Head Competition Categories

      SIKA

• Best Head in Show (Judges choice)

• Highest Douglas Score (Non Game Estate)

• 2nd Highest Douglas Score (Non Game Estate)

• 3rd Highest Douglas Score (Non Game Estate)

• Highest Douglas Score taken on Public Land (with DOC Permit)

• Closest Head to 175 Douglas Score (Taken on Public, Private or Game Estate land)

• Most Unusual Head

• Highest Douglas Score taken with Bow

• Woman's Highest Douglas Score (Non Game Estate)

• Highest Douglas Score taken on Game Estate

• Highest Douglas Score Junior (14 years or younger at the date of the Sika Show 2025)

• Most Sika Hind Jaws (Jaws must be aged & registered before the Sika Show 2025)

• Oldest Sika Hind Jaw (Must be aged & registered before the Sika Show 2025)

• Please note: Jaws can be aged by dropping them into any Sika Foundation jaw box with the appropriate details attached on the ID cards provided at the jaw box drop off points.... Jaw box locations can be found here: Sika Foundation Jaw Box Locations

• Any jaws entered on the day that haven't been aged will only qualify the 2026 show

      RED DEER

• Highest Douglas Score Stag (Non Game Estate)

• Highest Douglas Score 12 Point Stag (Non Game Estate)

• Woman's Highest Douglas Score Stag (Non Game Estate)

• Highest Douglas Score taken on Game Estate

• Highest Douglas Score Hybrid - Red/Sika

• Closest Stag to 300 Douglas Score (Taken on Public, Private or Game Estate)

• Highest Douglas Score Stag Junior (14 years or younger at the date of Sika Show 2025)

• Highest Douglas Score Stag taken with Bow

      FALLOW DEER

• Highest Douglas Score Fallow Buck

• Highest Douglas Score Fallow Buck Junior (14 years old or younger at date of the Sika Show 2025)

• Highest Douglas Score Fallow Buck Woman's Entry                                                      

  OTHER SPECIES

• Highest Douglas Score Sambar Stag

• Highest Douglas Score Rusa Stag

• Highest Douglas Score Whitetail Buck

• Highest Douglas Score Wapiti Bull

• Highest Douglas Score Bull Tahr

• Duke of Bedford Award Highest Score - Bull Tahr

• Highest Douglas Score Chamois

• Highest Douglas Score Boar - Undrawn Tusks

• Junior Entry Goat Horns (14 years old or younger at date of the Sika Show 2025)

• Highest Douglas Score - interspecies comparison taken by Bow (one of 3x new categories introduced to reward trophies across all species that don't have specific categories in the comp) includes Rusa, Sambar, Fallow, Tahr, Chamois, Whitetail, Wapiti and Boar.)

• Highest Douglas Score Woman's - Interspecies comparison for Tahr, Chamois, Sambar, Rusa, Whitetail, Wapiti and Boar.

• Highest Douglas Score Junior - Interspecies comparison for Tahr, Chamois, Sambar, Rusa, Whitetail, Wapiti and Boar. (14 years or younger at date of the Sika Show 2025