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I agree but the minute actually ENCOURAGES people to hunt babblers because it allows them to get far enough out to create doubt. This doubt is what makes it hard to get a vote from even honest handlers.

It was much, much easier to do away with the babblers when we didn't have a minute that allowed them to babble without penalty.

While there were still some babblers, the rules encouraged breaking the dog from babbling. Now the minute rewards babblers by making it much harder to get rid of them, allowing the handler to "keep that hunnerd withem" till they need it.

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I agree, More often than not it isnt obvious enough to minus...even when it is, its tough to get a majority vote.

The minnute is one of the worst rule changes ever...IMO.

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If UKC was to change there minute rule to no barking off the lead, how much money would they not collect from the babblers? Has anyone quit going to hunts because of babblers?

Most coon hunters don't get upset about a hound barking for a few times off the lead. The reason for that is ol tight lips may do it when hunted with the right hound. When there struck in on a babble or never shut up it's a different story.

What bothers me worse is the free barker that runs junk that you can't get minused or scratched. There an artist at switching tracks and can flat tree a coon. They strike a yote or deer and smash it for 3/4 and blow up treed. ouch!!!

Now is the time you start bringing rule changes up at your association meetings. Rally the troops, get the ducks in a row and get the association leadership to propose the rule change.

Remember your next world ch may bark a time or two off the lead with the right competition. You may be hunting alone if the rule is too stiff.

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Is babbling a genetic trait or is it just different for each hound, i would say that it is genetic and there are to many people breeding for off the lead strap hounds. which i can't stand

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babbling isn't always an inherited trate or it would be hard to break them of this habit and i haven't seen many that can't be broken off it. honesty of the handler is a big part if the hound is broken of it or not

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I don't think it is a trait that dogs throw at all. I think that some dogs are just keyed up and hyper on the lead. If you consider running off of the lead and barking for maybe 30 seconds babbling. Then my dog is guilty. But the only thing wrong with him is that he is keyed up and hyper. He is not even 2 years old yet and he strikes and trees coons. Actually last night in a ukc hunt I took third strike every time. So if you wouldn't hunt a young dog that is keyed up that babbles for maybe 30 seconds and then straightens up and goes and trees coons then that is your loss!!!! If you count this against a young dog then I don't understand!!!!

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I have a buddy that had an old redbone that would bark about 5 times off the lead, run around a little, take a whizz, come back to him and then go out and hunt. The other dogs always took out in a straight line. Than old Jake would go out and strike and tree coons behind the other dogs. The other guys in the cast hated it so they minused him every drop after that. He ended up getting scratched for being minused three times. He would have ended up with 950 plus points and would have won the whole darn hunt. Needless to say that was his first and last nite hunt.

I personally don't have a problem with a dog that barks a couple of times off the lead, but I don't like the ones that never shut up until they tree.

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I don't think it is a trait that dogs throw at all. I think that some dogs are just keyed up and hyper on the lead. If you consider running off of the lead and barking for maybe 30 seconds babbling. Then my dog is guilty. But the only thing wrong with him is that he is keyed up and hyper. He is not even 2 years old yet and he strikes and trees coons. Actually last night in a ukc hunt I took third strike every time. So if you wouldn't hunt a young dog that is keyed up that babbles for maybe 30 seconds and then straightens up and goes and trees coons then that is your loss!!!! If you count this against a young dog then I don't understand!!!!

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maybe you put in the rules a strike cant be scored until after the first minute wouldnt that get you a more honest strike?that way they couldnt strike them right off the lead .

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....... More that a bark or two is too much.

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Any dog that barks before it smells a coon is babbling. Whether it's one bark or a dozen.
I don't comp. hunt , but I still hate babblers !

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They put the minute rule in the night hunt to protect the babbling dog.... Especially the ones that only bark for 30 or 45 seconds.... I don't think you can break all dogs from babbling. I have tried breaking mine and he does not do it all of the time.. He is just hyper and ready to go!!! Usually if he does it at all he will do it on the first drop!!! Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I have honestly not seen very many babbling dogs in the night hunts!!!!

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A whimper or wine or even alittle bump off the lead,Heck I want him to do it ,drive and desire there need it, I understand about a dog barking none stop , but come on None not at all give me a freaking break,isn't what matters is that Hard drive in and locate and whats above them when you get there,Darn.

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A whimper or wine or even alittle bump off the lead,Heck I want him to do it ,drive and desire there need it, I understand about a dog barking none stop , but come on None not at all give me a freaking break,isn't what matters is that Hard drive in and locate and whats above them when you get there,Darn.

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It isn't "a little babblin" that has anybody concerned.

The exact point is BABBLERS SHOULD NOT BE PROTECTED. The minute rule is almost the same as saying "ok, dogs can tree 1 possum and slick 1 time per drop and not get minused".

You are actually allowing a dog to break the rules for 1 minute each drop.

Even still, if this were all there was to it it wouldn't be a big deal. So you have to listen to a rattle headed idiot every drop. No problem.

