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It’s definitely a sad time in this sport of coon hunting. We no longer can have the dream to get on the cover of a magazine. Unless one kennel club keeps there’s going for the sport. At the end of this year we have lost the last big one, Coonhound bloodlines. I received a letter this past week about the magazine. Definitely sad times and no help keeping it going for the youth.

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It’s definitely a sad time in this sport of coon hunting. We no longer can have the dream to get on the cover of a magazine. Unless one kennel club keeps there’s going for the sport. At the end of this year we have lost the last big one, Coonhound bloodlines. I received a letter this past week about the magazine. Definitely sad times and no help keeping it going for the youth.

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I think there is probably no one sadder to see the hound magazines disappear and die off the slow death that they have than me. Most of what I have done in my life has revolved around the "magic" that happened when reading the pages and pages of dogs ole' Cas Walker had for sale in the pages of Fully Cry and dreaming about just how good all of those dogs had to be, buy a Dynamite from Bill Boatman....and then stumbling upon John Wick's training articles. Those were great days for our sport. They bring back the fondest of memories.

I turn the dogs loose now and never hear another dog all night long.....and that is OK. For a few minutes each night, when I turn Bitty or Maple loose, I am just a kid again, walking along the creeks outside of Mohawk Village, and that is plenty good for me.

I urge all of you to support The American Field that UKC publishes now. No, it is not full of ads from Oney, House or Merchant or Moran but those days are gone, they were great, great days but we have to look to the future and appreciate the fact that UKC is giving us something, still trying to keep our sport alive.

Good Hunting Friends - Big Mark

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I loved my American Cooner, and was sad to see it go. Multiply that by 10 with Coonhound Bloodlines! I can still remember the first time flipping the pages, devouring every article, every stud dog ad! I know we are living in a time where it’s hard for magazines to justify the cost to keep turning out a quality product. Doesn’t make it any less sad.

I guess my biggest concern is whether or not American Field will still contain the hunt info & top reproducers for us. Honestly I have no interest in retrievers/bird dogs, nor do I care to keep up with beagles & the like. Those sports have no hold on me, nothing against them but I was just never exposed as a child to them. I will be subscribing for at least the first year, to see what’s what.

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Zepp
[B]I think there is probably no one sadder to see the hound magazines disappear and die off the slow death that they have than me. Most of what I have done in my life has revolved around the "magic" that happened when reading the pages and pages of dogs ole' Cas Walker had for sale in the pages of Fully Cry and dreaming about just how good all of those dogs had to be, buy a Dynamite from Bill Boatman....and then stumbling upon John Wick's training articles. Those were great days for our sport. They bring back the fondest of memories.

I turn the dogs loose now and never hear another dog all night long.....and that is OK. For a few minutes each night, when I turn Bitty or Maple loose, I am just a kid again, walking along the creeks outside of Mohawk Village, and that is plenty good for me.

I urge all of you to support The American Field that UKC publishes now. No, it is not full of ads from Oney, House or Merchant or Moran but those days are gone, they were great, great days but we have to look to the future and appreciate the fact that UKC is giving us something, still trying to keep our sport alive.


Mark those were good times and lots of good memories. And yes I still feel like I'm back there sometimes when I turn Lefty loose and listen to him tree a coon. But it has changed. GPS and cell phones. Still very thankful to be able to turn a coon hound loose.

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Another thing that I am curious about, is where can people see hunt results and new titles on dogs? Is there going to be a place on ukc website for that or does it not matter anymore? Me honestly the only thing that motivated me to get a title on a dog was seeing it in the book. I also looked at what dogs was winning and reproducing was in the book. I do understand not many people was subscribing to it. I just wondered if this is a kennel club why was there not club membership that covered the subscription to bloodlines. It would have been a win on both sides and actually be members of a club that try’s to keep the sport going for future generations. It is just hard to watch things disappear we enjoyed growing up with.

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Another thing that I am curious about, is where can people see hunt results and new titles on dogs? Is there going to be a place on ukc website for that or does it not matter anymore? Me honestly the only thing that motivated me to get a title on a dog was seeing it in the book. I also looked at what dogs was winning and reproducing was in the book. I do understand not many people was subscribing to it. I just wondered if this is a kennel club why was there not club membership that covered the subscription to bloodlines. It would have been a win on both sides and actually be members of a club that try’s to keep the sport going for future generations. It is just hard to watch things disappear we enjoyed growing up with.

