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Hunters gather record haul
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...his sheepdog whistle. “A big thank you to our sponsors and organisers, and special thanks to the mums and dads, aunties and uncles, for taking your kids hunting and creating childhood memories. This used to be about hunting pigs, but now it’s all about the kids.”
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After prizegiving, the crowd stayed on for spot prizes, and sausages provided by local butcher Garry Vesper of D&G Homekill Services.

Organiser Cindy is thrilled with the result, and already thinking ahead to next year. “Seeing the proud smiles on the adults and children as they showed off their efforts, makes the
Upper Tākaka Country Club Inc
Upper Takaka Country Club Inc
We would like to thank the sponsors of the UTCC Pig Hunt in helping to make a successful event:
Pig Hunt 2023
hard work worthwhile. Hoping for continued support from sponsors and entrants next year, so we can do it all again!”
Friday 28th to Sunday 30th July

Entries in by 5pm on Thursday 27th July to PGG Wrightson or UTCC
$40 for team of two, $30 single, Kids U13 free Weigh-in by 3pm Sunday 30th
Amanda Brooks & Jonny Harwood, Bay Takeaway, Bev Thomason, BMTT, BP Takaka, B Sixtus & M McKinnon, Cindy & Robert Rosser, Colin & Julie Langford, Custom Collars NZ, D & G Homekill, Dairy Solutions, Dept of Conservation, Farm Source, Fonterra, FreshChoice, Geoff Trewavas, Golden Bay Builders, Golden Bay Fencing, Golden Bay Motorcycles, Golden Bay Rubbish, Golden Bay Scaffold, Golden Bay Skip Hire, Hammer Hardware, ITM Building Centre, Jimmy & Maree Deans, Laser Electrical, Liquorland, Longbush Farms, McKenzie Livestock, Merle Sulman, Mobile Mechanical, Noeleen Foskett, Orange Mechanical, PGGWrightson, Ravensdown, RD Petroleum, River Inn, Rural Service Centre, Shane Eggers Painting, Sollys Freight, Strange Contracting, Stu Hill, Super Liquor, Tākaka Fuels & Fishing, Tākaka Garden Care, Takaka Rugby Football Club, Take Note Tākaka, Tasman Engraving, Tasman Gowland Surveyors, Terry & Sheryl Nalder, TG Contracting, The Rocks Chalets, The Top Shop Cafe, Town & Country Vets, Tradezone, Unlimited Copies, White Rock Engineering.
Hunting for the Gruff Thomason Trophy (Biggest Tusks) and Ian Foskett Trophy (Biggest Boar)
Plus prizes for; Heaviest Fallow Stag, Heaviest Red Stag, Biggest Sow, Most Pigs Weighted In, Most Goats Tails and many more including spot prizes. Kids’ prizes include most and heaviest hares, possums, most goat tails and longest horns.