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Drifter was laid down to rest this morning. Grant said he lived a good life and that even though work has him in Arizona, that his Dad "Joe" got him out a couple times this past kill season and treed them quite a few coons for them. I was lucky enough to have seen him go a couple times in the woods and really liked what I saw in him. I just loved his laid back attitude during the day, and the picture of him resting next to Grant's truck sums it up about him.

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Sorry to hear this Grant, he was a good looker and a good hound. I still remember seeing him go at the Stud Dog Hunt a few years back.

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Grant....he was a nice hound.

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He was a BEAUTIFUL coondawg... Anyone who knows me and Bob too... know we LOVE old dawgs with grey faces... His head was So perfect.... He will live on in your hearts always....

Sincerely Sorry, Heather and Bob

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Hey Grant, very sorry for the loss of Drifter. Man, there has been alot of hounds passing on this last week or two. I sure know how you feel, losing them good ones if tough. Alan

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Sorry for your loss. He was a nice looking solid ol hound.

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Sorry to hear that Grant. I only got to see Drifter go that one night but he sure seemed like the ideal Walker dog. He had that classic hound look and had probably the best disposition on a coondog I'd ever been around.
I know ol' Drifter had a special place with you.
Talk to you soon.

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Drifter was a 3x UKC World Finalists
2000', 2001', 2002'
Placed 14th Overall at the Finals in 2001' in Palmyra, Mo.

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Grant , sorry to hear about old Drifter. You know he will always have a special place in my heart. His picture is still on my dresser. I have a young female off of Zinger im going to breed to Jammer maybe we can make you another one. Roger

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So Sorry about your loss.

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Sorry to hear this news about Drifter, the good ones get old fast.

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sorry to here about drifter, he was a nice one..

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Thanks...Jay, Kevin, Laura, Bob, Heather, Alan, Velocity, Marc, Roger, Laura Bell, Tom and Dave. He was an easy one to hunt. The whole family will miss him standing on his dog box and waving at you with his paw until you shook his hand and scratched his ears.

Roger Kloepping of Kent, IL bred Drifter's litter. He was out of Gr. Nt. Ch. Rock River Tuck and Nt. Ch. Plum River Scooter (Dynamite Dan bred). Jeff Cole owned a Gr. Nt. Ch. female named Sadie out of the litter, Don Hall of Goshen, IN owned a nice male named Jammer out of the litter (dog is now in nw Illinois). Otha Brooks owned a nice one out of the litter that disappeared while hunting at 3 years old. It was one of the best crosses ever made in our area of NW Illinois.

George and B.J. Hicks of Missouri bought Drifter as a young dog and finished him out. I moved back from CA in 2000 and was looking for a dog. My dad was 70 at the time and had made a comment a few years earlier that it would be nice to make the Top 20 of the World Hunt before he died. Charles Turner, a good buddy of ours, told me about Drifter and we were lucky to get him. I told George when we got him that he'd probably die at our house...and I'm glad he did. He gave us a lot of fun, helped us meet a lot of good people and treed my dad and I a lot of coon over the last 9.5 years. My sister said my dad couldn't even talk on the phone to her about it yesterday morning. I'll always remember pulling into the motel in Palmyra, MO at the Finals in 2001 at about 6:00 AM on Friday morning...and dad poking his head out the door, still in his pajamas and half asleep. I told him that we were in the Top 20 World Hunt. "Really!?!?" He could hardly believe it. We won't have another one like him.

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SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THAT GRANT, I AM AFRAID I WILL BE IN THE SAME BOAT WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO.

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Dang Grant sorry to hear about this. You hunted him up until the day he died; the way it's suppose to be. He was a coondog and a good looking sucker to.

Sorry again
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Sorry to hear about "Drifter's" passing Grant. I never had the pleasure of seein him go but like was said,his layed back attitude said alot about him. Who owned him is enough for me to know he was a "COONDOG".

Ya'll been known for havin some awful nice hound's as far back as I can remember. "I THINK" we both still had hair in the oldin day's??

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Thanks Jake, Todd, Dennis and Russ.

Russ, we may have lost some of our hair, but look on the bright side. We've gained a lot of forehead!

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grant, sorry to here of the loss of your dog.Travis

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Sorry to hear about your loss. Amy

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sorry for your loss

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I only got to hunt with Drifter a couple of times,but it was a enough to know Drifter was a nice dog and the guy leading him was also of the same liking!

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