Paul Frederick
UKC Forum Member
Registered: Nov 2012
Location: Laurel, IN
Posts: 1478 |
Pat,
Again, different rules apply to different situations.
In this scenario (which the judge totally got right) the dog is not minused on his tree because there is a coon seen, he is minused because he was not split treed!
A few years ago the Rules Change Committee passed this rule. Used to be, if a dog was declared treed after the 5, and it was not obviously split, the judge could not accept the call. Now a dog that is treed after the 5 is up is automatically called split, even if it is not obvious. If you get to the tree and he is, in fact, on the closed tree, his tree points are automatically minused because he was declared split and is not in fact split.
Now, since the dog's tree points have been ruled on, you have to deal with his strike points. He is obviously a dog treeing but not declared treed when the Judge arrives so he could call under 4(k) (remember new rule numbers as well) if there is off game or a slick tree, or 4(j) if there is a coon seen.
__________________
Paul Frederick
319-371-6362

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged
|