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There’s a movement in our sport and it’s going away from the old “allure” that hooked all of us at some point in our lives. A young person new to the sport sees Bloodlines on a side table and gets lost in the pages - imagining what that big stud dog sounds like on the tree in that photo.. and the prestige of winning one of those major hunts and finding yourself on the front cover. That, in my opinion, is something that a website simply cannot duplicate and that’s too bad. You don’t have to look hard at kennel clubs today to see that they are moving away from the common hunter and towards the money. That’s business, sometimes, and that’s ok. I for one am sorry to see the change.

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When I was young I was glued to the the magazines. American Cooner, Bloodlines, Full Cry. I remember looking at them and learned a lot.

I also remember reading a good story about hunting a Grizzly back which is in like the 1800 or so.. It was a great story. I think about that story alot and I read it like 30 years ago.

I left the sport for like 30 years. I started back almost 2 years ago, and now none of the magazines are around.

Wow...

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When I was young I was glued to the the magazines. American Cooner, Bloodlines, Full Cry. I remember looking at them and learned a lot.

I also remember reading a good story about hunting a Grizzly back which is in like the 1800 or so.. It was a great story. I think about that story alot and I read it like 30 years ago.

I left the sport for like 30 years. I started back almost 2 years ago, and now none of the magazines are around.

Wow...

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thank you I will go look. I thought they were all gone

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Sorry Rob, looks like I’ve misled you. Full Cry’s still around has indeed paused their publication. I guess Pro Hound is the last man standing so to speak

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We agree, so we’re launching a new one and we’re calling it American Treehound.

We’re starting with three objectives:

Deliver entertaining content in the form of 3-part stories, with new chapters from four distinct character writers released monthly, on coon hunts gone right, wrong, and unforgettable.

Be the premier listing site for coonhounds for sale across the country — from newly started dogs to seasoned veterans. Always 100% free to both buyers and sellers. Everything you need to know to get the conversation started with a seller will be listed, including photos.

Share reader-submitted stories from folks like you who love this sport. Everyone has a great hunting story, so send yours our way for a chance to be featured.

Our ultimate goal is to get into print as quickly as possible. We want you running to the mailbox each month to catch the latest stories, just like the good ole’ days.

Traditions only die if we let them!


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But you may have a hard time

After loosing money to the Cooner and twice to Full Cry, it would be hard to open up my billfold??

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Thank you all for the kind messages, and for crashing the site! We're switching to a new hosting service as we speak and should be back up and running this evening.

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Well UKC is all about prestige right? cast wins don't pay , don't even get a win slip at most places anymore, aside from the TOC major events don't pay great. But the prestige was the allure , Titling dogs out trying to get HOF, Maybe you liked breeding and getting on reproducers list, or you win a big event and you have a photo and magazine to hold on to forever. the picture with a dog on the cover with a trophy is what many people strive for, not facebook that gets lost online within a week or by the next big event, having a the magazine you had something to share with others around you to show them , kids, grandkids, friends, family or whatever. loosing that and the forum also cuts people out . folks don't have FB and i don't blame them and some don't use this forum either but they like getting the magazine. Weak excuses and trying to simplify" things into social media and quick posts. So much for prestige. Times change and the Stud dog game was definitely different and more advertised 20 years ago but does not mean the pages lost there cant be replaced with other Coonhound related information, pictures, stories, history.
Could just release a quarterly Magazine or a once every two months, bump the subscription price up a little or whatever , I don't feel and many I've talked with don't feel getting rid of the magazine or forum is a smart move.

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So I'm just thinking out loud here. Taking what banditbuster is saying, would we all be happy with a top coonhound winner picture on the cover every third issue? I know that it's going to have coonhound, bird dog, and possibly beagle in the issues. It might be neat because of the larger audience that will be receiving the magazine?????

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I'm into coonhunting, not the fabrications, grease on a limb, in real life.

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It looks like Full Cry may be back up and running under new ownership in another month or so. I have no other details.

Good luck to the new owners!!

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yes ill reiterate i am a coon hunter first and nothing beats walking to a dog treed and has eyes looing down. With that i feel all of us are or once were that way. The point I'm trying to make is the fact that with the loss of the magazine you cut a portion of hunters out of a resource. Like this forum for example, many dogs are bought sold and bred because of it, many questions and situations are answered and what makes it unique unlike a social media page is its coonhunters. Its not the public in a line of posts being scrolled through. the magazine is a sad loss in the fact it was ours, ours as coonhunters. Its strictly a business move by ukc combine and cut. prestige may be a motto but money wins. i may be wrong or maybe my thinking is old school but i feel loosing the forum and magazine is a sad blow. But its an opinion right to some wrong to others i suppose.

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