Oak Ridge
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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Indiana
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Re: DAVED
quote: Originally posted by buck brush
how does someone get you to come vido there dogs? does it cost anything if so how much or do yo pay the owners of the dogs?
Skip,
First off, we asked stud and kennel owners to "advertise" with us and they paid a fee to be on the show, and in turn they get to spotlight the dogs in their kennel.
If we went to a competition hunt, it was pretty much luck of the draw...the squirrel hunt, I guided the only cast of Champion dogs at that hunt.
Trust me when I say "NOBODY IS GETTING PAID" in this venture... Both Dave and I have a good sum of money out of our own pockets to make this possible.
As the editor of this show, I've let ya'll have your say about the opinion expressed by the hunter in that episode. He believes that coon hunters in competition are more competitive, and yes, Dave (who is an avid coonhound competition hunter) repeated what he had said.
Since I filmed the episode, and I was there, I truly believe that what he was saying was that in his OPINION, coon hunters are more competitive and therefore less likely to "help out" another competitor.
I'm not sure that I agree with him, but I've seen guys stand and kick the toe of their boot in the ground while someone shines a tree....I've seen guys find a coon and shut their light off...stand in the only spot you can see the coon....and I've seen em swear they could not see a coon in the wide open! Does that make all coon hunters evil, and all squirrel hunters saints? Heck no... But all you have to do is to read this message board on Saturday and Sunday mornings to find out who got "cheated" this weekend...
How about instead of jumping on the backs of the host, the producers, the editors of this show, you do your part to change the perception that coon hunters? Yes, we could have chosen to leave that on the cutting room floor, but the perception is real, even if the actions of coon hunters are not as crooked as the perception would lead you to beleive.
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