The weather turned on a nice day for this comp with the animals coming in all the way through the weigh in saving the mad rush at the end. This maybe the last competition for Keith Benwick the publican as the place is on the market as he looks at retiring after running the Rotherham pub for the past 18 years. As with any competition there are always one or two people who do most on the organising for each comp and this was no different with Wayne and Miranda Paget doing the majority of the work.
Most competitions recently have had a lot of deer weighed in but this comp had a lack of deer with only 3 weighed. One hunter Curtis Morgan turned up with a tragic story of how the boar that he weighed in went over a bluff with two of his dogs and all three were dead at the bottom. Another one of the dangers we hunters and our dogs face on some hunt.
There were a number of boars with good jaws on them but one really stood out above the rest. It was brought in with a towel wrapped around it so as not to damage them as they will rightfully be taking pride and place with Wayne Paget.
This had to be one of the bigger tusks that we have measured coming in at 23 5/8. This is one of the few comps that has a memorial trophy donated by the Mason family in memory of their father who was a keen hunter. Phillip Mason was on hand to present this to Kent Martin for weighing in the biggest boar.
Results weighed in 22 boars, 13 sows, 3 deer
Heaviest boar
1st Kent Martin 159 pounds
2nd Wayne Paget 147 pounds
3rd Ethan Keerewer 146 pounds
4th Noel Wormsley 139 pounds
5th Russel Walker 137 pounds
Heaviest sow
1st Dan Pemberton 114 pounds
2nd Josh Williams 110 pounds
Average weight pig Sain Waters 110 pounds
Best tusks Wayne Paget 23 5/8
Heaviest deer
1st Corey Henderson 215 pounds
2nd Dan Pemberton 198 pounds
3rd Mat Bailey 187 pounds