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Was asked the other day this question??

"IF" the bench show standards are suppose to produce a better "hunting" hound than, Why in 40 years of World Show Champions (1985-2024) only 2 have a hunting degree?

It was brought up that most shows always have a nite hunt to also enter to get a nite hunt degree and I couldn't give a good answer to their question. So if anyone would let me know, I'll pass it on.

Thanks

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OLD TIMER

Just from what I have witnessed at the local level. A lot of the show dogs are older people that can’t physically hunt anymore so they just show their dog to still be part of the club and in the coon hunting world. So they just show and BS with others at the club.

The big hunts is a little different those dogs are groomed/bred to be show dogs. You’ll never know but I’m sure those dogs can win in the hunts as well but just pushed in a different aspect of the sport.

I think the standards are put in place for each breed to just keep all the crazy cross bred stuff out that don’t conform. The bench shows keep that standard and it’s expected to cross over to the hunting stock, not so much be a pretty show dog and a big winner in the hunts as well. But I’m sure it’s possible.

Winning the world hunt or the world bench show is not an easy task. The chance of one dog winning both in the same year would be pretty slim.

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Donald Bergeron