OFFICIAL RULES AND CONDITIONS

PLEASE READ THESE RULES CAREFULLY

 

GENERAL RULES

• Official Entry Form – must be completed fully by parent / guardian, only official entry forms will be accepted.  Entrants must participate in the hunting.

• Entry Fees – must accompany official entry forms.  Paid entry is acceptance of all rules and conditions.

• Entry forms and fees to be received no later than Wednesday 12th July 2017, 5pm.

• No refunds after 13th July 2017 or upon disqualification.

• No Late Entries Accepted

• Weigh in on the Sunday 16th July 2017 11:00am – 2:00pm, no late arrivals accepted.

• Animals of equal recorded weights, the first weighed in takes superior honour.

• ALL animals must be caught in the wild and free range hunting ONLY (no ‘paid for’ hunting) and within the competition dates 14th - 16th July 2017.  Judges reserve the right to reject suspect game.

• No mutilated animals, all game must be of edible condition, no decomposing game will be accepted and no frozen game.  Chilled is okay.

• Organisers, judges and scrutineers decision is final and reserve the right to deny entry.

• All animals remain the property of the contestant and MUST be removed by the contestant after prize giving (all animals will have tags with name / or entry number on them).

• All paid entrants must be present at prize giving.  Prizes will only be given if parent / guardian is present.  Any unclaimed prizes will go into the spot prize pool.

• NO RIFLES, hunting dogs or knives are to be present at the weigh in.  PLEASE leave these items at home.

• LIABILITY TO THE PUBLIC – NO Liability is accepted for the damage to any vehicle or property or loss of property or personal injury or damage of whatever nature to any person however caused from the start of this competition through to the end of prize giving, by the organisers or the sponsors.  All competitors entering any events do so at their own risk.

• Parents / guardians are responsible to ensuring the safety of all children participating and that the holder of a current Firearms Licence is the shooter.

• HUNTING is open to all areas of the North Island.

 

ADDITIONAL RULES

BIG GAME EVENTS 
One animal per person, per section eg: 1 boar and / or 1 red stag and / or 1 fallow stag and / or 1 billy goat.

BOARS

Boars will only be accepted for weigh in with offal, testicals and pizzles removed. 

Boars only, no barrows and no sows.  Minimum weight for boars 25kg.

RED FALLOW STAGS

Stags  only, no hinds

Stags must have heads on.

Exceptions For ease of retrieval heads may be cut off and weighed with the body on the day.

Ears intact with either the head or the body, NO heads on their own.

No earmarks, rips or tag holes

Stags will only be accepted for weigh in with offal, testicals and pizzles removed. 

GOATS

Goats will only be accepted for weigh in with offal, testicals and pizzles removed. 

Goat heads on their own will not be accepted.