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What in the world is going on in the "coon zoo"? First the TOC last weekend and now look at the scores from B&T Days last night. Are the coons no longer there or is it the style of comp dogs we have today? What has happened to the 1,000 point scores? Now 25-200+ is a cast winner and 350+ is a first place.

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No not the hounds but the coon!! They have bred themselves to not leave any scent anymore AND they are wearing really fast tennis shoes that "today's" dogs can't keep up with. They are called-The No Smell get deep FAST type of raccoon. And I heard that they are now also working on an armor of fur that doesn't give off any heat and dark contacts.

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What in the world is going on in the "coon zoo"? First the TOC last weekend and now look at the scores from B&T Days last night. Are the coons no longer there or is it the style of comp dogs we have today? What has happened to the 1,000 point scores? Now 25-200+ is a cast winner and 350+ is a first place.

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Indiana just doesn't have the coon it used to. Some areas have a good population but alot does not. Have everything a coon needs, food, water, and good cover but they have just disappeared in much of the state.

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What in the world is going on in the "coon zoo"? What has happened to the 1,000 point scores? Now 25-200+ is a cast winner and 350+ is a first place.

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It looks like the coons finally came out to play at B&T Days last night. I wonder where they have been hiding?

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It looks like the coons finally came out to play at B&T Days last night. I wonder where they have been hiding?

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Our coons are just fine up here in the northern part of the state.. Type of dog we are all hunting today should limit the big scores of Walker days past and that's a good thing.. I'm sure a number of them were legit, but I'm just as certain a number were not..

UKC needs to follow the leader here and stick to the path of cast wins vs high scores.. Creates a better atmosphere I think personally..

I cannot believe we have not had a major die off on coon populations yet.. We are possibly closing in on the mid 90's epic population numbers.. They died off a bit after that, but bounced back and have stayed strong since..

Weather, moon phase and trailing conditions will always dictate how many coons you tree.. Best dog in the world cant get them when they are not moving and will tree fewer when trailing conditions are bad.. Again my opinion and we know what that is worth..

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Our coons are just fine up here in the northern part of the state.. Type of dog we are all hunting today should limit the big scores of Walker days past and that's a good thing.. I'm sure a number of them were legit, but I'm just as certain a number were not..

UKC needs to follow the leader here and stick to the path of cast wins vs high scores.. Creates a better atmosphere I think personally..

I cannot believe we have not had a major die off on coon populations yet.. We are possibly closing in on the mid 90's epic population numbers.. They died off a bit after that, but bounced back and have stayed strong since..

Weather, moon phase and trailing conditions will always dictate how many coons you tree.. Best dog in the world cant get them when they are not moving and will tree fewer when trailing conditions are bad.. Again my opinion and we know what that is worth..

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Hard to score high when you have a dog or two in every cast keeping the strike open. You can’t move woods scores are dictated by the rules. You no longer drop in patch woods you recut and recut and not many have the woods big enough to do that in the state unless you’re down south.

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Without the state of Indiana holding some major events we would have a big nothing that's for sure

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B&T DAYS - It rained all night Wednesday. I looked at 10-12 coon on Friday. Dog power was weak!!

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Indiana is a great state to hold any event.

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I believe it’s how people train there dogs not to tree with other dogs. Every cast I was on dogs split up all over going 800 yard one way to a dog going 800 yards to another dog then going 800 yards to the next dogs won’t tree together.Before you know it 11/2 hour hunt is gone.I know everyone is talking about cast win I agree but I also believe cast win with plus points not just dogs getting out of sight staying out of trouble with less minus isn’t worthy of a cast win.just my opinion.

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