I know it is not all about getting a good deal, but, by the time you factor in travel and entry costs, I found it a waste of time going if that was your angle.
Yes you get to fondle stuff, but when it comes to price...not so crash hot
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I know it is not all about getting a good deal, but, by the time you factor in travel and entry costs, I found it a waste of time going if that was your angle.
Yes you get to fondle stuff, but when it comes to price...not so crash hot
Looking at heading in today, kind of gutted to hear that there are no sweet deals :/
Done and dusted, another good year of drunkedness, silly stories, shit loads of ribbing, lack of sleep shit loads of snoring, amazing food. Thanks to all you good buggers for a great couple of days, good to catch up with all. Look forward to next year! The show itself was good and even better in gum boots or jandels. They will learn for next year only bought ammo and smoker, went out to the NZDA range on Sat and sighted in a couple of rifles, left early as there was a crowd on the 100 metre range!:thumbsup:
Thanks for for the nice diner Last night Macca . Good to catch up with you and the rest of the crew.
Hope those 75 gr bthp are gona fly straight in your tikka!
Spent 5hours looking around the stands and talking to people.
Didn't spend any money ....... At All....... Even got shouted the entry. :)
Not that I didn't have any money, had a pocket full, just no one was able to tempt me to buy their wares.
Either I didn't want/need it or the price point wasn't attractive enough for me to show them my money.
Bumped into some old friends, got to talk to some new ones and generally had a good time.
Cheers
Pete
Another year done and dusted. Nice to finally meet Kiwigreg. I think my daughter know has an understanding of the calibre of GC's on here and of the shit we talk.There was far too much food as always and somehow I have ended up with a killer sore throat.
Must have been bitter sweet not having the ball sack there showing you old turkeys whats up
Yep Gibo he showed some real balls last year dragging himself around the show, on Sunday he drove back to Wairoa, I saw him off, his crap music booming in the car! I asked if he had some water with him, nope he said, so I got him a bottle and away he went. I asked text me if he had trouble and when he got home! A few hours later the text came through, " home safe mate". A few weeks later he was gone, what courage he had!!!:cool:
Cheers for an awesome night last night to all who were there and letting us stay last minute was good to catch up with the few I had already meet and those I hadn't bring on next year
OK. I was a bit disappointed with the sika show this year. it just seemed disjointed and all over the place. But the biggest hack off was no roaring comp. My kids look forward to it each year and start roaring around the house practicing a week or two prior. This year they canned it, but had a bloody duck calling comp!!! So they have duck calling at the sika show but no sika calling...wtf!
We had a snoring competition, two finalises, @Gapped axe and @Rushy! I'll call it a draw!:O_O:
Kiwi grey was a finalist.
Well you should not have slept with him:O_O:
Thanks for the bbq guys, was good to catch up again. Back at work again this morning, tired as ever! :omg:
Thanks for coming out and bringing the new toy for us to look at, no doubt @Happy will be sending an order thru, hope you had a good show.
It was cancelled due to lack of entries - I guess there needs to be more encouragement to enter.
Some of the head prizes were pretty wicked, you'd be stoked to get a UFO cooker.
I liked the space of this one but also felt like it was a bit disjointed. Even though a few people told me where the taxidermy was, I still didn't make it there which was a shame.
Maybe more food stuff in the open air next year and more of that matting stuff to save the wet grass!
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Food was excellent complete with a large salad dish and rotisserie rolled pork with crackling for dessert! And lashingsof beer Attachment 56376 Attachment 56377Attachment 56378Attachment 56379
yes the food was awesome, especially the salad :ORLY:
Actually the meals were supreme, The mussels were Smokey sweet tasting, the veni was tender and the pork wow, and the bangers weren't curled. Then Rushy's breckie on Sunday.
Who's he :D
Great time meeting a few more Guys, thanks for looking after me :)
Couldn't believe the wet grass/slosh/mud that was in & around the tents....
Maybe I need to try to bring some Nelson weather with me next time :thumbsup:
As mentioned the food was extremely impressive
Big thanks to Macca :)
But the thing is @Dougie that they didn't even call out for entrants so they could not really have an accurate idea of those that were keen. Each year for (the past five at least) they put out a call over the loudspeaker to sign up for the comp. They did not bother to do that this year. I was told by an organiser that they were solely basing their decision on online registrations. Well my 7 and 11 year olds don't have computers and didn't know they had to sign up! This usually the highlight of the year for them
We were bumping into other kids all day looking sad and carrying roaring horns.
not that many decent deals to be had. a few big players i didnt see.. gunworks, HRE,
but lots of good stuff to look at.
food was a disaster, CBF standing in the rain
Happy ate show much show food he vomited, cant have been that bad?:ORLY:
It was ok til it met the Whiskey!:thumbsup:
A mate got a terrific deal on some Zeiss binos at the Zeiss stand. Leica and Swarovski didn't have anything close to a bargain for him.
Gumboots next year.
Always good to get out of the house for the day, share some laughs on the ride up and back and a big bottle at the pub on way home
Hats off to the scoring volunteers, might even put my name in the hat for a scribe next year, learn a thing or 2.
Even had a shot with a bow which was cool.
Gummies in the boot for next year for sure,
I heard a few people got some great five finger discounts on Leica and Swaro. Quite a lot of high ticket items were stolen. You'd think there would be better security and stuff locked up. No doubt a lot of ammo walked out the door in jacket pockets as well.
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Disappointment with the sika show this year ,there has been complaints from a few people on the stands .I visited a few guys for a chat . Some expensive rifles bolt to the wall $3500 + and rain pouring down the back of rifles , tables wet with products up for sale .Marquee's with holes in roof not a good start .The Marquee should of been close together instead of spread apart .Not signs to direct people to the right sights and people heading off down town for food wasn't a good look .I had a phone call from someone on stand said they had rang the organiser about the set up and complained .It was good to catch up with a friend doing there bit to track down the elusive moose I hope there findings produce proof when it comes available . Also good to see new products on the market to help the hunters and the tourist get around the country
No surprises there to be honest - I bought a new rangefinder and was thinking the whole time - crikey these buggers are hardly paying attention to their gear it's a wonder it hasn't been pinched. Bloody mongrels everywhere. I was at a stand last year when a prick tried to walk off with a new bow - lucky someone noticed and called him out on it.
Yea the zeiss guys got me sorted with the range finder binos for $2700 couldn't say no to that deal. Even took me out side so I could have a good look through them.
Thanks again this year maca for your hospitality and thanks happy for the entertainment leavn the show on sat arvo [emoji23][emoji23]
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Oh i almost forgot see you in a few weeks rushy haha
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