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New York Rabbit derby, play by play..

I'll try to give you some updates through out the day as I can. Team "Legend" departed the" Casa Riccardo" at approx 7:30am. With a team of 6 veteran NY rabbit hunters, Im sure the lead will fly! I sent them to one of my favorite spots up past Niagara Falls.. I hope Glenn, dont want to try to go over in a barrel???
After a few hours of homemade wine and traditional Buffalo wings and pizza last night, he seemed a bit sluggish this morning.
If I had a nickel for every time the legend has said "wow, look at all this snow" or "Man, its cold here", I could retire.

This should be a record turn out... We are at 20 degrees, no wind and a fresh coating of snow, making this a awesome day to hunt in these parts after minus temps for close to a week. I will report back after I hear more.. I have alot of cooking to do, so gotta run!

Rick

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When its no longer fun, sell the hounds and take up Golf.

Reports in that team "Legend" has some fur in the bag! Running is choppy and as I type this, the lake effect machine is turning on the snow!!! Many a hound will be humbled on a Buffalo, NY today!! Some teams have reported ZERO kills.... Its a epic battle and still anybodies game to win!!!

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Rick Giermata - UKC Field Rep. New York State - 716-602-5017

Smokes Creek kennels-Where Hunting dogs are made!

When its no longer fun, sell the hounds and take up Golf.

Good job Ricky G. If the Legend keeps raggin on me, I will help him get in the barrel, you noticed I said will help him, because I would have to lay the barrell down so he can get in it. Do they come in extra large. LOL

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Originally posted by smokes creek
I'll try to give you some updates through out the day as I can. Team "Legend" departed the" Casa Riccardo" at approx 7:30am. With a team of 6 veteran NY rabbit hunters, Im sure the lead will fly! I sent them to one of my favorite spots up past Niagara Falls.. I hope Glenn, dont want to try to go over in a barrel???
After a few hours of homemade wine and traditional Buffalo wings and pizza last night, he seemed a bit sluggish this morning.
If I had a nickel for every time the legend has said "wow, look at all this snow" or "Man, its cold here", I could retire.

This should be a record turn out... We are at 20 degrees, no wind and a fresh coating of snow, making this a awesome day to hunt in these parts after minus temps for close to a week. I will report back after I hear more.. I have alot of cooking to do, so gotta run!

Rick

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Couldnt have been better!

WHAT CAN I SAY BUT WOW!!!
This was a great turn out considering the running conditions across Western NY... Many a hunter and hound turned up zero kills!! But when the 6:30pm deadline came, 29 hunters had weighed in a total of 123 rabbits! Add to that another 75 or so people to the hall putting our attendance at well over 100 people! Several hunters came from various parts on the North, including a return visit from "Team Canada"!
Although "Team Legend" did not get any biggens and started off to a slow start up on the shores of Lake Ontario, with a 50 mile move to the South, 11 cottontails hit the scales on their return! You will have to ask them, but Glenn and Joel, sure do have a newfound respect for our winter conditions. Its shows guts to make this trip and drop hounds on the frozen tundra! They also won our "Path Finder" award for farthest travels, that included a "made in buffalo, goody basket including chicken wing sauce!

The team of, Ron Crane, Tim Harlock and Mark Heberlein, took the top spot with a weight of 3.37lbs. The rabbits were on the smaller size this year but its been a very tough winter on our fuzzy friends!

2nd place, was won by Brett Bavisotto, at 3.26lbs who kindly donated his winnings back to New Empire Beagle Club's Scholarship fund!!!! What a good guy!

3rd place was taken by last years winners, Bruce Stenglein, Andy Cashetta, Vinny Condello and Frank Aquino with 3.25lbs

And earning this years "Mighty Mouse" award at a whopping 1.91lb was "Team Canada". Matt Duhaime, Dan Duhame, Same Duhaime and Matt Christopher, who also sported fancy team Canada uniforms this year!

The 3rd place team, also took the "FULL GAME BAG" award with a impressive harvest of 16 cottontail!

