The 16th annual Te Ranga School's possum and pig hunt fundraiser attracted crowds with plenty of possums and porkers bagged.
Organisers of the event rated it a success, with 634 possums and six boar hunted down by the 30 possum teams and 16 pig-hunting teams and weighed in yesterday at Te Ranga Hall after three nights of hunting.
Catch numbers were well up on last year's 370 haul due to perfect hunting conditions.
A popular aspect of the family-friendly day yesterday was the gut-busting Killer Hill Pig Run, which gave some of the younger set the chance to have some fun, and possum-tossing.
Isaac Toi, 60, Te Ranga School's bus driver who competed in the senior men's pig run carrying a 30kg porker across his shoulders, finished in an impressive 1 minute 17 seconds.