deschmidt27
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Rip is correct... many people will try to get philisophical on whether a dog did or did not "quit" it's track, but the rule about quiting a trail is 4 (E) and Rip is correct, in that it also states that they must "come in".
Now... I have also seen people argue that when a dog comes in to a tree, they have "come in" but 4 (D) and 4 (G) address that situation.
I think one thing people forget, is that in the old days coon hunting was more of a social event. Folks didn't mind dogs "helping" one another or "backing" another on a tree. They just wanted to go out and tree some coon, they didn't want to walk all over god's creation going from one tree to another. And much of that remains today, in certain circles. It's us competition hunters that demand a dog be independent and do there own thing. In other words, backing a dog on a tree is a fault in a competition hunters point of you, not necessarily a coon hunters. I think this is why UKC allows 5 minutes to get on a tree after the first one, and you're only penalized for taking too long, not the aspect of covering in itself.
David Schmidt
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