Every Jr Hunter received a certificate and a trophy

Jr Hunter, Lisa Boyce, won the sportsman basket worth over $700 of hunting, fishing and outdoor supplies that any 12yr old rabbit hunter could ever hope for!

And the late Frank and Marilyn Privitere, were inducted as the first "LIFE MEMBERS" of the New Empire Beagle club, for their years of dedication to our great sport!

Thank you, Councilman Geoff Syzmanski, American Legion Commander Dock, UKC PP Rep, Glenn Landry, New Empire members, show vendors, all entries and function supporters!
You all have my humbled respect and gratitude!

Yours always in the great sport of beagling,
Smokes Crik Ricky G

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Rick Giermata - UKC Field Rep. New York State - 716-602-5017

Smokes Creek kennels-Where Hunting dogs are made!

When its no longer fun, sell the hounds and take up Golf.

Awesome

Wish I could have attended, but death has struck our family hard this week. We lost a second member today and buried an aunt of my wife's Thursday.

Congrats to all winners and glad to here there was a great time had by all and over a 100 attendees (WOW), that's great.

I am looking forward to trying to come North and run in May.

Once again New Empire Beagle Club has been rekindled by a great group of sportsman promoting the sport of beagling. Rick keep up your diligence!

Fred

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Happy Beagling and God Bless from,
Dusty Road Beagles

Fred sorry to hear of your loss my thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family.

The rabbit derby was a great time. Thanks Rick for your planning and hard work.

It was a tough day, but due to some hard work by both hunters and hounds we still managed to do a little damage. Glen and Joel it was a pleasure to hunt with you guys and your fine hounds. I'm sorry that you guys had to witness Ricky G's near heart attack when I called and told him I just woke up when I was standing in his driveway. LOL Early on I'm sure you guys were doubting my abillities as a hunting guide. LMAO

Glen I really like that little bitch we gunned over. She is one hard hunting hound. Who is she out of ?

The line of the day comes from the back of one of our Canadian hunters shirts " A rabbits favorite hole is one with Hare all around it" LMAO

Carl Mirabella
Secretary Treasurer
New Empire Beagle Club

Once again Rick and company put on a top notch Rabbit hunt.

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The line of the day comes from the back of one of our Canadian hunters shirts " A rabbits favorite hole is one with Hare all around it" LMAO

Carl Mirabella
Secretary Treasurer
New Empire Beagle Club

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A few random pictures of the derby, including the winners, all the kids, the two 12yr old girls who actually hunted and Rick with his cousins Vinny and Mike.

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thank you Chad for pictures

This was such a nice event filled with laughs as well as tears remembering our beagling friend, Frank Privitere. Glenn, knows how I collect old beagling history, and brought me a Hounds and Hunting year book of 1977 to add to my collection. Last night although dead tired, i started to read through it some. There on page 170, was the results from Frontier and Pioneer beagle clubs dated April 17th & 18th 1977. The winning hound of both of those back to back trials, was a 13" female named, LISA'S MS. MOLLIE.... Her owner listed was , Frank Privitere....

This was my thank you. I will sometime this week give this 34yr old trial result to, Frank's, 40something yr old daughter, who is now a Nursing supervisor, at Roswell Cancer Inst. here in Buffalo. Her name is, Lisa, and this was a trial that she shared with her dad and THEIR dog Mollie.

A story could not be any better written, of what life sometimes hands to us.

Thanks to all my beagling friends for taking a second to read this and know that even a little thing we do today may sometime be a great memory in someones future...

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Smokes Creek kennels-Where Hunting dogs are made!

When its no longer fun, sell the hounds and take up Golf.

Rabbit Derby Photos

If anybody would like to see more photos of the event go to our club website.

http://newempirebeagleclub.webs.com/apps/photos/

Class Act

Wish I could have made. Don't know if I would have won but I do know where there are some bunnies in western NY.

Rick when you get ready for the stud auction let me know. Have a couple that I would like to offer.

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You better come up and shoot them tomorrow Mike. We're supposed to get another 12" - 18" of new snow on Wednesday. Whoever is praying for snow please stop !!!! LMAO