Hind-Sight Competition - Enter now!
By Central North Island Sika Foundation- 7th Jul, 2020 Jul 7, 2020, 10:53 AM
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Through winter 2020, the Sika Foundation is running a competition to encourage hunters to learn more about their hunting locations by studying the Sika hinds they shoot.
Winter is the ideal time (ethically) to harvest Sika hinds, when last year’s young are plenty old enough to survive and before the new fawns are born. If you enter the Hind Sight competition, we will publish your story and photos on our website and you will be in to win some great prizes.
HOW TO ENTER
To enter, simply write a short (or longer) story about a Sika hind you shoot this winter (June to October).
Focus on what you learned about your hind and the environment she was living in, by studying the carcass in detail. Please include the following in your story:
- A nice (tasteful) photo of your hind (avoiding bloody, gruesome pics)
- Location (not spot X, but approximate area, e.g. Clements Road, Kawaka Eastern faces, Desert Road, etc)
- Initial condition assessment (ribs or hips sticking out? Round, fat ass?, etc)
- Is she in milk? (indicating a yearling from last season)
- What’s your guess at her age? (look at the bottom jaw - and while you’re there, remove it and send to the Sika Foundation for a full assessment of age, length, etc)
- Is she pregnant? Together with her age and milk status this shows if she’s breeding every year (i.e. plenty of food around) or only every second year (conditions too poor).
- Careful observation of her uterus will show dark marks (placental scars) from previous pregnancies. How many of these are present and how does this compare to her age?
- Check her cheek pouches - what has she just been eating?
- What’s in her paunch - what’s she been eating lately?
- Provide an estimate of her weight (including skin but no offal, hocks or head).
- After gutting and skinning do you have any new insight into her condition? Please score on a scale of 1-5 (poor, light, average, good, fat)
- Anything else of note about the hind?
- Finally, what does all this data indicate about the “place” - in terms of the Sika herd living in that habitat?
Winners will be drawn every month with a sponsored prize for the best story, and every story goes in the mix for a lucky-dip prize at the end of October.
PRIZES
Grand Prize:
A Stoney Creek Tuatara Camo stalking kit (Stalking Pullover RRP $300, Microtough Trousers RRP $170, Kaipo Daypack RRP: $170, RRP: Cap $40 and gloves RRP: $45).
That’s worth over $700!
Monthly prize:
A Stoney Creek Goodie Pack: Bush T, Skull Cap Beanie, Ute Sticker, Keyring combo worth over $80.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- Stories to be a minimum of 150 words.
- Entries to include a clean and non-graphic photograph.
- The jaw must be recovered and provided to the Sika Foundation for aging.
- The photos and story become the property of the Central North Island Sika Foundation and the submitter agrees the text and photos can be used for Sika Foundation promotional display.
- Judge’s decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
Get learning about your Sika hunting spots - look more closely at the hinds you shoot and share your ‘Hind-Sight’ with the hunting community.
Become a Sika Manager - not just a Sika Consumer!
Send your entry to info@sikafoundtion.co.nz and please share this with your friends and keep an eye on our Facebook page for more info and updates
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