The reserve champion Chicks Ute was this entry by Ranfurly duckshooters (from left) Amy Hope, Kelly Cron and Amanda Docherty. The women's portable maimai featured decoys, recorded ducks calls and camouflage netting all on the back of a ute. : Waipiata Country Ute Muster

The reserve champion Chicks Ute was this entry by Ranfurly duckshooters (from left) Kelly Cron, Amy Hope and Amanda Docherty. The women's portable maimai featured decoys, recorded ducks calls and camouflage netting, all on the back of a ute. : Waipiata Country Ute Muster

Staying on the mechanical bull was harder than it looked, according to Rohan Kinraid (8), of Dunedin. : Waipiata Country Ute Muster

Geoff McAtamney (left, of Patearoa) offers some words of wisdom to Gordon Gummage, of Mt Maunganui, Matt Weir,of Ranfurly, (white T-shirt) and Kevahn Stringer, of Ranfurly. : Waipiata Country Ute Muster

Middlemarch volunteer firemen Dave Thomson (left) and Blair Dale powered away to a win in the early rounds of the tug-o-war. : Waipiata Country Ute Muster

This 1948 Chevrolet pick-up, owned by Vanessa Power of Dunedin was judged the overall winner. : Waipiata Country Ute Muster

Ryan Campbell (15 months) of Dunedin was fascinated by the sheep racing. : Waipiata Country Ute Muster

Torsten Sandmark (subs all correct), of Dunedin successfully defended his Rural Fear Factor champion title. His tasks included ating a pie containing offal... : Waipiata Country Ute Muster

...and shifting dog catches on an electric fence. : Waipiata Country Ute Muster

Tony Somerville, of Kaka Point, munches through a pie containing ox heart and liver, among other tasty morsels, during the Rural Fear Factor competition. : Waipiata Country Ute Muster

Shearer Kevahn Stringer took about 10 minutes to shear one of two sheep that had "got away and stayed away" for between four and seven years. Ray Tapatu (Ranfurly, left) lends a hand. The combined weight of the two fleeces was 36.6kg. : Waipiata Country Ute Muster

Shearer Ray Tapatu took nine minutes to shear one of two sheep that had "got away and stayed away" for between four and seven years. Ali Murphy (right), of Naseby, lends a hand. The combiend weight of the two fleeces was 36.6kg. : Waipiata Country Ute Muster