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What is consider a circle in order to score a rabbit? Seems like today a dog strikes & rabbit comes out of the briars & ppl are trying to call lines. Just would like to know or point me to the rule. Thanks

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I was told by a very experienced trialer, that it could be straight out and back or an actual circle.

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the rabbit must go away from you and make and attempt 2 turn back towards you to be considered a circle!!!

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I agree with matt... Almost like a J.. Not a L but 2 turns.

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seems to be whatever the judge says and if his friend are in the cast too. or Who's dog is up front and the strikeing postions...lol..thats what i see anymore with the judgeing lately..The modo has been' Anything for a win'...lol..thats what i see..

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Why not chage the rule? Do a line every 3 minutes instead of a circle. Less confusion my opinion.

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When the dogs jump a rabbit go to the area of the jump and spread out some and watch quietly for the rabbit. After the rabbit returns to where you could shoot it(with a shotgun, not a 30-06) define the line and score it. The dogs must take it away from you and back to where you could have shot it. One line each time. There are times when the dogs jump a rabbit far away. Once they run a good distance and are packed in and you will make it over to the basic area where they jumped. If you are not all the way there and someone sees the rabbit it will probably get scored. When you do not know quite where it was jumped but could hear the dogs running for a while and could tell they had changed direction it makes sense to score it. The dogs will need to take it away and back to the cast again to score another line. It is unfortunate that those who abuse the system earn more points. Try not to let them. Good luck!

The idea of scoring a line according to time has been proposed. The problem with that is giving an advantage to young cast members that can run with the dogs and score more lines.

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circle = 360 degrees not 270, 180 or 90 degrees

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April has it well put.

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i hav been running beagles and chasing rabbits for over 25 yrs of my life and i hav never seen a rabbit run a perfect circle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally posted by big matt t.
i hav been running beagles and chasing rabbits for over 25 yrs of my life and i hav never seen a rabbit run a perfect circle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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wow Max , thanks for that info. I read it to Taz! She rolled her eyes and growled something at me. Not sure but i think she told me to do my job and she will do hers!

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quote:

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i hav been running beagles and chasing rabbits for over 25 yrs of my life and i hav never seen a rabbit run a perfect circle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Everyone is correct, rabbits don't run a perfect circle. But alot of the time they will come back or close to where it was jumped. So if you stay close you should be able to score.

I like the 3 circle rule because it supports searching and jumping (hunting). Yeah it would be nice to keep scoring a good running rabbit but it is hunting beagle.

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]Originally posted by AprilD [/i]
[B]wow Max , thanks for that info. I read it to Taz! She rolled her eyes and growled something at me. Not sure but i think she told me to do my job and she will do hers! [/B][/QUOTE]

Bet that growled something at you, was lighten up with the Tri Tronics until your sure, i've done something wrong. LOL

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Found the same question, while doing a Google search. Here were their replies.

http://forums.huntingboards.com/vie...f=3&t=22291

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Scoring three circles combined with a bigger point seperation between strike positions was used to require a jump dog and track dog. Because most rabbits do not circle three times, and in some cases the jumps are plussed with no lines scored, I agree with Dave on not catching dogs off a good running rabbit. I also agree with those who would like to see the strike point position points changed.

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Oh Max , dont remind me about that! I still cringe when i think about it. I apologized to her all the way home. It was on 5 too....ouch.

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