Thread: Sika Show

Originally Posted by In2thewild

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

The main sika show trophy is free range public or private but game parks not allowed. Then there is also best public and best game park categories for sika.

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 .

Like most competitions it requires people to be honest on where they are taken and by whom. From what i have heard i dont think the organizers are strict enough with checking permits and info etc

With all the measurement variations, I think a TMO maybe needed

That's fine for you popular guys who have mates.

Oh no, I’m tuning the violin,

Originally Posted by Maca49

Oh no, I’m tuning the violin,

I picked you as being a banjo man.

I thought it was pretty much the same as last year.

I have been going for a very long time, and I don't think of it as a Sika Show any more... just a Hunting Expo. I do enjoy going, and this year was good as well because I managed to win a few prizes. However I don't know if I'll be back. Its just such a long haul up from Wanganui to have a look at stuff I either can't afford or don't need!...

I do miss the times where it was just about the heads though. There used to be tables and tables of heads to look over. This year there seemed to be hardly any at all on the wall. But what ones were there were pretty impressive!

Does anyone by chance remember the brand of the chassis on display in the Beretta stand that had a handle thing underneath?

now lads - leave family out of the discussion....

I went up, quite enjoyed it. Got a good deal on some stuff I wanted to check out in person rather than buy online and found out about some stuff I'd never have heard about without going.

Reckon a South Island version would be good. Run it like a hunt competition with vendors to make it a bit different.