Registered: May 2012
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 145

I would like to know what everybody thinks about the new rule where you can not handle your dog if it split trees while you're scoring or shinning another tree?

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Registered: Mar 2008
Location: Western N.Y.
Posts: 4005

I honestly cant remember wanting to go handle my dog while shineing another tree. I have asked for permission to go handle on splits many times but it has always been on the way to the trees. If i hear my dog come treed while shineing another tree i always wait until shine time is up to call him anyway. The only scenario i can think of where waiting could hurt you is right at the end if hunt time was about to run out.

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Registered: Sep 2010
Location: New Paris, Indiana
Posts: 7076

As I understand the rule, the only change is that the judge doesn't have to allow you to handle your dog while the cast is scoring a tree.
Really, the only way this rule could possibly hurt is if you are hunting a dog that doesn't stay parked.

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Registered: May 2004
Location: Marion,NY
Posts: 58

Anyone who does not like this should ask themselfs, would you like it if cast members left your tree while trying to score it when you need a majority seeing your coon to plus it?

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