shoot in the last 6 weeks - still a National event!!!