Where the problem comes in is that a great many of them that I have hunted with use that to "carry a hunnerd with em" and pull it out to use it when they need points. Sometimes it gets so bad the owner actually starts to believe that his dog is a great strike dog and has to be smelling a coon the others can't (even if you were to send him down a deserted blacktop to prove it and have him bark every breath).

Since the rule change babbling has become an epidemic.

The only time it's fun to draw out with a bunch of babblers is when we do turn out on one hot and my dog strikes as soon as I turn her loose. You never heard the like of the whining "hey you struck under the minute, you can't do that" and on and on. I just look at them and say "my dog don't babble, she's really struck when she opens her mouth." That usually shuts em up cause they know that while theres have been rattlin every drop all night mine hasn't.

The fact that UKC changed a rule and started allowing and ENCOURAGING illegal behavior from the dogs is a big pet peeve of mine. I like UKC and it is honestly my favorite KC to hunt. I will follow their rules 100% to the best of my ability because they are the boss, it's their club. BUT, I will voice my displeasure at allowing dogs to break the rules for one minute each drop every chance I get because I am old enough to have seen the deteroration of the hunts since that rule has been implemented.

I voice my displeasure of this not because I don't want to listen to it, but because anyone that has been around hounds long enough knows that UKC rules shapes the kind of dogs bred and this particular rule will make it harder for me to find a dog that don't babble in the future because this rule PROMOTES babbling.

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It isn't "a little babblin" that has anybody concerned.

The exact point is BABBLERS SHOULD NOT BE PROTECTED. The minute rule is almost the same as saying "ok, dogs can tree 1 possum and slick 1 time per drop and not get minused".

You are actually allowing a dog to break the rules for 1 minute each drop.

Even still, if this were all there was to it it wouldn't be a big deal. So you have to listen to a rattle headed idiot every drop. No problem.

Where the problem comes in is that a great many of them that I have hunted with use that to "carry a hunnerd with em" and pull it out to use it when they need points. Sometimes it gets so bad the owner actually starts to believe that his dog is a great strike dog and has to be smelling a coon the others can't (even if you were to send him down a deserted blacktop to prove it and have him bark every breath).

Since the rule change babbling has become an epidemic.

The only time it's fun to draw out with a bunch of babblers is when we do turn out on one hot and my dog strikes as soon as I turn her loose. You never heard the like of the whining "hey you struck under the minute, you can't do that" and on and on. I just look at them and say "my dog don't babble, she's really struck when she opens her mouth." That usually shuts em up cause they know that while theres have been rattlin every drop all night mine hasn't.

The fact that UKC changed a rule and started allowing and ENCOURAGING illegal behavior from the dogs is a big pet peeve of mine. I like UKC and it is honestly my favorite KC to hunt. I will follow their rules 100% to the best of my ability because they are the boss, it's their club. BUT, I will voice my displeasure at allowing dogs to break the rules for one minute each drop every chance I get because I am old enough to have seen the deteroration of the hunts since that rule has been implemented.

I voice my displeasure of this not because I don't want to listen to it, but because anyone that has been around hounds long enough knows that UKC rules shapes the kind of dogs bred and this particular rule will make it harder for me to find a dog that don't babble in the future because this rule PROMOTES babbling.

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The fact that UKC changed a rule and started allowing and ENCOURAGING illegal behavior from the dogs is a big pet peeve of mine. I like UKC and it is honestly my favorite KC to hunt. I will follow their rules 100% to the best of my ability because they are the boss, it's their club. BUT, I will voice my displeasure at allowing dogs to break the rules for one minute each drop every chance I get because I am old enough to have seen the deteroration of the hunts since that rule has been implemented.

I voice my displeasure of this not because I don't want to listen to it, but because anyone that has been around hounds long enough knows that UKC rules shapes the kind of dogs bred and this particular rule will make it harder for me to find a dog that don't babble in the future because this rule PROMOTES babbling.

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how many of you remember the days when we always tried to break the babblers, those were the good days!

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im gonna own me a (first strike) dog someday.

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im gonna own me a (first strike) dog someday.

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They are harder to make than you think..I've tried it

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shhhh, i think we should combine our vast knowledge and figure out how to do it then we can RULE THE NITEHUNTS and become wealthy men.

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I have a very good freind that has a dog that in 3 months time is NtCh wuth 3 wins. This dog is absolutley the dog runningest thing I've ever saw. He says she's not rattling. The funny thing is that by herself she opens just about right, but turn a fast breaking dog loose with her & she gets out of sight & opens & never shuts up. I will say she can tree a lot of coon, but is the dog runningest thing i've ever saw & hate her & you couldn't pay me good money to take a pup out of her. Babbling is babbling anyway you go & in my opinion they should either be broke or in her case culled the old fashion way. If you hunt & strike a babbling idiot your absolutley a cheater, unless of course your honest & don't strike them when you know they're doing it. Well how about it?? Are you honest or a cheat??? I know without a doubt when i strike mine they're on a track. Maybe not always the right kind of track, but definitley not opening behind dogs. Oh & i've never saw one I couldn't break from babbling & you can to with consistency & Tri-Tronics

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Agreed, but a dog that barks once or twice on rare occasion isn't what people are talking about here.

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